1. Acceptance of Terms

Welcome to Tank & Rio Adventures. These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of tankandrioadventures.com (the "Site"), which is operated by Tank & Rio Adventures / ATR Publishing ("Tank & Rio Adventures," "we," "us," or "our").

By accessing or using the Site, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

The Site is designed to be family-friendly and includes content that may appeal to children. Parents and guardians are responsible for supervising a child's use of the Site. Features that request personal information, including email signup and contact features, are intended for adults age 18 or older.

2. About Tank & Rio Adventures

The Site provides information about the Tank & Rio Adventures children's book series, its characters, activities, hidden-object features and answers, downloadable materials, future merchandise, events, and related content.

We may add, remove, update, or change Site content and features from time to time. We do not guarantee that every feature, title, activity, product, or service shown on the Site will always be available.

3. Children and Families

Children may enjoy age-appropriate Site content without creating an account or providing personal information.

Children under 13 should not submit their name, email address, home address, telephone number, school information, photographs, precise location, or other personal information through the Site.

Email subscriptions, contact forms, purchases, and other features involving personal information are intended for parents, guardians, educators, librarians, retailers, and other adults. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information about children's privacy and COPPA.

4. Permitted Website Use

You may access and use the Site for lawful personal, family, educational, and other noncommercial purposes, subject to these Terms.

You may not use the Site in a way that damages, disables, disrupts, interferes with, or compromises the Site, its security, or another person's use of the Site.

5. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the Site and its content are owned by or used with permission by Tank & Rio Adventures / ATR Publishing and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.

This includes, without limitation, the Tank & Rio Adventures name and branding, Tank, Rio, Ace, other series characters, logos, illustrations, book text, story concepts, website copy, activity designs, graphics, photographs, videos, downloadable materials, and other creative content.

Nothing on the Site transfers ownership of any intellectual property to you. Except for limited uses expressly allowed in these Terms or in specific download instructions, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, sell, license, publish, commercially exploit, or create derivative products from Site content without prior written permission.

6. Books, Characters, Artwork, and Content

The books, characters, artwork, stories, activities, and other creative materials shown on the Site are provided for informational, promotional, educational, and entertainment purposes.

You may not use Tank & Rio Adventures characters, artwork, logos, book pages, text, or other protected material to create or sell products, merchandise, books, websites, social media content, advertising, or other commercial material without written permission from Tank & Rio Adventures / ATR Publishing.

Requests for permission to use protected material may be sent to [email protected].

7. Downloads, Coloring Pages, and Activities

Some Site materials may be offered as free downloads, including coloring pages, games, activity sheets, or educational materials.

Unless a specific download states otherwise, these materials may be downloaded and printed for personal, family, library, or classroom noncommercial use.

You may not sell the downloads, include them in products for sale, remove ownership or attribution notices, publish them as your own, mass-distribute them commercially, or upload them to another website or service for redistribution without written permission.

Teachers, librarians, parents, and guardians may print a reasonable number of copies for their own classroom, library program, family, or similar noncommercial educational use.

8. Hidden Object Answers

The Site may provide hidden-object clues, answer keys, and related material for Tank & Rio Adventures books.

These materials are provided for entertainment and reader assistance. Page placement, artwork, wording, or answer references may vary between editions or formats. If you believe an answer or reference is incorrect, please contact us so we can review it.

9. Purchases and Retailer Links

The Site may link to Amazon or other third-party retailers where Tank & Rio Adventures books, merchandise, or related products may be purchased.

When you leave our Site and make a purchase from a third-party retailer, that transaction is between you and the retailer and is governed by the retailer's terms, privacy practices, payment procedures, shipping policies, return policies, and other rules.

We do not control third-party pricing, inventory, shipping, taxes, availability, or return decisions. Prices and availability shown or referenced on our Site may change.

If direct purchasing is added to the Tank & Rio Adventures Site in the future, additional purchase terms or policies may apply.

10. Adult Contact and Email Features

Contact forms and email subscription features on the Site are intended for adults age 18 or older.

When contacting us, please provide accurate information and do not submit unlawful, threatening, abusive, infringing, deceptive, or malicious content.

Parents and guardians should not send unnecessary sensitive information about a child. Privacy-related requests should be directed to [email protected].

11. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to:

• use the Site for unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, abusive, or harmful purposes;
• attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, hosting systems, accounts, databases, or security features;
• introduce viruses, malware, harmful code, or other technology intended to disrupt or damage the Site;
• impersonate Tank & Rio Adventures, ATR Publishing, the author, or another person or organization;
• scrape, harvest, or collect personal information from Site visitors;
• use automated tools in a manner that places an unreasonable burden on the Site or circumvents access controls;
• infringe or misuse copyrights, trademarks, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights; or
• use Site content commercially except with our prior written permission.

12. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, retailers, social media services, or other resources. These links are provided for convenience and do not mean that we control or endorse every aspect of those third-party services.

We are not responsible for the content, availability, security, privacy practices, products, services, or policies of third-party websites. You should review the applicable terms and privacy policies when visiting another website.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Site and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.

Tank & Rio Adventures does not guarantee that the Site will always be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free from harmful components, or that all information will always be complete, current, or free of typographical or technical errors.

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tank & Rio Adventures, ATR Publishing, and their owners, representatives, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to use of, inability to use, or reliance on the Site or third-party links.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot legally be limited or excluded.

15. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for losses, claims, liabilities, damages, and reasonable costs resulting from your unlawful misuse of the Site, your infringement of another party's rights, or your material violation of these Terms.

16. Changes to the Site or These Terms

We may update the Site or these Terms from time to time as the website, books, activities, services, or legal requirements change.

When these Terms are updated, the revised version will be posted on this page and the "Last Updated" date will be changed. Your continued use of the Site after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by law.

17. Governing Law

These Terms and your use of the Site are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except where applicable law requires otherwise.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to waive any consumer right or protection that cannot legally be waived.

18. Severability and Waiver

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.

A failure by Tank & Rio Adventures to enforce a provision of these Terms does not waive our right to enforce that provision later.