Kidsreads.com - Privacy on Kidsreads.com

PRIVACY ON KIDSREADS.COM

Kidsreads.com (Bookworm on AOL) understands and shares families' concerns about kids' safety and privacy online. We collect information from kids only as is necessary to make their participation in an activity on our site possible and safe. We NEVER sell or share this information with other companies, and we will not share it with other visitors to the site without parents' permission. We also NEVER use this information to sell or market other companies' products to a child.

Why does Kidsreads.com collect information from kids?

We collect information from kids only as is necessary to make their participation in an activity on our site possible and safe. For example, we ask for kids' email addresses if they wish to receive our newsletter. Kids do not need to register or provide us with any information before visiting the site. Kids can come as often as they wish and never have to provide us with any personal information if they choose not to. However, to protect kids' privacy and safety, we do ask kids to register if they wish to use message boards or chat rooms. This allows us to confirm parental consent for these activities. It also allows kids to create a user name by which they can be identified on the site without revealing any personal information.

How does Kidsreads.com collect information from kids?

We collect information mainly by asking for it directly. We also use cookies, as a means of measuring the number of visitors to the site. However, we do not use cookies to track any other information about you, nor do we share this information with anyone else. If you wish, you may set your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are sent.

What information does Kidsreads.com collect from kids, and how is this information used? Will parents be contacted when this information is collected?

We ask for information only if your child wishes to participate in the following activities:

NEWSLETTER
Kids have the opportunity to receive a free weekly newsletter from Kidsreads.com. To sign up to receive the newsletter, a child must provide us with his or her email address and the email address of a parent. The parent will be notified by email that the child has signed up for the newsletter and will be given information on how to unsubscribe from the mailing list if desired. Additionally, every copy of the newsletter includes instructions on how to unsubscribe from the mailing list.

CONTESTS
Kids who wish to enter contests on Kidsreads.com they are asked to send email to us or to submit their email addresses. These addresses are collected solely for use in this contest. If a child wins, he or she is contacted by email and asked to print out a special form which must be filled out, signed, and FAXed or mailed back to us by a parent or legal guardian before we send the prize. We will contact the child by mail ONLY if we have received this form signed by a parent. The child's name and address will never be used for other purposes or sold to or shared with another company.

E-MAILING BOOKER T. WORM
Many of the kids who visit our site write e-mail to Booker T. Worm, the character who hosts Kidsreads.com. A trained staff replies to these e-mails. Afterwards, these e-mail addresses are deleted from our files.

Who can I contact for more information or to remove a child from the Kidsreads.com records?

We have designed these policies so that parents and kids feel secure about their safety and privacy on Kidsreads.com. If you have any questions or wish to speak to someone at Kidsreads.com about these policies, please feel free to contact us using the information below. A parent may review the information we have collected about his or her child at any time. If for any reason a parent would like to have his or her child removed from the Kidsreads.com records, the parent should contact us as described below and we will immediately delete all information related to the child and cease any contact we have with him or her.

Email: Carol@bookreporter.com
Phone: (212) 246-3100
Fax: (212) 246-4640
Mail: Kidsreads.com Privacy Policy, The Book Report Network, 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1228, New York, NY, 10107