Kindred Readers, LLC ("Kindred Readers," "we," or "us") knows that you care how information about you is used and shared. This Privacy Policy explains what information we will collect when you use KindredReaders.com (the "site") and related services (the "Service"). It describes
- what personally identifiable information is collected from you through the Service, how it is used and with whom it may be shared
- what choices are available to you regarding the use of your data
- the security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information
- how you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to provide services to you.
By providing Kindred Readers your email address, you consent to our using that email address to send you Service-related notices, including any notices required by law. You may not opt out of Service-related emails. You may opt out of other messages but doing so may prevent you from receiving emails about updates or special offers.
Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you access a web page. When you register with or view our site, our servers automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
When you use the Service, we may employ clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons), which are used to track the online usage patterns of our users anonymously. No personally identifiable information is collected using these clear gifs. In addition, we may also use clear gifs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients. The information is used to enable more accurate reporting, improve the effectiveness of our marketing, and make Kindred Readers better serve our members.
Registration
Visitors may use certain portions of this website without registering as a member. To become a member of Kindred Readers, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name, age and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest. We use the personal information you submit to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service.
Any personal information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Service (for instance, in User Content you post) becomes available to the public via the Service and our business partners. User Content includes, but is not limited to, reviews, forum comments, suggestions and survey responses. If you remove User Content, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other users have copied or stored your User Content.
Subscriptions, Orders and Billing
We request information from you on our subscription and order forms. To buy from us, you must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing your request, we'll use this information to contact you.
We use a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected using commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to Kindred Readers and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission of information, we make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from Kindred Readers, at all times.
Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
In the event that personal information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised. It is our policy to provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for business-related purposes, to you via email notice or through conspicuous posting of such notice on our website page, as determined by Kindred Readers in its sole discretion. We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to you, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Kindred Readers will not disclose personal information to any third party unless required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law, comply with legal process served on us or our affiliates, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities; (b) to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, or to protect the security or integrity of our site; and (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Kindred Readers, our users or others.
Non-Personally Identifiable Information
We may share non-personally identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with third parties to help them understand the usage patterns for certain Kindred Readers services.
Kindred Readers allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements on our site. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on Kindred Readers. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Privacy of users under 18 years of age
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, Kindred Readers does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 13, please do not send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information to Kindred Readers.. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
To opt out of certain contacts from us, use the UNSUBSCRIBE link in the email or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. directly to
- see what data we have about you, if any
- change/correct any data we have about you
- have us delete any data we have about you
- express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. All updates will be posted on this page.