1000 Books Foundation Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last revised on May 30, 2026.

1000 Books Foundation, a Nevada non-profit corporation (“1000 Books Foundation,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or “ourselves“), respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable law. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices and rights available to you.

As used in this Privacy Policy, “1000 Books Foundation” includes its subsidiary and affiliated entities. The terms “Services,” “website(s),” or “site(s)” include 1000booksbeforekindergarten.org and any other websites we operate, together with our iOS and Android mobile applications (the “Apps“) and related online services on which this Privacy Policy is posted.

When this Privacy Policy uses the term “personal information” (also referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal data“), we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, or could reasonably be linked to a particular individual or household, such as a name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or online identifier. Information that has been aggregated or de-identified so that it can no longer reasonably be associated with an individual is not personal information and may be used and shared as described in Section 7.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. Children’s Information; Our Apps

The Services, including the Apps, are intended for and directed to adult parents and caregivers, and are not directed to children under the age of thirteen (13). 1000 Books Foundation believes that screen time for young children should be strictly limited. Recommended guidelines are that children under two should have no screen time, and that screen time for children over two should be limited to one to two hours per day.

The Apps are designed to be used by adults. In the Apps, we collect an email address and ZIP code from the adult parent or caregiver who registers — not from children. A parent or caregiver may enter any name they choose for a “Reader” in the App, including simply the word “Reader.” Whether to input a child’s first name, a nickname, or anything else is entirely the parent’s or caregiver’s choice, and we encourage parents and caregivers not to enter information that identifies a child.

Advertising in the Apps is limited to non-personalized, contextual advertising. We have configured our advertising provider for child-directed treatment, which means ads are not based on a user’s prior behavior and are not used to build advertising profiles. We do not permit interest-based or behavioral advertising directed to users of the Apps. (See Section 6.)

1000 Books Foundation does not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under thirteen (13) years of age without verifiable parental consent. If you are a parent or caregiver and believe that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us at contact@1000booksfoundation.org and we will take reasonable steps to review and delete that information. Parents and caregivers may also contact us at that address to review, correct, or request deletion of information associated with their account, or to refuse to permit further collection or use of such information.

We retain information collected through the Apps only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services and fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, after which we delete or de-identify it. We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect.

2. Information You Provide to Us

We collect personal information that you choose to provide to us, typically when you are interested in obtaining products, services, or content from us or from third parties. Depending on how you use the Services, this may include your login name, real name, postal address, email address, telephone number, ZIP code, and any other information you choose to provide.

We also collect information you provide when you register for, log in to, or use interactive features of the Services, such as updating your profile, posting comments, sharing content, tracking reading progress, or participating in activities, contests, games, or promotional offers. We may collect information about products and services you indicate you are interested in.

3. Information Collected Automatically Through Technology

When you use the Services, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain information through cookies, software development kits (“SDKs”), and similar technologies, including:

• Device and usage information, such as your IP address (which may be used to estimate general location), device identifiers, device type and operating system, app version, crash and diagnostic logs, performance data, and information about how you interact with the Services.
• Approximate location, derived from your IP address.
• Cookies and similar technologies. On our websites, we use cookies (small files stored on your device) and similar technologies such as pixel tags and JavaScript snippets to operate the site, remember your preferences and registration details, analyze traffic patterns, and understand how our Services are used. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings; consult your browser’s Help menu for instructions. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Services.

We use this information to operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Services; to diagnose and address technical problems and administer our servers; to analyze usage and traffic patterns; and for the other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Where required by applicable law (including in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”)), we obtain consent before using non-essential cookies and similar technologies, and we honor recognized opt-out preference signals, such as the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), where required.

4. Advertising

Our Services may display advertising. In our Apps, we use Google AdMob (the Google Mobile Ads SDK) to serve advertisements. As described in Section 1, we have configured AdMob for child-directed treatment, so that only non-personalized, contextual ads are served in the Apps. Non-personalized ads are not based on a user’s past behavior and are not used to create advertising profiles; limited data may still be used for purposes such as contextual ad selection, frequency capping, measurement, and fraud prevention.

In connection with serving ads, Google, acting as a third party, may collect certain information through its SDK, such as IP address (used to estimate general device location), device identifiers, crash and performance data, ad interaction data, and similar information, for advertising, analytics, and fraud-prevention purposes. To learn how Google collects and uses data when you use our Apps, please see Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” page, available at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partners.

On Apple iOS devices, where applicable, we will request your permission through Apple’s App Tracking Transparency framework before engaging in any tracking that requires it. You can also manage advertising preferences at the device level — for example, by resetting or limiting your advertising identifier in your device settings.

Our websites may display advertising managed by third parties. Third-party advertisers may use cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies to collect information when you interact with their ads. Once you click an advertisement and leave our Services, this Privacy Policy no longer applies, and you should review the privacy policy of the relevant advertiser. Information about opting out of interest-based advertising from participating companies is available through the Digital Advertising Alliance (https://optout.aboutads.info) and the Network Advertising Initiative (https://optout.networkadvertising.org).

5. How We Use Information

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

• To provide, operate, maintain, personalize, and improve the Services and to develop new features and offerings;
• To create and manage accounts, track reading progress, and respond to your requests, comments, and inquiries;
• To communicate with you about the Services, including administrative messages, updates, and, where permitted, promotional materials about our programs, products, and services;
• To administer contests, sweepstakes, games, surveys, and promotional offers, and to fulfill prizes and rewards;
• To serve and measure non-personalized advertising and to support our programs;
• To analyze usage, conduct research, and generate reports and insights;
• To protect the security and integrity of the Services, prevent fraud and abuse, and enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements;
• To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests; and
• For any other purpose disclosed to you at the time of collection or with your consent.

We may also de-identify or aggregate personal information — including by combining it with information about other individuals or removing characteristics that make it personally identifiable. There are no restrictions under this Privacy Policy on our right to use or share aggregated or de-identified information for any lawful purpose.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell children’s personal information, and we do not share children’s personal information for cross-context behavioral or interest-based advertising. More generally, we may share information as follows:

• Service providers. We share information with vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf — such as hosting, analytics, advertising delivery, communications, customer support, and prize fulfillment — under contracts that limit their use of the information to providing services to us.
• Promotional and program partners (adult users). Where you have engaged with activities sponsored in whole or in part by a third party (such as requesting brand information or participating in a co-sponsored contest or game), or where you have otherwise consented or not opted out as required by law, we may share information with such partners. Where applicable law requires an opt-out for such sharing, we honor it (see Section 9).
• Business transfers. If 1000 Books Foundation acquires, is acquired by, merges with, or transfers all or part of its business or assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, consistent with this Privacy Policy.
• Legal and safety. We may disclose information when we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law, a court order, subpoena, or other legal process; to enforce our Terms of Use or contest, sweepstakes, promotion, or game rules; to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of you, us, our users, or third parties; or to detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues.
• With your consent. We may share information for other purposes with your consent or at your direction.

7. Aggregated and De-Identified Information

We may use and disclose aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information — which does not identify any individual — for any purpose permitted by law, including research, analytics, program development, and reporting to funders and partners. Where we maintain de-identified information, we will maintain it without attempting to re-identify it, except as permitted by law.

8. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA / UK)

If you are located in the EEA or the UK, our legal bases for processing your personal data depend on the information concerned and the context in which we collect it. We generally rely on the following bases:

• Performance of a contract — to provide the Services you request and operate your account;
• Legitimate interests — to operate, secure, analyze, and improve the Services, serve non-personalized advertising, and communicate with you, where such interests are not overridden by your rights;
• Consent — for non-essential cookies and similar technologies, certain marketing communications, and any other processing for which we seek your consent (which you may withdraw at any time); and
• Legal obligation — to comply with applicable laws and respond to lawful requests.

9. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

EEA / UK residents. Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to access, correct, update, or delete your personal data; to restrict or object to certain processing; to data portability; to withdraw consent; and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

California residents (CCPA/CPRA). Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to know and access the personal information we collect, use, and disclose; to request correction or deletion; to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information and of certain targeted advertising; and to limit the use of sensitive personal information. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age. To opt out, you may contact us using the details in Section 13 or, where offered, use our “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” mechanism, and we honor the Global Privacy Control signal where required.

Nevada residents. Nevada law gives consumers the right to opt out of the sale of certain covered personal information. To submit such a request, please contact us at contact@1000booksfoundation.org.

Other U.S. states. Residents of other states with applicable privacy laws may have similar rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain processing of their personal information.

Marketing choices. You may opt out of promotional emails at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in the message or by contacting us. We may still send you non-promotional, administrative messages about your account or the Services.

How to exercise your rights. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@1000booksfoundation.org or [INSERT MAILING ADDRESS]. We will respond as required by applicable law and may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request where permitted by law.

10. International Data Transfers

We are based in the United States, and we and our service providers may process and store information in the United States and other countries that may have data protection laws different from those in your jurisdiction. Where we transfer personal data out of the EEA or the UK, we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK Addendum, where applicable), or another lawful transfer mechanism.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, to provide the Services, to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements, after which we delete or de-identify it. Information collected through the Apps relating to a Reader is retained only as long as needed for the purposes for which it was collected.

12. Data Security

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure, and we maintain a written information security program appropriate to the nature of the information we collect. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

13. Third-Party Links and Services

The Services may contain links to, or integrations with, third-party websites, products, and services that we do not control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third parties, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party before providing information to it.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or for other reasons. When we do, we will revise the “Last Revised” date above and, where required by law, provide additional notice. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of any update constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

15. Applicability

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through the Services on which it is posted, including our websites and Apps, and does not apply to information collected by 1000 Books Foundation through any other means or to information collected by third parties.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:

1000 Books Foundation

8987 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89147

Email: contact@1000booksfoundation.org