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Children’s Literature (ChildrensLit) Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 6, 2026

Introduction

Children’s Literature (ChildrensLit) is operated by CLCD, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“CLCD,” “ChildrensLit,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal information through ChildrensLit.com, its associated websites, account and submission systems, professional review services, author and illustrator programs, publisher programs, directories, and other services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”).

Our Services primarily support authors, illustrators, publishers, reviewers, librarians, educators, industry professionals, and other visitors interested in children's and young adult literature.

Certain ChildrensLit services connect with other CLCD products and affiliated platforms, including the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database and the MoBoo digital reading platform. Where appropriate, this Policy explains how information may be shared or processed to support those services.

This Policy does not replace a separate privacy policy applicable to the MoBoo reading application or other CLCD services where those services provide their own privacy notices.

By using our Services, you acknowledge the information practices described in this Policy. Where consent is legally required for particular processing activities, we will seek that consent separately.

 

1. Information We Collect

We collect information appropriate to the services you request and the ways you interact with ChildrensLit.

1.1 Personal and Contact Information

Information may include:

  • Full name, pen name, or professional name
  • Email address, mailing address, and telephone number
  • Username, account identifiers, and account information
  • Professional affiliation, publisher, or organization
  • Author or illustrator biography and professional background
  • Website addresses, social media profiles, and professional contact links
  • Communications and correspondence with CLCD

1.2 Author, Illustrator, and Publisher Information

When you participate in our author, illustrator, publisher, or related programs, we may collect:

  • Book titles, ISBNs, authorship, publication dates, and bibliographic metadata
  • Book descriptions, genres, categories, and audience information
  • Book covers, illustrations, manuscripts, digital files, and sample chapters
  • Professional biographies, photographs, promotional materials, and website links
  • Book-review applications and submitted review materials
  • Book distribution permissions, territorial rights, availability, pricing, and related commercial terms
  • Publisher agreements, program selections, and participation information
  • Information necessary to manage eBook sales, leasing, lending, promotional opportunities, or other authorized distribution arrangements

Some of this information may be intended for public display through our directories, professional review services, discovery products, promotional materials, and affiliated distribution platforms, as described in Section 4.

1.3 Reviewer Information

Individuals applying to become or serving as professional reviewers may provide:

  • Name and contact information
  • Professional qualifications and experience
  • Areas of expertise, subject interests, and reading preferences
  • Educational and professional affiliations
  • Review assignments, submitted reviews, editorial correspondence, and related records
  • Payment or tax information, where applicable

We use this information to evaluate applicants, administer review assignments, maintain editorial operations, and manage reviewer relationships.

1.4 Payment and Financial Information

When you purchase services, enroll in paid programs, or participate in revenue-generating programs, we may collect or receive:

  • Billing name and address
  • Transaction history
  • Payment status and transaction identifiers
  • Program fees and purchase records
  • Publisher or author payment instructions
  • Royalty or revenue-sharing records
  • Banking and tax documentation where required

Payment card information may be processed directly by third-party payment providers. The information available to CLCD depends on the payment method and provider involved.

1.5 Technical and Website Usage Information

When you visit our websites or use our online services, we or our service providers may collect:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Browser type and operating system
  • Device type and technical identifiers
  • Referring websites and pages visited
  • Date, time, and duration of visits
  • Website interactions and navigation activity
  • Approximate geographic location derived from IP address
  • Cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers
  • Login, session, and security-related information

We may use this information to operate, secure, maintain, and improve our Services, measure website performance, and understand visitor engagement.

1.6 Communications and Marketing Information

We may maintain records of:

  • Newsletter subscriptions
  • Marketing communication preferences
  • Responses to campaigns and invitations
  • Webinar registrations
  • Requests for demonstrations or additional information
  • Correspondence regarding professional reviews, publisher programs, or author services

1.7 Information from Other Sources

Where permitted by applicable law, we may receive professional or business-related information from publicly available sources, publishers, authors, professional organizations, business partners, industry directories, referral sources, and service providers.

We may combine such information with existing records where reasonably necessary to maintain professional relationships, provide requested services, verify information, or conduct lawful business communications.

 

2. How We Collect Information

We collect information through several methods.

Information you provide directly: When you register, complete forms, upload materials, purchase services, submit books for review, join programs, contact CLCD, or otherwise communicate with us.

Information collected automatically: Through website operation, cookies, session technologies, analytics, server logs, and similar tools.

Information received from third parties: Through payment processors, publishers, professional organizations, marketing and technology service providers, affiliates, or other lawful sources.

Professional and publicly available information: We may collect information concerning books, publishers, authors, illustrators, reviewers, and other industry participants from publicly available bibliographic and professional sources.

 

3. How We Use Information

We use personal information for legitimate business and operational purposes, including:

3.1 Providing Our Services

  • Creating and managing accounts
  • Processing applications and registrations
  • Delivering professional review services
  • Operating author and illustrator programs
  • Managing publisher partnerships and submissions
  • Maintaining directories and professional listings
  • Providing customer service and responding to inquiries

3.2 Publishing and Distributing Book Information

We may use submitted or authorized materials to:

  • Create and maintain bibliographic and book-discovery records
  • Prepare, edit, administer, and publish professional reviews
  • Display author and illustrator directory profiles
  • Promote books, authors, illustrators, and publishers
  • Distribute authorized book information through CLCD products and related services
  • Support authorized eBook sales, leasing, lending, and digital distribution through MoBoo or other approved channels

The publication and distribution of submitted materials remain subject to applicable program terms, permissions, agreements, and authorizations.

3.3 Payments and Business Administration

We may use information to process payments, issue invoices, maintain transaction records, calculate amounts owed, administer revenue-sharing arrangements, process publisher or author payments, and meet accounting and tax requirements.

3.4 Communication and Marketing

We may contact you regarding:

  • Services or programs in which you participate
  • Book submissions, reviews, or account activities
  • Changes to our services or policies
  • Professional opportunities, publisher programs, and related offerings
  • Educational resources, webinars, newsletters, and promotional communications

We provide legally required mechanisms to unsubscribe from marketing emails. Certain transactional, contractual, security, and administrative communications may continue when necessary.

3.5 Website Performance and Security

We may analyze website usage, troubleshoot problems, improve functionality, detect unauthorized activity, prevent fraud, maintain security, and protect our systems and users.

3.6 Legal and Contractual Obligations

We process information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, enforce agreements, respond to lawful requests, preserve records, and establish or defend legal rights.

 

4. Public Information and Professional Listings

ChildrensLit provides services intended to increase the discoverability of books, authors, illustrators, and publishers.

Participation in certain programs may involve displaying professional or submitted information publicly or distributing it to professional audiences.

Depending on the program, this information may include:

  • Author or illustrator names and biographies
  • Professional photographs
  • Book titles, ISBNs, covers, and descriptions
  • Professional reviews and review excerpts
  • Publisher names and related bibliographic information
  • Author or publisher website links
  • Promotional materials and other information authorized for publication

Information designated for publication may appear on ChildrensLit.com, in the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database, through affiliated products, and in authorized promotional or distribution channels.

Publicly available information may be accessed, indexed, copied, or archived by third parties, including search engines. CLCD cannot guarantee that information removed from our own systems will also be removed from independent third-party websites, search indexes, or archives.

Submitting a manuscript, private correspondence, financial information, or other material for a specific service does not automatically make that information public. Publication and distribution will be governed by the applicable service terms, permissions, and agreements.

Requests to correct or remove publicly displayed personal information may be submitted to privacy@clcd.com. Requests concerning published reviews, bibliographic records, or contractual materials may also be governed by applicable editorial policies and agreements.

 

5. How We Share Information

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

5.1 Service Providers

We may share information with companies that support our operations, including providers of:

  • Website hosting and infrastructure
  • Cloud storage and technical services
  • Payment processing and financial administration
  • Email delivery and marketing systems
  • Website analytics
  • Security and fraud prevention
  • Customer support and administrative services

Such providers may process information on our behalf or under their own applicable legal obligations, depending on the service.

5.2 CLCD Products and Affiliated Entities

Information may be shared among CLCD-operated products and legally affiliated entities where necessary for account administration, professional review services, book discovery, authorized distribution, business operations, or other disclosed purposes.

This may include sharing authorized publisher and book-related information with the MoBoo platform to support eBook availability, sales, leasing, lending, reporting, and contractual payment obligations.

5.3 Publishers, Authors, Reviewers, and Program Partners

We may share information reasonably necessary to fulfill a requested service or authorized program, including submissions to professional reviewers, publisher communications, and book-related information used for listings, promotions, or distribution.

We may provide participating publishers or authors with aggregated reporting concerning their books, transactions, or engagement, as permitted by applicable agreements and law.

5.4 Legal Obligations and Protection of Rights

We may disclose information where legally required or reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with lawful requests or legal proceedings
  • Investigate fraud, security incidents, or suspected unlawful conduct
  • Enforce agreements and protect legal rights
  • Protect users, personnel, or the public

5.5 Business Transactions

Information may be transferred or disclosed in connection with a proposed or completed merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.

5.6 With Your Authorization

We may share information for additional purposes when you authorize the disclosure or request a service requiring it.

5.7 Aggregated and De-identified Information

We may create and use aggregated or de-identified information for research, statistical analysis, business planning, reporting, and service improvement, subject to applicable law.

Where information is treated as de-identified under applicable privacy law, we will maintain and use it in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.

 

6. Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies

Our websites may use cookies, local storage, tags, pixels, analytics services, and similar technologies.

These technologies may support:

Essential functionality: Account access, authentication, security, session management, and website operation.

Preferences: Remembering selected settings and improving usability.

Analytics and performance: Understanding website traffic, identifying technical problems, and evaluating service performance.

Marketing measurement: Measuring the effectiveness of marketing communications and campaigns where such tools are enabled.

Some technologies may be operated by third-party service providers.

You may manage cookies through your browser settings and through any cookie preference controls made available on our websites. Disabling essential technologies may affect website functionality.

Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, we will obtain the required consent before using them.

Where applicable law requires recognition of qualifying browser-based privacy preference signals or provides rights to opt out of certain tracking, we will honor those requirements.

For questions concerning our use of cookies or tracking technologies, contact privacy@clcd.com.

 

7. Marketing Communications

ChildrensLit communicates with authors, illustrators, publishers, reviewers, and other industry professionals regarding services, opportunities, educational resources, and relevant programs.

We may use business contact information obtained through direct interactions, professional relationships, publicly available business sources, or other lawful channels.

Commercial email communications will be conducted in accordance with applicable marketing and privacy laws.

You may opt out of marketing communications by:

We will process applicable opt-out requests within legally required timeframes.

Opting out of marketing does not necessarily prevent communications needed to administer an existing account, fulfill a contract, provide a requested service, or deliver legally required notices.

 

8. Information Security

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, and misuse.

Security measures may include access restrictions, authentication controls, monitoring, secure communications, and appropriate protections for information stored by our service providers.

Access to personal information is limited according to operational responsibilities and legitimate business needs.

No electronic storage, transmission, or security system can guarantee absolute security.

If a security incident involving personal information occurs, we will assess and respond to the incident and provide notifications when required by applicable law.

 

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information for periods reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, including the provision of services, compliance with contractual obligations, maintenance of business records, resolution of disputes, and satisfaction of legal requirements.

Retention periods may differ by information type.

  • Account and contact information: Retained while needed for account administration, service delivery, legal compliance, or legitimate business purposes.
  • Financial and transaction records: Retained as necessary for accounting, tax, audit, payment, and legal obligations.
  • Professional review and submission records: Retained as necessary for editorial administration, professional review operations, contractual obligations, historical reference, and related legitimate purposes.
  • Publicly published reviews, bibliographic information, and authorized listings: May remain available as part of CLCD’s continuing professional reference and bibliographic services, subject to applicable rights, agreements, and law.
  • Marketing information: Retained as necessary to administer communications, honor preferences and unsubscribe requests, and maintain compliance records.

When information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely archive it, as appropriate and legally permitted.

 

10. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on your location, the nature of the information, and applicable law, you may have rights to:

  • Request access to personal information held about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of eligible personal information
  • Obtain a copy of certain information
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
  • Object to or restrict certain processing
  • Opt out of certain marketing or data-sharing activities
  • Request information about how your personal information is used or disclosed

To submit a request, email privacy@clcd.com.

We may request information reasonably necessary to verify your identity or authority to act on another person's behalf.

Some requests may be subject to legal exceptions, including obligations to maintain financial records, preserve contractual information, protect security, comply with law, or retain certain editorial and bibliographic records.

We will respond within timeframes required by applicable law.

Where legally required, we will provide a means to appeal a denial of a privacy-rights request.

 

11. Children’s Privacy

ChildrensLit.com primarily provides professional publishing, author, illustrator, editorial review, and related industry services.

The ChildrensLit professional Services are not intended for children under the age of 13 to independently register for accounts or submit personal information.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information directly from children under 13 through these professional Services without meeting applicable legal requirements.

If we become aware that personal information has been collected directly from a child in circumstances that violate applicable children's privacy requirements, we will take appropriate corrective measures.

Parents or guardians who believe a child has submitted personal information to ChildrensLit may contact privacy@clcd.com.

MoBoo and other CLCD products intended for children or families may operate under separate privacy notices and age-specific privacy protections. Users should consult the privacy policy applicable to the particular application or service.

 

12. U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under laws applicable to their personal information.

Depending on the jurisdiction, the applicability of the law, and available exemptions, such rights may include:

  • Access to personal information
  • Correction of inaccurate personal information
  • Deletion of eligible personal information
  • Data portability
  • Information concerning categories of personal information disclosed to third parties
  • Opting out of certain sales, targeted advertising, or profiling activities
  • Limiting certain uses of sensitive personal information
  • Protection against unlawful discrimination or retaliation for exercising privacy rights

These rights apply only where required by applicable law.

California Privacy Rights

California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, where that law applies to CLCD and the relevant information.

California privacy law defines certain activities, including “sale” and “sharing,” more broadly than ordinary commercial usage. For example, some advertising or analytics arrangements may qualify even if no personal information is exchanged for money.

Where applicable, CLCD will provide required disclosures and methods to exercise opt-out rights, including recognition of qualifying opt-out preference signals.

California residents may submit requests to privacy@clcd.com.

We will not unlawfully discriminate against individuals for exercising applicable privacy rights.

Other U.S. States

Residents of other states with applicable comprehensive privacy laws may also exercise the rights provided by their respective laws.

Requests may be directed to privacy@clcd.com.

 

13. International Privacy Rights

ChildrensLit serves an international publishing and literary community.

Where the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), United Kingdom GDPR, or similar privacy laws apply, the following additional provisions are relevant.

13.1 Data Controller

CLCD, LLC generally acts as the data controller for personal information it determines the purposes and means of processing through the ChildrensLit Services.

13.2 Legal Bases for Processing

Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information based on:

  • Contractual necessity: To provide requested services, manage accounts, perform agreements, and administer payments.
  • Legal obligations: To satisfy tax, accounting, regulatory, and other legal requirements.
  • Legitimate interests: To operate and protect our Services, manage professional relationships, improve operations, and conduct other lawful business activities, subject to applicable balancing requirements.
  • Consent: Where legally required, including for particular marketing, cookies, or other processing activities.

13.3 International Data Transfers

Personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States and other jurisdictions where CLCD or its service providers operate.

Where international transfer restrictions apply, we will use a legally permitted transfer mechanism or appropriate safeguards required by applicable law.

13.4 Individual Rights

Where applicable, individuals may request:

  • Access to personal information
  • Correction or erasure
  • Restriction of processing
  • Data portability
  • Objection to certain processing, including qualifying direct marketing
  • Withdrawal of consent
  • Other rights provided by applicable law

Individuals may also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

Privacy requests can be submitted to privacy@clcd.com.

 

14. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our websites may contain links to external websites, publishers, booksellers, payment processors, social networks, and other third-party services.

These websites and services may operate under separate privacy policies and terms.

CLCD is not responsible for the independent information practices of third parties except to the extent responsibility is imposed by applicable law.

We encourage users to review the relevant privacy policies before submitting personal information to external services.

 

15. Automated Processing and Analytics

We may use automated systems to support website operations, content management, analytics, record matching, service improvement, security, and related administrative activities.

Where automated tools process personal information, such processing remains subject to the protections and legal requirements described in this Policy.

If we engage in automated decision-making or profiling that triggers additional legal disclosure or individual rights requirements, we will provide the notices and rights required by applicable law.

 

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our Services, business operations, technology, or legal requirements.

When the Policy changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date.

Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before implementing material changes to relevant data-processing activities.

The current version of this Privacy Policy will be available through ChildrensLit.com.

 

17. Contact Information

For questions, privacy inquiries, or requests regarding personal information, please contact:

CLCD, LLC
Attn: Privacy
549 New Road, Suite J
Somers Point, NJ 08244
United States

Phone: 1-888-611-2523
Privacy: privacy@clcd.com
Customer Service: customerservice@clcd.com
Website: https://childrenslit.com

This Privacy Policy describes the information practices of CLCD, LLC relating to ChildrensLit Services. Specific programs and products may also be governed by additional terms, contracts, or privacy notices.