School and Library Privacy Summary
A plain-language overview of public browsing, school/library-managed reader profiles, personal accounts, and the information KRKB uses to run reading programs.
Updated May 28, 2026
Public browsing
Public KRKB pages, public shelves, public challenge pages, and public Reading Program pages can be browsed without creating a personal KRKB account.
Managed reader profiles
Schools and libraries may create rostered or managed reader profiles, nicknames, QR login cards, join links, program groups, assignments, shelves, and reports. Rosters can be entered manually, imported by CSV, or synced from Clever by an authorizing teacher. Display-name participation can record program participation without creating a personal KRKB account.
Personal accounts
Families, educators, adult users, or eligible readers may also use personal KRKB accounts where saved activity, posting, or parent-linked access is needed.
How KRKB uses information
- To let readers sign in, find books, write reviews, answer quizzes, create stories, and join clubs or programs.
- To help teachers and librarians manage school/library-managed reader profiles, rosters, assignments, family instructions, moderation queues, and reports.
- To help parents and caregivers view linked reader activity, account controls, library preferences, and deletion options.
- To protect KRKB through security, abuse prevention, moderation, support, and service maintenance.
What KRKB does not use it for
- KRKB does not sell student or library patron personal information.
- KRKB is not designed for behavioral advertising to children.
- KRKB does not use school, library, or reader-submitted content to train KRKB-owned general AI models.
- Library routing uses public book metadata and outbound links; KRKB does not collect library card numbers.
- Current School/Library Plan status is informational and manual; it does not lock existing free educator accounts out of current tools.
Clever single sign-on and rostering
KRKB supports Clever Library for teacher-managed SSO and classroom rostering. Teachers authorize which classes are shared; Clever then provides a privacy-minimal roster — student first name, last initial, and grade, never a student email address or password. Students sign in with the school login they already know, and only after their teacher has synced the class: there is no student self-registration through Clever. Removing a student from the roster in Clever marks the KRKB profile inactive on the next sync, and schools can request full deletion at any time. Details are in the full Privacy Policy's School Single Sign-On and Rostering section.
What “managed” means
A school/library-managed reader profile is created or controlled by an authorized teacher, librarian, school, public library, district, or similar organization for a specific reading program. It may use a nickname, display name, roster row, QR login card, join link, or program identifier instead of a personal email address. These profiles and display-name joins are still treated as privacy-relevant program records because they can connect reader work or participation to that managed profile or program.
Parent, school, and library requests
Parents can use Parent Portal tools when accounts are linked. Schools and libraries can contact KRKB for privacy, security, deletion, or procurement questions. For the complete policy language, use the full Privacy Policy, COPPA page, Terms of Use, and any written agreement for your organization.
