We respect the privacy of children and adults and do not collect any more personal information than reasonably necessary to enable you to share in the Kokoro experience. We do not have any agreements with outside organizations to collect personal information and will never share your e-mail address or personal information with anyone.

Children under the age of 16 should always get permission from their parents before sending any information about themselves (such as their names and e-mail addresses).

If a minor submits stories, artwork, comments, or anything else to us that is posted on our site or used in our print magazine, they will be identified only by first name, last initial, age, and state.

If you contact us by e-mail, we will reply using your e-mail address. If you subscribe on-line using PayPal, we will use your e-mail address to contact you regarding your subscription. We do not keep or sell e-mail address lists and will not use your e-mail address for marketing purposes.

If you choose to provide us with personal information, like age, rank or organization affiliation, we use that information to make Kokoro more useful to its audience. We do not create individual profiles with the information you provide or provide it to any other organizations.

We do not automatically gather or store any information about you when you visit our web site.

We provide some links to external or third-party Web sites. Kokoro does not guarantee, approve or endorse the information or products available at these sites, nor does a link indicate any association with or endorsement by the linked site to Kokoro. We make every effort to insure that any links we provide are suitable to Kokoro's audience.