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The Reading Nest
Website: thereadingnest.in
Effective Date: 4 October 2026
Last Updated: 4 October 2026
Welcome to The Reading Nest.
The Reading Nest is an online children’s physical book-rental membership service operated through thereadingnest.in (“Website”, “Platform”, “we”, “us”, “our” or “The Reading Nest”).
The Reading Nest is designed to make physical children’s books more accessible, affordable and convenient for families through membership-based book rental.
Unlike a conventional online bookstore, The Reading Nest’s primary service is based on membership and physical book rental. Individual books are not intended to be purchased separately through the Website.
Members may, depending on their membership plan and applicable service conditions:
This Privacy Policy explains how The Reading Nest collects, uses, stores, protects and shares personal information when you use our Website or services.
Website:
thereadingnest.in
Business Address:
104 – A, DSK Sundarban Phase 2, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra – 411028, India
Privacy & Data Protection Email:
admin@thereadingnest.in
The Reading Nest is the entity/business responsible for determining how personal information is processed in connection with the Website and services, subject to the applicable legal structure of the business.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through:
The Reading Nest operates primarily as a membership-based physical book-rental library.
Customers purchase a membership plan rather than purchasing individual books.
Our membership structure may provide different book-selection allowances, such as:
with membership durations such as quarterly, half-yearly and yearly plans.
The Website may therefore process information about:
This information is required to operate the membership and rental service.
We collect only information reasonably required for operating our services, fulfilling membership obligations, communicating with customers, maintaining security and complying with applicable law.
Depending on how you use the Website, we may collect the following categories of information.
We may collect:
This information may be used for account creation, membership management, delivery coordination, customer support and service communications.
If you create an account on The Reading Nest, we may collect:
You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential.
You should immediately contact us at admin@thereadingnest.in if you believe that your account has been accessed without authorization.
When you purchase a membership, we may collect information necessary to process and record the transaction.
This may include:
Payment card, UPI or banking credentials may be processed directly by the applicable payment gateway.
The Reading Nest does not intend to store sensitive payment credentials such as:
The exact payment provider used on the Website may be identified in our checkout and relevant legal disclosures.
Because The Reading Nest provides physical books, we may need to collect information required to deliver and collect books.
This may include:
This information may be shared with delivery or logistics providers to the extent necessary to complete the requested service.
We may maintain information relating to your membership, including:
For example, where a member has a 3 Books / Week plan, our system may need to determine:
Books selected this week: 2
Remaining: 1
Such information is necessary to administer the membership.
The Reading Nest may provide members with a reading-list/book-selection facility.
We may record:
This information is used to manage the physical book inventory and ensure that books are properly allocated to members.
We may maintain a record of books associated with your membership.
This may include:
Rental records help us:
The Website may maintain information about whether a particular physical book is:
This information may be connected to member/rental records.
The Reading Nest is a children’s book service, but our membership and purchasing service is intended for parents, guardians and adult customers.
We do not require children to independently purchase memberships.
Where parents or guardians voluntarily provide information about a child for book recommendations, we recommend providing only the minimum information necessary.
For example:
Preferred:
Age group: 6–10 years
rather than unnecessarily providing:
Full name + exact date of birth + school + personal address.
Parents and guardians should not provide sensitive information about children unless it is genuinely required and appropriately requested.
The applicable Indian data-protection framework contains specific requirements concerning children’s personal data and parental/guardian consent. The notified DPDP Rules include mechanisms concerning verifiable parental/guardian consent. MeitY
Where voluntarily provided by a parent or guardian, we may process limited information such as:
This information may be used to:
We do not need unnecessary identifying information about a child to provide ordinary book recommendations.
The Reading Nest may provide a Request a New Book facility.
A visitor or member may suggest a book they would like The Reading Nest to add to the collection.
We may collect:
Book requests may be used to:
Submitting a request does not guarantee that the requested book will be purchased or added.
We encourage users not to include unnecessary personal information about children in book requests.
The Website may allow visitors to subscribe to The Reading Nest newsletter.
If you subscribe, we may collect:
We may send:
You can unsubscribe from promotional communications at any time.
Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may continue sending communications necessary to provide your service.
These may include:
These communications are operational rather than optional marketing communications.
If you contact The Reading Nest, we may collect:
This information is used to respond to your enquiry and provide customer support.
When you visit the Website, technical information may automatically be collected depending on our hosting, security and analytics configuration.
This may include:
This information may be used for:
The Reading Nest may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies may be used for:
Where analytics tools are enabled, cookies may help us understand general Website usage.
Where marketing technologies are enabled, cookies or similar technologies may help measure campaigns or provide relevant advertising.
A separate Cookie Policy should describe the specific cookies and third-party technologies actually installed on the Website.
The Reading Nest uses an e-commerce website infrastructure to manage customer accounts, memberships and transactions.
The Website may process information in connection with:
Information may be stored in the Website’s database and associated hosting environment.
We may use personal information for:
To provide access to The Reading Nest membership and book-rental services.
To activate and administer membership plans.
To manage selection, reservation, rental, delivery, exchange and return of physical books.
To deliver and collect books.
To process and reconcile membership payments and refunds.
To answer questions and resolve complaints.
To provide necessary service notifications.
To send marketing communications where permitted and where appropriate consent has been obtained.
To detect and prevent fraud, abuse and unauthorized access.
To improve the Website, catalogue and user experience.
To comply with applicable laws and lawful requests.
Depending on the circumstances, personal information may be processed:
The DPDP framework requires transparency about the personal data being processed and the purpose for which it is processed. The notified DPDP Rules provide the implementation framework for these requirements. MeitY
Where consent is required for marketing, The Reading Nest will seek an affirmative action.
For example:
☐ I would like to receive The Reading Nest updates, new-book announcements and reading recommendations.
Marketing consent should not be assumed merely because you create an account or purchase a membership.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent by contacting:
You may also use an unsubscribe link provided in applicable marketing communications.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that was lawfully completed before withdrawal.
If certain information is necessary to provide a service, withdrawing consent may affect our ability to continue providing that service.
We may share personal information with third parties where reasonably necessary to operate The Reading Nest.
These may include:
For processing membership payments and refunds.
For delivering and collecting books.
For operating the Website.
For sending transactional and marketing emails.
For SMS, WhatsApp or other communications where enabled.
For protecting the Website against malicious activity.
Where analytics services are enabled.
Such as accountants, auditors, lawyers or consultants.
Where required by law or lawful legal process.
The Reading Nest may use an Indian payment gateway to process membership payments.
The payment gateway may process payment information directly.
The Reading Nest may receive:
The exact gateway used should be identified in the final website version.
Payment Gateway:
[INSERT ACTUAL PAYMENT GATEWAY]
When a book needs to be delivered or collected, necessary customer information may be shared with the applicable delivery/pickup service.
This may include:
Information will be limited to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant delivery or collection.
We implement reasonable technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the nature of the personal information processed.
Depending on our technical infrastructure, these may include:
However, no internet service can guarantee absolute security.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as required/permitted by applicable law.
Retention may be necessary for:
Different categories of information may therefore have different retention periods.
When information is no longer required and there is no legal or operational reason to retain it, we may delete, anonymize or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable requirements.
You may contact us at:
to request deletion of your account or personal information, where applicable.
Certain information may need to be retained where required for:
Subject to applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including:
The DPDP Act provides statutory rights including rights relating to access to information, correction/erasure, grievance redressal and nomination, subject to its provisions. MeitY
Send your request to:
Please include:
We may need to verify your identity before acting on certain requests.
For privacy-related complaints, please contact:
The Reading Nest
Email:
admin@thereadingnest.in
Address:
104 – A, DSK Sundarban Phase 2, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra – 411028, India
We will review and respond to privacy-related grievances in accordance with applicable law and our internal grievance process.
The notified DPDP Rules address requirements concerning information/contact mechanisms for questions relating to personal-data processing. MeitY
The Reading Nest is designed around children’s reading, but membership purchases and customer accounts are intended for parents, guardians and adult customers.
We do not intentionally require children to:
Parents and guardians should supervise children’s use of the Website.
Where child-related information is required for recommendations or service delivery, we aim to collect only the information reasonably necessary.
Where applicable law requires verifiable parental/guardian consent, the relevant mechanisms will apply.
Users may voluntarily submit:
Please do not submit unnecessary personal information about yourself or children.
In particular, do not submit:
If you voluntarily submit a review or testimonial for publication, we may display information you intentionally provide for that purpose.
Where possible, we recommend using:
First name / initials
rather than unnecessarily publishing a child’s full identity.
We may use information such as:
to improve recommendations and the overall library experience.
Such information is intended to support book discovery and service personalization.
The Website may contain links to external websites or services.
The Reading Nest does not control the privacy practices of third parties.
You should review the privacy policy of the third party before providing personal information.
Some service providers used by The Reading Nest may process information outside India.
Examples can include:
Where applicable, such processing or transfers will be undertaken in accordance with applicable Indian law and relevant contractual/security requirements.
If we become aware of a personal-data breach, we will take appropriate measures to:
If The Reading Nest undergoes:
relevant personal information may be transferred as part of the transaction, subject to applicable law.
The Reading Nest does not intend to sell customers’ personal information as an independent commercial product.
We may share information with service providers where necessary to operate:
Such operational sharing is different from selling personal information.
We aim to collect only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
For example, a book delivery may require:
Name + address + phone number.
It ordinarily does not require:
Aadhaar + PAN + school information + medical information.
Please therefore avoid entering unnecessary personal information into free-text fields.
You should ensure that the information you provide is accurate and up to date.
This is particularly important for:
Incorrect information can cause delivery or communication problems.
We may update this Privacy Policy when:
The Last Updated date will be changed when the policy is revised.
For material changes, additional notice may be provided where appropriate.
This Privacy Policy is intended to operate in accordance with applicable laws of India.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to remove or restrict any statutory right or protection that cannot lawfully be excluded.
For privacy questions, data requests, complaints or concerns:
Website:
thereadingnest.in
Email:
admin@thereadingnest.in
Business Address:
104 – A, DSK Sundarban Phase 2, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra – 411028, India
The Reading Nest
Email:
admin@thereadingnest.in
Address:
104 – A, DSK Sundarban Phase 2, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra – 411028, India
