Gathering this information helps us develop Web sites and products to match your interests. Houghton Mifflin Company cannot take any responsibility for such collection or disclosure. Houghton Mifflin may also use cookies to track links from our Affiliate's Web sites to our Web sites. This information is used only for the purpose of tracking commissions which may become due to an Affiliate if you purchase a product or service from one of our sites. The following paragraphs summarize Houghton Mifflin's policy regarding the collection and use of personal information about children.
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Houghton Mifflin usually does not collect personal information, as defined under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. We collect and use only as much information about children as necessary for the activity, and do not condition participation in any on-line activity on the disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary. Occasionally, we use cookies to store pertinent user information during a session. We contact children by e-mail only in response to their requests for information or assistance. Houghton Mifflin cannot take any responsibility for such collection or disclosure.