Privacy Policy
Effective June 30, 2026
Growing Stories ("we", "us") is a storybook app for families. This policy explains what information we collect, why, and how to control it.
Who creates an account
Accounts are created and managed by a parent or guardian, not by a child. Children do not interact with sign-up, billing, or account settings — a parent enters everything on their behalf, including each child's profile.
What we collect
- Account email and password (stored as a one-way hash, never in plain text), and an optional username.
- Child profile info a parent enters: first name and birth year, used to personalize stories and pick an age-appropriate reading band. We never ask a child to enter this themselves.
- Reading progress: which scene a child last reached in a story, so they can pick up where they left off.
We do not collect location data, device identifiers for advertising, or any information directly from a child.
What we don't do
- No advertising, and no ad networks of any kind.
- No third-party analytics or tracking SDKs.
- We never sell or rent personal information to anyone.
If we add subscriptions in the future, payment processing will be handled by a third-party provider (e.g. RevenueCat/Apple/Google) under their own privacy terms, and this policy will be updated before that happens.
Where data lives
Account and progress data is stored in a PostgreSQL database hosted on Railway. Story illustrations are served via Cloudinary; no personal or child information is sent to Cloudinary — only generic image requests.
Deleting your data
A parent can delete their account at any time from within the app (Settings → Delete Account), which immediately and permanently removes the account along with every linked child profile and all reading progress. You can also request deletion by emailing support@growingstoriesapp.com.
Your rights (GDPR / UK GDPR)
If you're in the EU/UK, you have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to withdraw consent at any time. Contact us at support@growingstoriesapp.com to exercise any of these rights.
Children's privacy (COPPA)
Growing Stories is designed for children to use, but every account belongs to and is controlled by an adult. Child profile data (name, birth year) is provided directly by that parent as part of setting up the app for their family, not collected from the child. A parent can review, edit, or delete any child profile's data at any time from the app.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes in a meaningful way, we'll update the effective date above and, where required, notify account holders by email.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data: support@growingstoriesapp.com