🎓 Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Wonderful Tales ("we," "our," or "us") provides an educational storytelling app that creates personalized, age-appropriate stories to help children aged 3-12 develop vocabulary and language skills. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you use our app.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Educational Content You Provide

• Child's Name: Used only within stories to personalize the learning experience
• Child's Age: Used to provide age-appropriate vocabulary (ages 3-12)
• Story Preferences: Themes, tones, and moral lessons you select
• Vocabulary Progress: Words your child encounters in stories (stored locally on your device)

2.2 Usage Information (Educational Analytics)

• Learning Progress: Stories created, vocabulary words saved, reading time
• Device Identifier: Anonymous ID to track your credits and purchases (no personal information)
• App Usage Data: Features used, story preferences, to improve educational value

2.3 Information We Do NOT Collect

• ❌ No email addresses or contact information
• ❌ No location data or tracking
• ❌ No photos or camera access
• ❌ No contacts or address book
• ❌ No social media information
• ❌ No third-party advertising data

3. How We Use Your Information

3.1 Educational Purposes

• Generate personalized stories with your child as the hero
• Provide age-appropriate vocabulary and language complexity
• Track learning progress (vocabulary words, reading time)
• Display educational insights in the Parent Dashboard

3.2 App Functionality

• Process story generation requests
• Manage your credit balance and purchases
• Save stories to your local library for offline access
• Sync vocabulary across devices (if using same device ID)

3.3 Service Improvement

• Improve story generation quality
• Enhance educational content and vocabulary selection
• Fix bugs and improve app performance
• Develop new educational features

4. Data Storage and Security

4.1 Local Storage (On Your Device)

• Stories: Saved stories are stored only on your device
• Vocabulary Library: Up to 50 words stored locally
• Audio Cache: Story audio files for offline playback
• Child's Name & Age: Saved locally for convenience (not shared)
• Preferences: Your app settings and story preferences

💡 For your convenience, your child's name and age are automatically saved on your device after creating the first story, so you don't need to re-enter them each time. This data never leaves your device.

4.2 Cloud Storage (Secure Azure Services)

• Device ID: Anonymous identifier (no personal info)
• Credit Balance: Your story credits and purchase history
• Story Cache: Generated stories (for faster re-access)
• Usage Statistics: Anonymous analytics to improve education value

4.3 Security Measures

• 🔒 All data transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections
• 🔒 Secure Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure
• 🔒 No third-party data sharing or selling
• 🔒 Regular security audits and updates

5. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Wonderful Tales is designed for children aged 3-12 and complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA):

• ✅ We do not knowingly collect personal information from children
• ✅ Child's name is used only for story personalization, never shared
• ✅ No social features, chat, or contact with other users
• ✅ No third-party advertising or tracking
• ✅ Parents have full control through the Parent Dashboard
• ✅ All content is age-appropriate and educational

6. Educational Data Usage

Parent Dashboard: We provide parents with educational insights including:

• 📊 Total stories created and read
• 📚 Vocabulary words learned
• ⏱️ Total reading time
• 🎨 Favorite themes and preferences
• 📈 Learning progress over time

All this data is stored locally on your device and never shared with third parties.

7. In-App Purchases

• Purchases are processed securely through Apple's App Store
• We store only your purchase receipt ID (no payment information)
• Credits are tied to your device ID for syncing
• Restore purchases feature available for device changes
• No recurring subscriptions - credits never expire

8. Third-Party Services

We use the following services to provide educational content:

• Microsoft Azure: Secure cloud infrastructure
• Anthropic Claude AI: Story generation (no personal data shared)
• ElevenLabs: Voice narration (only story text, no child info)
• Apple StoreKit: In-app purchase processing

These services receive only the minimum data necessary to function (story parameters, no child information).

9. Your Rights and Controls

9.1 Data Access and Deletion

• Delete Stories: Remove individual stories from your library
• Clear Vocabulary: Delete all vocabulary words at any time
• Reset App: Delete the app to remove all local data
• Request Data Deletion: Contact us to delete cloud-stored data

9.2 Parental Controls

• View all stories your child has created
• Monitor learning progress through the Parent Dashboard
• Control app access through iOS Screen Time
• Review and manage vocabulary words

10. Data Retention

• Local Data: Kept until you delete the app
• Cloud Data: Retained for service functionality
• Inactive Accounts: May be deleted after 12 months of inactivity
• Upon Request: We will delete your data within 30 days

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our educational app or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes through:

• In-app notification
• Updated "Last Modified" date
• Prominent notice in the app

12. International Users

Wonderful Tales is based in the United States. If you use our app from outside the US, your data may be transferred to and stored in the US, where data protection laws may differ from your country.

13. California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act:

• Right to know what personal information is collected
• Right to delete personal information
• Right to opt-out of data "sales" (we don't sell data)
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights