Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Bedtime stories app is operated by:

This Policy explains how information is handled in the Bedtime stories app for iOS and iPadOS and on its supporting website.

2. Children and parents

The app is designed for users of all ages, including children. A child may read and listen to stories independently, but privacy-sensitive actions are reserved for a parent or guardian.

Entering or clearing a child’s name, making or deleting recordings, managing purchases, privacy controls, and opening external links are placed behind a short equation used as an adult gate. Only a parent or guardian may record a voice in the app. Children should not enter personal information or make recordings.

We recommend entering only a first name or nickname, not a full legal name. The app has no public profiles, messaging, public uploads, advertising, or social features.

These optional features are intended to be configured and controlled only by a parent or guardian.

3. Information handled by the app

Optional child’s name

A parent or guardian may enter an optional child’s first name or nickname. It is stored on the device and, when iCloud is available, synchronized automatically through Apple’s iCloud key-value storage across devices using the same Apple Account.

The name remains stored until a parent or guardian clears it. Clearing the name removes the local copy and requests removal of the synchronized iCloud copy.

Parent or guardian voice recordings

A parent or guardian may record individual story lines for private family playback. The app stores accepted audio locally and synchronizes it automatically through the user’s private iCloud database when iCloud is available.

A recording is stored with limited technical information needed to associate it with the correct story and line, such as story and segment identifiers, character information, recording duration, date, format, content version, and integrity information.

Recordings are not used for voice recognition, voice cloning, transcription, advertising, behavioural analytics, or artificial-intelligence training. They are not made public or shared with other app users.

A recording remains until it is replaced or deleted by a parent or guardian. The app provides controls to delete one recorded line, all recordings for one story, or all recordings.

Name and recording synchronization follows the Apple Account used for iCloud. It is separate from purchase sharing through Apple Family Sharing.

Purchases and subscriptions

Purchases are processed by Apple through In-App Purchase. We do not receive payment-card details.

RevenueCat helps the app validate purchases and determine which content is available. RevenueCat processes a randomly generated App User ID, purchase and subscription history, receipt and transaction status, product status, trial, renewal and expiration information, and limited technical information needed to provide this service. We do not send the child’s name or voice recordings to RevenueCat.

We do not use a behavioural analytics SDK to monitor how users read or listen to stories.

A subscription unlocks the complete catalogue while active. A non-consumable story purchase permanently unlocks that story, subject to the purchaser’s Apple Account and Apple’s store rules. Eligible purchases may be shared through Apple Family Sharing.

iCloud and silent notifications

Apple processes iCloud records and technical identifiers needed to synchronize information. The app may use silent CloudKit notifications to refresh synchronized content. These notifications do not display an alert, sound, or badge and are not used for marketing.

Local diagnostics and motion

The app maintains a limited technical log on the device to help it operate and diagnose errors. It is not uploaded automatically. The app has no third-party analytics or automatic crash-reporting service.

Device motion may be used on the device for a visual parallax effect. Motion information is not stored or transmitted.

4. Support communications

If you contact us by email, we process the information you provide, such as your contact details, message, and attachments, to answer the request and keep records reasonably required for support, security, or legal purposes.

5. Website information

The supporting website is delivered through Cloudflare Pages. We do not use advertising, behavioural analytics, tracking pixels, or non-essential cookies on the website.

Cloudflare may process technical request and security information such as IP address, browser and device information, requested URL, request time, and security signals to deliver and protect the website. Cloudflare may use strictly necessary security technologies.

6. How information is used

Information is used only to:

• personalize stories with the optional name;
• save and synchronize private family recordings;
• deliver purchased and subscribed content;
• restore purchases and support Family Sharing where available;
• maintain security, synchronization, and technical operation;
• answer support and privacy requests; and
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

Where EEA or UK data-protection law applies, processing is based, as appropriate, on providing a feature requested by a parent or guardian, our legitimate interest in securely operating the app and website, compliance with legal obligations, or consent where applicable law requires it.

7. Service providers and disclosures

Information may be processed by:

• Apple, for iCloud, CloudKit, silent notifications, In-App Purchase, subscriptions, purchase restoration, and Family Sharing;
• RevenueCat, for purchase validation and access management;
• Cloudflare, for website hosting, delivery, and security.

We may disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect users, rights, safety, or the security of the service.

We do not sell personal information. We do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, targeted advertising, or third-party marketing. The app contains no advertising SDK, tracking SDK, behavioural analytics SDK, support chat, or social-network integration.

These providers may process information in countries other than the user’s country under their own privacy terms and applicable transfer safeguards.

8. Retention and deletion

• The optional child’s name is retained until it is cleared.
• A recording is retained until it is replaced or deleted.
• Local technical logs remain on the device and are not uploaded automatically.
• Apple and RevenueCat retain purchase information as necessary to validate, restore, administer, and legally document transactions under their respective policies.
• Support correspondence and legally required business records are retained only as long as reasonably necessary for those purposes.
• Cloudflare retains technical website information according to its service configuration and privacy policy.

Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription and may not delete information already stored in iCloud or retained in Apple’s purchase history. Parents should use the in-app deletion controls before removing the app. See Privacy Choices for instructions.

9. Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or objection, to withdraw consent, or to complain to a data-protection authority.

The quickest way to remove the child’s name and recordings is through the gated controls in the app. Because the app has no account with us and private iCloud data is associated with the user’s Apple Account, we generally cannot locate that private data from a name or email address alone.

A parent or guardian may exercise applicable rights for a child by contacting obrienser@gmail.com. We may request reasonable information to verify the request. We will never ask for an Apple Account password.

Requests concerning Apple’s transaction records, iCloud account information, or Apple Account must be made directly to Apple. Further instructions are provided on the Privacy Choices page.

10. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the information handled by the app, including Apple’s private iCloud storage and iOS file-protection features for local recordings. No storage or transmission system can be guaranteed completely secure.

11. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy when the app, its providers, or legal requirements change. The revised Policy will show a new effective date. Material changes will be communicated in an appropriate manner before they take effect where required.

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