Tagalog with Kikay

Overview

Tagalog with Kikay ("the app") is made for children and families, and we built it to respect your privacy. This policy explains what information the app does and does not handle.

Information we collect

Children can play without creating an account or entering personal information. The app does not ask children for a real name, photo, voice, location, or contact details. A grown-up chooses the profile nickname, buddy, and age band. We ask families to use a nickname rather than a child’s real name. Learning data includes words learned, stars, stickers, and mini-game results. It stays on the device unless a grown-up chooses to sign in, in which case it is synchronized to the household service so it follows the family’s devices. From parents and guardians (optional): a parent may create or sign in to a household with an email address and one-time code. We store the email address, consent record, session token, device label and last-seen time, plus subscription status when applicable. We process limited IP-address and security logs to prevent misuse and protect the sign-in service. A parent can delete the household and everything stored for it — profiles and progress included — from the For Grown-Ups screen, or by contacting us at support@tagalogwithkikay.com. Crash reporting: the publicly distributed App Store app does not include a crash-reporting SDK and does not transmit crash reports to a third party.

How progress is stored

Your child's learning progress — words learned, stars, stickers, mini-game results, and the nickname a grown-up chose for their profile — is saved on the device, and the app is fully playable without a connection. If a grown-up signs in to a household account, that same profile and progress are synchronized to our household service under a random household identifier. It is used only to restore the family’s experience on their signed-in devices. Our hosting and database providers process that data only to operate and secure the service; it is never sold, used for advertising, or shared with ad networks or data brokers. Profile names are the nicknames a grown-up chooses — please do not use a child’s real name. Deleting the app removes the on-device copy. Progress can be cleared anytime from the For Grown-Ups screen, which also clears the synced copy. That screen also lets a grown-up delete the whole household — every child profile and all progress — from our server in one step.

No ads or tracking

The app shows no advertising and uses no third-party advertising, analytics, or tracking technologies. We do not use device identifiers to track your child.

Device permissions

The app does not request access to the camera, photo library, microphone, location, contacts, or any other sensitive device feature.

Purchases and subscriptions

The app is free to use. It also offers an optional Premium subscription that only a grown-up can choose to buy. App Store purchases are processed by Apple or Google and RevenueCat, which receives an app-specific subscriber identifier and purchase status so it can verify the subscription. Optional website purchases are processed by PayPal. Parent email addresses may also be used to deliver purchase, gift, or sign-in emails through Resend. Purchase and account data are used only to provide, verify, restore, and support the subscription — never for advertising, tracking, or profiling a child. Learning progress is not part of an App Store purchase transaction.

Children's privacy

The app is designed for children and families. Children can play without an account and cannot create or view a parent account. The app does not ask a child for contact details, a photo, voice recording, location, or other information about themselves. A grown-up may choose a nickname, buddy, and age band for a child profile. Learning progress is stored on the device and is synchronized only when a grown-up signs in to a household. It is held under a random household identifier and used only to restore that family’s experience. It is not sold, used for advertising, or sent to analytics or advertising services. Parents and guardians may optionally use an email address and one-time code to create or sign in to a household. We also process account, session, device, consent, and subscription information needed to provide and secure that service. The parent area is protected by a parental gate. The publicly distributed App Store and Google Play app does not include a crash-reporting or analytics SDK and does not transmit crash data to a third party. Parents and guardians may contact us at support@tagalogwithkikay.com to ask what we hold for their household or request deletion. To delete on-device data, uninstall the app or use the For Grown-Ups screen. To delete everything held on our servers — the household, every child profile, and all their progress — use Delete our data from the server in the For Grown-Ups screen, or email support@tagalogwithkikay.com.

Third parties

We use limited third-party processors to run the service: (1) Apple or Google and RevenueCat for App Store purchase and entitlement processing; (2) PayPal for optional website purchases; (3) Resend to deliver parent sign-in and transaction emails; and (4) hosting and database providers to operate and secure the household service. These processors receive only the data needed for their service. RevenueCat does not receive learning-progress payloads, and Resend receives a parent email address and message only. We do not sell data, use advertising networks, use analytics services, or share child learning progress with ad networks or data brokers. The publicly distributed App Store and Google Play app does not include a crash-reporting SDK or send crash reports to a third party.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update the effective date shown below and the version in the app.

Contact us

Questions about this policy? Contact us at support@tagalogwithkikay.com.