No Personal Information from Children
We do not collect personal information from children under 13. All app functionality works without accounts or data collection.
Our COPPA Safeguards
How The Bright Harbor complies with children's privacy regulations.
On-Device Only
Child interactions, voice recordings, and progress data are stored only on the family's device—never transmitted to our servers.
Parental Consent Required
Any features requiring data transmission (like cloud sync) require verifiable parental consent through Apple's family sharing.
No Third-Party Tracking
We don't use advertising SDKs, analytics that track children, or social media integrations in child-facing features.
Parent Access Rights
Parents can view, export, and delete all data associated with their child's use at any time through the parent dashboard.
Data Minimization
Even when parents opt into cloud features, we collect the minimum data necessary and never for advertising purposes.
COPPA Questions
Understanding children's privacy protections
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is a US federal law that protects the privacy of children under 13. It requires parental consent before collecting children's personal information online.
No personal data is collected from children. All stories, progress, and voice recordings stay on your device. We don't have access to any child data unless a parent explicitly shares it for support purposes.
We use Apple's built-in parental controls and Family Sharing. Parents must authenticate with their Apple ID to enable any features that would transmit data, providing verifiable consent.
No. Our apps don't include any way for children to contact us, share content publicly, or communicate with other users. All support requests must come from parent accounts.
Contact us at privacy@thebrightharbor.com. Parents can request to review, delete, or refuse further collection of their child's information (though we don't collect any by default).