Privacy Policy

Who we are

KindFable is a personalized children’s storybook service. This policy explains what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and the choices you have. KindFable is meant to be used by a parent or legal guardian on a child’s behalf.

What we collect

• A photo you upload to create a cartoon avatar. We use it transiently and do not store the original — see below.
• Child details you provide: first name, age, interests, and the short “what happened this week” note used to write the story.
• Derived content: the cartoon avatar, illustrated pages, and story text generated for you, plus notes the system keeps to make future stories feel more personal.
• Account & payment: your email, and payment status handled by our payment processor, Stripe. We never store your full card number.

The original photo is never stored

When you upload a photo, it is re-encoded in memory (which removes embedded metadata such as GPS location), sent once to our AI image provider to create the cartoon avatar, and then discarded. The original photo is never written to our long-term storage. Only the resulting cartoon images are kept.

Parental consent

KindFable is for use by a parent or legal guardian. We ask you to confirm you are the parent/guardian and that you consent to creating a cartoon avatar at the point of photo upload. You can review, export, or delete your child’s data at any time (see “Your rights”).

How we use data

We use the information solely to generate and deliver your storybooks, operate your account, prevent abuse, and improve the personalization of future stories. We do not sell personal information or use children’s data for advertising.

Storage, security & retention

Data is stored with our infrastructure provider and is encrypted at rest and in transit by default. Child imagery lives in private storage and is served only via short-lived signed links. Books you create are kept while your account is active. Anonymous books that are never saved to an account are automatically deleted after a short retention window.

Your rights

You can access, correct, export, or delete your data. Deleting your account permanently removes your children’s details, books, generated images, and notes from our systems. To exercise any right, use the in-app controls or contact us at privacy@kindfable.com.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email privacy@kindfable.com.