Privacy and deletion notice
Version 2026-11-07
Tinytale is a friends-and-family pilot for a printed children's book. Adults fill in the forms. There is no photo upload. We do not make accounts for children, and we do not ask a child to use the form or to chat with us.
Who may fill in the form
You need to be 18 or older. You need to be the child's parent or legal guardian, or you need that person's permission to order the book and to enter these details. A grandparent or other relative can order only with that permission. Paying does not replace the parent's or guardian's permission.
What we collect about the child
We keep this small.
- First name. Please do not enter a last name.
- Age. We ask for age, not a date of birth.
- Pronouns you choose.
- Interests you type.
- Appearance options you choose on the form, such as skin tone, hair, eyes, glasses, and mobility aids, plus any other choices the form actually shows.
You may leave the rest blank. If you want them in the story, you may add:
- Up to two siblings: first name and age.
- One pet: name and kind of animal.
Type only what you are comfortable seeing in a preview and in a printed book. Some details are used to match a story. Some may appear on the page. The preview shows you which.
What we do not collect
There is no photo upload. Do not send photos of a child by email or text. If a photo arrives anyway, we delete it and we do not use it in the book.
We do not collect a child's last name, school, account, or precise location. We do not build a public gallery of pilot books. We do not use face recognition.
What we collect about the adult
We use the email or phone number we already used to invite you, and any email or phone you add, to send the preview link, payment links, and shipping updates. When you order the printed book, we collect the shipping name and address you want printed on the label.
Card payments are taken on a hosted payment page. We do not store your card number in the pilot app.
Who receives the details
- AI providers receive the details needed to generate the story text and the illustrations: the child's first name, age, pronouns, interests, appearance options, and any sibling or pet details you added. They do not receive a photo, because we do not have one.
- The printer receives the print file and the shipping address. For this pilot we expect that printer to be Cloudprinter. If a different printer is used, the order message will say so.
- The payment processor receives the card payment on its own page.
We do not sell or rent personal information. These pilot pages are not used for advertising.
We will not tell you that a provider is barred from using data to train models unless that limit is actually in place for the provider we use. These terms do not claim that every vendor contract has been through a lawyer.
Private links
Each family gets a private link. Do not forward it. Preview pages are not meant to show up in search.
When previews and files are deleted
Previews are deleted after 7 days if you do not order the book. Creative files for a book you order are deleted 60 days after delivery.
- If you submit the form and do not pay the $5 preview fee, we delete what you entered 7 days after you submit it.
- If we send a preview and you do not order the book, we delete the preview and the creative files 7 days after we send the preview link.
- If you order the book, we keep the creative files (the approved pages and the print file) until 60 days after delivery, then we delete them.
- If a guarantee claim is still open when that 60 days ends, we keep only what we need for that claim, and we delete it when the claim is closed.
- We keep a separate order record for payment, tax, fraud prevention, and legal duties: adult contact details, what was paid, the shipping address, and delivery status. That record does not include the story pages or illustrations after the creative files are deleted.
Backups and copies held by a printer or a payment processor fall off on their own schedules. We do not use deleted creative files to make another book or to advertise.
You can ask us to delete sooner. Email [Support email] with the subject "Delete my pilot book data," and include the invite email plus the child's first name so we can find the right order. We may ask you to confirm that you are the adult who ordered. We aim to delete the creative files within a few days of a request we can match. We may retain the separate order record when tax, payment, or legal rules require it.
Contact
Tinytale [Legal entity name] [Support email] [Mailing address]
This mailing address is not a staffed studio. We aim to reply within one day during the pilot.