Privacy Policy for Story Beads
Story Beads is a children’s story app. Story progress stays on your device. The app is free and shows a small third-party banner on the home screen only.
Who publishes this app
Sai Laksha Technologies publishes Story Beads. Developer: Sreedhar Lakshmanan.
Information stored on your device
The app stores locally (UserDefaults):
- Language, voice on/off, and bedtime
- An optional first name for a greeting
- Which stories are finished (stickers)
- Daily star / streak date
This is not sent to Sai Laksha Technologies. There is no account or login.
Advertising
We use Google AdMob for one banner on the home screen. Stories and games have no ads.
Ads are tagged as child-directed, rated G (general audiences), and non-personalized (NPA). We do not show an App Tracking Transparency prompt. We do not use the advertising identifier to track children across apps.
Google may collect a device identifier and related advertising data according to Google’s policies, to show and measure ads. That data is not linked to an account we hold.
Google’s policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google’s families policy: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/6223431
Information we do not collect ourselves
- No email, phone number, or account
- No contacts, photos, precise location, or files
- No Sai Laksha Technologies analytics or crash reporter
- We do not sell children’s data
Children’s privacy
Story Beads is designed for children and families. It is listed as Education, not in Apple’s Kids category, because of the home-screen banner. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children on our servers. An optional first name, if entered, stays on the device and is only used for a greeting.
App Store privacy label
Data used to track you: none. Data linked to the user: none. Device ID may be used by Google AdMob for third-party advertising and is not linked to an identity we hold.
Data retention and deletion
Delete the app to remove local Story Beads data.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update the date on this page.
Contact
Sai Laksha Technologies
Developer: Sreedhar Lakshmanan
Email: sreedharlakshmanan4@gmail.com
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