Safety & privacy

Safe by design — not by accident

Generative stories are wonderful, but they have to be safe for children first. Here’s how we make that non-negotiable.

Every word and picture is checked

Nothing reaches your child until it has passed automated text and image safety checks. If anything looks off, it’s blocked and regenerated — we fail safe, not sorry.

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No ads. No selling data. No strangers.

There is no advertising of any kind, we never sell data, and there is no public sharing or chat with other users — removing the biggest risks to kids online.

Healthy screen time, by default

Every child starts with a gentle 20-minutes-a-day limit. When the time’s up, kidtold says a warm goodbye-for-now instead of pulling them back for more — no endless feed, no dark patterns. You can raise or remove the limit anytime from your dashboard.

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Built to the COPPA standard

kidtold is a children’s service and is built to the amended U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act standard. A verified parent sets everything up and stays in control.

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We collect as little as possible

No full names required, no location, no contacts. A grown-up gate protects all settings and billing, and you can review or delete your child’s data at any time.

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No voice recording

Read-aloud narration is synthesized on the device — your child’s voice is never recorded, and no audio is sent to us or anyone else.

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Parents are in charge

You approve setup, hold the account, and control the subscription. Reporting tools let you flag anything for review with a tap.

This page describes our approach in plain language; our full privacy notice has the details on what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and your rights as a parent.