Child Safety Standards

Kidhoot has never contained advertising and never will. There is no advertising SDK integrated into the app. This is verifiable by inspecting the app's declared permissions and network activity — no ad network domains are contacted.

• No Google AdMob or Google Mobile Ads SDK
• No Facebook Audience Network or Meta Ads
• No banner ads, interstitials, or rewarded video ads
• No sponsored content or product placements
• No affiliate links within the app

Kidhoot does not track children's behaviour, usage patterns, or personal information for analytics purposes. No analytics SDK (such as Google Analytics, Mixpanel, or Firebase Analytics) is integrated.

Kidhoot is a single-player, single-family experience. There are no features that connect children with other users.

• No in-app chat, messaging, or comments
• No user profiles visible to other users
• No leaderboards or competitive rankings
• No friend or follower systems
• No content sharing to social media within the app
• No multiplayer or co-operative play with strangers

Kidhoot includes a protected Parent Zone that gives parents full oversight and control of the app's settings. The Parent Zone is protected by a simple mental-arithmetic gate (e.g., "What is 2 + 3?") to prevent young children from accessing settings.

• Parent Zone access: All settings, backup options, and configuration are protected behind the parent gate.
• TTS provider control: Parents choose between offline Piper voices (default) and optional ElevenLabs AI voices.
• Language settings: Parents set the child's language preference and the exercise language(s).
• Crash reporting opt-in: Only parents can enable crash reporting — it is off by default.
• Backup & account linking: Only parents can link an email address for cloud backup.
• Child profile: Parents enter the child's name and birth year — used only for personalisation and module unlocking.

All learning content in Kidhoot is created, reviewed, and curated by our team to be age-appropriate for young children. The app covers foundational educational categories such as numbers, letters, colours, shapes, everyday vocabulary, and simple concepts children encounter at home and at school.

All content is static and pre-reviewed. There is no mechanism for external content to be injected into the app without a published app update. Content is available in multiple languages.

Kidhoot is designed to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA, United States), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, European Union), and equivalent children's privacy legislation worldwide.

• No collection of personal data from children: Kidhoot does not knowingly collect personal information from children without verifiable parental consent.
• Parental consent model: Any optional data features (cloud backup, crash reporting) are controlled exclusively by parents.
• Data minimisation: We collect only the minimum data necessary for the app to function.
• Right to deletion: Parents can request deletion of all data at any time by contacting privacy@kidhoot.com.
• No third-party data sharing: We do not sell, rent, or share children's data with any third party for commercial purposes.

If you discover any content, behaviour, or data practice that you believe raises a child safety concern, we want to hear from you immediately. We take all reports seriously and respond promptly.