Privacy Policy

COPPA Compliance

¡Ya Leo! is designed for children under 13. A parent or guardian must create an account and provide verifiable consent before any child data is collected. Children do not create their own accounts — all child profiles are created and managed by the parent. We do not collect more information from children than is reasonably necessary to provide the educational services described below.

Information We Collect

Parent/Guardian Information

• First and last name (collected at signup for account identification and communication)
• Email address (for account login and communication)
• Authentication credentials (password stored securely by our database provider, or Apple sign-in token)
• Parent's birth year (used as the lock for the parent area) and account settings such as app language and subscription status

Child Information (provided by parent)

• First name (used to personalize the reading experience)
• Age, grade level, and Spanish proficiency (used to select appropriate content difficulty and instruction language)
• Profile photo/avatar (optional, uploaded by parent)
• Reading preferences (speed, voice, display settings, daily goals, schedule)
• Reading activity data (books read, pages completed, time spent, comprehension quiz scores, fluency metrics such as words per minute and accuracy)
• Learning progress (phonics lesson completion, difficult words encountered, streaks, badges, star rewards, and virtual items earned with stars)

How We Use This Information

• To provide personalized Spanish reading lessons and book recommendations appropriate for the child's level
• To track reading progress, lesson completion, and comprehension so parents can monitor development
• To generate age-appropriate AI reading hints and conversational tutoring when the child needs help
• To provide text-to-speech narration of books and lessons
• To allow parents to view reading reports, fluency charts, and difficult words for their children

Third-Party Services

To provide our educational features, we share limited data with the following services. No third party receives your child's data for advertising or marketing purposes.

Voice & Speech Data

When your child uses the read-aloud feature, the app listens through the device microphone to match spoken words against the expected text. On web browsers, speech recognition is processed locally by the browser. On iOS, Apple's native speech recognition is used (on-device or via Apple's servers). In all cases, audio recordings are processed in real time and are never stored by our app or our servers.

Offline Usage

¡Ya Leo! can function offline for previously accessed content. When offline, all lesson content, reading progress, and speech recognition work locally on the device. No data is transmitted to any server while offline. Reading progress is saved locally and synced when connectivity is restored.

Local Device Storage

The app stores reading preferences, lesson progress, and cached book content on your device using standard browser storage (localStorage and IndexedDB). This data stays on the device and is not accessible to other apps or websites.

Data Retention

We retain child profile data and reading activity for as long as the parent account is active. When a parent deletes a child profile, all associated data (reading sessions, lesson progress, difficult words, streaks, and badges) is permanently deleted from our servers. Parents can delete their entire account and all associated data at any time from Settings in the app, or by contacting us.

Parental Rights

• Review all data collected about your child by viewing the Parent Dashboard and Reading Report within the app
• Delete any child profile and all associated data directly from the Parent Dashboard
• Request a complete copy of your child's data by emailing us
• Delete your entire account and all associated data from Settings in the app, or by emailing us
• Withdraw consent at any time by deleting child profiles or closing your account

Data Security

We protect your data using HTTPS encryption for all data in transit, secure authentication with hashed passwords, row-level security policies that ensure parents can only access their own family's data, and API keys stored securely on our servers (never exposed to the client app).

No Advertising or Tracking

¡Ya Leo! does not contain any advertising. We do not use third-party analytics, tracking pixels, or advertising SDKs. We do not sell, rent, or share personal information with any third party for marketing or advertising purposes. The app does not contain links to external websites accessible to children.

Subscriptions & Billing

If you subscribe to ¡Ya Leo! Premium, payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your device's Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. If a free trial is offered, any unused portion of the trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

AI-Generated Content

¡Ya Leo! uses artificial intelligence services to generate and enhance educational content, including book text and comprehension questions (Anthropic Claude), book illustrations (OpenAI and Google Gemini), text-to-speech narration (ElevenLabs), and conversational tutoring with Leo, our AI reading companion (Anthropic Claude). All AI-generated content is designed for age-appropriate educational use. While we take care to ensure quality and appropriateness, AI-generated content may occasionally contain imperfections or unexpected variations. Parents are encouraged to review content with their children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we handle children's data, we will notify you via email or a prominent notice within the app. The updated policy will include a new "Last Updated" date at the top.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to review or delete your child's data, or wish to exercise any of your parental rights, please contact us:

Grow Forward MC LLC

2950 Clay St #201, San Francisco, CA 94115