Legal
Legal documents
Every agreement and notice, with its version and date. A change is always a new version; old versions stay here.
Agreements
What you agree to when you use TaleTykes at home or at school.
- Terms of serviceThe agreement for families using TaleTykes: accounts, plans, trials, billing and the books.
- School termsHow schools authorize classroom use, who owns student data, FERPA and state student privacy laws.
- Acceptable use policyWhat grown-ups, teachers and anyone else using TaleTykes may and may not do, how to report a problem, and what we do about it.
- Copyright and DMCA policyHow to tell us that something in TaleTykes infringes your copyright or trademark, how to respond to a notice, and how we handle repeat infringers.
- Text message termsThe terms for TaleTykes reading tips by text: who can get them, how to sign up, how often they come, and how to stop them.
Privacy
What we collect, who receives it, how long we keep it, and the choices you have.
- Privacy policyWhat we collect from grown-ups, how we use it, who receives it and your rights.
- Notice for parents about children’s informationThe COPPA notice: exactly what a child’s space collects, why, and the choices you have.
- US state privacy noticeThe California notice at collection and the privacy rights that each US state with a privacy law gives you, and how to use them with TaleTykes.
- SubprocessorsThe companies that run part of TaleTykes for us, what each one does, what it receives, and how we tell you about changes.
- Data retention scheduleHow long TaleTykes keeps each kind of information, how deletion works, and what happens when you delete a child, close an account or a school leaves.
- Cookies and device storageEvery cookie and storage key TaleTykes uses, what each one does and how long it lasts, and why there is no cookie banner.
Trust
How the books are made and checked, how we protect information, and what we do when something goes wrong.
- How TaleTykes uses AIWhich AI models TaleTykes uses, what each one receives and never receives, how every book is checked before a child sees it, and what a person reviews.
- Security overviewHow TaleTykes protects family and student information, what we do when something goes wrong, and how to report a problem.
- Content standards and appealsWhat books and writing may and may not contain in each band, how we review them, how we handle safety concerns, and how to report or appeal.
- Licenses and creditsThe fonts, word data, reading-speed norms, icons and open-source software TaleTykes is built with, and their licenses.
See also the Accessibility statement and Safety.