Privacy at Tumtale

The short version: we don't collect personal data from anyone, especially not kids. Here's the whole story.

Who we are

Tumtale makes short daily educational stories for kids ages 3–9 — science, history, culture, and kindness, told simply and safely. Questions about anything on this page? Email us at [email protected].

The short version

The Tumtale app collects no personal data. Full stop.

No accounts — no names, emails, or logins in the app
No location collected, ever
No tracking, no analytics SDKs
No ads, so nothing is collected to target them
Favorites, downloads, and buddy choice stay on your device
The app only goes online to fetch our story catalog and media

Our website

The waitlist form on tumtale.com stores the email address that a parent submits — nothing else. We use it only to send launch and product updates, and you can unsubscribe anytime by emailing [email protected]. This site doesn't use tracking cookies or any third-party analytics.

Our YouTube channel

Our story videos live on YouTube, which has its own privacy policy covering how it handles viewing data. Our channel is marked Made for Kids, which means YouTube turns off personalized ads and comments there.

Children's privacy (COPPA)

Tumtale is designed for children and built from the ground up to collect nothing from them. Because we don't collect personal information from anyone — including children — there's no parental consent mechanism needed for data we simply don't gather. If you have questions about this, we're happy to answer them at [email protected].

Changes

If anything about how Tumtale works ever changes, we'll update this page and the date below.

Last updated: July 4, 2026