Child Data and Safety

Only a parent signs in. There is no child login, no messaging, no comments, no sharing between families and no advertising anywhere in the product. Story Universe is not directed at collecting personal information directly from children; parents and guardians provide the details used to personalise stories.

Photo-based hero creation is no longer offered to new users. A small number of families may still have a photo uploaded before that feature was retired. Those photos and generated hero drawings are kept in private storage, are shown only through temporary links to the signed-in family, and can be deleted by the parent in Settings.

Every child profile, story and illustration is locked to the parent account that created it. This is enforced by the database itself, not only by the app.

Stories are written to an age-appropriate brief and checked before your child sees them. Anything a child or parent types is filtered first; unsuitable ideas are declined kindly and no credit is used.

We measure how the product is used with anonymous events. Child names, photographs and story text are never included.

If anything in a story worries you, email hello@herotales.org and we will look into it.