Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 16, 2026
TinyTale creates personalized children's picture books. This policy explains what we collect, why, and what happens to it. The short version: we collect only what we need to make your book, we don't sell it to anyone, and photos you upload are deleted automatically.
Who TinyTale is for
TinyTale is used by parents and guardians — not by children. When you tell us about your child, you're providing that information as their parent or guardian and consenting to us using it for the single purpose of creating your book.
What we collect
- Story details — your child's first name, age, and the story choices you make. Used to write and illustrate the book.
- An optional photo — if you upload one, it's used only to guide the character's illustrated appearance. See "Photos" below.
- Order details — your email and shipping address, used to fulfill your order and send you updates about it.
- Usage analytics — privacy-light, cookieless metrics about how the site is used (pages visited, steps completed), including Cloudflare's performance beacon. No advertising trackers, no cookies, no cross-site tracking.
Photos
An uploaded photo is used only to create your child's illustrated character. It is deleted automatically when your order completes, and a scheduled cleanup deletes any remaining photo within 30 days regardless. We never use photos for anything else — no training, no marketing, no sharing beyond the AI illustration step below.
Sample stories
We sometimes reuse the AI-generated story text and artwork we create (never your inputs) to publish anonymized sample stories on our site. Before anything is published, the child's name is replaced, dedications and personal messages are removed, and a person reviews the sample. Books made with an uploaded photo are never reused this way — no illustration based on your child's photo ever appears outside your own book. You can opt your book out entirely by emailing us.
Shared book links
Sharing your finished book is entirely opt-in: nothing is shareable until you tap Share. A shared link is unguessable and unlisted — we tell search engines not to index it — and you can turn it off at any time, after which the link stops working.
Who we share data with
We share the minimum needed with the services that make your book real:
- AI providers (story text and illustrations) — receive the story details and, if provided, the photo, solely to generate your book's content.
- Stripe (payments) — receives your payment details. We never see or store your card number.
- Lulu (printing) — receives the book files, your name, and shipping address, to print and ship the book.
- Resend (email) — receives your email address to deliver order updates.
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for advertising.
How long we keep things
- Photos: deleted on order completion, and always within 30 days.
- Story and order records: kept so you can check your order and we can support you.
- You can ask us to delete your data at any time (see Contact).
Your choices
Email us and we'll show you what we have, correct it, or delete it. If you're in a region with specific privacy rights (like the GDPR or CCPA), those rights apply to everything above — access, correction, deletion, and portability.
Contact
support@tinytale.ai — or reply to any order email.