Privacy, in plain English
What we keep, why, who sees it, and how to delete it.
🚧 Draft privacy notice, to be checked before Build Anything opens to new families.
What we keep
- About you (the parent): your first name, your email address, and when you agreed to these terms.
- About your child: their first name (no surname), school year, school, their 4-picture password (stored scrambled, so even we can't read it), their avatar and everything they build.
- Learning: their quest answers, how long they spent, and the patterns we work out from them (for example "finds remainders tricky").
- Playtime: how many minutes they played each day, so the time limit works.
We don't ask for or keep surnames, birthdays, home addresses, photos, phone numbers or location.
Why we keep it
- To run the game and save your child's world.
- To choose the right quests and send you a report after each one.
- To keep children safe: time limits and parent-approved friends.
- To improve the questions (we look at which ones children find confusing).
The legal basis is your consent as a parent, which you give when you sign up and can withdraw at any time.
Who can see it
- You: in your reports.
- Approved friends: only your child's first name and avatar, while they play together.
- Us: the person who runs Build Anything, to keep it working and improve it.
- Services we use: our hosting company (fly.io, servers in London) and our email service (Resend), only to store data and deliver emails.
We never sell or share your data with anyone else, and there are no adverts or trackers.
Cookies
We only use the cookies needed to log in and remember who's playing on this device. No advertising or tracking cookies, so there's no cookie banner.
How long we keep it
While your child has an account. If you close it, we delete everything within 30 days. Accounts unused for 18 months are deleted, after an email warning.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct or delete everything we hold about you or your child at any time. Send us a message and we'll do it within a month (usually much sooner).
Families in Switzerland: your data is stored in the UK, which Swiss law recognises as giving adequate protection. If you're unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk) or Switzerland's FDPIC.