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NumBee Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 13, 2026

NumBee is a preschool math app designed for children ages 3–5 and their families. We take privacy seriously and comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines, and Apple’s Kids Category requirements. This policy explains what data NumBee handles, how, and why.

Summary (the short version)

We do not collect personal data on our servers.
We do not use analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.
We do not sell, share, or rent any data.
All your child’s progress, profiles, and stickers stay on your device.
The app works fully offline for core gameplay.
The only optional internet-using feature is “Cloud Voices” (Voice Engine), which you must enable and provide your own API key for.

Information NumBee Does NOT Collect

We do not collect, store, transmit, or share any of the following:

Names, email addresses, phone numbers
Precise location, IP address, or device advertising identifiers
Usage analytics, crash reports, or diagnostic data sent to third parties
Contact lists, calendar events, or messages

There are no accounts to create, no login required, and no sign-up form.

Data Stored Locally on Your Device

NumBee stores the following on your device only, using Apple’s SwiftData framework inside your app’s sandbox:

Child profiles — the display name and age you choose during setup, plus the bee character your child picked
Learning progress — which activities your child has played, how long, what they got right
Stickers earned and Hive collection
Streaks and daily-activity records
App settings — sound effects toggle, accessibility preferences, in-app purchase status

This data is never transmitted off your device by NumBee. Deleting the app removes all of it. You can also delete a profile’s data via Parent Zone → Settings → Delete Account Data.

Permissions NumBee Requests

The app may ask for the following permissions. Each is used only for the specific feature listed; nothing is recorded or transmitted by NumBee.

Permission	Used for
Microphone	Speech Practice — your child says a number aloud and gets on-device feedback. Audio is processed locally and not stored.
Speech Recognition	Converts spoken numbers to text for learning feedback. Processing is handled by Apple’s on-device speech framework. NumBee does not access the raw audio.
Camera	Optional — to scan an API key QR code (for the Voice Engine feature) or add a profile photo. We do not store, upload, or share images.
Photo Library	Optional — to add a profile photo, or to save number-art creations the child makes. We never upload photos.

You can revoke any permission at any time via iOS Settings → NumBee. The features that depend on them simply won’t be available.

Voice Engine (Cloud Voices) — Optional, Bring-Your-Own-Key

NumBee includes an optional feature called Voice Engine (in Parent Zone → Settings → Voice Engine). By default, all spoken prompts use Apple’s built-in voice (system text-to-speech), which is processed on-device.

If a parent chooses to enable Cloud Voices, they must:

Create their own account with a third-party voice service (currently ElevenLabs or Google Cloud Text-to-Speech).
Enter their own API key into NumBee’s Voice Engine settings.

When Cloud Voices is enabled:

Each spoken prompt (e.g. “How many bees need honey?”) is sent to the third-party service the parent chose, using the parent’s own API key.
The third-party service synthesizes audio and returns it to your device.
NumBee acts only as a pipe — we do not log, store, or proxy the prompts.
Billing for the third-party service is between the parent and that service. NumBee receives no payment for this and does not charge for it.
The third-party service’s privacy policy applies to anything sent through their API. Please review:
- ElevenLabs Privacy Policy
- Google Cloud Privacy Notice

The API key is stored on your device only, in iOS Keychain. We do not transmit or back it up.

COPPA & Kids Category Compliance

NumBee is in the Apple App Store Kids Category. We:

Do not collect any personal information from children
Do not show third-party advertisements
Do not include social-network sign-ins, comment sections, or any user-generated public content
Do not include outbound links to the web except in Settings (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, Apple In-App Purchase support) — all behind a parent-gate (a math problem your child cannot complete)
Do not contain in-app purchases that are accessible to a child without a parent passing the parental gate first

In-App Purchases

NumBee offers one in-app purchase: NumBee Learning Premium — a single one-time purchase, no subscription. Apple’s StoreKit handles the entire transaction:

We do not see, store, or process your payment information.
All purchase metadata is held by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy.
Restore Purchases is provided in Settings and on the paywall.
The purchase is shared via Family Sharing with your iCloud family group at no additional cost.

See Apple’s Privacy Policy for details on payment processing.

Internet Connectivity

NumBee’s core gameplay works fully offline. Internet is used only for:

Downloading the app and updates from the App Store (handled by iOS)
Completing an in-app purchase (handled by StoreKit)
Voice Engine API calls — only if a parent has enabled Cloud Voices

We do not share data with third parties. We do not use:

Analytics SDKs (Firebase, Mixpanel, Amplitude, etc.)
Crash reporting SDKs (Crashlytics, Sentry, etc.) that transmit identifiable data
Advertising networks or ad SDKs
Social-media integrations or login providers

Security

Because we do not collect or transmit personal data, the primary security measure is keeping data local on your device. We recommend keeping iOS up to date and your device passcode-protected.

Your Rights

Because we do not collect personal information, there is no server-side data to access, correct, or delete. To remove your child’s learning data:

Per-profile deletion: Parent Zone → Settings → Delete Account Data
Full removal: Delete the NumBee app from your device

If you have questions about this policy or our practices, please contact us using the information below.

U.S. Privacy (California / CCPA-CPRA)

In addition to COPPA (covered above), and for California residents under the CCPA/CPRA: because NumBee does not collect, sell, share, or process personal information, the rights to know, access, delete, correct, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information are satisfied by design — we hold no personal information to disclose, sell, or share, and we do not process sensitive personal information. We do not “sell” or “share” personal information as those terms are defined under California law.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy to reflect improvements or new legal requirements. The latest version will always be available at:

https://mohana05.github.io/numbee-learning/privacy-policy

Material changes will also be summarized in the app’s release notes on the App Store.

Contact

If you have any questions about NumBee’s privacy practices:

Email: mrrmfamily2022@gmail.com