Privacy Policy
Stash Stars is a family chore and rewards app. This policy explains what information we collect, why, and what you can do about it. We wrote it to be read. It’s a plain description of how we run Stash Stars, not a promise of perfection.
1. Who we are
Stash Stars is run by Sam Bartolotta, LLC, doing business as Sam Bartolotta - Web Design (“Stash Stars”, “we”, “us”). You can reach us at hello@stashstars.com.
2. The test version right now
Stash Stars is in testing. The test version, and the demo, run in your web browser on one device. Everything you enter (kids’ names, chores, stars, photos, your PIN) is stored in that browser on that device. It is not sent to us. We can’t see it, and we can’t recover it if it’s lost. If you clear your browser data or delete the app from your home screen, it’s gone unless you saved a backup file yourself.
If you save a backup file from the test version, it contains your family’s information, including your PIN, so keep it somewhere private. Your browser may also clear saved site data on its own if you haven’t used the app for a while. To delete everything in the test version, use Settings > Erase this family.
The rest of this policy (sections 3 to 11) describes how the family accounts we are building are planned to work. Until those open, the parts about our servers, accounts and sign-in don’t apply yet.
3. What we collect
From parents (family accounts)
- Your name and email address
- A password, which is handled by our sign-in provider. We don’t read or store it ourselves.
- Your family’s name
About kids, entered by a parent
- A first name or nickname. Use a nickname if you like.
- A date of birth (optional). It’s used to show your child’s age, for birthday touches, and to set age limits on chores. Only the family’s parents can see the date itself, and kid mode shows nothing beyond the age. It’s deleted when you delete the child or the family.
- An avatar, or a profile photo if you choose to add one
- Chore photos, if you choose to use them (see section 5)
- The chores, stars, rewards and goals you set up, and the history of stars earned or spent
Beyond that, we don’t ask for a child’s school, address, phone number, email or location, and we ask you not to type them into free-text fields like notes.
Parents enter and manage the family’s profile information. In kid mode, on a device a parent hands over, a child can mark a chore done and, if you use photos, add a chore photo for a parent to review. Kids don’t have their own accounts, and nothing is sent to us by a child on their own.
4. Children
Stash Stars is a tool for parents. It isn’t meant for children to sign up for on their own, and children don’t create accounts, emails or logins. A child uses the app only when a parent hands them the device in kid mode.
The only information we hold about a child is what a parent enters and what a child does in kid mode (marking chores done, and an optional chore photo), as listed above. The parent is the account holder and stays in control: a parent can look at it, change it, remove a child, or ask us to delete it (see section 11). We built the app this way on purpose: kids have no accounts, and the only information we hold about a child is what the parent enters plus the chores a child marks done in kid mode (and an optional chore photo).
If you think a child has given us information without a parent, tell us at hello@stashstars.com and we’ll look into it and remove it.
5. Photos
Photos are optional, and you can skip them entirely. There are two kinds: a profile picture for a child, and photos that show a chore is done. A parent uploads a profile picture, and a child may add a chore photo for a parent to review. They’re private to your family: not shown to other families or to the public. A chore photo is reviewed by the parents, and a profile picture appears on your family’s own screens. Photos are stored in the United States with our database provider (Supabase). A parent can remove a child’s profile photo, and can choose to have chore photos deleted automatically once the chore is approved. Deleting a child or the family deletes their photos too.
6. How we use it
We use your information to run Stash Stars: to sign you in, show your family its chores and stars, and send messages you need, like a sign-in email. That’s it.
- No ads.
- We don’t sell your information.
- We don’t share it for marketing.
- We don’t track you across other websites or apps.
7. Who else handles your information
We use a few outside companies to run the service. They handle information only to do their job for us:
- Supabase: our database, sign-in and file storage for the full app.
- Netlify: hosts this website.
- An email delivery service: sends sign-in emails.
If we add notifications later, they will be sent through Apple’s and Google’s notification services. We may also share information if the law requires it. If we ever change who handles your information in a way that matters, we’ll update this page.
8. Where it is stored
Information in the full app is stored on servers in the United States. If you use Stash Stars from another country, your information will be transferred there.
9. Security
We use reputable providers and standard protections, such as encrypted connections (HTTPS), and the app is built so that a family’s information is only meant to be seen by that family. No system is perfectly secure, and we can’t guarantee that nothing will ever go wrong. Kid mode’s parent PIN is a convenience lock to keep kids out of the parent screens, not strong security.
10. How long we keep it, and deleting it
Once family accounts open, we will keep a family’s information while the account is open. A parent can remove a child, or delete the whole family account. When a child or family is removed, or when you ask us to, we will delete the related information (including birth dates and photos) from our systems within 30 days. Copies in routine backups can take a little longer to age out.
11. Your choices
Parents can review and change their family’s information in the app. To ask us to delete your family’s information, to see what we hold, or to stop us collecting more about a child, email hello@stashstars.com from the address on your account. We may ask you to confirm it’s really you, and we’ll respond within 30 days.
12. This website
This website doesn’t use ads, advertising trackers or third-party analytics, and doesn’t set cookies. Our website host, Netlify, keeps ordinary server logs (such as IP address and pages requested) to run and secure the site. Links to the demo take you to a separate page that stores sample data only in your own browser.
13. Changes
If we change this policy in a way that matters, we’ll update the date at the top and, for account holders, tell you before it takes effect.
14. Contact
Questions or requests: hello@stashstars.com.