Children's Privacy Notice
For parents, guardians and teachers: the short version
- Every simulation, quiz and challenge works without an account. Used that way, we collect no personal information about your child at all.
- Children under 13 must not create accounts or join our mailing list.
- Teenagers aged 13 to 17 need your agreement to create an account.
- We show no ads, sell no data and do no tracking for advertising. You can ask us to see or delete your child's data at any time.
1. Why this notice exists
Curiosand is made for students. The laws that protect children's data include India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (where a "child" is anyone under 18) and the United States' Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) (which protects children under 13). This notice explains how we follow them. It supplements our Privacy Policy.
2. Using Curiosand without an account
Children of any age can use all simulations without signing up. Their settings (light/dark theme, sound) and learning progress (XP, badges, quiz scores) are saved only in their own browser's storage on their own device. We cannot see this information, and it is deleted if the browser data is cleared. Our anonymous visitor statistics use no cookies and identify no one.
3. Children under 13
- Our sign-up forms ask users to confirm their age, and users under 13 are told not to sign up.
- We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have, we delete it promptly.
- If you believe your child under 13 has given us personal information, email [email protected] and we will delete it.
4. Teenagers aged 13 to 17
- A 13 to 17 year old may create an account or join our mailing list only with a parent's or guardian's agreement, which they confirm on the sign-up form.
- Where Indian law requires verifiable parental consent, we will contact the parent or guardian to confirm it before processing the child's data further, and delete the data if consent is not confirmed.
- We collect only what is needed for the account: name, username, email, password (stored as a secure hash) and learning progress.
5. What we never do with children's data
- No advertising, and no tracking or behavioural monitoring for advertising.
- No selling, renting or trading of data.
- No public profiles, chat or messaging between users.
- No use of data in ways likely to harm a child's well-being.
6. Parents' and guardians' rights
You can, at any time:
- ask to see the personal data we hold about your child;
- ask us to correct or delete it, and close the account;
- withdraw your consent, after which we stop processing and delete the data.
Email [email protected]. We may ask you to confirm you are the parent or guardian before acting, to protect the child.
7. Live quizzes in class
Homework works the same way: students open the teacher's link and hand in under a nickname only. The teacher sees the nicknames and answers until 90 days after the deadline.
When a teacher runs a live quiz, students join with a game PIN and a nickname only: no account, email, name, photo or device details. Students should use a nickname rather than their full name. The teacher sees the nicknames, answers and scores, can remove any player, and keeps a report for up to 90 days. Nicknames are checked against a list of inappropriate words.
8. Schools and teachers
Teachers are welcome to use Curiosand in class. Students do not need accounts. If a school asks students to create accounts, the school is responsible for obtaining any consent required from parents. We use student data only to provide the learning service, under the school's direction, and will delete it on the school's request.
9. Contact
[Operator: full legal name of the owner, or registered business name], [Postal address in India]. Email [email protected]. Grievance Officer: see the Grievance Redressal Policy.