Privacy

🌍 Who We Are

Storynory Ltd is a UK-based company that publishes free audio stories for children and families. Our website address is https://www.storynory.com

If you have any questions about this policy or your data, please contact us at [email protected] .

👧 Children’s Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Storynory is created for children and families, but we do not collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.

We do not request names, email addresses, or any identifying information from children. We do not have/offer customer accounts or logins.

We do not serve behavioural advertising or use tracking cookies.

Parents or guardians can contact us at any time to ask questions or request removal of any information.

Storynory fully complies with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

📱 Apps

We currently do not offer any apps in the main app stores. We have done so in the past via our podcast host Libsyn, but Libsyn has now withdrawn this service.

We are aware of unofficial apps using the name “Storynory” or “StoryNory” in various app stores. These apps are not affiliated with or endorsed by us.

On our own site, we offer a small web app that can be installed on some platforms, including Chrome and Android. This app provides a convenient home-screen icon and quick shortcuts to stories. It does not have any service workers. It simply launches our website in a wrapper, and the privacy settings are identical to our website.

💖 Supporters and Shout-Outs

Parents and guardians who support Storynory through platforms such as PayPal or Patreon may optionally request a first-name shout-out for their child in one of our audio stories.

We also run story-writing competitions from time to time with shout-outs as rewards.

We confirm each request directly with the parent before publication. Only the child’s first name is used.

Payment details are processed securely by the relevant payment platform (for example, PayPal or Patreon) in accordance with their own privacy policies.

🔒 Log Data We Collect (Minimal Technical Data)

When you visit our website, our hosting and security systems may process a small amount of technical information such as your browser type and operating system.

We do not log or store real visitor IP addresses in our web server logs. Our logs record only Cloudflare’s data-centre IPs (used for security routing). These logs are automatically deleted every 12 hours.

📊 Analytics (Privacy-Friendly and Cookie-Free)

We use privacy-respecting analytics tools to understand how our site performs.

Umami Analytics (self-hosted version)

Selected for its strong privacy focus

Tracks general trends such as page views and story popularity

Does not set cookies or store personal data such as real IP addresses

Anonymises and aggregates all information

Provides a broad overview of countries and cities where visitors come from, helping us serve our international audience

Does not record precise geographic coordinates

Cloudflare

Our infrastructure is protected by Cloudflare, which provides security and performance optimisation. Cloudflare is certified under the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework and the UK Extension. Its analytics help us maintain uptime and improve website speed (including Core Web Vitals) without revealing individual visitor identities.

Libsyn and Podcast Services

Libsyn hosts our audio for our podcast and website. It does not track users across sites or set cookies. Podcast services such as Apple and Spotify access our public RSS feed and relay it. We do not host audio directly with them.

🍪 Cookies

We are a cookie-free website for general (non-admin) visitors. We do not use advertising, tracking, or remarketing cookies.

If you find a cookie from us in your browser, it is likely from a previous version of our site and can be safely deleted. You should be cookie-free when you refresh your browser or revisit our site. (Our earlier advertising profile was set to non-remarketing, non-tracking, COPPA-compliant.)

💬 Social Media

Storynory maintains official social-media accounts (for example, on Facebook, Instagram, and similar platforms) to share updates with parents, teachers, and adult listeners.

These platforms are intended for adults, not for direct interaction with children.

Any data collected through social media is governed by the respective platform’s own privacy policy. We do not carry any third-party cookies or tracking code from social-media platforms on our website. We encourage parents and teachers to supervise children’s access to social media.

Our YouTube channel is recognised by Google as a children’s channel and is subject to Google’s enhanced restrictions for young people’s privacy.

⚖️ Legal Basis (GDPR and UK GDPR)

Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, Storynory relies on the following lawful bases for limited data processing:

Minimal Collection: Collecting only technical data necessary to operate the site

Legitimate Interest: Maintaining website security and performance

Consent: When a parent voluntarily provides a child’s first name for a shout-out or contacts us directly

You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data you provide to us.

🚸 Your Rights

You have the right to:

Request details of any personal data we hold about you (we normally hold none)

Request correction or deletion of your data

Object to any form of processing (where applicable)

To exercise these rights, contact [email protected] .

🔄 Updates to This Policy

We may occasionally update this policy to reflect improvements in privacy or changes in regulation.

🕊️ Summary

Storynory exists to tell stories — not to collect data. Storynory Ltd, UK — Company number 05479994.

This policy was reviewed as part of a privacy audit on 1–5 November 2025. Please note that this policy is under active review while we test the new design and website setup.

Audit areas reviewed:

Cloudflare settings

Umami settings

Server-log settings

Libsyn account

Email policy / contact with parents and guardians

Payment accounts

Social-media links

Cookies (checked for absence)

Web-manifest app / home-screen icon

Decisions from this audit are reflected in this policy.