Last updated: August 8, 2025
Our Commitment to Privacy
At Sidekick, we believe that privacy is a fundamental right, especially when it comes to children. We've built our app with privacy by design, ensuring that your family's data remains secure and private at all times.
Data Collection and Storage
What We Collect:
- • Child profiles (names, ages, and preferences you provide)
- • Task and habit completion data and allowance card usage
- • App preferences and earning settings
- • Device information necessary for secure CloudKit sync
What We DON'T Collect:
- • Location data
- • Third-party app usage
- • Biometric data
- • Contact information from your device
CloudKit and Data Security
Sidekick uses your Apple iCloud account via CloudKit for secure data synchronization across your devices. This means:
- ✓Data is encrypted in transit and at rest by Apple
- ✓Your app data resides in your personal iCloud account; we do not operate our own data servers for your content
- ✓Data stays within Apple's secure ecosystem (private CloudKit database)
- ✓Data syncs across devices signed in with the same Apple ID
Third-Party Service Providers
To power specific features, Sidekick uses carefully selected third-party processors:
- • Apple CloudKit (iCloud) to sync non-sensitive app data between your devices
- • AI providers (Google Gemini or DeepSeek) to suggest a single emoji for a user-entered card name. We only send the card name text needed to generate the emoji and do not include child profile details or other personal information.
API keys are stored securely on-device using iOS Keychain. We do not sell your data, and we do not use children's data for advertising.
Website Analytics
Our marketing website may collect limited, aggregated analytics (for example, via Vercel Analytics) to understand page performance. We do not use cross-site advertising cookies.
COPPA Compliance
Sidekick is designed with children's privacy as a top priority and complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). We:
- • Never collect personal information from children without parental consent
- • Do not sell or share children's information for advertising
- • Use third-party processors only as necessary to provide the service, as described above
- • Allow parents to review and delete their child's information
Your Rights and Controls
You have control over your family's data:
- • Export your family's activity (usage history) from within the app
- • Delete individual profiles or all data
- • Keep data local by disabling iCloud for Sidekick in iOS settings
- • Request comprehensive data export or deletion by contacting us
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at: privacy@sidekickfamily.app