Privacy Policy for Bibo

Effective date: 10 June 2026

Last updated: 15 August 2026

Bibo (“the app,” “we,” “us”) is a speech-therapy play app for children. We take your child’s privacy seriously and have designed the app so that personal information stays on the device whenever possible.

This Privacy Policy explains what limited information the app handles, why, and what choices you have. By using Bibo, you agree to this policy. If you do not agree, please uninstall the app.

1. Who this policy is for

Bibo is intended for use by children, with the supervision and consent of a parent or legal guardian. The decision to install and use Bibo is made by the parent or guardian, who is the responsible adult for the purposes of this policy.

2. What information we DO NOT collect

We want to be specific about this, because for a child app it matters most:

3. What information stays on the device

The following information is stored locally on the device, never transmitted:

All of the above is stored in the app’s private storage on the device and is deleted when the app is uninstalled. You can clear it at any time from Parent → Settings → Reset learning progress or Restart onboarding.

4. Microphone and speech recognition

Bibo uses the device’s microphone during speech practice so the app can react when your child attempts a sound or word.

Bibo does not do the recognition itself. It asks your device’s own built-in speech-recognition service to do it — Google Speech Services on Android, Apple Speech on iOS. Audio from the microphone is passed to that service while your child is speaking.

Where that audio goes depends on your device and its settings. These services may recognise speech directly on the device, or they may send the audio to the provider’s servers to recognise it there — the provider decides, based on the device, the language, and whether an offline model is installed. Bibo cannot control or observe which happens.

What we can tell you for certain:

The speech-recognition service is part of the operating system and is governed by its own privacy terms — Google’s or Apple’s, depending on the device. You can read how each handles voice data at https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/.

If you would rather no audio left the device at all, you can decline or revoke microphone permission and use the “I did it!” self-report button instead — speech practice works without the microphone.

You can revoke microphone permission at any time from your device’s settings; speech-practice exercises will then degrade gracefully into “I did it!” self-report buttons.

5. PDF progress reports

When you tap Download PDF report in the Parent Area, Bibo generates a PDF locally on your device using the operating system’s print-to-PDF feature. This file contains progress notes (sessions, minutes, mastered skills) and the child’s first name and age — never voice recordings. The PDF is saved to your device’s app storage and you can then share it manually via the share sheet (email, messaging, AirDrop, etc.). What happens to the PDF after you share it is your choice and is governed by the receiving app’s policies.

6. Advertising (Parent Area only)

Bibo displays advertising only inside the Parent Area, which is gated by a press-and-hold parent gate. The part of the app your child uses contains no ads of any kind.

Ads in the Parent Area are served by Google AdMob. To serve ads, AdMob may collect technical information such as device identifiers (Advertising ID), IP address, country, and broad ad-interaction events. We have configured AdMob to request non-personalised ads only, which limits the data Google uses for ad targeting.

AdMob’s data practices are described in Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Your consent choice (European Economic Area, UK and Switzerland)

If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, Bibo shows you a consent form from Google’s certified consent platform the first time you open the Parent Area, before any ad is requested. It asks whether Bibo’s advertising partners may store and read information on your device for advertising purposes. Nothing is requested until you answer.

You can change your answer at any time from Parent Area → Settings → Ad privacy choices, which reopens the same form. That option appears only where a consent choice applies, so you will not see it outside those regions.

Wherever you are, you can also opt out of personalised advertising or reset your Advertising ID from your device’s system settings (“Privacy” → “Ads” on most devices).

7. In-app purchases (optional tips)

Bibo is free, and every feature is available to everyone — there is no paid version, subscription, or locked content. Inside the Parent Area (behind the press-and-hold parent gate) there is an optional “Support Bibo” tip jar: a small, voluntary tip to thank the developer that unlocks nothing.

Tips are processed entirely by the store you installed Bibo from — Google Play (using Google Play Billing) on Android, or the Apple App Store (using Apple’s in-app purchase system) on iOS. We never see or store your payment details (such as card numbers or billing address), and we do not collect any financial or payment information.

Your payment is governed by that store’s own privacy policy: Google’s at https://policies.google.com/privacy, Apple’s at https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/.

8. Children’s privacy — COPPA, GDPR-K, and similar laws

We have designed Bibo to comply with children’s privacy laws including the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Article 8 — children), the UK Age-Appropriate Design Code, and Saudi Arabia’s Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL).

Specifically:

If you believe your child’s information has been handled in a way that does not match this policy, please contact us at the address below and we will investigate promptly.

9. Data retention and deletion

Because everything is stored on the device, you control retention completely:

10. Your rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (GDPR, CCPA, KSA PDPL, etc.), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or port your child’s information. Because we do not store or transmit any of this information to our servers, these rights are exercised directly through the app’s own controls (see Section 9) and by uninstalling the app.

Where consent is the legal basis for advertising (the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), you also have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, with no loss of functionality. Use Parent Area → Settings → Ad privacy choices, as described in Section 6.

11. Third-party services

Bibo relies on the following third-party software components. Each is governed by its own privacy policy:

We do not use any third-party analytics, crash reporting, attribution, or behaviour-tracking SDKs.

12. Security

Information stored on the device is protected by the device’s own security features (lock screen, OS-level app sandboxing, encrypted storage on most modern devices). No system is perfectly secure; we encourage you to keep your device updated and protected with a lock screen.

13. International users

Bibo can be downloaded worldwide. Because we do not collect or transmit personal information, no international data transfers take place at our end. Your device’s operating system and any third-party services you use (e.g. the share sheet) may transfer data according to their own policies.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top and, for significant changes, post a notice inside the Parent Area. Continued use of the app after a change indicates acceptance of the updated policy.

15. Contact

If you have questions or concerns about this policy or your child’s privacy, please email:

greysonmiller67@gmail.com