Short version: Abhyaasam is a Telugu‑learning app for young children, set up and managed by a parent or guardian. We collect the minimum needed to run the app, we never sell data, we show no third‑party ads, and most data stays on your device. This policy explains what we collect and your choices.
Who this is for
Abhyaasam is intended to be used by children under the supervision of a parent or guardian. The account is created and controlled by an adult. We do not knowingly let children create accounts or provide personal information without a parent.
Information we collect
Parent account: when you sign in with Google, Apple, or a one-time email code, we receive your name and email address to identify your account and unlock any purchase you make. Email sign-in does not use or store a password. If you use Apple's "Hide My Email", we only ever see the relay address Apple gives us.
Child learning profile: a display name or nickname, an avatar, and an age range that the parent enters, plus learning progress (letters practiced, stars, streaks). Please use a nickname rather than a full legal name.
Purchase status: if you buy Premium, Pine Labs or Razorpay handles your payment method — we never see or store your card. We store the provider, order/payment references, selected plan, amount, currency, status, and access period needed to verify the purchase and handle support or refunds.
Basic technical data: standard server logs needed to operate and secure the service.
What we do NOT do
No third‑party advertising or ad tracking.
No selling or renting of personal information.
No behavioral profiling of children.
No analytics or crash-reporting SDKs in the app.
How we use information
To run the app — save progress, sync it across the parent's devices, and unlock Premium content.
To process a Premium purchase through your selected payment provider and keep it unlocked for your account.
To keep the service secure and fix problems.
Where data is stored
Lesson content and progress are stored on your device. If you sign in, a copy of the child profile and progress is synced to our servers (Amazon Web Services, USA) so it can be restored on a new device. Data is transmitted over encrypted (HTTPS) connections.
The app switches off Android's automatic backup, so your child's profile and progress are never copied to your Google Drive. Signing in to the app is the only way that data leaves the device.
Service providers
Google Sign‑In — parent authentication.
Sign in with Apple — parent authentication.
Abhyaasam email service — sends one-time email sign-in codes.
Pine Labs — hosted checkout and payment processing for Premium payments. We provide the parent account's email address and purchase details needed to complete and verify checkout.
Razorpay — checkout and payment processing for Premium payments. We provide the parent account's email address and purchase details needed to complete and verify checkout.
Amazon Web Services — hosting and database.
On‑device Google Text‑to‑Speech — speaks Telugu on the device; no recording is sent to us.
Children's privacy (COPPA)
We comply with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The parent/guardian creates the account and thereby provides consent for the limited information described above. We collect only what is needed for the educational features and never require a child to disclose more than necessary. A parent may review, update, or delete their child's information at any time (see below).
Your choices & rights
Delete a child profile (and all of its progress) in the app: Parent Dashboard → select the child → Delete this profile. It sits behind the parent PIN so a child cannot trigger it. For a signed-in account, the profile is deleted from our servers first, and is only removed from the device once that succeeds.
Delete your account & data: open Parent Dashboard → Delete account and data. This permanently removes the account, child profiles, and associated progress from our servers and the device.
Access: request a copy of the data tied to your account by emailing us.
Data retention
We keep account and progress data while your account is active. When you delete a profile or your account, the corresponding account-linked data, including our payment ledger, is deleted immediately and permanently — there is no recovery window.
Server logs, which contain IP addresses and request paths but no learning content, are kept for up to 30 days for security and troubleshooting, then deleted. Pine Labs and Razorpay may retain their transaction records under their policies and applicable tax, accounting, and financial laws; those records do not contain your child's learning data.
Changes
We may update this policy; we'll change the "Last updated" date above and, for significant changes, notify you in the app or by email.