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Privacy policy

Last updated: October 2026 · Written for humans, reviewed by robots

The short version

We make a show for children, so we hold ourselves to the strictest standard:we collect no information from or about children. None.

What we do collect

  • Parent email addresses: only if a parent signs up for our newsletter, only used to send that newsletter, deletable anytime with one click. Signups are handled by Kit, our email provider; your address lives there and nowhere else. The list is for adults; we say so at every signup form.
  • Anonymous page counts: via Vercel Web Analytics, which is cookieless. We can see that “some number of people visited the Cinderella page,” with no cookies, no fingerprinting, and no idea who anyone is.
  • Standard server logs: the site is hosted onVercel, which briefly processes the technical basics of each request (like an IP address) to deliver the page, the way every web host does. We don’t see it, store it, or use it.
  • The audio player: episodes and the trailer play in an embedded player from Transistor, our podcast host. When you press play, Transistor delivers the audio and processes the same technical basics any audio server does. The player is sandboxed and loads only if you scroll to it.
  • Tips: if a grown-up chooses to tip the show, that happens onKo-fi, not on this site, with the payment handled by Stripe or PayPal. We see the amount and any name or message the tipper chooses to leave. We never see card details.

What we never do

  • No accounts, comments, or forms intended for children
  • No advertising targeted at children (or their parents, honestly)
  • No selling, renting, or sharing of any data with anyone
  • No tracking cookies or third-party ad tech

COPPA

We operate in line with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Because we don’t collect personal information from children, most of COPPA’s machinery never even switches on. Which is exactly how we like it.

The show is for kids; this website is for their grown-ups. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. Our email signup asks for a birth year first, and if the answer means someone might be under 13, nothing is sent and we suggest they ask a parent instead. The birth year itself is never stored or sent anywhere.

If we ever learn that a child’s information reached us anyway, we delete it. Parents can email us at any time to ask what we have, if anything, and to have it deleted.

The anonymous page counts and the audio player described above are used only to run the site and the show, never to build profiles or target ads.

Who we are

Stories for Robots is made by Griffin Schwed and operated by Unexpectable LLC.

Questions

Email hello@storiesforrobots.com and a human will answer.