EdTech Privacy & Child Safety Pledge

Chirp never shows third-party advertising to tamariki, and a learner's activity or progress data is never used to target ads, build advertising profiles, or sold to advertisers or data brokers.

This pledge is about advertising specifically. It does not mean Chirp collects zero analytics or uses zero cookies — some session, preference, and offline-sync storage is still used, as described in our Privacy Policy.

Voice capture and initial processing happen on-device in the browser. A recording is only uploaded to our managed storage if an adult deliberately chooses to save it — for example, when creating a custom character pack or a custom gestalt phrase recording.

We do not claim that every recording always stays on-device forever — once an adult opts to save one, it is stored server-side like other optional parent-managed media, under the same account-scoped access controls as the rest of a learner's profile.

We treat student and whānau data as something we are trusted to look after, not something we own. Schools and whānau retain ownership and control of student learning records and any custom content they create.

We are guided by New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 principles and use the Safer Technologies for Schools (ST4S) framework as a design benchmark. This is a statement of intent and practice, not a claim of completed ST4S certification, independent audit, or guaranteed statutory compliance.

Every child-facing screen is designed to be calm: no flashing, no particle effects, no pop-up interruptions, and generously sized touch targets, so a learner's nervous system is never placed under unnecessary pressure while they read.

Sensory calm is a design commitment we hold ourselves to across the product, not a medical or therapeutic claim about any individual learner's regulation or outcomes.

Data moving between a device and our servers travels over encrypted HTTPS, and server-side access to account, license, and learner data is scoped to the authorised adult account it belongs to.

We do not claim blanket encryption of browser storage, which holds small preferences and caches, cached content and a queued progress outbox. A–Z customisations, saved A–Z Board Themes and sentence stories are stored under the owning licence and sent over encrypted transport. We do not publish or guarantee a specific encryption-at-rest algorithm. If your school requires that detail for procurement, please contact us directly.