Puberry's Privacy Policy

Effective date: December 5, 2024
Last updated: December 1, 2025
Puberry ("we", "our", "us") provides age-appropriate educational content and wellbeing tools for young learners. We are committed to protecting the privacy of students, parents, and educators.

This Privacy Policy explains how Puberry processes personal data under:

  • GDPR (EU/UK)
  • COPPA (United States)
  • Applicable state, national, and educational regulations.

1. Who We Are

Puberry is an educational technology service that provides lessons, interactive activities, and wellbeing resources for children and teens.

Contact:

Email: info@puberry.org

DPO: security@puberry.org

2. When Puberry Acts as Controller or Processor

2.1 School Use

When Puberry is provided through a school or district, the school is the Controller.

Puberry acts solely as a Data Processor and follows written instructions from the school.

2.2 Direct-to-Student Use

When children use Puberry at home or outside a school contract, Puberry acts as the Data Controller, and parental consent is our legal basis for processing.

3. Legal Bases for Processing

Under GDPR, Puberry relies on:

Public task / public interest (for school use)

Performance of contract (providing the educational service)

Parental consent (direct accounts)

Legitimate interest (security logging, service maintenance)

Legal obligation (responding to lawful requests)

4. Data We Collect

We collect only what is needed for teaching, safety, and platform operations.

4.1 Identity & Account Data

Username or student ID

Age or age range

Educator account data (school email)

4.2 Learning Data

Lesson progress

Quiz and activity responses

Mood selections

Time engaged

4.3 Technical Data

Device type

IP address

Browser version

Interaction events (clicks, navigation)

4.4 Support Data

Messages sent to customer support

Email replies

Error reports

5. How We Use Personal Data

To deliver lessons and track progress

To personalize content to a student's level

To maintain safety and integrity of the platform

To improve product performance (analytics)

To provide customer support

To comply with law

We do not use student data for advertisements or profiling.

6. Subprocessors

Puberry uses carefully selected providers:

ProviderPurposeLocationSafeguard
AWSHosting, database, Cognito authUSSCCs
PostHogAnalyticsUS/EUSCCs / EU servers
HotjarUX analyticsEUNo US transfer
TidioSupport chatEU/USSCCs
Email providersNotificationsUSSCCs

7. International Transfers

If personal data is transferred outside the EU/EEA (e.g., to the United States), Puberry applies:

Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

Transfer Impact Assessments (TIAs)

Encryption

Data minimization

Puberry does not sell or share personal data with advertisers.

8. Retention & Deletion

We keep data only as long as necessary:

Data TypeRetention
School accountsEnrollment - until deletion request
Direct consumer accountsUntil deletion request
Analytics24 months
Support logs6 months
Deleted accountsPurged within 30 days

Users, parents, and schools may request deletion at any time.

9. Data Subject Rights (GDPR)

You may request:

Access

Correction

Deletion

Restriction

Data portability

Objection

Withdrawal of consent

Requests: info@puberry.org

Puberry responds within 30 days.

10. Cookies & Analytics

Puberry uses:

Essential cookies (login, security)

Analytics cookies (PostHog, Hotjar)

No advertising or tracking cookies

11. Children's Privacy (COPPA / GDPR-K)

We collect minimal data

We do not display ads

We do not allow child-to-child communication

We obtain verifiable parental consent for non-school accounts

Schools may act "in loco parentis" for COPPA compliance

12. Security Measures

TLS 1.2+

AES-256 encryption

RBAC identity management

MFA for admin access

Regular automated backups

Penetration testing

13. Changes to This Policy

We update this policy periodically.

Significant changes will be announced in-app and via email.

14. Contact Information

Privacy Team

info@puberry.org

Data Protection Officer

security@puberry.org