Starvia
Privacy Policy
Effective 2 September 2026
This policy explains what information Starvia collects, why, and what choices you have. Starvia is a curated video app for young children, set up and managed by a parent or guardian.
In short. We collect the minimum needed to run the app: an account for the adult, the kid profiles and settings you create, and what has been watched so the app can resume and enforce your limits. We do not use advertising SDKs, we do not run third-party analytics, and we do not sell or share personal information with data brokers. Video playback is provided by YouTube, which applies its own privacy practices.
Who is responsible
Starvia is operated by the Starvia team. For privacy questions, contact starviacare@gmail.com.
What we collect
Account information
When an adult creates an account we collect an email address, and a user identifier issued by our authentication provider. If you sign in with Google or Apple we receive the email address associated with that sign-in; when you use Sign in with Apple and choose to hide your email, we only ever see Apple's private relay address.
Profiles and settings
The kid profiles you create — a display name, an avatar choice, an age or content-language preference — along with your parental settings: the daily viewing limit, allowed categories, autoplay preference, interface language, and your parent PIN.
Activity in the app
Watch history, favourites, and viewing time. This exists so the app can resume a video where it stopped, show a watch history in the grown-ups area, and apply the daily limit you set.
Purchases
Subscription status and purchase history, so the app knows whether premium controls are unlocked. Payment itself is handled entirely by Apple; we never see card numbers or billing details.
Device information
A push notification token, if you enable notifications, so we can deliver them to your device.
What we do not do
- We do not include advertising SDKs in the app.
- We do not include third-party analytics or attribution SDKs.
- We do not track you across other companies' apps and websites, and we do not ask for permission to do so.
- We do not sell personal information, or share it with data brokers.
- We do not build advertising profiles of children.
Video playback and YouTube
Starvia does not host video. Playback uses the embedded YouTube player, and the app loads only the specific videos in our curated catalogue — there is no search, no browsing, and no route into the wider YouTube service.
Because playback happens inside YouTube's player, YouTube and Google may collect information about video playback in accordance with their own policies, and may show advertising on videos their rights holders have monetised. This processing is outside our control. See the Google Privacy Policy.
Service providers
We use a small number of providers to run the app. They process data on our instructions and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes.
| Provider | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Google Firebase | Authentication, database storage of profiles and settings, push notifications, remote configuration |
| RevenueCat | Subscription status and entitlement management |
| Apple | Payment processing and subscription billing |
| YouTube / Google | Video playback |
Children's privacy
Accounts belong to adults. Children do not create accounts, do not sign in, and are not asked for personal information by Starvia.
A kid profile holds only what the adult enters — typically a first name or nickname and an avatar. We ask that you do not enter a child's full name, birth date, photograph, or any other identifying detail; a nickname is enough for the app to work.
There is no messaging, no chat, no comments, no user-generated content, and no social features. Children cannot contact anyone through Starvia, and nothing a child does in the app is published or shared.
All account, subscription, and purchase surfaces sit behind the PIN-protected grown-ups area, so a child cannot reach them.
Legal basis and purpose
We process this information to provide the service you asked for (running your account, profiles, limits, and subscription), to keep the app secure, and to comply with legal obligations. We do not process personal information for advertising.
How long we keep it
We keep account and profile data for as long as your account exists. Watch history is retained so the grown-ups area can display it, and you can clear it in the app at any time. When you delete your account, we delete the associated account, profile, settings, and activity data.
Your choices and rights
- Access and correction — profiles, settings, and watch history are visible and editable in the grown-ups area.
- Deletion — you can delete individual profiles, clear watch history, or delete the whole account from the Account screen. You can also email us.
- Notifications — turn push notifications off in the app or in iOS Settings at any time.
- Subscription — manage or cancel through your Apple ID account settings.
Depending on where you live you may have further rights, including to a copy of your data or to object to processing. Contact us and we will help.
Data transfers and security
Our providers operate internationally, so data may be processed outside your country. Data is transmitted over encrypted connections and stored with access controls that restrict it to your account.
No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your personal information, we will notify you and the relevant authorities where the law requires it.
Changes to this policy
If we make a material change we will update the effective date above and, where appropriate, tell you in the app.
Contact
starviacare@gmail.com, or the Help & Support screen in the grown-ups area.