jungle george
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Jungle George

privacy policy.

Last updated: 17 October 2026

Jungle George is made for children, so we built it to collect as little as possible. This policy explains exactly what that means. It is written to be read, not to be survived.

The short version: everything your child does in the Jungle George app stays on your device. We never see it. When you buy the app, we keep only what we need to give you your family code: your name, your email address and your order. No advertising, no analytics in the app, and no way for us to see your child's data even if we wanted to.


Who we are

Jungle George is made by Jungle George Studio, based in Adelaide, South Australia. Jungle Jive is our first theme - the characters, songs and routines in our printables and The Jungle George Companion app. Contact: [email protected]


1. The Jungle George app

What we collect from the app

Almost nothing. There is no account, no login and no password. The app contacts us once, when you first unlock it on a phone or tablet. At that moment it sends:

  • Your family code
  • A random device number the app creates, so your code can work on 2 devices. It is not linked to your name, your phone number or anything about your child.

After that, the app works without the internet and sends us nothing at all. Your child's information is never part of the unlock.

What is stored on your device

Everything your family does in the app is saved only on the phone, tablet or computer you use, in the browser's own storage. This includes:

  • Each child's first name (a nickname is fine) and age
  • Their morning and wind-down steps, including any you add or change
  • Which steps they ticked, skipped or asked for help with, and on which days
  • The feeling face they chose in Jungle circle, with the day and part of day. The "Today I..." choices and "Something I'm proud of" cards are not saved.
  • Jungle helpers and helping moments, including helpers you write yourself
  • Your settings, and your grown-ups PIN if you set one

None of this is ever sent to us or to anyone else. We cannot see it, retrieve it or restore it.

Voices and songs

Every voice and song in the app is a recording stored on your device. The app does not use your device's speech or read-aloud features, and nothing your child says or does is recorded.

Backing up

You can back up your family's progress from Grown-ups at any time. This creates a file on your device that you keep wherever you like, such as your email or Files. We never receive it. Because it holds your children's names and progress, please keep it somewhere private.

What that means for you

  • Once unlocked, the app works fully offline.
  • If you clear your browser data, remove the app or switch devices without a back-up, the information is gone permanently. We cannot recover it, because we never had it.
  • On some phones, browsers clear stored data for websites you have not visited for a while. Adding Jungle George to your home screen usually prevents this, and backing up keeps you safe either way.

What the app never does

  • No advertising, ever.
  • No analytics or tracking of any kind.
  • No cookies used for tracking.
  • No selling or sharing of data.
  • No AI analysis of your child's feelings or behaviour.
  • No notifications sent to children.
  • No social features, sharing or comparison between children.
  • No streaks, scores or counts shown to children.

2. Buying the app

What we collect when you buy

When you buy The Jungle George Companion on our website, we collect your name, your email address and your order details. Your payment is handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.

How we use it

  • To create your family code and email it to you
  • To send it again if you ask
  • To answer your questions and handle refunds
  • To send occasional updates about Jungle George, if you choose to receive them. Every email has an unsubscribe link.

Where it is stored

Your name, email address and order are kept in our customer platform (GoHighLevel). Your family code is kept with our app host (Netlify), together with your email address, your order number, the random device numbers described above, and a scrambled, one-way version of your internet address that we use only to stop people guessing codes. Payments are processed by Stripe. These providers store information in the United States and other countries outside Australia. We choose providers that protect information to a standard similar to the Australian Privacy Principles, and we only share what each one needs to do its job.

We keep your purchase details for as long as you have the app, so we can resend your code, and for as long as tax law requires us to keep records of sales.


3. Our website

Hosting

Our website and app are served by third-party hosting and marketing platforms.

Like any web host, these services automatically record standard technical information when a page loads - your IP address, browser type, and which page you requested - for security and to keep the service running. We do not use these server logs to identify anyone.

Fonts

Our website pages use the Nunito, Bricolage Grotesque and Shantell Sans typefaces, which load from Google Fonts. When they do, your browser contacts Google's servers, which receive your IP address. Google describes this at policies.google.com/privacy. The app itself carries its own fonts and does not contact Google.

Analytics and advertising

We use Google Analytics (through Google Tag Manager) on our website - not in the app - to understand how people find and use our site, which pages are visited and how visitors move through them. This helps us make the site better. Google Analytics sets cookies and collects information such as your device, browser and general location; it does not tell us who you are by name. You can read how Google handles this data at policies.google.com/privacy, and you can opt out across all sites using Google's browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We also use the Pinterest tag on our website, which helps us understand when a visit came from Pinterest. It sets cookies and shares limited activity with Pinterest so we can see how well our pins are working. Pinterest describes this in its privacy policy at policy.pinterest.com.

You can control or clear cookies at any time through your browser settings. Blocking these cookies will not stop you using the site - it simply means we see less about how it is used.

The waitlist

If you give us your name and email address to join the waitlist, they are stored securely in our customer platform and used only to send you occasional updates about Jungle George. We will not sell them, rent them or share them. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and you can ask us to delete your details at any time by emailing [email protected].


4. Our Etsy shop

If you buy our printables, such as the Jungle Jive pack, through Etsy, Etsy handles your purchase and your personal information, not us. Their privacy policy governs that transaction. We can see the information Etsy shows sellers - such as your name and the email address you use to contact us - and we use it only to deliver your order and answer your questions.


5. Children's privacy

Jungle George is designed for children aged 3 to 7, and we take that seriously.

  • We do not collect any personal information from children. The only person we hold details for is the grown-up who bought the app.
  • Your child's name, steps and feelings stay on your device and are never sent to us.
  • Children are never shown advertising, never sent notifications, and never able to communicate with anyone through the app.
  • Grown-up areas are protected by a sum written in words, or a PIN if you set one, so young children do not change settings, delete progress or restore back-ups by accident.

This is our approach to obligations such as the Australian Privacy Act 1988, the United States Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the European Union's GDPR protections for children. If you believe a child has somehow provided us with personal information, please email [email protected] and we will delete it.


6. Your rights

Because we hold very little information about you, most requests are simple:

  • Your child's app data - you already hold all of it. Removing a child in Grown-ups, or clearing the app's data in your browser, deletes it permanently.
  • Your purchase and family code - email us and we will show you what we hold, correct it, or delete it. If you ask us to delete your family code, devices that are already unlocked keep working, but the code can no longer unlock new devices or be resent.
  • Your email address, if you joined the waitlist - email us and we will show you what we hold, correct it, or delete it.
  • Etsy purchases - contact Etsy, who hold that information.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of your personal information, and to complain to a regulator. In Australia, that is the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au).


7. Data security

The safest data is data that does not exist, and the app's design reflects that: your child's information never reaches a server, so there is nothing of theirs to breach or leak. It is protected by whatever protects your device - its passcode, its encryption and your own care. Your purchase details are held by established providers using encrypted connections, and family codes are checked with limits that stop people guessing them.


8. Changes to this policy

If we change how Jungle George handles information, we will update this page and change the date at the top. If a change is significant - for example, if we ever introduced optional cloud backup - we would tell customers by email before it took effect, and it would always be something you opt into, never something switched on for you.


9. Contact us

Questions, concerns or requests: [email protected]

Jungle George Studio
Adelaide, South Australia

We aim to reply within a few days.


Rhythm over rules. Trying over perfect. Feelings always matter.