Last updated: 11 September 2026
kudo.kids is a family-supervised habit tracker. This page explains what data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and your rights to delete it.
kudo.kids is operated by Vijay Jonnakuti (VERA Technologies). Questions, requests to delete data, or other privacy enquiries: vera@veratech.dev.
kudo.kids is designed to be set up and supervised by an adult (the guardian). Children under 13 (or the equivalent age of digital consent in your jurisdiction) may use the kid-facing screens, but only with their guardian's account and consent. Kid profiles are created, edited, and deleted by the guardian. Children do not register, provide an email address, or receive any communication from us. They can, however, enter content themselves inside the app — journal notes, and optional proof photos — which is stored under their guardian's account and is visible to that guardian.
We collect the minimum data required for the app to function. We do not run advertising, do not embed third-party trackers, and do not sell data.
| Category | What's collected | Purpose | Where it lives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sign-in identity | Email address, display name, profile picture (Google) or name fragments (Apple, first sign-in only) | Authenticate the guardian; identify the family's data partition | AWS DynamoDB (us-west-1), encrypted at rest |
| Provider stable identifier | The opaque Google or Apple per-user ID (sub) | Bind data to the user even if their email changes | AWS DynamoDB |
| Kid profile data | Kid first name, age, avatar emoji, optional PIN (stored as a salted SHA-256 hash, never plaintext) | Display the kid's tasks; gate kid login on shared devices | AWS DynamoDB |
| Tasks and completions | Task titles, categories, schedules, completion timestamps, kudos values, guardian feedback | Run the app's core functionality | AWS DynamoDB |
| Proof media (photos / videos) | Photos or short videos a kid voluntarily attaches to a completed task | Show the guardian what was done; display in the timeline | AWS S3 (us-west-1), encrypted at rest with a customer-managed AWS KMS key (SSE-KMS). Auto-deleted after 180 days. |
| Journal notes | Short free-text notes a kid writes about what they did or learned (up to 500 characters each, up to 20 a day) | Let a kid keep their own record; show it to them and their guardians | AWS DynamoDB (us-west-1), encrypted at rest. Never sent to any third party. |
| Feedback messages | Any free-text feedback the user voluntarily submits via the in-app feedback form | Bug fixes and feature requests | AWS DynamoDB; optionally mirrored to a private issue tracker |
| Local device storage | A copy of the family's data, the active sign-in token, and a small auth bootstrap map | Offline support and faster app launch | On-device (browser storage / iOS-Android secure preferences) |
We do not collect: device contacts, location, microphone, biometric data, IP address logs (beyond what AWS naturally records for security), or anything else not listed above.
kudo.kids stores kid profile data (first name, age, avatar, optional PIN, tasks, completions, proof photos) that the guardian creates and manages, and journal notes that the child writes themselves. Those notes are free text, so a guardian should be aware their child may record anything in them; they are visible to every guardian on that child's account and are never shared outside it. The app is listed as a general-audience family / productivity app — not in Apple's Kids Category and not in Google's Designed for Families programme. Guardians are responsible for deciding which information about their child is appropriate to add to the app.
If you are a parent and want a child's data removed, email vera@veratech.dev with the kid's name and your account email. We will remove the requested data within 7 days.
If you sign in with Apple and choose "Hide My Email", Apple gives us a private relay address ending in @privaterelay.appleid.com. We treat that as your email address; mail we send to it is forwarded by Apple to your real inbox. You can revoke the relay at any time from your Apple ID settings → Sign in with Apple → Apps Using Apple ID.
We will update this page when we change what data we collect or how we use it. The "Last updated" date at the top tracks the latest change.