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MAAK SkillOrbit Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 13, 2026 · Version: 1.0 · Last updated: October 13, 2026

This policy explains what information MAAK SkillOrbit collects, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have. MAAK SkillOrbit is a learning app for children from Pre-K through 12th grade. It runs on the web and as an iPhone, iPad and Android app, all using one family account.

We wrote this in plain language. If you have a child under 13, please also read our Children's Privacy Notice (below on this page), which is the notice we give parents under the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

1. Who we are

MAAK SkillOrbit is operated by AI APP Developer, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company.

• Mailing address: 8758 Hawthorne Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55347-1714, United States
• Privacy email: support@aiappdeveloper.net
• Phone: +1 (651) 802-5127
• Privacy contact: AI APP Developer, LLC (privacy team)

2. Our promises in short

• No ads, ever. We do not show advertising in the app.
• We do not sell personal information, and we do not "share" it for targeted (cross-context behavioral) advertising.
• No third-party tracking. The app has no advertising or analytics SDKs. We make product decisions from aggregated counts in our own database (for example, questions answered per day by grade), not by tracking individual children.
• Children give us only a first name. We never ask a child for an email address, photo, phone number or location.
• Parents are in control. A grown-up account holder creates the account, sets a PIN, controls features, and can see, download and delete their child's information.

3. Information we collect

3.1 From parents and other adult account holders

3.2 From or about children (through the parent's account)

We do not collect a child's email, phone number, photo, voice recording, precise or approximate location, contacts, or advertising ID. Read-aloud uses the device's built-in voice; we do not record audio.

Talking to Avah (optional, off until a parent agrees). When a parent turns on "Talk to Avah" and "Microphone for Avah" (Parents › Controls), the child can tap a microphone and speak instead of typing. The words are turned into text by the speech recognition built into the child's browser or device (Web Speech API on the web, the device's speech service in the Android app). We never record, upload or keep audio; only the resulting words are used, exactly like typed words (navigation stays on the device; a question to Avah follows the same rules as a typed question). Listening stops when the chat closes, the app is hidden, or after 10 seconds of silence. Please note: on some web browsers (for example Google Chrome, and Edge or Safari depending on settings), the browser sends the microphone audio to the browser maker's own speech service to turn it into words. That processing is done by the browser maker under its own terms, not by us, and we never receive or keep the audio. A parent can leave the microphone off and children can type instead.

3.3 Guest mode

"Kids: start learning now" lets a child try lessons as a guest. Guest progress stays on the device only and is not sent to us. If a parent later chooses "Save progress", the parent creates an account and the guest progress is uploaded under that account.

3.4 Technical information

When any device connects to our servers, our hosting providers necessarily receive the device's IP address and basic request data (time, app version, error codes). We use it only to deliver the service, keep it secure and fix problems. Server logs contain status codes and counts, never the text of children's messages. Our hosting providers keep these logs for a limited time under their own retention schedules.

4. How we use information

We use information only to:

1. Provide the learning service (lessons, progress, plans, games, rewards, alerts, reports to parents).
2. Keep progress in sync across a family's devices.
3. Secure accounts (two-step sign-in, PIN, fraud and abuse prevention).
4. Process subscriptions and send receipts and required notices.
5. Provide the optional Avah AI helper and AI study plans for parents.
6. Answer support requests.
7. Improve the service using aggregated, de-identified counts.
8. Comply with the law.

We do not use children's information for advertising, for building marketing profiles, or for any purpose unrelated to the educational service. We do not use children's information to train AI models, and our AI provider's commercial terms do not allow it to train its models on this information.

5. Avah, the AI helper

• Free plan: Avah gives built-in hints and explanations written into our lessons. No AI service is called and nothing the child types leaves the device.
• Live AI chat (Plus, Family, School): off until a parent turns it on and gives separate consent. When on, the text the child types is sent through our server to our AI provider, Anthropic, PBC (Claude API), to create a reply.
• Before sending, our server removes names, email addresses, phone numbers, street addresses, school names and links.
• Only the last few turns of the conversation are sent, and each message is limited in length.
• Replies pass a safety filter before the child sees them.
• We do not store the chat text, and it is not written to our logs. We keep only a daily count of questions per child, to enforce the daily limit.
• Anthropic processes the text only to return a reply, and its commercial terms do not allow it to use inputs or outputs to train its models.
• AI study plan for parents: when a parent asks for one, the child's skill scores (with the child's name replaced by "the student") are sent to the AI provider in the same way.
• Parents can turn Avah live chat off at any time in Parents → Controls.

6. Legal bases (for users outside the United States)

Where laws such as the EU/UK GDPR apply, we rely on: performance of a contract (running the account and service you asked for); consent (a parent's consent for a child's account and, separately, for Avah live chat, which you can withdraw at any time); legitimate interests (security, fraud prevention, improving the service with aggregated data), balanced against children's interests; and legal obligation (tax, accounting, responding to lawful requests).

7. Who we share information with

We share information only with service providers that help us run MAAK SkillOrbit, under written contracts that limit their use of the data to providing services to us. We do not allow them to use it for their own purposes.

The table above is our current list of service providers; we update it when it changes.

We may also disclose information: (a) if required by law, subpoena or court order; (b) to protect the safety of a child or others; (c) to a successor in a merger or sale, which must honor this policy — and we will notify parents first; (d) with a parent's direction.

8. How long we keep information

We keep information only as long as needed for the purposes above. In summary:

• Account and progress data: while the account is active. Deleted within 30 days after the parent deletes the account or child profile.
• Avah chat text: not stored by us.
• Backups: removed on our providers' regular backup schedule.
• Billing records: kept as long as tax and accounting law requires (generally 7 years).

9. How we protect information

We maintain a written information security program. Safeguards include: each family's data is separated by database row-level security, so a signed-in parent can reach only their own family; data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and at rest by our hosting providers; the grown-up PIN is stored only as a hash; secret keys are kept only on our servers; access is limited to people who need it; and children's chat messages are never logged. No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your information, we will notify you as required by law.

10. Parents' rights and choices

A parent or legal guardian can at any time:

• Review the information we hold about their child by emailing support@aiappdeveloper.net; we will send it to you.
• Export a copy in a readable file.
• Correct a name, grade or settings.
• Delete a child profile or the whole family account in the app (Parents → Family) or on the website (https://maakskillorbit.com, Parents → Family).
• Turn off Avah live chat, and withdraw consent for it, without closing the account.
• Refuse further collection from their child by deleting the child profile or account.

You can also email support@aiappdeveloper.net. We verify that a request comes from the account holder before acting. Deleting an account does not cancel an App Store or Google Play subscription; please cancel it in the store as well.

11. Schools

When a school or district uses the School plan, we process student information on the school's behalf and under its direction, as a "school official" under FERPA, according to a written agreement. We do not use student data for advertising, do not build profiles except for school purposes, do not sell student data, and we delete or return it when the school asks. Parents of students in a school account should contact their school first.

12. Teens (ages 13–17)

MAAK SkillOrbit includes high-school content (grades 9–12), including college-planning and test-practice sections. Teen learners still use the service through a parent's or school's account; teens cannot open their own account. We treat teens' information with the same protections as younger children's: no ads, no selling or sharing, no profiling for marketing, and private-by-default settings. Teens (or their parents) can ask us to delete their information. Our college-planning section links to outside websites (for example, scholarship sites); those sites have their own privacy policies, and we show a notice before opening them.

13. Your state privacy rights

Depending on where you live (for example California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Oregon, Texas and other states), you may have the right to know, access, correct, delete and port your personal information, to opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising and profiling, and not to be discriminated against for using these rights.

• We do not sell or share personal information, and we do not use it for targeted advertising or for profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects. We do not knowingly sell or share the information of anyone under 16.
• California residents: the categories of personal information we collect are described in section 3 (identifiers, account and commercial information, education-related progress, and, if enabled, the content of AI chat messages, which we do not store). Sources, purposes and recipients are in sections 3, 4 and 7. We honor Global Privacy Control signals as an opt-out, although we do not sell or share.
• To make a request, email support@aiappdeveloper.net. An authorized agent may act for you with written permission. If we deny a request, you may appeal by replying to our decision; if you are not satisfied you may contact your state attorney general.

14. International users

MAAK SkillOrbit is run from the United States and our providers may store and process data in the United States and other countries where they operate. If you use it from another country, your information is transferred to and processed in the United States.

15. Changes to this policy

If we make a material change, we will notify parents by email and in the app before the change takes effect, and we will ask for new consent where the law requires it (for example, before collecting new kinds of information from children or sharing it in a new way). The effective date at the top shows the latest version. Past versions are available on request at support@aiappdeveloper.net.

16. Contact us

AI APP Developer, LLC · 8758 Hawthorne Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55347-1714, United States · support@aiappdeveloper.net · +1 (651) 802-5127

DRAFT — not legal advice. Must be reviewed by a children's-privacy attorney before publishing.

Children's Privacy Notice for Parents (COPPA Direct Notice)

Effective date: October 13, 2026 · Version: 1.0

How this notice is used. This notice is shown to a parent (and emailed to them) at sign-up, before we collect any information about a child under 13. It follows the FTC's Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule as amended in 2025 (effective 23 June 2025; compliance required by 22 April 2026). Part B is a separate short notice shown before a parent turns on Avah live AI chat. We ask for separate consent before Avah live AI chat is turned on.

Part A — Notice for your child's account

Dear parent or guardian,

You are creating a MAAK SkillOrbit account for your child. MAAK SkillOrbit is a learning app for Pre-K through 12th grade (math, reading, science and social studies, with games and star rewards). Under U.S. law we need your consent before we collect personal information from a child under 13.

1. Who we are

AI APP Developer, LLC operates MAAK SkillOrbit. 8758 Hawthorne Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55347-1714, United States · support@aiappdeveloper.net · +1 (651) 802-5127 We are the only operator collecting information through the app.

2. What we will collect about your child

• First name (up to 20 characters — a nickname is fine)
• Grade and whether your child goes to school or learns at home
• Avatar picture choice and background (from our built-in set; no photos)
• Learning activity: skill scores, questions answered, correct answers, minutes, streaks, stars, badges, placement results, homework targets, and reward requests
• An internal account ID for your child, used only to run the service

We do not collect your child's email, phone number, photo, voice, location, contacts or advertising ID. We have no ads and no third-party tracking.

If you allow "Talk to Avah" and "Microphone for Avah", your child can speak instead of typing. The browser's or device's own speech recognition turns the speech into words; we never record or keep audio. On some web browsers (such as Google Chrome), the browser sends the audio to the browser maker's own speech service to do this; you can leave the microphone off and your child can type instead.

Your email address was collected so we could send you this notice and ask for your consent. If you do not give consent within 14 days, we will delete your email address and any information entered for your child.

3. How we use it

Only to provide the learning service: choose lessons at the right level, save and sync progress across your family's devices, show you reports and alerts, run star rewards, and keep the account secure. We never use it for advertising or marketing profiles, and we never sell it.

4. Who receives it

Our service providers, only to run MAAK SkillOrbit for us and under contracts that limit their use:

• Supabase — database hosting and sign-in
• Our email delivery provider — emails to you (not to your child)
• Stripe / Apple / Google — only if you buy a subscription (they receive your purchase details, not your child's learning data)

We do not disclose your child's information to any other third party unless you give separate consent (see Part B) or the law requires it.

5. Your choices and rights

• Consent is required for us to create your child's profile. You can give consent for the account without agreeing to Avah live AI chat.
• Not conditioned: we will not require your child to give more information than is reasonably necessary to take part in an activity. You can consent to our collection and use of your child's information without consenting to disclosure to third parties (such as the AI helper), unless that disclosure is integral to the service.
• You can at any time:
• Review your child's information by emailing support@aiappdeveloper.net — we will send it to you
• Delete it — one child or the whole family account — in the app or on the website (Parents → Family), or by emailing support@aiappdeveloper.net
• Refuse further collection by deleting your child's profile
• Withdraw consent for any optional feature
• We verify that a request comes from you (the account holder) before acting.

6. How long we keep it

Only while your account is active and needed for the service. We delete a child's information within 30 days after you delete the profile or account; backup copies are removed on our providers' regular backup schedule.

7. How we protect it

We keep a written children's information security program. Each family's data is walled off from other families, data is encrypted in transit and at rest, your grown-up PIN is stored only as a hash, and access is limited to people who need it.

8. Full policy

Our full Privacy Policy is at https://maakskillorbit.com/privacy/.

[ ] I am this child's parent or legal guardian. I have read this notice and consent to AI APP Developer, LLC collecting and using my child's information as described above. (We record the account, date and time, method and notice version.)

Part B — Separate notice and consent for Avah live AI chat

*Shown only when a parent on a paid plan chooses to turn on Avah live chat. Avah is off until you turn it on.*

What it is. Avah live chat lets your child type homework questions and get step-by-step hints. Avah is a computer program (AI), not a person.

What is disclosed, and to whom. To answer, the text your child types is sent through our server to Anthropic, PBC, the company that makes the Claude AI model. If you use "AI study plan", your child's skill scores are sent the same way.

How we protect it.

• Before sending, our server removes names (including your child's first name), email addresses, phone numbers, street addresses, school names and links.
• Only the last few messages are sent, and each is limited in length.
• Replies are checked by a safety filter before your child sees them.
• We do not store the chat text, and it is never written to our logs. We keep only a daily count of questions, to apply the daily limit.
• Anthropic may use the text only to create the reply; its commercial terms do not allow it to train its models on it.

Your choices. Saying "Not now" does not affect the rest of MAAK SkillOrbit; your child still gets Avah's built-in hints. You can turn live chat off, and withdraw this consent, at any time in Parents → Controls.

Consent method. Live AI chat is only available on a paid plan bought by the parent (card, App Store or Google Play purchase), and it is turned on by the parent behind the grown-up PIN.

Buttons: Allow Avah AI chat · Not now. We record this consent separately (type, date and time, method and notice version), and the date it is withdrawn if you turn it off.

Questions? AI APP Developer, LLC · 8758 Hawthorne Dr, Eden Prairie, MN 55347-1714, United States · support@aiappdeveloper.net · +1 (651) 802-5127

Learning supplement

MAAK SkillOrbit is a learning supplement. It follows school programs to help children practice, but it does not replace school, teachers, or the official curriculum. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any ministry of education, school board, or exam organization (such as the College Board, ACT, WAEC, or national Bac and Brevet offices). Test and exam names are used only to describe what the practice is for.

MAAK SkillOrbit est un outil d’entraînement en complément de l’école. Il suit les programmes scolaires pour aider les enfants à s’exercer, mais il ne remplace ni l’école, ni les enseignants, ni le programme officiel. Il n’est ni affilié à un ministère de l’Éducation, à une commission scolaire ou à un organisme d’examen (comme le College Board, ACT, le WAEC ou les offices du Bac et du Brevet), ni approuvé par eux. Les noms des tests et examens servent seulement à indiquer à quoi sert l’entraînement.

The rules for using MAAK SkillOrbit are in our Terms of Service.