Effective date：2026-09-08
This policy applies to Pinyin Island, an iOS and iPadOS app for children ages 4–8 and their parents or guardians. Except for purchasing and restoring purchases, Pinyin Island works offline. We limit processing to what is necessary to provide the app.
Pinyin Island does not require registration or sign-in. It does not ask for a name, email address, phone number, location, photos, contacts, or a child’s identity, and it does not collect, sell, or share such information.
Completed lessons, ratings, rewards, stars, streaks, study dates, daily activity, achievements, game scores, audio preferences, and parent settings are stored locally. They are not sent to the operator or a third-party server. A parent can clear learning records in the parent area, and deleting the app deletes its local data.
Read Along requests microphone access only when recording starts. A recording lasts no more than three seconds and is used only for immediate playback on the device. It is deleted when replaced, when content changes, when the screen is left, after an interruption, or on the next launch following an abnormal exit. Recordings are never uploaded, retained in a history, or used for speech recognition, pronunciation scoring, advertising, analytics, or audio generation.
The app does not request access to photos, contacts, location, Bluetooth, or notifications.
Pinyin Island offers a non-consumable In-App Purchase, processed by the Apple App Store, that permanently unlocks Full Access. An App Store connection is required to make or restore a purchase and load localized product information. The app uses Apple StoreKit on the device to obtain and verify transactions and current entitlements, including refund or revocation status.
Apple independently processes payment methods, Apple Account information, and purchase history under its own policies. Pinyin Island has no developer-operated server and does not transmit StoreKit transactions, purchase history, or children’s data to the operator. The operator does not receive full payment card details. A previously verified entitlement can continue to work offline; restoration on another device may require the original Apple Account and an internet connection.
The current version does not include advertising, analytics, crash reporting, social, cloud-sync, or third-party sign-in SDKs. Other than Apple’s system services used to complete and restore App Store purchases, the app does not use third-party data-processing services.
The app has no public communication, user-generated content, leaderboard, or child-facing external links. Purchase, restore, and external legal links are placed behind an arithmetic parental gate. The operator does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Learning information remains on the device until a parent clears it, the app is deleted, or the system removes the app’s data. Because the operator has no server copy, it cannot remotely view or delete that local information. Apple controls retention of system transaction credentials and purchase history.
If a future version introduces accounts, cloud sync, analytics, advertising, speech recognition, or another feature involving personal information, this policy and the App Store privacy disclosures will be updated before release.
Privacy contact: 1414556676@qq.com
Operator: Runze Liu