Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 12, 2026

1. Who we are

Yonder ("Yonder," "we," "us," or "our") is a geography learning app for children in roughly grades 3–8, published by Understudio LLC. This policy explains how the Yonder app and this website (yondergame.com) handle personal information, with special care for the privacy of children.

2. Our commitment to children's privacy

Yonder is designed for children, and we take the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) seriously. Our guiding principle is data minimization: we collect as little as possible, we never collect personal information directly from children, and we never use children's information for advertising or profiling.

Yonder contains no third-party advertising, no behavioral analytics, no advertising identifiers, and no social-media integrations.

3. What we collect — and what we never collect

Information from children

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children. During setup, a child enters a first name or nickname to personalize their explorer. That name stays on the device and is never transmitted to our servers — it is used only to display a friendly greeting on that device.

As a child plays, the app records learning-progress data — for example, which states or landforms have been introduced or mastered, achievement progress, and cosmetic choices (the gear and camp decorations a child selects). This information reflects learning activity, not identity. If the family creates an optional parent account (see below), this progress data is synced so a child can continue on another device.

Information from parents

Creating an account is optional and is done by a parent or guardian. If a parent chooses to create one, we collect the parent's email address, which is used to sign in via a one-time code and to support the account. We do not require a password, and we do not use the email for marketing.

Families may also set a family PIN on the device to gate grown-up areas. The PIN is stored on the device.

What we never collect

• No precise or approximate location.
• No contacts, photos, microphone, or camera access.
• No advertising identifiers or cross-app tracking.
• No behavioral or marketing analytics.
• No persistent identifiers used to build a profile of a child.
• We never ask a child for a home address, phone number, or email. A first name or nickname is entered at setup to personalize the app; it stays on the device and is never sent to our servers.

4. How we use information

• To run the app and save a child's learning progress.
• To sync progress across a family's devices, if an account is created.
• To authenticate a parent (via the one-time email code) and provide support.
• To process a one-time in-app purchase, if a parent chooses to make one.

We do not use any information to advertise to children or to build marketing profiles.

5. Parental consent and controls

Grown-up functions — creating or accessing an account, syncing, making a purchase, and deleting data — sit behind a parent gate (a family PIN and, for sensitive actions, a signed-in parent account or your device's purchase authentication). Because account creation, which is the only step that transmits a parent's email, is performed by an adult, a parent is in control of what leaves the device.

Parents may, at any time:

• Review their child's progress in the parent area.
• Export their family's data from within the app.
• Delete their family's data and, where an account exists, delete the account and all associated data.
• Decline to create an account at all — the app is fully playable on a single device with no account and no data leaving the device.

To make a request or ask a question, contact us at privacy@yondergame.com.

6. How we share information (we don't sell it)

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information, and we do not share it for advertising. We share information only with the service providers that make the app work (see Section 10), and only as needed to provide the service. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the safety and rights of our users.

7. Purchases

Yonder may offer a one-time in-app purchase to unlock additional content. Payment is handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive or store your payment-card details. Apple's handling of purchase information is governed by Apple's privacy policy.

8. Data retention and deletion

Device-local data (including a child's name and, if no account is used, all progress) remains on the device until the app is deleted or the data is cleared in the app. For families with an account, synced progress and the parent's email are retained until the parent deletes the account, after which associated data is removed from our systems. Account deletion is available directly in the app.

9. Security

We use reputable infrastructure providers and access controls designed to protect information, including encryption in transit. No method of storage or transmission is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your family's information and to keep the data we hold minimal.

10. Service providers

We rely on a small number of providers strictly to operate the service:

• Apple — app distribution and payment processing (App Store).
• Supabase — our first-party backend for optional account authentication and progress sync. Data is stored in accounts we control and is protected by per-family access rules.
• Vercel — hosting for this website.

These providers act as processors on our behalf and are not permitted to use your information for their own purposes.

11. Where your data is stored

Yonder is operated from the United States, and the limited data we hold for families with an account (a parent's email and a child's learning progress) is stored on servers located in the United States through our backend provider. If you use the app from outside the United States, you understand that your information is processed here. Data on a device that has no account never leaves that device.

12. Your U.S. state privacy rights

Some U.S. states — including California — give residents rights over their personal information, such as the right to know what we hold, to request a copy, and to request deletion. We do not sell or share personal information, and we do not use it for targeted advertising (see Section 6). You can exercise these rights at any time: review and export your family's data in the app, delete it (and your account) in the app, or contact us at privacy@yondergame.com. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any privacy right.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the app evolves. Material changes will be posted here with a new "Last updated" date. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised policy.

14. Contact us

Questions about privacy? Reach us at privacy@yondergame.com or through our support page. Mailing address: Understudio LLC, 7901 4th St N, Ste 300, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, USA.