the small print, kept honest

Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2026

the short version 🖍

  • ✓ We only keep what you hand us: your account, your email for the newsletter, the notes you write.
  • ✓ Nothing is sold, and there are no ad or analytics trackers anywhere on this site.
  • ✓ Videos play in YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode — no YouTube cookies until you press play.
  • ✓ Delete your account any time from Account Settings — it really deletes.

What we collect

If you create an account, we keep your name, your email address and your password (stored encrypted — we never see it). If you join the newsletter, we keep your email, the first name you optionally give us, and which page you signed up from. If you save or like stories, we keep those lists so your library works. If you share a parent story, we keep the note, the display name you chose and the optional location. If you write to us through the contact page, we keep your name, email and message so we can answer.

How we use it

Your email gets the newsletter only if you subscribed. Your account data exists so you can sign in. Approved parent stories are published under the display name you chose. Contact messages are used for one thing: replying to you. We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with anyone for marketing — and there are no ad networks or analytics trackers on this site.

Cookies

We set session cookies so you stay signed in and forms stay secure. That is all. No advertising cookies, no tracking cookies from us.

YouTube videos

The stories play through YouTube's privacy-enhanced player (youtube-nocookie.com). YouTube sets no cookies until you press play; once you do, the player runs under Google's privacy policy.

View counts

We count how many times each story is opened as an anonymous total. Those numbers are never tied to you.

Your rights & deleting your data

You can delete your account at any time from Account Settings. Your account, saved list and liked list are permanently deleted. Parent notes you shared stay published under the display name you chose but are no longer linked to you — email us and we will remove those too. To unsubscribe from the newsletter or request any data deletion, write to hello@miaandstories.com.

Where it lives

Your data is stored on servers within the EU. Account data is kept while your account is active; subscriber data until you unsubscribe; contact messages until they are answered and tidied away.

Children

This site is written for parents, and we do not knowingly collect data from children. Protecting a real child's privacy is the reason Mia is drawn — it is the promise the whole project is built on.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Write to hello@miaandstories.com or use the contact page.