Privacy Notice | Amin Foundation

The short answer: we collect as little as we can. We never sell your information or share it for advertising. Our own visit counters keep daily totals without IP addresses or cookies. Optional Google Analytics on selected adult information pages is described below. Our forms are for adults, and what you send stays in our own database. Game answers and progress stay on your device. Certificates leave the name blank. Our mobile app uses Expo to deliver software updates, as described below.

This notice covers aminfoundation.io, its resource library and games sites (resource.aminfoundation.io and games.aminfoundation.io), and the Amin Foundation app for iOS and Android, published by Starling Global Corp.

What we count, and how

To learn which pages help people, our server keeps daily totals: how many times each page was viewed, and how many times a QR code was scanned, a file was downloaded, a game or tool was opened or one of our infographics was shown on another website.

Each count is just a number for a day, such as “this page, this day, 42 views.”
We don't store IP addresses, cookies or device IDs with these counts, and we can't use them to follow anyone from page to page.
We skip known bots and link previews.
If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control (opens in a new tab) signal, we don't count your visit at all.
These first-party daily counters do not contact an analytics vendor. We do not use advertising tags or social-media tracking widgets.

What you type in the search box is not saved in our database. Like any web address, a search can appear in our short-term server logs (see below).

Optional website analytics

On selected public information pages, Google Analytics loads only after you choose Allow analytics. It measures visits, broad page categories, the referring website, device and browser details, and approximate location. It does not receive form entries, search terms, URL queries, private pages or account data. Advertising features are disabled. Analytics cookies last up to 90 days; your choice is stored on this device for 180 days. You can decline or withdraw consent through Analytics settings. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track disable this optional measurement. Google Analytics is limited to the main website homepage, about, contact, privacy and terms pages. It is not installed on our games or resource-library subdomains, children's activities, interactive tools or mobile app.

Cookies

The optional measurement above uses Google Analytics cookies only after consent. We do not use advertising cookies.

The admin site, which only our own team uses, sets one sign-in cookie for the person who is signed in.
Our website reaches you through Cloudflare, a network and security service. If Cloudflare needs to check that a visitor is not a bot, it may set a security cookie. Cloudflare describes these cookies as strictly necessary and says it does not track users from site to site or from session to session (opens in a new tab).

Things that stay in your browser

Some features remember your choices on your own device only, using your browser's local storage. Nothing here is sent to us.

Ticks on checklists.
What you type into our interactive tools, such as the family water-safety plan.
Progress in the kids' games. Certificates do not ask for a name.

To remove it, clear the site data for aminfoundation.io (and games.aminfoundation.io) in your browser settings. The games site also has a button that clears saved progress.

Mobile app and software updates

The app does not require an account and has no advertising or advertising trackers. Checklist ticks, tool answers, journal entries, game answers and progress, bookmarks and downloaded files stay on your device. Certificates leave the name blank when printed or shared; a grown-up can add a name on paper afterward. Clearing app data removes these local records.

When online, the app checks aminfoundation.io for updated guides and other content. We count these requests as daily totals and keep the short technical server logs described below. Background content checks pause while the kids' area is open.

We use Expo's update service to deliver compatible software fixes and assets. Update requests include the operating system, app/runtime and update versions, a randomly generated installation token, update status and, after a software failure, crash diagnostics. The token identifies an app installation; it is not an advertising ID or an account. Network providers also receive connection information, such as an IP address, to deliver and protect the service.

Expo processes this technical information for update delivery, reliability and troubleshooting. We do not send game answers, game progress, journal entries or tool answers to Expo. We do not use update information for advertising or cross-app tracking. See Expo's privacy policy (opens in a new tab) for its processing, retention and privacy-request information. Uninstalling the app stops its future update requests; it does not immediately remove previously processed service records.

The full mobile app is intended for ages 10 and up, with adult guidance for children. It includes health, emergency-response and grief topics as well as games. Our separate games website offers activities for younger children with a grown-up. The games themselves work offline. App-level software update requests can occur when the app starts, including when it opens to a previously used games screen. Our adult forms remain optional and are described below.

Forms: what we store and why

Our contact, volunteer, partner and email-update forms are for adults 18 and older. Each one asks you to confirm your age, and we record that you did. We store what you send in our own database, only to reply to you or to do what you asked.

Form	What we store
Contact	Your name, email address, topic, organization (if you give one), your message, and the page you came from
Volunteer	Your name, email address, city and state, how you'd like to help, any note you add, and the exact consent wording you agreed to, with the date
Partner	Your name, email address, organization and its type, city and state, your message, and the consent wording you agreed to, with the date
Email updates	Your email address, your first name (if you give it), and the consent wording you agreed to, with the date

We use your details only to reply or to send the updates you asked for. Every update email has an unsubscribe link.
We never sell, rent or share your details for marketing. We would release information only if the law required it.
Please don't send health details or personal information about a child.
To prevent spam, the forms have simple anti-spam checks and limit how often one connection can send.

Server logs and backups

Like almost every website, our web server writes short technical logs so we can keep the site secure and fix errors. A log line can include the address a request came from, the page requested, the time and the browser type. We use these logs only for security and troubleshooting, never to build profiles of visitors.

We keep daily backups of our database so we don't lose messages or sign-ups. Backups are replaced on a rolling basis, about every two weeks.

Children and the kids' games

Our kids' games at games.aminfoundation.io and our kids' pages do not ask children to submit information:

no forms, no accounts and no sign-ups;
no ads and no third-party scripts;
game progress stays in the browser on your device and is never sent to us; certificates do not collect a name.

The U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) sets requirements for websites and online services directed to children under 13, and for other sites that knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (Federal Trade Commission (opens in a new tab)). Our kids' pages do not request personal information. In the mobile app, limited technical information used to deliver software updates is described above.

If you believe a child under 18 has sent us information through one of our adult forms, tell us and we will delete it.

Your choices and how to ask for deletion

See or delete what you sent us. Use the contact form and choose “Something else,” or reply to any email from us. Write from the same email address you used, so we know the request is yours. We will delete your messages and sign-ups from our database. Copies in backups disappear as the backups are replaced.
Stop email updates at any time with the unsubscribe link in any update email.
Stop being counted by turning on Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track in your browser.

Links to other websites

We link to many official sources, such as the CDC and the American Red Cross. When you follow a link, that website's own privacy policy applies.

Changes to this notice

If we change how we handle information, we will update this page and the date at the top.

What you can do today

Turn on Global Privacy Control in your browser if you'd like websites to know your privacy choice. Our site will then skip counting your visits.
Clear saved tool data on a shared computer when you are done, using your browser's settings for site data.
Share our kids' games with confidence: they ask children for nothing.
Questions? Contact us. We are glad to explain anything on this page.