Privacy Policy for Science, Together
Effective date: 23 July 2026
Provided by: NOVA outreach Ltd ("we", "us")
Contact: enquiries@novaoutreach.co.uk
Science Together is built so that your family's information stays with your family. This policy explains, in plain words, what the app does and does not do with data. It is written to align with the UK GDPR and the ICO's Age Appropriate Design Code (the Children's Code) by design, not as an afterthought.
The short version
Everything lives on your phone. The app has no ads, no tracking, no analytics, and no third party data sharing. We cannot see your family's names, guesses, or streak, because they never leave your device. There are no child accounts, ever.
What the app stores, and where
The app stores the following, on your device only:
The family name you choose, and the first names and emoji faces you add for family members
The guesses your family taps in, which nights you tapped "We talked about it", and your family streak
Your chosen daily reminder time and your app settings
This information is saved in the app's own storage on your phone. It is not transmitted to us or to anyone else. If you delete the app, or use "Delete all family data" in Settings, it is gone; we hold no copy and could not restore it.
Children
The grown-up is the only account holder. Children do not log in, do not have accounts, and cannot be contacted through the app. The only information about a child the app ever holds is an optional first name (or nickname) and a chosen emoji, entered by the parent, stored on the parent's phone under the parent's control. We never see it.
Notifications
If you turn reminders on, the app schedules one local notification a day at the time you chose. This is done entirely on your phone. Nothing is sent from a server, and declining notifications changes nothing else about the app.
Purchases
Optional Premium purchases are processed by Google Play. We do not see or store your payment details; Google's own privacy policy covers the payment transaction. If you purchase Premium, an entitlement record (essentially "this installation has Premium") is managed by our payment partner RevenueCat, which processes a device identifier and purchase history for the sole purpose of making your purchase work and restoring it if you reinstall. RevenueCat does not receive your family's names, guesses, or any content from the app. See RevenueCat's privacy policy for details.
Online family backup (only if enabled in a future version)
The version of the app this policy covers keeps everything on your device. If a future version offers an online backup of your family's data so it can survive a lost phone, it will be anonymous (no email address or sign-up), stored securely with our database provider, deletable in full from inside the app, and this policy will be updated before that feature ships.
What we never do
No advertising, and no advertising identifiers
No analytics or behavioural tracking SDKs
No selling, sharing, or monetising of personal data, ever
No contact from us to you or your children through the app
Your rights
Because your data lives on your device and we hold no copy, access, correction, and deletion are all in your hands: everything can be seen in the app and removed with "Delete all family data" in Settings, or by uninstalling. If you have any question about privacy, contact us at enquiries@novaoutreach.co.uk and a human will reply.
Changes
If we change this policy, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date, and any material change will be flagged in the app's update notes before it applies.