Privacy Policy

Last updated November 10, 2026

Where's Wink? is a family Christmas game: grown-ups hide a little mouse named Wink each night, and kids find Wink each morning. This policy explains what the app stores, why, and how to delete it. The short version: we keep only what the game needs, we never sell it, and there are no ads or trackers.

What we store

Grown-up email address. Parents sign in with a one-time code sent by email. We use the address only to send that code.
Names you type in. Your family name, the names grown-ups choose for themselves (like "Nana"), and the first names of the kids playing. We ask only for first names. Relatives can optionally add a state or city ("Lives in Ohio") so kids know where Wink is visiting.
Hiding photos, voice notes and messages. Pictures of where Wink is hiding, recorded voice notes, and notes family members send each other inside the app.
Game progress. Which mornings Wink was found, kindness missions completed, your arrival date, time zone, and settings.
Season Pass purchase. If you buy the Season Pass, Apple sends us a signed receipt with a transaction number so we can unlock it for your family. We never see your card or Apple ID details.
Help requests. If you use our contact form, we keep your name, email and message so we can reply.

Some things stay only on your device and never reach us: your Grown-ups PIN, whether a device is used by kids, and reminder notifications.

Who can see it

Everything a family adds is private to that family. Only members a parent has approved can see the family's photos, voice notes and messages. Relatives who join with an invite link sign in without an email and must be approved by a parent before they see anything. Nothing is public, and there is no way to browse other families.

Kids

Kids do not create accounts and are never asked for information. A parent sets up the family and adds kids by first name. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children. Grown-up tools are behind a PIN that parents set.

What we never do

No advertising, and no ad or tracking SDKs.
No analytics that follow you across apps or websites.
We do not sell or rent your information, or share it for marketing.

Services we rely on

Supabase hosts our database and stores photos and voice notes, encrypted in transit.
Our email provider delivers sign-in codes.
Apple handles Season Pass payments under Apple's own privacy policy.
Google Fonts supplies the lettering in the app, which means your device asks Google's servers for font files.

These providers process data only to run the app for us.

Deleting your data

In the app, open the Grown-ups cupboard, scroll to "This phone", and tap Delete my account. If you started the family, this deletes the whole family: every photo, voice note, message and name. If you joined someone else's family, it deletes your own account. Deletion is immediate and cannot be undone. You can also ask us through our contact form and we will delete it for you.

When a season ends, your family's memories stay so you can look back next year, until you delete them.

Changes and contact

If we change this policy we will update the date above, and tell you in the app if the change is important.

Questions or requests: use our contact form.