Privacy
Last updated November 8, 2026
The short version
- TapTalk works without an account. If you never use the family dashboard, everything stays on your child's phone.
- If you connect a phone to the family dashboard, we store what's needed to show your family how your child is talking, and nothing more.
- We never record sound around your child, never track location, never show ads, and never sell or share data.
On the phone
TapTalk saves your child's buttons, photos, voice recordings, settings and word counts in the phone's browser storage. This stays on the phone. Clearing the browser's data deletes it, so save a backup from grown-up settings.
With the family dashboard
When a grown-up connects a phone with a code, TapTalk sends this to our server:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Which buttons are tapped, sentences said with “Say it”, deletes and clears, folders opened, calm corner and About me card opened, and how long the app is open | Stats, the sentence timeline and reports on the dashboard |
| The child's buttons and settings, including names and the About me card | So grown-ups can change buttons from a computer and set up a second phone |
| Photos and voice recordings added to buttons | So they show and play on every connected device |
| Grown-ups' email addresses | Signing in, and knowing who is in the family |
Only people in your family can see this: grown-ups you invite and, if you choose, a therapist or teacher with view-only access.
Microphone and camera
TapTalk only uses the microphone while a grown-up records a button, and the camera only when a grown-up adds a photo. It never listens in the background.
Where data is stored
The website and app are served by Cloudflare. Family dashboard data is stored in a database on Railway, in the United States. Sign-in emails are sent with Resend. These providers process data for us and may not use it for anything else.
Your choices
- Disconnect a phone from grown-up settings or the dashboard. It stops sending anything.
- Remove a person from your family on the dashboard at any time.
- Delete everything: email hello@taptalk.ca from the address you sign in with, and we'll delete your family's data within 30 days.
Children
TapTalk is used by children, but set up by parents and caregivers. Children never create accounts or give an email address. Only a parent or caregiver can connect a child's phone to the family dashboard.
Questions
Email hello@taptalk.ca. If we change this page in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and tell families on the dashboard.