Privacy and terms

Privacy

Kid Games by Dad is a small business run by one parent in Chatham-Kent, Ontario. We follow Canada's private-sector privacy law (PIPEDA). This is what we do with the information you send us.

What we collect

• From the order form: your name, your email, your kid's first name or nickname (optional), their age, the game idea, and a drawing if you upload one.
• From payment: what Interac e-Transfer or the card payment service shares with us (your name, the amount). We never see or store card numbers.
• For a mailed USB stick: a mailing address, only when you choose that option.
• If you tell us about your kid's needs (sensory, difficulty, reading level), we use that only to design the game, and delete it with the rest of the order details.

What we use it for

Only to make, deliver and support your game, and to reply to you. We don't sell or share it, we don't send newsletters unless you ask, and we don't use it to train AI models.

Children's information

Orders are placed by a parent or guardian, never by the child. Please send a first name or nickname only, never a last name or school. We never put a photo of a child into a game.

How long we keep it

We delete drawings and photos after the game is delivered and the change rounds are done. We keep the order email and the game file for up to 12 months so we can help if something stops working, then delete them. Payment records are kept as long as Canadian tax rules require.

Where it is stored

Form submissions are stored by Netlify (our website host), and files by Google Drive when we deliver by link. These services may store data outside Canada.

Your choices

Ask us at any time to see, correct or delete what we hold about you or your kid. Reply to any email from us. [OWNER: add the business contact email once it exists.]

Terms

The plan and the price

After you send the form we email a plan: what the game includes, the price in Canadian dollars and the delivery date. Nothing is owed until you approve the plan.

Payment

Mini and Standard games are paid in full when you approve the plan. Deluxe games take a 50% deposit, with the rest due when you approve the playable preview. We accept Interac e-Transfer and card through a secure payment link.

Changes

Mini includes one round of changes; Standard and Deluxe include two. A round is one list of tweaks to the agreed game. A new game or a big new feature is a new plan.

Refunds

Before we start building: a full refund. If we can't deliver what the plan says: a full refund. Once a game is delivered and the change rounds are used, we don't refund it, because each game is made for one kid. [OWNER: confirm.]

Gift certificates

A gift certificate is paid now and never expires (Ontario law doesn't allow expiry dates on gift certificates). Your kid tells us the idea when they're ready and we build the game then.

Who owns the game

The game is your family's to keep, play, copy and share with friends and family. We may reuse our own code and general game styles in other games, but never your kid's name, drawings or story. We won't show your game publicly without your written permission.

Delivery

USB sticks are hand-delivered in the Chatham-Kent area and mailed by Canada Post everywhere else in Canada. Download links work anywhere.

Devices

Games are made to run in a current web browser on a Windows, Mac or Chromebook computer. Tablets and phones work only where the plan says so.