Plain-English summary. You upload a photo and a few details about your child. We use those to write and illustrate a custom book. Your child's data belongs to you — we don't sell it, share it with advertisers, or train AI models on it. You can delete it any time.

Who can use Me the Star

You must be 18 or older. By uploading any photo of a child, you represent that you are the child's parent or legal guardian, and that you have authority to consent on their behalf. Me the Star is designed for use by parents about their children; it is not a service used directly by children. Children do not log in, type, or share information themselves.

What we collect

• Account: your name, email, sign-in metadata.
• Child profile (you provide): child's first name, age, pronouns, interests, the photo you upload, and the optional "real-life moment" you write.
• Generated content: the stories and illustrations we produce for your kid, narrated audio, and any books you save or order.
• Order data: shipping address, order history, payment confirmations (we do not store full card numbers — Stripe handles that).
• Usage data: standard server logs (IP, browser, page paths) for fraud, abuse, and reliability.

How we use it

• To generate stories and illustrations starring your child.
• To print and ship your book.
• To send transactional email (sign-in links, order confirmations, shipping updates).
• To improve product reliability (aggregate metrics only — never tied to a specific child).
• To prevent abuse (e.g. checking uploaded photos against known-stock and known-meme datasets to deter misuse).

We do not use your child's photo, name, or stories to train AI models, sell advertising, or share with third-party data brokers.

Third-party processors

We use a small set of trusted vendors. Your data passes through them only as needed to run the service:

• Supabase — database + authentication (US/EU regions).
• Vercel — application hosting + image storage (Vercel Blob).
• Stripe — payment processing. We never see or store full card numbers.
• Resend — transactional email delivery.
• OpenAI / Anthropic / xAI / Google — language and vision models for story and illustration generation. These models are called via API; per their commercial terms, your prompts and outputs are not used to train their models.
• Lulu Direct — print-on-demand fulfillment in Pennsylvania, USA.
• Meta (Facebook) Pixel — measures and optimizes our advertising. It records standard web events (page views, sign-ups, purchases) and sets the _fbp cookie. It never receives your child's photo, name, or stories.

Data retention

• Photos: retained while you have an active kid profile or until you delete the kid. Auto-deleted 30 days after your last order or 12 months of inactivity, whichever is later.
• Stories & illustrations: retained as long as your account is active so you can re-read them.
• Order & payment records: retained for 7 years for accounting and tax purposes.
• Server logs: retained 30 days then aggregated.

Your rights

• Access & export — download a JSON of every kid, book, and order from Settings → Privacy & data.
• Deletion — delete your account at any time. Already-printed books cannot be unprinted, but the underlying digital data is wiped within 30 days.
• Correction — edit any kid profile or book at any time.
• Withdraw consent — stop using the service and delete your account. We'll delete on request.

COPPA & under-13 considerations

Me the Star is a parent-facing service, not a children's online service under COPPA. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. All data about a child is provided by the parent or guardian who created the account. If you believe a child has provided us data without parental consent, contact us and we'll delete it.

Reviewer process

Every printed book passes through a human reviewer before it goes to the printer — to verify the illustrations are appropriate, recognizably resemble your child, and meet print quality. Reviewers see the book content but do not export, share, or retain it.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest. Access is role-restricted; only specific personnel can review books in the moderation queue. We post-mortem and disclose any incident affecting your data within 72 hours.

Contact

Questions, requests, or concerns: hello@methestar.com. Privacy-specific: include "PRIVACY" in the subject line for priority handling.

Changes

We'll email you before any material change to this policy and post the new effective date here.

By creating an account or placing an order, you agree to these terms.

Eligibility

You must be 18 or older and the parent or legal guardian of any child whose photo you upload. You agree to provide accurate information about yourself and your child.

What you get

• Free: up to 5 generated stories per kid. Read anywhere. Share with family.
• Hardcover ($39): a single 32-page cloth-and-foil hardcover, printed and shipped from Pennsylvania, typically arriving in 5–7 business days.
• The Volume ($199/yr): unlimited story generation all year; we bind your child's 12 favourites into one annual hardcover at year-end.
• Bedtime ($14.99/mo or $129/yr): 30 stories a month + the nightly reading plan + narrated audio. Cancel anytime.
• Studio ($24.99/mo or $219/yr): Everything in Bedtime, plus 10 print-quality books a month.
• Family ($34.99/mo or $309/yr): Up to 3 kids, 60 stories a month, 20 print-quality books, 3 quarterly hardcovers, year-end bound annual.

Acceptable use

You agree not to upload photos of children who are not your own; not to use the service to depict harm, sexualization, hate, or harassment; not to attempt to bypass moderation or extract another user's data. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel any order that violates these terms, with full refund.

Content ownership

You own the photos you upload and the stories you direct us to create. By using the service you grant us a limited license to process, generate, store, print, and ship your content as part of fulfilling the service. We claim no ownership over your child's likeness or your stories beyond that.

Refunds & happiness guarantee

Every printed book comes with a 14-day happiness guarantee: if you're unhappy with the print quality or the illustration of your child, we'll reprint at no cost or refund the full purchase price, your choice. Damaged-in-transit replacements ship at no charge.

Subscriptions are cancellable any time; remaining time on your billing period is honored, no partial refunds.

AI-generated content

Stories and illustrations are produced by large language and image models that generate novel content in real time. They are creative output, not factual statements about real events. You retain final approval on every page before printing.

Liability

The service is provided "as is." Our liability for any claim is limited to the amount you've paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim. We're not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute will be resolved in Delaware courts unless we mutually agree to arbitration.

Contact

Questions: hello@methestar.com.