Privacy Policy

Safer YouTube by Tio Magic

Last updated: May 1st, 2026This Privacy Policy explains how Tio Magic Company handles information for Safer YouTube iPad App by Tio Magic, an iPad app designed to help parents and guardians create a safer, parent-approved YouTube viewing experience for children.

Privacy-first summary

Safer YouTube iPad App by Tio Magic is designed to be privacy-focused. The app does not require a child account. The app does not ask for a child’s full name, birthday, address, school, phone number, or other direct child-identifying information. Most information used by the app is saved locally on your device. Tio Magic does not maintain user accounts for this app, does not store your child profiles on our servers, and does not save your child’s watch history, favorites, daily limits, PIN, or approved channel list on our servers.

What the app does

Safer YouTube iPad App by Tio Magic lets parents create local child profiles, approve YouTube channels for each profile, and allow children to browse and watch videos only from approved channels.Children do not have access to unrestricted YouTube search, comments, recommendations, or open browsing through the app.The app may use a backend proxy service only to help parents search for YouTube channels and sync public video metadata from approved channels.

Information saved locally on your device

The following information may be saved locally on your iPad:parent PIN;child profile names or nicknames;profile colors and settings;approved YouTube channels;favorite videos;watch history;daily viewing limits;Shorts blocking settings;synced approved-channel video metadata;app preferences.This local information stays on your device. Tio Magic does not save this information on our servers.You can remove local app data by deleting it through the app where available, clearing app data through device controls where available, or uninstalling the app.

Information not saved by Tio Magic

Tio Magic does not save the following on our servers:child profiles;child names or nicknames;parent PINs;approved channel lists;favorites;watch history;daily viewing limits;viewing progress;child mode activity;unrestricted browsing history;payment card information.The app is designed so that the core parent-control and child-viewing experience works from local on-device settings.

Information sent to our backend

When a parent searches for YouTube channels or syncs videos from an approved channel, the app may send only the information needed to complete that request, such as:a YouTube channel search query entered by the parent;a YouTube channel ID selected or approved by the parent;a request to fetch public video metadata for an approved channel.Our backend proxy uses this information to retrieve public YouTube channel or video metadata. We do not use these requests to build child profiles, sell data, or provide personalized advertising.Backend request logs may be retained for a limited period only as needed to operate, debug, secure, and improve the service, prevent abuse, and comply with legal obligations.

YouTube channel and video metadata

The app may display public YouTube metadata, such as:channel names;channel IDs;video IDs;video titles;thumbnails;descriptions;durations.This metadata is used so the app can show videos from parent-approved channels. Synced metadata may be stored locally on your device so the app can display approved videos more efficiently.

YouTube playback

Approved videos are played using embedded YouTube video playback. When a YouTube video is loaded or played, YouTube and Google may receive information according to their own privacy policies and terms.Tio Magic does not control YouTube’s embedded player, YouTube cookies, Google account behavior, or Google’s separate data practices.

How we use information

We use information only to provide, maintain, and improve the app, including to:create and manage local child profiles;save parent settings locally on the device;show children only videos from approved channels;enforce daily viewing limits;block Shorts when enabled for a profile;save favorites and watch history locally;let parents search for and approve YouTube channels;sync public metadata for videos from approved channels;maintain, debug, secure, and improve the service.We do not use your information for personalized advertising, credit decisions, lending decisions, or resale to data brokers.

Third parties

We share information only as needed to provide the app:Backend infrastructure providers: used to host the backend proxy service for parent channel search and approved-channel video syncing.YouTube / Google: used to retrieve public YouTube channel and video metadata and to provide embedded YouTube playback.We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect the security of the service, or as part of a business transfer where permitted by applicable law.

What we do not do

We do not:sell personal information;use information for personalized advertising;transfer information to advertising platforms, data brokers, or information resellers;require child accounts;knowingly collect direct personal information from children;save child profiles on our servers;save watch history on our servers;save favorites on our servers;save parent PINs on our servers;collect payment card information through the app;provide children with unrestricted YouTube search;show YouTube comments or unrestricted recommendations inside child mode.

Children’s privacy

The app is intended to be configured and managed by parents or guardians. Children can use the child viewing experience, but they are not intended to create accounts or submit personal information.We do not knowingly collect direct personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the app, contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information handled by the app and backend services. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.The parent PIN is stored locally on the device and is intended as local parental access control. It should not be treated as production-grade account security.

Your choices

You can:create, edit, or remove child profiles locally;approve or remove YouTube channels;enable or disable Shorts blocking;change viewing limits;clear or reset local app data where available;uninstall the app to remove app-local data from the device;contact us with privacy questions or deletion requests related to backend request data, where applicable.

Contact

For privacy questions or deletion requests, contact:admin@tiomagic.com

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date above.