Privacy Policy
Storyboard (com.nextlt.storyboard) · Next Layer Technology
Effective date: July 6, 2026
Storyboard is a shared family organizer: a whiteboard for notes, photos, voice notes and stickers, plus a family calendar, meal planner, chore board, care log, and an optional family map. This policy explains what information the app collects, why, and the choices you have. Questions or requests: support@nextlayertechnology.net.
1. Information we collect
| Category | What | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Account information | Email address, display name, and profile photo from your Google account or the credentials you sign up with. | Creating and securing your account; showing who posted what within your family. |
| Family content you create | Notes, photos, voice recordings, stickers, reactions, calendar events, meal plans, chores, and reminders. | This is the product: content is stored so it can sync to the family members you choose to share it with. |
| Health information (optional) | If you use the Care tab: dates of birth, blood type, allergies, medications, dosage schedules, and care notes you enter for family members. | Shown only inside your family group so caregivers can coordinate. Never used for advertising, never sold, never shared outside your family group. |
| Location (optional, off by default) | Approximate and precise device location, only if you turn on "Share my location with family" and grant the permission. Location is collected while the app is in use. | Showing your position on your family's private map. Turn it off any time in Settings; your position is then no longer collected or shown. |
| Camera, photos, microphone | Camera and photo library access when you attach a photo; microphone when you record a voice note. | Only used at the moment you create content. No background capture. |
| Diagnostics & analytics | Crash logs, performance traces, device model, OS version, app version, and anonymized usage events (e.g. which screens are used). Install referrer data at first launch. | Fixing crashes and improving the app. You can disable analytics in Settings → Privacy & Permissions. |
| Push tokens | A device token from Firebase Cloud Messaging. | Delivering notifications (new board items, reminders). Controlled by the notification permission. |
2. How your data is stored and shared
Storyboard is built on Google Firebase (Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Storage, Cloud Messaging, Analytics, Crashlytics, Performance Monitoring) and Google Maps. Your data is stored on Google Cloud infrastructure and encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest. Content you create is visible only to members of the family group you join. We do not sell personal data, we do not share it with third parties for advertising, and the app contains no ads.
3. Family groups and children
Storyboard accounts are created by adults. A parent or guardian may add child members to their family group and controls what those members can see and do (including whether they can view the family map). The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children outside of a family group managed by a parent or guardian. If you believe a child has created an account without consent, contact us and we will delete it.
4. Your choices and rights
You can: turn location sharing off (Settings → Privacy & Permissions), disable analytics (same screen), revoke camera/microphone/location permissions in Android system settings, edit or delete any content you created, and delete your account entirely (Settings → Delete account, or see our account deletion page). Depending on where you live (e.g. EEA/UK GDPR, California CCPA), you may also have rights to access, correct, export, or erase your data and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Email us to exercise any of these rights and we will respond within 30 days.
5. Data retention and deletion
Your data is retained while your account is active. When you delete your account, your profile, location history, board content, health entries, and other personal data are permanently deleted from our production systems within 30 days; residual copies in encrypted backups are purged within 90 days. Crash and analytics data is retained by Google Firebase per its standard retention windows (up to 14 months) and is not tied to your deleted account.
6. Changes to this policy
If we make material changes we will update this page and note it in the app before the changes take effect.
7. Contact
Next Layer Technology
support@nextlayertechnology.net
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