Privacy Policy

About this policy

This policy covers the QuickApps app for Amazon Fire tablets, distributed through the Amazon Appstore, and quickapps.guide, including its information pages and the browser-based setup tool at /start/. It does not describe Amazon Kids, YouTube Kids or other installed apps, which have their own privacy information. The app shows the app sections of this policy under Parent Settings.

The website is intended for parents, guardians and other adults authorised to manage a tablet. It has no child account registration or child-facing submission form. The app is set up by a parent and used by a child; the sections below say what it keeps and what it requests.

Who operates QuickApps

AdSpark OÜ, an Estonian private limited company, makes the QuickApps app, operates quickapps.guide and is the controller of the personal information processed to operate the website and respond to enquiries, as described in this policy. The app itself sends us no personal information.

The QuickApps app

QuickApps is a kids’ app for Amazon Fire tablets. A parent sets it up; a child uses it. The app has no account and no sign-in, no ads of its own, no analytics, no crash reporting and no advertising identifier. It does not collect personal information from you or your child, sends nothing about the child to us, and does not sell or share data. It has no camera, microphone, contacts or location permission.

What stays on the tablet

Everything you set up is stored by the app on the tablet, separately for each profile: the apps your child may open, the favorites, the language, the parent PIN, the screen-time rules and the minutes used today, the channels you switched off or added, your child’s favorite videos and “watch again” list, the Plus status, and cached video lists and thumbnails. The app reads the list of installed apps to show them as tiles; that list never leaves the tablet. If you put apps under the daily time and the setup page has allowed it, the app also reads from the tablet how long those apps ran today; that reading stays on the tablet as well. Uninstalling QuickApps deletes all of this.

What the app requests over the internet

The Videos tab is the only part of QuickApps that uses the internet. Like any internet request, these carry the tablet’s IP address and a description of the app and device, and nothing else about you or your child.

• YouTube. The app downloads each channel’s public video feed and thumbnails from YouTube (youtube.com, i.ytimg.com). Videos play in YouTube’s embedded player in its privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). No Google account is used or connected. YouTube’s Terms of Service and Google’s Privacy Policy apply to the player and to these requests, and the player may show YouTube’s own ads. When you add a channel by name, that name is sent to YouTube to find the channel.
• YouTube Data API. QuickApps uses YouTube API Services to check that a video may be embedded and is made for kids, to read its duration, and to list the videos of a channel you added. These requests carry video and channel identifiers and the app’s package name, not user data. By using the Videos tab you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service; the Google Privacy Policy applies. Video titles, durations and thumbnails obtained this way are kept on the tablet only, refreshed while the tab is used, and deleted with the app.
• quickapps.guide. The list of channels on the Videos tab is downloaded from this website. Our hosting and security providers may record the request in server logs, as described in the website sections below.
• Amazon Appstore. QuickApps Plus is bought through the Amazon Appstore’s in-app purchasing. Amazon handles the payment and tells the app whether Plus is active; we receive no name, address or card details. Amazon’s privacy notice applies. Rate, Check for updates and the setup guide open the Appstore or your browser. In a child’s profile, where the Appstore cannot open, Rate shows the review page as a QR code for your phone; the app itself sends nothing.

Children

QuickApps is made to be used by children under a parent’s supervision, and it is made not to collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13. There is no chat, no comments, no user content and no advertising of our own. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us through the website, contact us so the matter can be reviewed.

When you visit the website or download a file

Your browser requests pages, images, fonts and other files from the website. Hosting and network-security services receive connection information such as an IP address, requested URL, request time, browser information and, where supplied by your browser, a referring page. This information is used to deliver the site, diagnose errors and protect it against abuse. The website runs on a server we operate at Hetzner. See Hetzner’s privacy information for information about the provider.

The site uses Cloudflare for DNS, delivery and security. Website requests pass through Cloudflare before reaching our server. Depending on the protection features enabled, Cloudflare may set security cookies or process additional request information. See Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy and its security-cookie documentation.

Fonts and artwork are served with the website. Embedded YouTube players, social-media widgets and third-party font services are not needed to display these pages.

Website measurement

Cloudflare supplies a browser measurement script (its Web Analytics / Real User Monitoring beacon) on the deployed website. It sends page and referring URLs, page-load timings and other performance metrics to Cloudflare to measure website usage and reliability. We do not use Google Analytics or advertising pixels on this website.

According to Cloudflare’s beacon documentation, this measurement does not use cookies or browser storage, and Cloudflare discards the request’s IP address rather than storing it in its RUM databases or logs. This description concerns the measurement service; website delivery and security still involve the connection information described above.

Cloudflare also enables Network Error Logging. Supporting browsers can report connection failures to Cloudflare, including the affected URL, error type and connection timing, to help diagnose delivery problems. These reports do not contain the setup tool’s USB log or tablet profile data.

What stays in your browser

• Language preference. The site stores your chosen language in local storage under quickapps.lang, so later visits can use the same language.
• USB authorisation key. If you connect a tablet, the setup library can generate an Android Debug Bridge (ADB) key and keep it in this website’s IndexedDB storage. The key is used to authenticate this browser to a tablet you authorise; the private key is not uploaded by the setup code.
• Browser permissions. Your browser manages permission to access the USB device. You can remove the permission in the browser’s site settings. On the tablet, you can separately revoke USB debugging authorisations.

The site does not set an expiry for its stored language preference or ADB key. They remain until you clear site data or the browser removes them. Clearing website data removes the stored preference and key; it does not uninstall apps or undo changes on the tablet.

If you use the USB setup tool

The setup tool asks you to select a device through the browser’s USB permission dialog. Your tablet may also ask you to allow USB debugging.

After connection, the page reads information needed for setup: the device model and serial number, operating-system and Android versions, processor architecture, display density and language, profile names and identifiers, profile usage information, installed package names and the QuickApps version. Where available, it also reads the app’s Plus entitlement status locally from the tablet.

This information is used in the browser to display your device and profiles, choose compatible installation files and carry out the actions you request. Profile names can include a child’s name. The setup code does not send this device information, profile list or installation log to a website database or analytics endpoint.

Files you choose on your computer are read in the browser and transferred to the tablet over USB. When automatic downloads are available, the page requests an installation manifest and package files from the configured download server. Those requests reveal ordinary connection information and the requested file names to that server; they are not uploads of the tablet’s contents.

The technical log can include device identifiers, profile names, file names and errors. It is displayed in the current page and is not automatically submitted. If you choose to share it for support, remove information you do not want to send, especially children’s names and device identifiers.

If you contact us

If you email us, we and our email provider receive the address, message and attachments you send. A message started from the app’s Contact us row also carries the tablet’s model and software version, which the app adds so we can answer faster. This information is used to answer your request and resolve the issue. Send only what is needed; do not send passwords, payment details, a parent PIN or private authorisation keys.

Support correspondence is kept for handling the request, reasonable follow-up and any applicable legal obligations. Website preferences and USB keys are instead stored in your browser as described above. Network-log retention depends on the hosting/security service and the need to operate, troubleshoot and secure the site.

Other services and data handling

Links to the Amazon Appstore, APKMirror and other external websites take you to services controlled by their own operators. Their privacy policies apply to what you do there. The website does not collect Amazon passwords or payment-card details. A Google sign-in requested by YouTube Kids happens in that product, not on this website.

Hosting, security and email providers may process information in countries other than where you live. Applicable provider arrangements and data-protection safeguards govern that processing. Information may also be disclosed where legally required or necessary to address misuse or a security incident.

Our legitimate interests in delivering, protecting and maintaining the website, understanding its performance and answering enquiries are the legal basis for the relevant personal-data processing (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where a request concerns a contract with us, processing needed to fulfil it or take steps you request before entering it is based on Article 6(1)(b). Processing required by law is based on Article 6(1)(c). Where consent is legally required, we must obtain it before that processing; this policy does not itself constitute consent.

Your choices and rights

You can use the information pages without connecting a tablet. You can stop using the setup page, close it, clear its browser storage and revoke USB access. Disconnecting during installation can interrupt an operation; wait for the current operation to finish where possible.

Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have rights to access, correct or erase personal information, restrict processing, obtain a portable copy or complain to a data-protection authority. You may also have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests. Email [email protected] to make a request. The app sends us no personal information, so there is nothing about you or your child for us to access or erase; uninstalling the app deletes everything it stored. We cannot remotely retrieve or delete data that exists only in your browser or on your tablet.

You may lodge a complaint with the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Andmekaitse Inspektsioon) or another competent supervisory authority, including in the EU country where you live or work. You do not have to contact us first.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information to the website operator, contact the operator so the matter can be reviewed.

Changes to this policy

The date at the top identifies the latest revision. If the app’s or the website’s data practices change, this policy is updated to describe them. Material changes are explained in the app’s release notes and on the website.

For the rules governing the website and setup tool, read the Website Terms of Use.