Privacy

Phonics Picnic collects no personal information. It counts how the site is used, one browser tab at a time, and never who is using it.

The short version

There are no accounts, no sign-up, no advertising, no cookies and no third-party analytics. We do not collect names, email addresses, or anything else about the children or grown-ups who use the site, and we never sell or share information about visitors.

What the site counts

Why: to learn which words, lessons and sheets people come for, and which parts of the site nobody uses.

• Which page was opened, how long it was on the screen, and how far down it was read.
• Which word was heard first on a page, and how many sounds and words were played there.
• Which button was pressed: a setting on the word card, Play all, Print and the kind of sheet, saving or sharing a word list, starting and finishing a practice round.
• If you followed a link we published with a campaign tag (utm_source), that tag, for example "pinterest". The tag is removed from the address once read. Where else you came from is not read; only whether a page was opened from another of our pages.
• A two-letter country code, and the time.
• A random session ID that groups what was done in one browser tab, so we can see the order. It is kept in that tab only and forgotten when the tab is closed; a new tab gets a new one. It is not used to recognise anyone.

What it never collects

• Anything typed: a search, a list's name, the words typed into a list or a sheet.
• A child's answers in practice, or how many were right.
• The code of a word list or a practice round, or anything after the # in the address.
• Anything that could tell us who you are: no account, no cookie, no device ID, no browser fingerprint, no advertising profile. Your IP address reaches our server the way it reaches every website; we do not store it, only the country it implies. We can connect what was done in one tab, but not one tab to another, one visit to the next, or a tab to a person.

What stays in your browser

What you have chosen on a page, which word, which speed, what is read, is written into the page's address after the #, so a bookmark or a link you send opens the same way. Word lists you save are kept in this browser's own storage on your device, and the words you are picking for a list stay there until you close the tab. None of it is sent to us. Clearing the browser's data removes it; a list's link or QR code still opens the list.

What our hosting provider sees

The site is served by Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare handles the technical details of each request, such as the IP address, the browser and the page asked for, to deliver pages and protect against abuse. Requests for sound clips and the counts above pass through a small Cloudflare Worker whose request logs are kept for a short time to find errors. We do not use them to identify or profile anyone, and the counts are kept without the IP address. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.

Children

Phonics Picnic is made for children learning to read and the adults beside them. Because we collect no personal information from anyone, there is nothing for a child to hand over. If that ever changes, this page will change first.

Questions

Write to hello@phonicspicnic.com.

Last updated October 9, 2026.