Privacy Policy

Last Updated Date: August 1, 2025

My Little Venture is an online platform designed to help children learn entrepreneurship through parent-guided campaigns. Parents or legal guardians are the official account holders and may create and manage campaigns on behalf of their children. Children ages 13–17 may use limited features under parental oversight, including drafting campaign content for guardian review and approval.

This Privacy Policy explains our privacy practices for My Little Venture (which we'll refer to as the "Site"), our company mobile applications (both iOS® and Android®) (the "Apps"), the Payments Processor that we use (which is described below), and other services provided by My Little Venture LLC ("Company" or "we," "us," and "our"). We'll use the term "Services" to refer collectively to the Site, the Apps, Payments Processor, and the other services that we provide.

This Privacy Policy applies to parents or legal guardians acting on behalf of their children ("Account Holders"), participating children ("Children"), our registered buyers ("Buyers"), users who contribute without creating an account ("Guests"), and anyone else who visits or uses our Services ("you" and "your").

By accepting our Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, or by using any of our Services, you confirm that you have read and understand this policy; including how and why we use your information.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that you may choose to share information with when you use the Services. Please note that the collection and use of your information by these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies and terms. You should understand the privacy and security practices of any third party before you share information with them.

Our Payments Processor is Stripe. To set up an account or process payments, you must agree to Stripe's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We do not store full credit card or bank account numbers on our systems. Stripe processes payments, enables bank account linking (including Stripe Financial Connections), and may require identity verification or additional information to comply with legal, tax, fraud-prevention, or payment network requirements. Stripe operates as a separate data controller for its own compliance purposes.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, by using the Services or otherwise interacting with one of our advertisements or social media accounts on a third-party site, you consent to this Privacy Policy, including our use and disclosure of information about you in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. To the extent permitted by applicable law, if you give any information about other individuals to us in connection with our services, you represent that you have the authority to give to us such information and the authority to permit us to use such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Under certain circumstances, we may also obtain additional consents if required under applicable law.

This Privacy Policy explains:

Children
Information We Collect
How We Collect Information
How We Use and Disclose Information
How We Protect Information
Your Rights & Choices
Social Media Platforms, Linked Website and Other offerings
Changes to the Privacy Policy, Retention Policy, and Other Matters
Definitions/Glossary
Contact Us

Children

This Privacy Policy is designed to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Children under 13 are not permitted to create accounts or access the Services directly. Any information about a child under 13 is provided only by the parent or legal guardian using their own account for purposes such as campaign setup and management.

Children ages 13–17 may use limited features under parental oversight. The parent or legal guardian remains the official account holder until the child turns 18.

For children under the age of 13, My Little Venture does not permit children to log in or interact with the Site or Apps directly. All digital activity is performed by the parent or legal guardian. A "Child" under 13 participates only as the beneficiary of a campaign managed by their guardian. We do not collect email addresses, login credentials, or direct communications from children under 13.

Campaigns created by or involving minors may be drafted by children ages 13–17, but cannot be published without parent or legal guardian approval and verifiable consent, including consent executed via electronic document signing.

Payment onboarding and identity verification (if required) are handled by Stripe and may occur when a guardian connects a bank account, requests a withdrawal, or as otherwise required by Stripe's compliance processes. Stripe may suspend, delay, or restrict access to funds in accordance with its policies, and My Little Venture is not responsible for such actions.

Because your child is under the age of 18, the parent or legal guardian is the official account holder. This means you are responsible for managing the account, approving content, overseeing communications, and receiving any funds associated with your Child's campaign. When the child turns 18, we may require the account to be updated or transitioned to reflect adult ownership and applicable legal requirements.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children and ensuring parents and guardians have control over their children's online experience. We only collect as much personal information from Children as is reasonably necessary to participate in the activities offered by our Services. We do not condition your Child's participation in any online activity on the disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary for that activity. We do NOT use children's personal information for targeted advertising or for marketing to children. If you become aware that your Child has provided us with information without your consent or if you would like to revoke your previously provided consent, please contact us in accordance with the Contact Us section below and we will transition the associated information and campaigns to an archived state, removing them from public access.

Information We Collect

While providing our Services, we collect and receive information that directly or indirectly relates to you in different ways and from different sources. For example:

Buyer Account Information

We collect certain information from you, as a Buyer, when you set up an account and use the Services.

Buyer Details: Your name, email address, and phone number
Contribution Details: Contribution date, total payment amount (including any platform fees allocation), and campaign/Offering details (even if you don't complete your contribution or if you decide to make a cash gift)
Payment Information: Your billing address and payment information (e.g., credit or debit card details)
Delivery Information (if applicable): Your delivery/shipping address, contact name, and phone number

Account Holder Account Information

We collect certain information from you, as an account holder, when you set up an account, and use the Services.

Account Holder Details: Your name, email address, phone number, date of birth, taxpayer address, and campaign names
Account Holder Payment Information: Payment method and payout-related information processed by Stripe (e.g., bank account connection status, payout eligibility, and related identifiers). My Little Venture does not store full bank account numbers or full payment credentials.
Campaign Preferences: Title, description, goal of the campaign, progress of the campaign, and Offering details
Children: Information about the Child using the Services for which you are the parent or legal guardian
Business/Tax Information: Tax and identity information required for payment processing and compliance (collected and processed by Stripe, such as SSN/EIN where applicable).
Payment Processor: Whether the Terms and Conditions were accepted, timestamp of acceptance, user agent (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox), and IP address at the time of acceptance

Account Holder Public Profile Information

As an account holder, you must provide certain information for you and your child's campaign. However, you can also choose to share other information in connection with your and your child's account and activity. Other people will be able to see your and your child's profile information; however, you can edit, remove, or limit this information through your account settings.

Campaign name, campaign photos, and campaign link
Your child's first name (or if you prefer, nickname) and your child's photo or avatar (optional)
Linked third-party accounts (e.g., social, "sign-in with")
Campaign policies

Account Holder Verification Information (if required)

Stripe and/or My Little Venture may request information to verify the identity of the parent or legal guardian, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations. This may include verifying name, date of birth, address, taxpayer information, and in some cases government-issued identification or other documentation.

Biometric Information: My Little Venture does not intentionally collect biometric identifiers. If Stripe uses biometric-related methods (e.g., comparing an uploaded ID photo to a selfie) to verify identity, such processing is governed by Stripe's policies and practices.

Guest Checkout Information

You can make a contribution without an account through our "Guest Checkout" feature. However, we will still need certain information about you to facilitate your contribution and/or cash gifting.

Your name, email address, billing name, and address
Credit or debit card information or other payment method
Shipping name and address
Phone number for shipping purposes

Transaction Information

We collect data on the total contribution amount, including platform fee allocation (whether paid by the Buyer or deducted from earnings). This information is maintained as part of your account history to assist Account Holders with financial record-keeping and tax reconciliation.

Photographs and Videos

You may enable the Apps to access your mobile device's camera to upload photographs and videos to us, or you can upload photos and videos directly through our Site.

Messages Information

You can contact us for a variety of reasons, such as customer support. Account holders may contact Guests and Buyers via automated emails for system notifications and campaign updates. Account holders may exchange internal notifications with us regarding campaign activity and approvals. Children ages 13–17 may have limited in-platform activity; however, direct messaging with Buyers or Guests is not permitted. Children may view system notifications, but all external communications are handled through the parent or legal guardian or through platform-generated system notifications. To facilitate the delivery of digital Offerings, the platform provides Account Holders and eligible Children (ages 13–17) with the Buyer's or Guest's email address. This information is shared solely for transactional fulfillment, and creators are contractually prohibited from using these email addresses for marketing or third-party purposes.

Messages Content: Content (including text and images) you share with, or receive from, us and/or others using the Services
Messages Metadata: Metadata about the content (such as the date and time of the message)
Customer Support Information: Your communications with and through our customer support members and tools, including the automation on our Site and Apps, including any additional information you provide (e.g., order number and transaction ID) and/or device and technical information (e.g., IP address for troubleshooting)

Promotion Information

From time to time, we may run promotional offers, contests and sweepstakes. From time to time, Campaign creators may run promotional offers to Buyer. In general, we collect the following information about entrants, including email address and product preferences. We'll tell you about any other data we collect in the terms of the relevant promotion at the time of the promotion.

Survey Responses and Market Research

You may choose to provide certain information in connection with surveys, research, and other feedback mechanisms. We will also collect your interaction with the survey invite and survey submission (e.g., you opened the email, started the survey, completed survey).

Browser and Device Information

We automatically receive and record information from your browser and/or your mobile device when you visit the Site, use the Apps, or otherwise install, access, or use certain features of the Services.

Browser and device information, including your IP address, device type, hardware model, operating system information, unique device identifier, and your detected language
App information, including app version, app usage and debugging information, and app ID

Service Usage Information

We collect certain information about your use of the Services, such as how often you use the Apps, how you interact with the Services, and actions you take when interacting with the Site and Apps, to help us ensure the Services are functioning correctly, tailor your experience, and improve our offerings.

Usage Information: Information about your interaction with our Site and Apps, including how often you use the Site and/or Apps, what happens within the Site and/or Apps, and what campaigns and products you view and interact with
Diagnostic and Troubleshooting Information: Information about how our Services are performing when you use them, like service-related diagnostic and performance information, including timestamps, crash data, website performance logs, and error messages or reports

General Location Information

We collect your general location information for things like tailoring our Services to your location, to estimate shipping costs, and for security, sanctions, and fraud prevention purposes.

IP addresses and other information like your zip or postal code, to estimate your general location (e.g., country, state, or city)
The general location you set in your regional preferences on the Site or Apps

Precise Location Information

We collect your precise geo-location where you have given us permission to do so through your device-based settings.

Information from our Payment Processor and Other Entities

We receive certain information about Buyers from third parties such as the Payment Processor, who help us to process transactions, provide our Services and prevent fraudulent or illegal activity.

Your name, your billing address, your email address, your phone number
Fraud prevention data such as risk-scoring

Non-Member Information

We receive or obtain information about individuals who are not yet registered with an account and/or has not directly made a purchase in connection with certain features of the Services, such as when such a visitor subscribes to a Company newsletter, an account holder invites an individual to visit the Site or Apps, or a Buyer uploads information to deliver a product to someone else's address. For example:

Email address if provided by another
Non-Member IP address (and other performance and diagnostics)
Shipping address, if provided by another

How We Collect Information

We collect information from various sources. For example:

From You – We collect information from you or about you when you provide this information to us directly. For example, we may obtain information when you sign-up with us and open an account, engage our online services, respond to surveys, or otherwise interact with us.

From Parents or Guardians on Behalf of Their Child – For children under 13, all information is provided by the parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.

From Tracking Technologies – We may automatically collect information about your activity when you are using our online services, receiving emails, or otherwise engaging with us. We typically collect this information through a variety of tracking technologies, including (i) cookies or small data files that are stored on your computer or other device and (ii) other, related technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, mobile SDKs, location-identifying technologies, and logging technologies (collectively, "tracking technologies") and we may use third-party partners or technologies to collect this information. Information we collect automatically about you may be combined with other information we collect directly from you or receive from other sources. We do not use tracking technologies to deliver targeted advertising to children.

From Other Online and Offline Sources – We automatically receive and record information from your browser and/or your mobile device when you visit the Site, use the Apps, or use certain features of the Services. We receive certain information about you from third parties, including our Payments Processor and your social media platforms.

How We Use and Disclose Information

We may use and disclose information to:

Create and maintain your account with us
Provide our Services, facilitate campaign contributions (including processing platform fee allocations), and support campaign-related fulfillment communications. This includes sharing Buyer and Guest email addresses directly with Account Holders and Children solely to enable the manual or automated delivery of digital Offerings.
Operate, evaluate, and improve our business and the Services
Respond to requests, provide customer support, and personalize your online experience
Detect and prevent fraud and enhance the security of our business, your accounts, or our Services
Verify your identity or location for security, fraud prevention, and other risk control purposes and comply with our obligations to verify Account Holders
With your consent (or your representative's consent)
In connection with a proposed or actual sale or merger of all or part of our business
With our Payments Processor and other vendors and third parties
With law enforcement, other governmental agencies, and other third parties to comply with relevant laws and regulations
Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations, and our policies and otherwise protect our rights and operations
For any other purposes that we may specifically disclose at the time that we collect your information or for any other purposes permitted by applicable law

We do not use Children's personal information for behavioral or targeted advertising.

How We Protect Your Information

The security of your information is important to us. We protect your information through technical and administrative measures designed to mitigate the risk of unlawful or unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, or use of your data. To protect your account, we encourage you to choose your password carefully.

Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us at the Contact Us below.

Your Rights & Choices

Depending on applicable privacy laws and your state of residency, you may have one or more of the following rights regarding your information (and, if applicable, your Child's information):

Right of Access/Right to Know. You have the right, subject to certain exceptions, to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your information. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you:

The categories of personal information we collected about you.
The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
The business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing the personal information.
The categories of third parties with whom we disclose that personal information.
The categories of personal information that each recipient received.
The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.

You have the right to receive this information in a format, to the extent technically feasible, that is portable, usable, and allows you to transmit the personal information to a person without impediment, where the processing is carried out by automated means.

Right to Correct. You have the right, subject to certain exceptions, to contact us to submit a request to correct any inaccurate personal information that we may have about you.

Right to Delete. You have the right, subject to certain exceptions, to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained. Once we receive and confirm your request we will delete (and may ask others to delete) your personal information from our records. Please note that deleting a guardian account does not automatically delete a linked Child’s independent account unless specifically requested, to ensure the Child’s educational progress is preserved.

Residents of California, please note that we do not Share or Sell your Personal Information (as those terms are defined under California law).

How to Exercise Your Rights and Choices. If you would like to manage, correct, or delete your information, you can do so via your account settings or profile. Alternatively, you can exercise any of the rights above, subject to applicable law, by contacting us at the Contact Us information below. Once you contact us to exercise any of your rights, we will confirm receipt of your request.

Verifiable Consumer Request. You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access twice within a 12-month period. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. We will generally verify your identity by asking you to provide personal information related to your recent interactions with us. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.

Requests by Authorized Agents. You may exercise your privacy rights through an authorized agent. If we receive your request from an authorized agent, we may ask for evidence that you have provided such agent with a power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf.

Nondiscrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your privacy rights. This includes us not: (a) denying you goods or services; (b) charging you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties; (c) providing you a different level or quality of goods or services; (d) suggesting to you that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services; and (e) retaliating against you for exercising your privacy rights.

Social Media Platforms, Linked Websites, and Other Offerings

We love connecting with our community on social media platforms including but not limited to Meta®, Instagram®, X®, TikTok®, WeChat®, Pinterest®, YouTube®, and LinkedIn®. Just a quick heads-up: anything you share on these platforms—like photos, opinions, or profile details—is governed by their own terms of use and privacy policies. It's a good idea to take a moment to review those so you know how your content and information might be used.

Sometimes, our Services may include links to third-party websites, apps, or tools that we don't control. When you click away from our Services, we recommend checking out the privacy policies and terms of those sites or apps, since they may be different from ours.

Also, please note that we're not responsible for how other companies—like Apple®, Google®, Microsoft®, Meta®, TikTok®, Instagram®, X®, LinkedIn®, WeChat®, or any other app or device providers—collect, use, or share your information. That includes their data security practices too.

Changes to the Privacy Policy, Retention Policy, and Other Information

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. When we do, we'll make sure the latest version is available, and we encourage you to check back now and then to stay informed. By continuing to use our Services after any updates, you're letting us know you're okay with the changes.

We keep your information only as long as we need it—for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, while your account is active, or as required to meet our legal obligations. How long we retain data can vary depending on the type of information and the applicable laws.

Just so you know, our company does not operate a global e-commerce platform. Our Services are intended for use by U.S. residents. If you access our platform from outside the United States, you consent to the transfer and processing of your information in the United States.

Definitions/Glossary

Here are key terms used throughout this Privacy Policy for clarity:

"Child" or "Children" – A minor under the age of 18. Children under 13 do not access the Services directly and participate only through a parent or legal guardian account.
"Account Holder" – A parent or guardian who creates and manages a campaign on behalf of their child.
"Buyer" – A user who makes a voluntary contribution to a campaign. In connection with a contribution, a Buyer may receive an Offering as a token of gratitude; Offerings are not guaranteed, are not legally binding products, and do not constitute a purchase. Buyers acknowledge that their email address will be shared with the campaign creator strictly for the purpose of receiving their digital or physical Offerings.
"Guest" – A user who makes a voluntary contribution to a campaign without registering for an account.
"Campaign" – A fundraising or selling initiative created or drafted by a Child (13–17) and/or created, managed, and controlled by the parent or legal guardian on the platform.
"Payment Processor" – The third-party service provider (currently Stripe) that handles all payment-related transactions.
"Services" – All functionality and features provided through the Site, Apps, and related platforms by My Little Venture LLC.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, please contact us by emailing our Chief Privacy Officer at contact@mylittleventure.com.