Web App Privacy Policy

 

Name: Storybook Dads  

Address: Storybook Dads, 18 Belle Vue Rd, Saltash, PL12 6ES 

Tel:  0300 365 3237

Last Updated: 5th January 2026

 

The type of personal information we collect from your registration

 

When you register on our Web-app, we currently collect and process the following information:

  • Your name, your email address, postal address, name, prison number and residing prison of the prisoner you wish to receive a story from, your relationship to the prisoner, name and date of birth of any children the story will be read for.

 

How we get the personal information and why we have it

 

The personal information we process is provided to us directly by you, for you to receive a Storybook Dads/Mums story. Under the General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

 

  • Your consent: you have the right to remove your consent at any time.

We use the following information you have given us to:

 

  • Your name: to enable you to receive the story and for identification purposes.
  • Your email address: to register, authenticate and log in to the web-app. 
  • Your postal address and the name, prison number and location of prisoner: To be able to send the story from the prisoner and we use this information to confirm the registration and that the prisoner is allowed to participate.
  • Relationship to prisoner: we use this information to confirm the registration and that the person in prison is allowed to participate.
  • Name and age of child(ren): to identify which child(ren) the recording is/are for and that the prisoner is allowed to participate for named child(ren).

 

By registering on the web-app you agree to receive a story from the prisoner you registered against. You can change your mind and delete your registration at any time (see below on how to remove your consent).  

 

Please note: before we send any stories, all prisoners will be approved to confirm that they are allowed contact by the offender management unit or other official personnel in their residing prison and that they are allowed to take part in the Storybook Dads/Mums project.  

 

How we store your personal information 

Registration Information: Your registration information is stored by Storybook Dads using Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) with AWS KMS encryption, stored in the UK only. Retention period: We will keep your registration until either a) you remove consent and choose to delete your account OR b) your account hasn’t been accessed for 12 months, in which case your account will be deleted.

 

Audio or video recording for child: Uploaded stories are stored by Storybook Dads using AWS S3, stored in the UK only. Retention period: Uploaded stories are kept for a period of 12 months at which point they are deleted. Stories can be deleted sooner by either a) you remove consent or b) there is a change in contact/approval between the person in custody and their child/yourself.

 

How to remove your consent 

 

On the web-app: Sign in to your account at www.storybookdads.app, click the profile picture top right of page, click Settings, re-enter password, scroll down and click Request to Deactivate Account

Email us: get in touch with us here

Write to us:

Storybook Dads HQ

FAO Data Protection Officer

18 Belle Vue Road

Saltash

PL12 6ES

 

Your data protection rights

 

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

 

  • Your right of access: you have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 
  • Your right to rectification: you have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 
  • Your right to erasure: you have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 
  • Your right to restriction of processing: you have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 
  • Your right to object to processing: you have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Your right to data portability: you have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

 

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us by post: Storybook Dads HQ, FAO Data Protection Officer, 18 Belle Vue Road, Saltash, PL12 6ES or by email here, if you wish to make a request.

 

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at:

 

Storybook Dads HQ

FAO: Data Protection Officer

18 Belle Vue Rd

Saltash

PL12 6ES

 

Tel: 0300 365 3237

Email: email us here

 

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Website: www.ico.org.uk