Privacy Policy

What Little Archive Does

Little Archive is a web application that helps parents migrate their children's Seesaw school app photo exports into Google Photos. You upload a zip file exported from Seesaw, and Little Archive parses the photos, preserves the teacher's caption text as metadata, and uploads them to your Google Photos account.

What Data We Collect

Data You Provide

• Seesaw export files: You upload a zip archive containing photos, videos, and HTML files exported from the Seesaw app. These files may contain your child's name, teacher captions, and images of your child's schoolwork.
• Payment information: When you purchase the service, payment is processed by Stripe. We do not store your credit card number, bank account details, or other payment credentials. Stripe's handling of your payment data is governed by Stripe's Privacy Policy.

Data We Access Through Google

When you authorize Little Archive to connect to your Google Photos account, we request the following OAuth scopes:

• photoslibrary.appendonly — This allows Little Archive to upload new photos and create new albums in your Google Photos library. This scope does not allow us to modify or delete any existing photos or albums in your Google Photos account.
• photoslibrary.readonly — This allows Little Archive to read the names of your existing Google Photos albums. We use this solely to check for album name conflicts before creating a new album, so we don't overwrite or duplicate an album you already have. We do not read, download, copy, or store any of your existing photos, videos, or album contents.

We also receive your Google account email address and basic profile information (name) as part of the OAuth authentication flow. This is used solely to authenticate your session.

Data We Collect Automatically

• Basic analytics: We use privacy-focused analytics (such as PostHog or Plausible) to understand how visitors use the site — for example, how many users reach each step of the upload process. We do not use Google Analytics. We do not build advertising profiles or sell analytics data.

How We Use Your Data

We use your data for the following purposes only:

• To provide the service: Parsing your Seesaw export, processing photos with caption metadata, and uploading them to your Google Photos account.
• To process payment: Passing necessary transaction details to Stripe.
• To improve the service: Aggregated, non-personal analytics help us understand where users encounter issues in the upload process.

We do not use your Google user data for any purpose other than providing the Little Archive service. Specifically, we do not:

• Sell, rent, or share your Google user data with third parties
• Use your Google user data for advertising, marketing profiles, or audience targeting
• Use your Google user data to train machine learning models
• Allow any third party to access your Google user data
• Use your data for any purpose not explicitly described in this policy

How We Store and Retain Your Data

• Seesaw export files and processed photos are stored on our servers only for the duration of processing. Once your photos have been successfully uploaded to Google Photos, all uploaded files and processed data are deleted immediately from our servers.
• If an upload fails, any temporarily stored files are deleted within 24 hours.
• We do not retain copies of your photos, your child's images, or any content from your Seesaw export after the upload is complete.
• Google OAuth tokens are stored in server memory only during your active session. We do not persist refresh tokens or access tokens to any database or long-term storage.
• Payment records: Stripe retains transaction records in accordance with their data retention policies. We store only a transaction reference ID and the associated email address for customer support purposes.
• Analytics data does not include personally identifiable information and is retained in aggregate form.

Data Sharing

We share data only with the following third-party services, and only as necessary to provide the service:

We do not sell your data. We do not share your data with advertisers. We do not provide data to data brokers.

Data Security

We protect your data using the following measures:

• All data in transit is encrypted using HTTPS/TLS
• Uploaded files are stored in isolated, temporary storage that is purged after processing
• Google OAuth authentication uses industry-standard OAuth 2.0 protocols
• Access to server infrastructure is restricted to authorized personnel only

Your Rights and Choices

• Revoke access: You can revoke Little Archive's access to your Google account at any time by visiting your Google Account permissions page. Once revoked, Little Archive can no longer upload photos to your account.
• Delete your data: Since we do not retain your photos or export files after processing, there is no stored data to delete. If you have questions about any residual data, contact us and we will confirm deletion.
• Opt out of analytics: You can use a browser extension such as an ad blocker to prevent analytics scripts from loading.

Children's Privacy

Little Archive processes photos of children's schoolwork as uploaded by their parents or legal guardians. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children. The service is intended for use by adults (parents and guardians) only.

We do not use Google Sign-In or any Google API Service to collect data associated with children's Google accounts. All authentication is performed by the parent or guardian.

Google API Services User Data Policy

Little Archive's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Changes to This Policy

If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and notify affected users before applying any new data practices.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how your data is handled:

Email: privacy@littlearchive.app
Website: https://littlearchive.app