🔒 Our promise
The short version: we don't collect personal information from children, we don't track anyone, and there are no ads. Here's exactly how that works.
Robot Explains (robotexplains.ai) is a free public-education project created and operated by Larry Peseckis, based in Colorado, USA. For any privacy question or request, you can reach the operator by email at larry@larrypeseckis.ai or through our contact form.
By using the lessons, galleries, games, labs, and missions, you give us no personal information at all. The site is built as plain static pages, so there are no accounts, no profiles, and no automatic collection of names, emails, ages, or locations. Specifically:
Some features — the Cyber Ready Roadmap check-marks, Mission badges, and Passport stamps — remember progress so it's there next time. This is stored using the browser's local storage, which stays on the child's own device. We never see it, and it is never transmitted. Clearing the browser's site data erases it completely.
The only way anything reaches us is if a visitor chooses to fill in our optional contact form (to suggest a topic, ask about classroom use, or report an issue). This form is intended for grown-ups — parents, teachers, and other adults. What is typed is delivered to us by email through a form-processing service, Formspree. We ask that you not include personal or sensitive information, and none is required to use the site. We use what you send only to reply and to improve the site. We never sell it and never share it for advertising.
Robot Explains is directed to children, and we take that seriously. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children. The site works fully without a child providing any personal information: there are no accounts, no profiles, and no way for a child to post, chat, or contact anyone through it. The optional contact form is directed to adults and asks that no personal information be included. If you believe a child has sent us personal information and you would like it removed, contact us (below) and we will delete it promptly.
The site is served over a secure (HTTPS) connection with HSTS. Because we don't store personal information about children, there is no database of student data to protect or breach. Our host, Amazon Web Services (S3 and CloudFront), may process standard technical request data such as an IP address to deliver and secure the pages, as any website does; we don't use it to identify or profile individuals.
We don't use cookies to track you or to advertise. Progress is remembered using the browser's local storage on the device, described above.
If you have a safety or privacy concern about Robot Explains, please email larry@larrypeseckis.ai or use the contact form (choose "I found something to fix"). We review every report and respond within 3 business days.
If we change how the site handles information, we'll update this page and the "last updated" date above.
See also our accessibility statement.