You don’t have to use photos
For each person in your story, you choose. Add a photo and we’ll draw them from it, in your book’s style. Or let us imagine them, from a few words about how they look.
Either way they’re drawn, not photographed. The photo itself never appears in your book.
What happens to a photo
- You add it. It travels over an encrypted connection to our storage, in the United States.
- We draw from it. We send it to OpenAI’s image model, which draws that person as a character in your book’s style. We keep the drawing.
- The drawing does the rest. Every page and the cover are painted from the drawing, not the photo. Our story writer (Claude, from Anthropic) sees the drawings so it knows what everyone wears. It never sees your photos.
- The book is printed. Our printer gets only the finished pages and the address to ship to.
- It stays until you delete it. We keep your photos with your book, so you can redraw someone while you’re still making it.
What we never do
- Sell your photos, or share them with anyone who isn’t helping make your book
- Use them in our ads or on our site without your written permission
- Train AI on them
- Use face recognition, or make face scans of any kind
- Show them to other families
What happens at OpenAI
OpenAI’s systems look at your photo to draw it, so for a moment it’s on their computers, not ours. We’d rather tell you than skip over it.
Under OpenAI’s business terms, they can’t train their AI on what we send. They may keep it for up to 30 days to check for misuse, then delete it. You can read OpenAI’s own privacy commitments.
Who on our team sees them
We’re a small team in Illinois, and everyone on it works in the United States. We don’t browse your books. We open one, photos included, only to answer a question you’ve sent, to fix a problem, or to check the pages before they’re printed.
Ask the parents first
Making a book for a grandchild, a niece, or a friend’s child? Please ask their parents before you add a photo. Many families make the book together: the parents choose the photos, and you tell the story.
If you’re a parent and someone added your child without asking, write to us. We’ll look into it with you.
Deleting photos
- Delete a book you haven’t ordered, and its photos and drawings are deleted within 30 days.
- Delete your account on your Account page, and everything goes within 30 days.
- Just want the photos gone, but keep your book? Email support@bringwonder.com and we’ll do it.
Still have questions?
Our privacy policy has the full details, including every company that helps us. Or get in touch. We’re happy to answer anything.