Children’s privacy

Our commitment

Kidslen exists to help parents and children talk about what they watch. Because the child is the person whose activity is collected, we hold ourselves to a higher standard than a typical app. This page describes those rules in plain language; it complements our privacy policy.

Parental consent and pairing

A guardian verifies their email, records monitoring and data-collection consents, generates a one-time enrolment code and pairs the child’s device. The child sees a transparency acknowledgement. Email verification and pairing establish account/device control; they do not independently verify legal guardianship. The parent must have authority to consent. Requirements for children and parental verification must be assessed for each launch territory.

Transparency to the child

• A permanent monitoring banner is visible inside the companion app. Android also shows an ongoing monitoring notification while monitoring runs.
• A transparency screen lists in child-friendly language what is shared, with whom, and for how long.
• The child can see the same policies (limits, bedtime, blocked platforms, keyword alerts) that the parent sees.
• There is no hidden, stealth or silent mode, and the app cannot be renamed or disguised.

Data minimization

With recorded consents, Kidslen processes activity titles, timestamps, durations and available search terms; Android app minutes; and optional location sharing. Profiles include a nickname and optional birth date. Messages sent in Kidslen are stored, and guardians can view sibling chats. Family-call metadata is stored; live audio/video uses Cloudflare’s relay after the user joins, without Kidslen recording it. Other apps’ private messages, screen recordings, keystrokes and contacts are not collected.

Retention and deletion

Automatic retention defaults are 90 days for activity, 30 days for location, 180 days for Kidslen messages/reports and 90 days for call history. Parents can export or delete a child profile and revoke consents. Account deletion is available in parent Settings; shared family records remain for other guardians unless the final guardian deletes their account. Children can ask a parent or [email protected] for help.

No selling, no advertising, no profiling

We do not sell children’s data, share it with advertisers, or use it to build profiles. Kidslen contains no ads and no third-party tracking SDKs.

Legal frameworks

Child privacy, age and parental-verification requirements vary by country. Email verification is not a certification of compliance with every child-privacy law. Availability and the consent process must be reviewed for the territories in which Kidslen is offered.

For children

If you use Kidslen: your parent can see the activity you share and can read Kidslen conversations between siblings. Messages in other apps and your screen are not read. Video calls start only when you choose to call or accept. Open Transparency to see what is shared, pause location sharing, or talk to your parent. You can also write to [email protected].