Parental control apps collect the most sensitive data about children's lives: their communications, locations, browsing habits, and social connections. These privacy policies govern what companies do with intimate surveillance data from minors who can't meaningfully consent.
Parental control apps occupy a troubling privacy position: they collect extensive data about minors who cannot consent, for parents who may not fully understand what they're authorizing. Key concerns include: What happens to years of a child's location history, messages, and browsing data? Who else can access this intimate surveillance archive? Can children request deletion when they turn 18? Most policies offer inadequate answers to these fundamental questions about children's long-term privacy rights.
AI analyzes all children's communications. While parents see only alerts, Bark's systems process everything, creating extensive archives of minor communications.
Comprehensive surveillance means comprehensive data collection. Screen recordings, location history, and communication logs create detailed profiles of children's entire digital lives.
Legacy brand with multiple ownership changes. Browsing history and app usage tracked across devices, with unclear data retention during corporate transitions.
Precise location data collected continuously. History of selling location data to brokers, driving behavior monitoring, and comprehensive movement archives of minors.