How we protect
How Tiny Beacon protects your family's privacy
Plain answers about what the app shares, what you choose, and how your family's data is kept safe.
What the app shares today
These safeguards are in the app on Google Play and the App Store today. Nothing is shared until a parent or legal guardian confirms their choices at setup.
Android and iPhone
Location and place alerts
You can see where your child is, and you get an alert when they arrive at or leave places you name together, such as home or school.
Android and iPhone
SOS and family safe word
You get an alert when your child taps SOS or uses your family safe word, and the alert shows where they are. SOS is always on. The alert needs signal or internet to reach you.
Android and iPhone
Phone status
You see roughly how much battery is left (not the exact percentage), whether the phone is charging, its connection and the last check-in time, once you switch this on.
Android
App time
You see which apps your child used and for how long, once you switch this on and allow Usage Access on Android.
Android and iPhone
Screen-time routines
You can set app limits and bedtime on Android, and Screen Time restrictions on iPhone.
You choose, and your child can see
- SOS is always on.
- Phone status is suggested at setup, and you can untick it before you save. Every other safeguard stays off until you switch it on.
- You can switch any safeguard off again at any time.
- Your child can see what is on and can raise a concern with you.
A place alert, step by step
Choose a safeguard
Aisha’s family switches on place alerts for home and school. It stays off until her parent chooses it, and Aisha can see it is on.
Off until you switch it on
A useful heads-up
When Aisha reaches school, her parent gets a short, plain-language heads-up. It tells them she has arrived, so nobody has to ask.
Android and iPhone
Change it any time
Aisha can see in the app that place alerts are on and what they share. Her parent can change the places or switch it off.
Visible to your child
SOS is always on. Every other safeguard starts only after a parent confirms it.
How long data is kept
Tiny Beacon keeps each child's data for the number of days you pick, from 7 to 365. The default is 180 days. Alerts about phone status are deleted after 30 days, or sooner if your period is shorter.
If you shorten the period, older data is deleted. Your safeguards stay switched on.
How data is protected
In every edition, your family's data is encrypted while it is sent and while it is stored. It is not end-to-end encrypted, except for the screen check-in images described below.
Supervised Android edition
Some families use a separate supervised Android edition. It was installed directly from our website, not from Google Play, and is no longer offered for download. It adds screen check-ins, website safety rules and a message and call safety review. A parent switches on each one separately.
Screenshot evidence kept for a parent is end-to-end encrypted — only your family's devices hold the key. Each frame is checked by our safety service first, and frames that are not a concern are never stored. Location and other safety data are encrypted in transit and at rest.
Coming next
Message safety alerts are coming soon to Android. They will give you a heads-up when a message your child receives shows signs of bullying or grooming.