Kinlyo Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 15, 2026

Kinlyo ("Kinlyo", "we", "our", or "us") respects the privacy of families and children. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect information when parents or guardians use Kinlyo, including the parent app experience and supported child-device family safety features.

Kinlyo is designed to help parents and guardians understand their child's digital activity through transparent setup, pairing, permission disclosures, and parent-friendly summaries. Kinlyo is not marketed as a covert tracking or surveillance tool.

The iOS version of Kinlyo is parent-only. It does not include child-device setup, Accessibility Service, microphone recording, Usage Stats, overlay protection, or Android foreground services. The Android version may include both parent and child roles, including child-device setup and permissions that parents enable for family safety features.

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use Kinlyo.

1. Who This App Is For

Kinlyo is intended for parents and guardians who want to better understand and support their children.

On Android, a child device may use Child Mode after a parent pairs the device with a family account. Child Mode is intended to be set up transparently by a parent or guardian and shows in-app permission disclosures before sensitive permissions are requested.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how your family uses Kinlyo, we may collect or display the following categories of information.

2.1 Parent Account Information

When a parent signs in, we may collect:

• Name or display name.
• Email address.
• Authentication identifier from the sign-in provider.
• Account role and basic profile information.
• Login and account activity timestamps.

Kinlyo currently uses Google Sign-In for parent authentication. If Sign in with Apple is added, Apple account information may also be used for authentication.

2.2 Child Profile Information

Parents may create or view child profiles. This may include:

• Child name or nickname.
• Date of birth or age.
• Gender, if provided.
• Child profile identifier.
• Parent-child account relationship.

2.3 Family-Connected Reports and Insights

Kinlyo may display reports, summaries, insights, and activity timelines generated from family-connected data. This may include:

• Daily or historical insight reports.
• Topics, interests, and themes related to a child.
• Suggested conversation prompts for parents.
• Safety or connection status.
• Video or activity metadata where available, such as app/source, title, timestamp, duration, and device context.
• Audio metadata where available, such as timestamp, duration, source context, and processing status.

These reports are designed to provide summarized signals and context to parents. They are not medical, psychological, educational, or professional advice.

2.4 Android Child-Device Permission Data

If a parent sets up Child Mode on an Android child device, Kinlyo may collect or process data needed for the family safety features that are enabled. Depending on granted permissions and feature settings, this may include:

• Accessibility Service data: supported foreground app activity, visible text such as video titles, page views and taps in supported apps, other app actions, app context, and paired child device identifiers, used to create safety summaries, show activity in the parent dashboard, and apply parent-approved app limits or rest schedules.
• Usage Stats data: app names, package names, usage duration, foreground app events, and timestamps, used to show app usage reports and enforce schedules or limits.
• Microphone/audio data: audio from supported video content only when Child Mode detects supported video activity and microphone permission has been granted. Audio may be used to create safety insight metadata and may be uploaded to Firebase Storage for processing.
• Device information: child device identifier, device name/model, permission status, app version, and connection status.
• Protection settings and events: parent-configured schedules, allowed apps, limited apps, device lock state, extra-time requests, and protection events.

Android child-device permissions are used only for the family safety features that parents enable. Kinlyo does not use this information for third-party advertising.

2.5 Device and App Information

We may collect technical information needed to operate, secure, and improve the app, such as:

• Device type and operating system version.
• App version.
• Crash logs and diagnostics.
• Basic usage information, such as app screens viewed or feature usage, if analytics are enabled.
• Firebase Cloud Messaging token or installation identifier, used to deliver account or family safety notifications.

2.6 Support Communications

If you contact us for support, we may collect:

• Your name and contact information.
• The content of your message.
• Related account or troubleshooting information needed to respond.

3. Information We Do Not Collect or Do Not Do

Kinlyo does not:

• Sell personal information.
• Use family or child data for third-party advertising.
• Operate as a covert tracking tool.
• Hide the app icon.
• Read SMS, call logs, private messages, or notification content in the current release.
• Track background location in the current release.
• Use VPN or unrestricted web filtering in the current release.
• Provide unrestricted web browsing.
• Display advertising.

On iOS, Kinlyo does not run a child role, request Accessibility Service access, record audio, collect child-device data directly, or run Android child protection services.

If these practices change in a future version, we will update this Privacy Policy and related store disclosures.

4. How We Use Information

We use information to:

• Create and manage parent accounts.
• Display child profiles connected to the parent account.
• Show reports, summaries, timelines, and insights.
• Help parents understand their child's interests, needs, and development signals.
• Provide safety and connection status.
• Apply parent-configured app limits, allowed schedules, device lock settings, and extra-time requests on paired Android child devices.
• Send notifications related to family safety features, such as extra-time requests from a child device.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve Kinlyo.
• Protect the security and integrity of accounts and data.
• Respond to support requests.
• Comply with legal obligations.

Kinlyo does not use family or child data for third-party advertising.

5. AI Reports and Analysis

Kinlyo may display AI-generated reports or insights created from family-connected data. AI processing may be performed by Kinlyo services or authorized service providers. In the current release, some insight areas may show raw metadata or a notice that AI reports are not ready yet.

AI-generated insights are intended to be supportive and informational. They are not medical, psychological, educational, or professional advice. Parents should use Kinlyo as one source of context, not as a replacement for direct communication with their child or professional guidance when needed.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell personal information.

We may share information only in the following limited situations:

• Service providers: We use trusted providers to operate authentication, cloud storage, databases, notifications, analytics, crash reporting, AI processing, and app infrastructure.
• Legal and safety reasons: We may disclose information if required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of users, children, Kinlyo, or others.
• With your direction or consent: We may share information when you ask us to do so or when it is necessary for a feature you choose to use.

Service providers may include Firebase, Google Cloud, Firebase Cloud Messaging, Google Sign-In, Apple services, and other infrastructure or analytics providers used to operate the app.

7. Data Storage and Security

Kinlyo uses cloud services such as Firebase and Google Cloud to store and process app data. This may include Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Firebase Storage, Firebase Cloud Messaging, and related infrastructure.

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as necessary to provide Kinlyo, maintain family reports, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data. For example, account information may be retained while an account is active, while activity reports or metadata may be retained according to product settings, technical limits, or legal requirements.

If we later introduce specific retention settings, we will describe them in the app or this Privacy Policy.

9. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

• Access the personal information associated with your account.
• Correct inaccurate information.
• Request deletion of your account or certain data.
• Request a copy of your data.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

Parents can also turn off permissions on a child device using Android system settings, remove a child device from family setup where available, or stop using Child Mode.

To make a request, contact us at hungnm19.08.1983@gmail.com.

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

10. Children's Privacy

Kinlyo is designed to help parents and guardians understand and support their children. Parent accounts are intended for adults. Android Child Mode is intended to be set up by a parent or guardian for a paired child device.

Child-related information may be shown to a parent or guardian only as part of a family-connected account. Parents and guardians are responsible for ensuring they have the appropriate authority and consent to create child profiles, connect child devices, and enable family safety features.

We do not knowingly allow children to create parent accounts. If you believe a child has provided personal information to Kinlyo without appropriate authorization, please contact us at hungnm19.08.1983@gmail.com.

11. International Data Transfers

Kinlyo and its service providers may process and store information in countries other than where you live. Data protection laws in those countries may differ from those in your location. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

12. Third-Party Services

Kinlyo may rely on third-party services to operate the app, including authentication, database, storage, analytics, crash reporting, and AI infrastructure.

These providers process information according to their own privacy and security terms. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of relevant providers, including Google/Firebase and Apple.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date and may provide additional notice in the app or through other appropriate channels.

Your continued use of Kinlyo after an update means you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

14. Contact Us