Lanternly Privacy Notice

What information does Lanternly use?

Parent account: your first name, email address, country, password credentials (we keep a one-way password hash, not a readable copy of your password), account/security records, and which version of the Terms and this Notice you accepted.

Child profile: the child’s name and optional birth year. These are the only child profile details the app asks you to enter.

Connected phone: to provide the features you turn on, Lanternly also receives limited information linked to the child’s phone: app-use totals by app and time period, the names and categories of websites the filter blocks and when it blocks them, whether protection is on, basic device details, and alerts such as protection being switched off or a device going quiet. This is device activity, not extra profile information.

Lanternly does not collect message or photo contents, keystrokes, screenshots, web-page contents, camera or microphone recordings, or location for these features. Website filtering checks domain lookups on the phone. We do not intend to send a full browsing history or full URLs to Lanternly.

What do we use it for?

We use this information to run parent and child accounts, apply your family’s rules, show app-use summaries and blocked-site events, send account and protection alerts, keep the service secure, and fix problems. We do not sell family information or use it to show ads. We do not currently use AI or machine learning to make decisions about children.

People you add to your Lanternly family may see the children, devices, reports, blocked sites, and alerts in that family. Only invite people you trust.

Where is information stored?

We use service providers to run Lanternly, currently including Microsoft Azure for hosting, Google Firebase for push notifications, and Resend for email. Our current deployment uses Azure in South Africa, but we may use other regions as the app grows or to keep it reliable. Our providers may also process information in other countries. We’ll use safeguards required by the laws that apply and update this Notice if our practices materially change.

How long do we keep it?

Our current system is configured to keep blocked-site events and hourly app-use totals for 30 days; daily app-use totals for 90 days; device status reports for 7 days; resolved alerts for 90 days; and security audit records for 365 days. Some short-lived sign-in and device-security records are kept for minutes or days. We keep account and child profile information while the family account is active, unless we need to keep a limited record for a legal or security reason.

You can request account deletion in the app. Deletion removes the account and associated family information from active systems, except information we must retain by law or briefly in protected backups. Until the in-app option is available, email us to request deletion.

Your family’s choices

You can change rules, remove a connected device, manage family access, or request account deletion. Removing the app or a device stops future reports when the service is disconnected, but does not by itself delete information already stored on our servers. You can contact us to ask about, correct, or delete information, or raise a concern. We may need to confirm that you control the account or are authorised to act for the child.

Parents should explain Lanternly to their children. Lanternly is designed to be visible on the child’s phone; it is not intended for secretly monitoring a child or another adult.

Keeping information safe

We use measures such as encrypted connections, password hashing, and signed device reports to help protect information. No online service can promise perfect security. If a security incident affects your family, we’ll notify you when the law requires it.

Changes and questions

If we make a meaningful change to the information we use or why we use it, we’ll update this Notice and its version date. We’ll ask for a fresh choice where the law requires it.

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Privacy contact: Byron Wezvo

Harare, Zimbabwe

support@lanternly.co.zw