Legal
Privacy Policy
The short version
- Tarbiyat is a parental control app. A parent installs it on their own phone and links their child's phone to it. The child's phone always shows that Tarbiyat protection is on.
- We collect only what the features need: the parent's Google account name and email, the child's name and age, the child's app list and screen time, the child's location when location is turned on, and safety alerts.
- Screenshots are never taken. Images and video are never analysed. On-screen text is checked on the child's phone and is never stored or uploaded. Only a matched word and the app name are reported to the parent.
- Location history is deleted after 72 hours. Removing a child deletes that child's data.
- No ads, no analytics or advertising SDKs. We never sell your data or share it for advertising.
This policy explains how Downlabs ("we", "us") handles information when you use Tarbiyat. Tarbiyat helps parents manage their children's Android phones with screen time reports, app blocking, app time limits, Study Mode, an adult content filter, location and protection alerts.
Tarbiyat is meant only for parents or legal guardians and their own children. It must not be used to monitor another adult or anyone without their knowledge.
1. Who uses Tarbiyat
- Parent: signs in with a Google account, creates a family, adds children and sees their reports and alerts.
- Child phone: a parent links it with a temporary 6-digit code. It does not have its own sign-in. It shows the child what protection is on.
2. Information we collect
| Information | From | Why we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Parent's name, email address and Google account ID (through Google Sign-In and Firebase Authentication) | Parent | To create and secure the parent account and family |
| Child's name, age and chosen avatar | Entered by the parent | To show each child in the parent's dashboard |
| Family, child and device IDs (random IDs generated by the app), pairing codes and link status | App | To link the child's phone to the right family securely |
| List of apps installed on the child's phone, with app names and icons | Child phone | So the parent can choose apps to block or limit |
| App usage: daily screen time per app and per hour (Android Usage Access) | Child phone | Screen time reports and app time limits |
| Precise or approximate location and recent location history | Child phone, only if location permission is granted | To show the parent where the child's phone is |
| Adult content alerts: the matched word, the app or browser name, search engine and time | Child phone | To tell the parent that the filter blocked something |
| Protection status and alerts: whether Accessibility, Usage Access, Device Admin and Location are on, and attempts to turn protection off or uninstall the app | Child phone | To show protection health and warn the parent |
| Rules set by the parent: blocked apps, time limits, Study Mode schedules and allowed apps, time zone | Parent | To apply the parent's rules on the child's phone |
What we do not collect
- No screenshots, screen recordings, photos, videos or audio.
- No messages, contacts, call logs or SMS.
- No full browsing history or the text of web pages and messages.
- No payment information. Tarbiyat has no purchases or ads.
- No advertising ID. Tarbiyat contains no advertising or analytics SDKs.
3. Permissions on the child's phone
Each permission is explained in the app before Android asks for it. The child's phone shows which permissions are on.
Accessibility service ("Tarbiyat protection")
Tarbiyat uses Android's Accessibility API to:
- detect which app is open, so it can apply the parent's app blocks, app time limits and Study Mode;
- check text shown on screen in browsers and apps for adult words, and block the page or send a search to SafeSearch;
- notice attempts to turn off protection or uninstall Tarbiyat, so the parent can be told.
This text is checked on the child's phone only, in memory, and is not stored or uploaded. When a word matches, only that word and limited app details (app name, browser, search engine, time and action taken) are sent to the parent. Tarbiyat does not take screenshots, does not use OCR and does not classify images or video.
Location, including "Allow all the time"
If location is granted, Tarbiyat collects the child phone's location when the parent requests it and periodically in the background (about every 15–30 minutes, as Android allows), even when the app is closed. This lets the parent see the latest location and the last 72 hours of history. Location is used only for this feature and is never used for advertising.
Usage Access
Used to measure screen time per app for the parent's reports and to enforce app time limits.
Device Admin
Used only for uninstall protection, so that a child cannot remove Tarbiyat without the parent knowing. It does not give Tarbiyat any control over the phone's data. The parent can turn it off.
App list (package visibility)
Tarbiyat reads the list of launchable apps on the child's phone so the parent can choose which apps to block or limit.
4. How we use information
- To provide Tarbiyat's features to the parent and apply the parent's rules on the child's phone.
- To keep accounts and links between phones secure, and to prevent misuse.
- To fix problems and answer support requests.
We do not use the information for advertising, profiling or selling, and we do not use children's data for any purpose other than the parental controls the parent turned on.
5. Who can see it, and who processes it
- The parent who created the family can see their children's information in the app. The child's phone sees only its own protection status and rules.
- Google Firebase (Firebase Authentication and Firebase Realtime Database) stores the data on our behalf as a service provider. Data may be stored on Google servers outside your country. See the Firebase privacy information and the Google Privacy Policy.
- Google Play services are used for Google Sign-In, location and maps on the device.
We do not sell personal information and do not share it with third parties for their own purposes. We may disclose information if required by law.
6. How long we keep it
- Location history: 72 hours, then deleted.
- Pairing codes: expire after about 10 minutes.
- Child data (profile, linked devices, app list, usage, rules and alerts): kept while the child is in the family. When the parent removes a child in the app, that child's data and device links are deleted.
- Parent account and family data: kept until the parent asks us to delete the account. We delete it within 30 days of a verified request.
7. Your choices and rights
- Turn features off: a parent can turn off location, Study Mode, app blocks and limits at any time. Permissions can also be removed in Android Settings on the child's phone.
- Remove a child: in the app, open the child and remove them. This deletes the child's data.
- Delete your account: follow the steps on our account deletion page. We delete the parent account and all family and child data.
- Access or correct data: email us and we will help. Depending on where you live, you may have more rights under local law, and you can complain to your data protection authority.
8. Children
Tarbiyat accounts are created and managed by parents or legal guardians, who must be 18 or older. Information about a child is provided and controlled by the parent, who consents to its collection by setting up the child's phone. A child cannot create an account. If you believe we hold a child's data without a parent's consent, contact us and we will delete it.
9. Security
Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS). Access is restricted by Firebase security rules so that a family's data can be read only by that family's parent and linked devices. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.
10. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top and, for significant changes, tell you in the app or on our Google Play listing.
11. Contact
Questions or requests: support@downlabs.co
Downlabs, developer of Tarbiyat.