Project KirkPrivacy
Exactly what we can see.
This page is the plain-English version. The full Privacy Policy is the legal one, and the two do not contradict each other.
What Kirk does not do
The complete list. Not a summary of it.
- Does not read messages or their contents, in any app, on any platform
- Does not read app content or anything on the screen
- Does not view photos or the camera roll
- Does not record audio or listen through the microphone
- Does not log keystrokes
- Does not track location in the background — only at a Need Help press
- Does not read contacts
- Does not log or record calls
- Does not track browsing history
- Does not contact emergency services or 911
- Does not sell, rent, or share personal data with advertisers
- Does not show ads
What Kirk stores
This is the whole list. Nothing else is kept.
- Parent email address and first name
- Child first name and age (children have no email address and no account of their own)
- The child's device platform
- Push notification tokens
- Language preference
- Subscription status
- Screen time summaries, where supported
- App limit rules
- Need Help alert events, with the GPS location and the phone's battery level captured at the moment of the press
- A "last check-in" timestamp, recorded when the app opens on the child's phone
- Alert delivery status
Where it is stored, and who touches it
The application database and backend run with our hosting provider, Supabase, and your data is never sold or shared with advertisers. Alerts are delivered by Apple Push Notification service and Google Firebase Cloud Messaging. Subscriptions are billed by Apple and Google, who never share your card details with us. Invitation emails are sent by Resend. The website is served by our site host.
Each sub-processor, its role, and the countries where data is stored are listed in the Privacy Policy.
Kirk is not secret software
The child app shows the child what is shared with their family: that they are linked, who the adults are, what happens when they press Need Help, and the exact wording that will be sent. There is no hidden mode. A child can see their own alert history and its delivery states.
Using Kirk as covert surveillance is not possible, and is not permitted by the Terms of Use.
Deleting your account
The main parent can delete the family account inside the app, at Settings → Delete Account, or by writing to support@projectkirk.app.
Deletion is permanent. It removes the parent account, every child profile, every guardian, all Need Help alert events and their captured locations, alert delivery records, screen time summaries, app limit rules, push tokens and language preferences. Subscription records held by Apple or Google are governed by their policies; cancel in your store account.