Plain English summary: ChoreGate helps parents manage their children's screen time through Apple's built-in parental controls. We collect the minimum data necessary to make the service work. We never sell your data. We never see, route, or store your children's internet traffic or app usage data. This policy explains exactly what we collect and why.
ChoreGate ("we," "us," or "our") is a family productivity service operated by ChoreGate, LLC. Our service allows parents to link their children's app and screen time access to completion of daily chores, using Apple's Family Controls (Screen Time) framework.
Contact: privacy@choregate.io
We do not collect, store, or inspect any information about what websites or apps your child uses. ChoreGate never routes, intercepts, or monitors your child's internet traffic. App restrictions are enforced entirely on-device by Apple's operating system — not by our servers.
A parent links a child's device (phone or tablet) by installing the ChoreGate app on that device and scanning a pairing QR code shown in the parent's app. App restrictions are then enforced on-device by Apple's Family Controls (Screen Time) framework — ChoreGate never routes or inspects the device's internet traffic. Once paired, we collect the following on a per-device basis. A child can have multiple devices linked (e.g. an iPhone and an iPad), and we track each one independently:
Location data is stored as a single most-recent position per device — not a history. We do not retain prior locations, we do not build movement trails, and we do not share or sell location data with anyone. Location is visible only to the members of your family account (both parents in a co-parent family). Parents can unlink any device at any time from the child's detail screen; once unlinked, that device's location data is deleted on the next housekeeping pass.
ChoreGate does NOT integrate with Apple Family Sharing, Apple's Find My network, or any third-party location provider. We use our own protocol running between the child's ChoreGate app and our own servers. This means your family's location data stays inside ChoreGate — it is not accessible to Apple, not aggregated with other Apple users, and not exposed to any other ChoreGate family.
ChoreGate is set up and controlled by a parent or guardian. When a parent enrolls a child's device, that device — with the parent's permission and after the parent grants the required iOS permissions — reports the child's approximate location and battery level to the parent and stores the child's first name and device name. A child does not create an account or enter information. All child data is collected under the direction of, and for the sole benefit of, the parent, and is used only to provide the service to that family (location sharing with the parent, geofence "left home/school" alerts, and chore and lock management). We never use children's data for advertising, and we never sell it or share it with third parties for their own purposes.
Parental consent. A parent enrolls the child's phone using a secure code generated in the parent's authenticated app, and affirms consent to location collection before it begins. A parent can view, correct, or permanently delete all of their child's data at any time from Settings → Delete Account in the app, or by emailing us.
If you believe we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, please contact us at privacy@choregate.io and we will delete it promptly.
ChoreGate complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to the extent applicable.
We do not use your data for advertising, behavioral tracking, or to build profiles for sale to third parties.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share data only in these limited circumstances:
When you delete your account, all associated data — including child profiles, chore history, and device configurations — is permanently deleted within 24 hours.
We take security seriously:
No system is perfectly secure. If you discover a security vulnerability, please report it to security@choregate.io. See also our security.txt for our responsible-disclosure policy.
You have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@choregate.io. We will respond within 30 days.
The ChoreGate mobile app does not use tracking cookies. The web dashboard uses localStorage to store your authentication token — this data stays on your device and is not sent to any third party.
Our landing page does not use third-party analytics or tracking scripts.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you via push notification and update the "Last updated" date above. Your continued use of ChoreGate after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data: