BetaYour data, plainly
No legalese. Here's exactly what ParentSOS does with what you tap in.
📝 Summary in plain language
ParentSOS only stores the choices you tap into the weekly reset — your camp days, dietary preferences, and the city or postal code you enter for weather — along with your email address, which we use to send you a setup confirmation and weekly camp prep reminder emails (a week-ahead heads-up, a mid-week check-in, and a night-before recap). You can also optionally add your first name and your children's first names so your plan and reminder emails read naturally (e.g. "Hi Lynnette," or "Mia's lunch"). Names are optional — leave them blank and the app will simply say "your child."
Your data stays on servers in Canada, is never sold or shared for marketing, and is automatically deleted after 30 days. You can unsubscribe from notifications at any time, and email us anytime to access or delete your data sooner.
✅ What we collect
- Your weekly reset choices (camp type, days, dietary preferences, location for weather).
- Your email address, used to send a setup confirmation and weekly camp prep reminder emails (week-ahead, mid check-in, night-before). Every email includes an unsubscribe link.
- Optional first names — yours and your children's — used only to personalize your plan and reminder emails. Leave them blank and the app still works.
- Page-level feedback you choose to send.
- Anonymous usage signals (which pages you visit, browser type) to understand what's working.
🚫 What we don't collect
- Last names, government IDs, birthdates, or any family member identifiers beyond an optional first name.
- Your exact address — only the location string you type for weather (e.g. a city or postal code).
- Payment information.
- Contacts, calendar, or photos from your device.
👋 How we use names
Any first names you enter are stored alongside your weekly reset data, used only to personalize your plan and reminder emails, never shared, and deleted with the rest of your tester data after 30 days. Names are entirely optional — if you leave them blank, ParentSOS will simply refer to "your child" instead.
🗑️ How long we keep it
Tester data — including your email address and any optional first names you entered — is retained for 30 days and then deleted. If you'd like your data removed sooner, see "Request deletion" below.
🇨🇦 Where your data lives
All personal information you provide to ParentSOS is stored and processed on servers located in Canada. Your data is not transferred outside of Canada for storage.
🇨🇦 PIPEDA compliance
ParentSOS handles your personal information in accordance with Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy laws. In line with PIPEDA's ten fair information principles, we:
- Accountability — we are responsible for the personal information under our control.
- Identifying purposes — we tell you why we collect information before or when we collect it.
- Consent — we ask for your meaningful consent before collecting, using, or disclosing your information.
- Limiting collection — we collect only what is necessary for the purposes stated.
- Limiting use, disclosure & retention — we don't sell or share your information for marketing, and we delete it when it's no longer needed.
- Accuracy — we keep your information as accurate and up-to-date as needed for its purpose.
- Safeguards — we protect your information with appropriate technical and organizational measures.
- Openness — this notice and our contact channels make our practices easy to find.
- Individual access — you can request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Challenging compliance — you may contact us to challenge our handling of your information; if unresolved, you may contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca).
Beta — experimental
ParentSOS is in early tester release. Suggestions are generated by deterministic rules today; AI features will roll out only with renewed consent and clear disclosure.