Privacy Policy
Last updated 2026-09-25
This policy describes how Parentodo (“we”, “the app”) handles information when you use the mobile application. Parentodo is directed at parents and caregivers, not children. School notices may incidentally mention children; we do not knowingly collect data directly from children.
1. Who the product is for
Parentodo helps parents turn shared family messages, photos, and PDFs into tasks, events, and reminders. Intended users are adults (parents / caregivers).
2. Information we collect
Launch waitlist (website)
If you join the waitlist on our marketing site, we store your email address, the time you joined, the time you gave consent, and, if you arrived through a shared or campaign link, that link’s campaign tags. We use it solely to send you one email when Parentodo is available on Google Play. We do not sell waitlist emails or use them for unrelated marketing.
When someone joins, our team gets an internal notification that shows only a masked version of the address (for example, p***@example.com).
To prevent abuse of the form, we also keep a short-lived abuse-prevention record that is deleted automatically within a day. It is not linked to your email.
The waitlist is separate from your app account: deleting your account does not remove a waitlist entry. To delete it, or to withdraw consent, email support@parentodo.com.
Account
When you sign in with Google or Apple, we receive your email address, name, profile photo, and account identifier. With Apple you may choose to hide your email. When you sign in with email, we use your address to send a one-time 6-digit code, and keep only a hashed copy of the code until it expires or is used. The name and optional photo you add are visible to your family members. We do not read your Gmail.
Content you provide
Tasks, events, reminders, timetable periods, holidays, notes; child profiles (name, optional avatar); images/PDFs/shared text you import.
We also keep a record of each thing you share, so the import can be reviewed, re-run, and de-duplicated. That record holds the full text you shared and, where the platform supplies it, the sender’s name or handle, plus the file name and type. This covers only what you actively share or paste. We do not read your chat history. Because a shared message can describe other people, share only what you need to.
Family sharing
Invited household members can see and edit the same shared family data (items, children, holidays, timetables, source uploads).
Device / local
Stored only on your device: offline copies of your data, reminder schedules, and theme preference.
AI processing (Google Gemini)
When you use AI import, the content you shared is sent securely through our servers to Google Gemini, which suggests structured tasks for you to review. By using AI import you consent to that processing.
Instagram post URLs
If you share or paste an Instagram post or reel URL, we fetch only the public caption and images to suggest tasks. We do not connect your Instagram account or ask you to log in. Posts that require a login cannot be imported; share a screenshot instead.
ChatGPT and other web links
If you share or paste a public link (for example a ChatGPT share page or a direct photo/PDF link), we download only the public image or PDF itself, or the page’s preview image. We do not connect your ChatGPT or other web accounts. Pages that require a login or payment cannot be imported; share the photo or file itself.
Diagnostics
Parentodo uses Firebase Crashlytics (crash reports) and Firebase Analytics (anonymous usage statistics).
Our own usage events (such as import success, save confirmations, reminder opens, sign-ins, and shares received) record only counts and categories, never message bodies, notice text, titles, file names, emails, or names of minors.
Firebase also collects standard diagnostic data automatically: crash reports with device model, operating-system version, and your account identifier, plus general device information, approximate location derived from your internet address, and basic usage events such as first open and session start. We do not collect the Android advertising identifier and we do not use any of this for advertising or sell it. Crash reports are kept for up to 90 days.
3. How we use information
To provide sign-in, sync, import, AI extraction, review, reminders, and family sharing; to maintain security; and to meet legal/store requirements including account deletion. We do not sell personal information or use notice content for advertising.
4. How we share information
- Google (for sign-in, sync, storage, crash reports, and analytics)
- Google Gemini (for AI extraction, only when you use import)
- Jina (public web reader, only when you share an Instagram post URL; no Instagram login)
- The website hosting a link you share (for example a ChatGPT share page) to download the public image or PDF (no ChatGPT login)
- Family members you invite
5. WhatsApp and messaging apps
User-initiated share or paste only, including Instagram post URLs and other public image/PDF links you choose to share. Parentodo does not use Accessibility services, notification listeners, or WhatsApp/Instagram/ChatGPT APIs to read chats or your accounts in the background.
6. Retention
| Data | Retention |
|---|---|
| Account & family shared data | Until account deletion (or leave/dissolve) |
| Uploaded photos and files | Until account deletion / family dissolve |
| Source messages (including shared text) | Same as the account or family they belong to |
| On-device data and reminders | Cleared when you sign out or delete your account on that device |
| Waitlist email | Until the launch email is sent, or until you ask us to delete it |
| Crash reports | Up to 90 days |
7. Account and data deletion
Settings → Delete account. Owners of multi-member families must transfer or dissolve first; members leave then delete. Deletion is immediate and removes your account, the synced data under your control, and your uploaded files.
Two things it does not cover. Content you contributed to someone else’s family (items, source messages, uploads) stays with that family, because the remaining members still rely on it; ask the family owner if you need it removed. And a waitlist entry, plus crash and analytics records already sent, are separate. To remove those, email support@parentodo.com.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live you may have the right to access, correct, delete, export, or restrict processing of your data, to object to processing based on legitimate interests, and to withdraw consent. Most of this you can do in the app: account deletion is in Settings and your content stays editable. For anything else, email support@parentodo.com. We aim to respond within 30 days. In the UK/EU you may also complain to your local supervisory authority.
9. Children’s privacy
Parentodo is for parents. We do not knowingly solicit data from children. Incidental mentions of children in notices you import are treated as household data under this policy.
10. Security
Access is restricted to signed-in users, and shared data is visible only to the family members you invite. Data is transferred securely.
11. Changes & contact
We may update this policy. For privacy requests, use in-app account deletion or email support@parentodo.com.