PearGuard

PearGuard collects no personal data. Policies and activity live on the parent and child devices. Nothing is sent to any server. No account required.

All data is stored locally on the paired devices only:

• App policies (allow, block, time limits, bedtime windows)
• Activity logs from the child device
• Time requests and approvals
• Pairing keys that identify the parent and child devices to each other
• App preferences

None of this data leaves the paired devices except to sync directly between them (see Peer Sync below).

PearGuard syncs policies and activity directly between the parent and child devices using the Hypercore Protocol, a peer-to-peer technology. There is no server or intermediary. Data is shared only with the specific devices that have been paired.

All sync traffic is encrypted end-to-end, and every policy update is cryptographically signed by the parent device. No third party ever receives or has access to your family's data.

• Accessibility Service (child device): Used to enforce app blocks, time limits and bedtime windows on the child device.
• Usage access (child device): Used to record what apps have been used and for how long. Data is stored locally and synced only to the paired parent device.
• Camera & photo library: Used to scan the pairing QR code and to set a profile avatar. Photos are stored locally on your device.
• Notifications: Used to deliver local alerts such as time requests and approvals. Notification data never leaves the device.
• Network access: Used exclusively for peer-to-peer connections between paired devices. No data is sent to external servers.

PearGuard contains no analytics, no advertising SDKs, no crash reporting services and no third-party trackers of any kind.

PearGuard does not require you to create an account or provide an email address. Each device's identity is a cryptographic key pair generated locally.

PearGuard is designed for use by families. The child device stores activity data locally and syncs it only to the paired parent device. No data about children is transmitted to PeerLoom, Google, Apple or any third party.

PearGuard is fully open source. You can inspect the complete source code at github.com/peerloomllc/pearguard.

Questions about this privacy policy? Reach out at peerloomllc@proton.me.