Kidzovo
Product by Deepmedia Interactive Inc
Data Transparency
Does Not Meet Data Transparency Standard
Kidzovo does not meet our data transparency standard. Its privacy policy does not document basic protections, including a statement that it does not sell data and contractual limits on service providers.
18 of 35 checks passed
Evaluated September 2026
Privacy Policy →Level 1 · Basic protections
Does not sell data or target ads at students, limits sharing, and lets parents see and delete their child's data.
Not documented: a statement that it does not sell data, contractual limits on service providers
Level 2 · Parent control (meets the standard)
Families can get their data out, know who processes it, and know how long it is kept.
Not documented: data export, a data retention timeline, named service providers
Level 3 · Direct data access
Families or schools can pull their own data through an API, in a stated format.
Not documented: an API for retrieving their own data, a named export format
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Parent Access7/8
Does the policy mention parents specifically?
“We want you, as a parent and/or legal guardian (collectively "Parent(s)") to feel safe and have full confidence in our handling of your data”
Can parents view their child's data?
“In addition, at any time, Users may contact us to request that we provide for their review, or delete from our records, any Personal Information they have provided about Child Profiles associated with their Account, or to cease collecting Personal Information from those Child Profiles, as applicable.”
Can parents modify their child's data?
“An Adult User can review or change the information they provided when registering for the Services, including by adding or removing Child profiles to the Account, by updating information through the Parent's Area of the app.”
Can parents delete their child's account?
“In addition, at any time, Users may contact us to request that we provide for their review, or delete from our records, any Personal Information they have provided about Child Profiles associated with their Account, or to cease collecting Personal Information from those Child Profiles, as applicable.”
Is there a dedicated Children's Privacy section?
“## 5\. Children's Privacy”
Does it reference COPPA compliance?
“With relation to The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and its rules (collectively, "COPPA"), we collect certain information from children, like voice data for submissions. COPPA requires verifiable parental consent.”
Does it reference FERPA compliance?
The policy does not mention FERPA.
Is parental consent required for child accounts?
“COPPA requires verifiable parental consent. Since this personal information is not shared with third parties and is used only by us for the purpose of operation of the service, we collect email-plus consent from parents in this scenario.”
Data Portability2/5
Can users access their personal data?
“An Adult User can review or change the information they provided when registering for the Services, including by adding or removing Child profiles to the Account, by updating information through the Parent's Area of the app.”
Can users download/export their data?
The policy allows review and deletion but does not mention downloading or exporting data.
Is there a self-service data access tool?
“An Adult User can review or change the information they provided when registering for the Services, including by adding or removing Child profiles to the Account, by updating information through the Parent's Area of the app.”
Is a specific data format mentioned for export?
The policy does not name any export format.
Is there an API for data access?
The policy does not describe an API for getting data.
Data Minimization1/6
Is data collection itemized?
The policy names only some types of data (voice data, persistent identifiers, city/country location) and does not give a full itemized list of what it collects.
Can the app be used without a real name?
The policy does not say that a child's real name is never collected.
Can the app be used without an email?
The policy collects parents' email addresses and does not say that no email is collected for child users.
Does it state collection is limited to what is necessary?
“We only collect as much information about a child as is reasonably necessary for the child to participate in the educational activity in our Services”
Is IP address anonymized or truncated?
The policy does not say IP addresses are anonymized or truncated.
Is location tracking explicitly excluded?
The policy says the app will not ask for physical location, but it also automatically collects device location (city and country) and may share location information.
Third-Party Protection3/7
Does it explicitly state no selling of data?
The policy only says it does not sell personal information to others for their direct marketing without permission, and it allows information to be sold in a merger or asset sale.
Are third-party providers named?
The policy lists categories of service providers but does not name any.
Are providers contractually restricted?
The policy says partners' use of data is subject to their own privacy policies and does not describe contractual limits.
No-targeted-advertising commitment?
“Specifically, Personal Information collected from Child Users will never be used to serve targeted advertising, to build behavioral marketing profiles, or be shared with independent third parties for marketing purposes.”
Is AI/ML data sharing addressed?
The policy mentions a voice recognition feature but does not address sharing data for AI/ML.
Child-specific sharing restriction?
“Specifically, Personal Information collected from Child Users will never be used to serve targeted advertising, to build behavioral marketing profiles, or be shared with independent third parties for marketing purposes.”
Cookies/tracking limited or opt-out?
“As an adult, you can control this tracking by managing your cookie settings (for instance by using the cookie banner that appears on our promotional website) or otherwise by contacting us, as described in more detail below.”
Deletion & Retention3/5
Can users delete their account?
“From inside the app** — go to the **Parent's Area** → **Settings** tab → tap **Delete Account** at the bottom of the page and confirm. You will receive an email once all the data is deleted.”
Self-service deletion mechanism?
“From inside the app** — go to the **Parent's Area** → **Settings** tab → tap **Delete Account** at the bottom of the page and confirm.”
Specific data retention timeline?
The policy gives no general retention period; it only says voice audio is deleted right after speech recognition when a parent does not consent.
Auto-deletion of inactive accounts?
The policy does not address automatic deletion of inactive accounts.
Post-deletion handling described?
“When we change or delete any Personal Information at your request, we will make good faith efforts to make the changes in our then-active databases as soon as reasonably practicable.”
Advertising2/4
Advertising model explicitly disclosed?
“Our promotional and store websites are designed for adults,** and we use standard web tracking technology on these sites to support our advertising and analytics efforts.”
Free from third-party advertisements?
The policy does not say the product is free of third-party ads.
Children excluded from ad targeting?
“Information collected from Child Users is never used to market to Child Users. Specifically, Personal Information collected from Child Users will never be used to serve targeted advertising”
Ad-free option available?
The policy does not say the product has no ads or offer an ad-free option.
What This Means
The policy review did not meet our data transparency standard. The checks above show the documented findings and unknowns. A missing statement does not establish how the app handles data in practice.
About this evaluation: Based on automated analysis of Privacy Policy against 35 policy-disclosure questions, including questions adapted from the Common Sense Privacy Program's published evaluation questions. TLS is not affiliated with Common Sense Media, and this is not a Common Sense rating. Quoted text is copied from the policy; unquoted notes are our summary. Results describe what the policy documents, not the company's actual practices. Privacy policies can change: this review reflects the version we analyzed and does not determine legal compliance.
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TLS combines product information and editorial analysis to explain how Kidzovo works, its tradeoffs, and the questions to ask before choosing it. Product features, an instructional rationale and evidence of learning outcomes are different kinds of information.
Formal Learning Standard assessment: not yet completed. Data Transparency findings are reported separately and do not establish learning effectiveness. Read our methodology.
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Kidzovo is a fun learning app providing personalized, interactive learning for kids 2-8 years of age. Curated content from the best kids' content creators like SciShow Kids, Kiboomers, Learning Mole and many more with fun educational activities where your child taps on the screen, responds with their voice, and even color on the screen. Our mascot, Ovo, the owl will be your child's digital buddy, and engage and talk with them. See what your kids are learning with their audio, color sheets & more.
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- iOS (Apple mobile), iPadOS (Apple tablet), Android (Google mobile), Tizen (Samsung mobile)
- Grade Levels
- Preschool, Prekindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
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