About this document
This document explains how EveryNest asks for and records parental consent when a Parent adds a minor (a Child or Teen) to their household. It also reproduces the notice text that appears in the app at the moment a Parent creates a Child or Teen account.
If you are a Parent using EveryNest, you'll see the notice text in section three below when you tap "Add family member" for a Child or Teen, or when you generate an invite code for a Teen. It appears alongside a tick box and cannot be skipped. Reading this document in advance is not required, but you are welcome to.
If you are a regulator or a family member wanting to understand what parental consent EveryNest captures and how, this document is written for you.
The consent we ask for
When a Parent adds a minor to their EveryNest household, we ask the Parent to confirm two things:
- That they are the parent or legal guardian of the specific minor being added and have the authority to consent to EveryNest processing that minor's personal data.
- That they consent to EveryNest processing the minor's personal data as described in the notice, in our Privacy Policy, and in our Terms & Conditions.
This consent is captured per minor. A Parent adding two children ticks the consent tick box twice, once for each child. The consent is recorded with the specific Parent's identity, the specific minor it applies to, the date and time, and the versions of the policies the Parent was shown.
Under GDPR, our primary lawful basis for processing a minor's data is the performance of the household-service contract that the Parent has with us. Parental consent recorded on this notice operates as the parental safeguard for that processing. Regardless of whether GDPR Article 8 would require parental authorisation in every circumstance, EveryNest requires it before any Teen or Child account is created.
The notice text a Parent sees in the app
The text below is displayed to the Parent in the app at the moment they add a Child or Teen, or generate a Teen invite. The Parent's chosen name for the minor is shown in place of [DISPLAY_NAME], and the selected role (Child or Teen) is shown in place of the role placeholder.
Before we set up [DISPLAY_NAME]'s account
A few things to know — and to consent to — before we add [DISPLAY_NAME] as a [Child / Teen] in your household.
What we collect about [DISPLAY_NAME]
For a Child (7–12) account, we collect:
- Their display name
- The fact that they are in the 7–12 age band
- The things they do in the app — tasks they complete, points they earn, rewards they redeem
- Basic technical information needed to diagnose errors and keep the service secure, including their IP address
We do not collect their real name (unless you put it in the display name), email, phone number, address, photo, location, or contacts.
For a Teen (13+) account, we additionally collect:
- The email address they use to sign in (only if they have their own email account)
- A password they set themselves (we store it securely; we never see it in plain text)
- Calendar events they create
Why we collect it
We use [DISPLAY_NAME]'s information only to run EveryNest for your family — sharing tasks, calendars, lists, and rewards inside your household.
We never:
- Display advertising to [DISPLAY_NAME], or to anyone
- Sell, rent, or share their data with anyone outside your household, except a small number of trusted service providers needed to run the app (listed in our Privacy Policy)
- Profile [DISPLAY_NAME] or send them notifications designed to keep them engaged
Who can see [DISPLAY_NAME]'s information
Only members of your household. EveryNest households are completely separated — no other family, and no member of the public, can see [DISPLAY_NAME] or anything they do in the app.
As the Parent, you can see everything [DISPLAY_NAME] does in the app. You can edit or delete their account at any time from the Family Members list in Settings.
Your responsibility as the parent
By consenting on this screen, you confirm that:
- You are [DISPLAY_NAME]'s parent or legal guardian, and you have the authority to consent on their behalf.
- The age band you've selected for them is accurate.
- You will be responsible for explaining EveryNest to [DISPLAY_NAME] in a way they can understand, including the fact that points earned in the app are not money and cannot be spent outside what your family sets up together.
How to change your mind
You can withdraw this consent at any time. Open Settings, and in the Family Members list find [DISPLAY_NAME], tap the three-dots menu next to their name, choose "Delete member" and confirm by tapping "Remove Member" in the dialog. [DISPLAY_NAME]'s member record is removed immediately. Records of activity they contributed to the household (tasks they completed, points earned, calendar events they created, shopping list items added) remain associated with the household as part of its shared history. If you'd like these removed too, contact hello@everynest.app.
You can also export everything we hold about [DISPLAY_NAME] from Settings → Your Data.
The legal basis
EveryNest processes [DISPLAY_NAME]'s data in order to provide the household service you have asked us to operate for your family. Under EU and UK data protection law, the primary lawful basis is the performance of the household-service contract, and the consent you record on this screen authorises the inclusion of [DISPLAY_NAME] in that household service. Regardless of whether GDPR Article 8 would require parental authorisation in every circumstance, EveryNest requires explicit parental authorisation before any Teen or Child account is created.
For full detail, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
The consent tick box
☐ I confirm I am [DISPLAY_NAME]'s parent or legal guardian, and I consent to EveryNest collecting and using their information as described above and in the Privacy Policy.
What happens when a Parent taps the consent button
When the Parent ticks the box and taps the action button ("Add Member" or "Generate invite code"), EveryNest creates the member record (or the invite record) and writes a corresponding consent record. The consent record captures:
- The Parent's identity (auth user ID)
- The minor's identity (member ID, or invite ID for a Teen invite that has not yet been accepted)
- Whether the minor is a Child or a Teen
- The age band (Child 7–12 or Teenager 13+, matching the Parent's selection at member creation)
- The version of the Privacy Policy and this Consent Notice at the time of consent
- The date, time, and IP address at the moment of consent
- Which surface the consent was given from (the Add Family Member modal or the Create Invite flow)
If the consent record cannot be created for a technical reason, the member creation is reversed so a minor is never left in the household without a corresponding consent record.
For Teen invites, when the Teen later accepts the invite, the consent record is linked to their new member record.
How a Parent can withdraw consent
A Parent can withdraw consent for any minor in their household at any time by deleting that member from the Family Members list in Settings. The specific in-app steps are described in the notice text above.
Withdrawing consent removes the minor's member record immediately. Records of activity the minor contributed to the household (tasks completed, points earned in the household ledger, calendar events created, shopping list items added) remain associated with the household as part of its shared history. A Parent who would like these removed can contact hello@everynest.app.
The consent record itself is retained after withdrawal — see the next section.
How long the consent record is kept
The consent record is preserved for as long as the linked minor's account exists, plus a further six years after the minor's member record is deleted.
The six-year post-deletion retention is for legal defence and compliance purposes only. It allows EveryNest to demonstrate, if asked by a data protection authority or in the context of a legal claim, that valid parental consent was captured at the time we processed a specific minor's data. When the minor's member record is deleted, the pointer from the consent record back to the specific member is broken; the rest of the consent record — the consenting Parent's identity, the timestamp, the policy version, the age band — is preserved intact.
This retention is described in full in our Privacy Policy retention schedule.
Contact
If you have any question about how EveryNest handles parental consent, contact us at hello@everynest.app.
For UK data subjects: our UK Article 27 representative is Prighter Ltd, 20 Mortlake, Mortlake High Street, London SW14 8JN, contactable via app.prighter.com.
For data protection complaints, you can contact the Commission nationale pour la protection des données (CNPD) in Luxembourg (cnpd.public.lu), the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK (ico.org.uk), the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland (dataprotection.ie), or your national data protection authority.