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As children return to classrooms with the start of the new school year, mobile technology is coming to the aid of parents who do not want to compromise on safety on the way to school.

TURKEY - Parents who want to see the location of their children instantly while going to school or returning home turn to mobile applications. But when it comes to children, protecting personal information in the mobile world is at a critical point. Findmykids states that parents who choose a mobile application to see their children's location should choose certified solutions that do not cause any discomfort to children.

Parents' questions about their children's safety are answered in today's technology. Findmykids, a location-tracking and activity-tracking application for children and families, provides more security and freedom throughout the day for both parents and children while answering all these questions and more with its advanced features.

Instantly shows the child's location on the map

Findmykids, a mobile application used by more than 3.5 million parents worldwide, instantly shows their children's location on a map to their parents. In addition, parents can ring the phone loudly even if the child does not answer the phone or mutes the phone, monitor the battery level, and see which mobile application is used on the phone and how much.

Findmykids Country Manager Neşen Yücel, who said that real-time location tracking applications are the biggest help to parents with the opening of schools, gave the following information:

“Findmykids, which is used by more than 120 thousand parents in Turkey, makes life easier and eliminates parents' worries. Many parents think, "My child doesn't like it when I call him all the time, but I can't stop calling him because I'm curious." The child who constantly gets searched by his parents gets annoyed after a while. As a result, consequences such as not answering calls or muting the phone occur. So, both sides are negatively affected. Families using Findmykids are very relieved in this respect because security concerns are eliminated. "In addition, as we see in the reviews from our users, both location tracking and emergency message sending features literally save lives in dangerous situations such as being forgotten or lost in the school bus.”

Essentials of child safety applications

Findmykids Country Manager Neşen Yücel stated that parents increasingly benefit from mobile applications for child safety. Pointing out that there are many applications on this subject, Yücel underlined that parents should pay attention to personal security features when choosing a mobile application. Sharing her suggestions for parents who would prefer to use mobile applications for the safety of their children, Neşen Yücel said:

“Parents must first decide whether to give their children a phone. This is based on personal preference. If they think the child is too young to use a phone, they can use a GPS watch, a smartwatch for kids. The mobile application to be used must be prepared for child safety and certified for personal safety.”

Neşen Yücel, Findmykids Country Manager, also mentioned the features that the child safety application should have, continued as follows, “One of the features of the mobile application that we can call 'must have' is that it meets international standards in the field of child privacy and security. Real-time and accurate location tracking is another important issue. It should also have the feature of seeing the routes followed by the child retrospectively, and be able to send notifications when the child reaches or leaves the locations determined by the parents. Another important point for security is that parents can easily make the child's phone ring loudly, even if it is on silent. In addition, the ability of the application to show the battery level of the child's device is also a very functional feature. The application should also be able to easily send an SOS signal to the child's parents in case of danger. It is also a useful and essential feature for parents that the application to be used shows statistics on the mobile application and social media usage on the child's phone.

Findmykids, which is available in Turkish, has been awarded kidSAFE, the world's most respected certification for online safety and privacy, for four years in a row. The kidSAFE certificate, which is the result of a comprehensive audit, certifies that the app meets internationally recognized standards for child safety and privacy.

About Findmykids:

Findmykids enables families to be more confident that their children are safe by transmitting children's location and activity information through its mobile application used on smartphones or GPS-enabled watches. 3.5 million parents in 170 countries use the Findmykids app