Cuppi: Family Safety & Age Suitability

At Cuppi, we believe the home should be the private sanctuary of the digital world. Unlike traditional social platforms designed for public sharing and data harvesting, Cuppi is a closed-loop system built to keep your household’s internal life secure.

Safety by Design: The Closed-Loop Model

Cuppi is fundamentally different from social media:

• No Public Discovery: There is no "Search" or "Discover" feature. No one can find your household or any users (including you and your children) unless you explicitly generate and share a private invite token to shareyuour household with another person.
• Invitation Only: Only the Household Owner (typically a parent or guardian) can invite new members.
• No Third-Party Tracking: We do not sell data to advertisers or use third-party trackers. A child’s activity inside Cuppi is never used to build a marketing profile. Anonymous usage tracking is also permanently disabled by default if the user is under 18.

Role-Based Protection (Adult vs. Child)

When a minor joins a household, they are assigned a "Child" role. This role carries strict technical restrictions:

• Financial Privacy: Child accounts are blocked from accessing “Community“, “Budget” and “Receipts” features and certain functions of “Pets”.
• Administrative Lockdown: Minors cannot invite new members, delete the household, or change core security settings. E-mail and password changes need Owner or Adult authorisation.
• Transparency: All activity on the household feed is visible to the Household Owner, ensuring parents can maintain oversight of the digital environment.

Data Minimisation for Minors

In accordance with the UK GDPR and the ICO Children’s Code, we practice strict data minimisation for users under 18:

• Limited Collection: We only collect the minimum data necessary to provide the service (e.g., a display name, date of birth and role).
• No Location Tracking: We do not track or store precise GPS movements of any user.
• Right to Erasure: Household Owners have the immediate power to remove a child’s account and all associated data from the household at any time.

🏛️ UK Regulatory Compliance

Cuppi is developed in the United Kingdom and is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (Registration: ZC143045). We have designed our interface and data protocols to align with the highest standards of the Age Appropriate Design Code.

👩‍🏫 Guidance for Parents

We recommend that the Household Owner role always be held by a parent or legal guardian. We encourage parents to use Cuppi as a tool for teaching digital responsibility, using the shared Home Feed as a safe "training ground" for digital communication within the safety of the family unit.