Microsoft Family Safety

The Microsoft Family Safety app is designed to help you and your loved ones cultivate positive habits while ensuring their protection. It provides you with the reassurance that your family is safer, all while allowing your children the freedom to learn and develop.

This app caters to both parents and children.

For parents, it offers a secure digital environment for their kids. You can establish parental controls to filter out inappropriate games and apps while steering them towards child-friendly websites on Microsoft Edge.

Additionally, the app enables parents to manage their children's screen time effectively. Set restrictions for particular apps and games on Android, Xbox, or Windows, or utilize device management capabilities to impose screen time limits across Xbox and Windows devices.

Activity reporting functions allow you to gain insights into your family’s online behaviors. You’ll receive a weekly email summarizing your kids’ activities to foster discussions about their online interactions.

As for kids, the app helps maintain their safety in the digital realm by complying with parental controls and ensuring access to age-appropriate content.

Features of Microsoft Family Safety:

Activity Reports – Encourage healthy digital practices
• Log of screen time and online engagement
• Weekly summary email of activity

Screen Time – Achieve a balanced approach
• Limits for apps and games on Xbox, Windows, and Android
• Device time constraints on Xbox and Windows
• Notifications for additional time requests from your child

Content Filters – Navigate securely
• Web filters for safe browsing on Microsoft Edge
• Block access to unsuitable apps and games

Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. We dedicate our efforts to securing your data and keeping your family safe. For example, we do not share or sell your location information to insurance firms or data brokers. We empower you with significant choices regarding data collection and utilization while providing the necessary information for you to make informed decisions for your family.

With your child’s permission, Microsoft Family Safety may gather interaction data through accessibility, app usage, and device admin service permissions. This enables us to track app usage, exit apps on behalf of the user, or restrict access to unauthorized applications.

Disclaimers
This app is provided either by Microsoft or a third-party publisher and is governed by distinct privacy policies and terms. Data generated through this app may be accessible to Microsoft or the relevant third-party publisher and could be stored, processed, or transferred in the United States or any other nation where Microsoft or the third-party publisher have operations.