Sprout is PRIVO COPPA Safe Harbor certified
An independent auditor reviewed how Sprout handles kids' data. Here is what the certification covers and why we started there.
Sprout earned COPPA Safe Harbor certification from PRIVO on June 2, 2026. PRIVO is one of a handful of firms the FTC has approved to run a Safe Harbor program, which means an independent auditor reviewed how Sprout collects, stores, and uses children's data before we could display their seal.
What the review covered
PRIVO went through the product the way a skeptical parent would, then kept going where a parent can't:
- How a parent gives consent before a kid can use Sprout, and how that consent is verified.
- What data the kid-side app collects, where it lives, and who can see it.
- How adults get into a family. Every adult in a kid's village is verified by the parent. There is no way for a stranger to reach a kid through Sprout.
- What happens when a parent asks for their family's data to be deleted.
PRIVO came back with findings, we fixed them, and they re-reviewed until the list was empty. That loop took months, and it made the product better.
Why we did this before launch
Sprout puts an agent in front of a kid on their own iPad. Sprout reads their plans, checks their photos, holds their streaks, and talks with them every day. A system with that much contact with a child has to prove how it behaves, in writing, to someone whose job is to doubt it.
So the safety system came first. No ads, no data selling, no public profiles, and every feature since has had to grow inside those constraints. The certification makes that arrangement enforceable by someone other than us.
You can verify the certification on PRIVO's seal page and read the full policy in our privacy notice.