The Family Circle Is Built on Consent
— Here's What That Means Day to Day

Nobody Joins a Circle Without Knowing

A Family Circle only ever forms when someone sends an invite and the other person accepts it. There's no version where a device gets added silently or a family member finds out after the fact — every single person in a circle chose to be there, on a screen they saw, at a moment they agreed to. If that sounds like a small detail, it's actually the whole foundation: real peace of mind only comes from everyone genuinely choosing to be part of it.

It Goes Both Ways, Always

This is the part that surprises people most: visibility inside a Family Circle is mutual, not one-directional. A parent who can see their adult child's status is just as visible to that child. A spouse who gets a low-battery alert for their partner shows up the same way on their partner's screen. It's closer to a family group chat than anything else — built around everyone seeing the same things about each other, together.

Permission Can Be Scoped, and It Can Be Taken Back

Not every relationship in a family needs identical access — a live-in helper or an elderly grandparent's caregiver, for instance, doesn't need the same visibility as a spouse. Guardian roles let a circle scope who sees what, and any permission can be revoked at any time by the person who granted it, no explanation required. Consent isn't a one-time checkbox at setup; it's something every member keeps for as long as they're in the circle.

Your Data Is Never Sold — That's Not a Feature, It's a Rule

Location is some of the most sensitive data a phone generates, which is exactly why it's worth asking hard questions of any app before trusting it with your family's. Raksha's answer is simple and non-negotiable: this data is never sold, and it's never shared outside the circle it belongs to. Peace of mind that depends on trusting a company with your family's whereabouts only works if that trust is actually earned — not asked for.

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