Last updated: 28 October 2026
This English version is a translation provided for convenience only. In case of any discrepancies, the German version shall prevail.
Controller within the meaning of the GDPR:
Dominik Geissler – Momentum Lab (sole proprietorship)
Senefelderstr. 21
10437 Berlin, Germany
Email: support@elternkompass.site
Parenting Compass is an app that supports parents in everyday parenting situations. We process personal data only to the extent necessary to provide the app and its features. You can use the app without an account at first (as a “guest”); some features (e.g. sync, the AI Situation Helper) require an account.
On registration/sign-in: email address and authentication data. Sign-in is possible via email as well as “Sign in with Apple” and “Sign in with Google”; for the latter two we receive a sign-in identifier and your email address from the respective provider (Apple or Google). Purpose: account, sign-in, cross-device sync. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
Your child’s nickname and birth month/year, optionally a locally stored photo, your chosen parenting approach, learning progress, saved playbooks, reflection notes, and – if used – the history of the “Situation Helper”. Purpose: app functionality. Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.
The app is aimed at parents (adults), not at children. Information about your child is entered and initiated by you as the holder of parental responsibility; we deliberately collect data-minimising details (nickname instead of full name, birth month/year instead of full date) in order to tailor content to the child’s age.
When you use the Situation Helper, the text you enter is transmitted to and processed by our processor Anthropic (Claude API) to generate a response. The Situation Helper is a core contractual feature of the app; processing of your own inputs therefore takes place for the performance of the contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). In addition, you explicitly confirm its use before first use in the app (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which also serves as the basis for the transfer to a third country (Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR; see 5). Please do not enter full names or clearly identifying details – in particular about third parties. You are interacting with an AI, not with a person. The conversation history is stored linked to your account so you can find it again; you can delete individual conversations at any time in the app. Anthropic deletes the inputs and outputs transmitted via the API by default within 30 days and does not use them to train its models. Exempt from the 30-day deletion are longer retention periods required by law or to enforce the usage policies (up to 2 years where a policy violation is suspected). If your input should exceptionally involve special categories of personal data (Art. 9 GDPR), we process these only on the basis of your explicit consent (Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR); please do not enter such details – in particular about third parties.
If you invite a partner/grandparents into your household, they can see the shared children, the family playbook and notes you explicitly share. Learning progress and non-shared notes remain private.
In-app purchases are handled via Apple and our service provider RevenueCat. We receive the subscription status, not your payment data (which is processed by Apple).
To improve the app, we record which features are used. We process event names and technical metadata only — for example "playbook opened" with the playbook's ID, "paywall seen" or "purchase completed". Content is never recorded: no notes, no children's names, no Situation Helper inputs and no other free text. If you are signed in, events are associated with your account identifier (not your email address). We use PostHog with hosting in the EU. Within this product analytics there is no advertising-ID tracking, no cross-device advertising profiling and no sharing with ad networks; for the separate, consent-based ad measurement see 3g. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in improving the app (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
We run ads on Instagram and Facebook. With your consent, we use the SDK of Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. for this, together with the Meta Conversions API (technically via our subscription provider RevenueCat). The following is transmitted: your device's advertising ID (GAID on Android, IDFA on iOS — the latter only if you additionally agree in the system's "App Tracking" dialog), an anonymous identifier assigned by Meta, IP address and device data, app events such as "app opened", and subscription events (trial started, subscription purchased or renewed, each with the amount). The sole purpose is to measure whether our ads lead to installs. Content from the app is not transmitted here either: no notes, no children's names, no Situation Helper inputs.
The legal basis is your consent (Section 25(1) TDDDG, Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Without it the SDK is not activated and no data is sent to Meta. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future, in the app under Profile → Ad measurement. The lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal remains unaffected.
These service providers process personal data on our behalf and on our instructions. Data processing agreements pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR are in place or being concluded with them.
For the following services, the providers act as independent controllers within the meaning of the GDPR for the respective function; a processing agreement is not the appropriate instrument here. Their own privacy notices apply.
When you use the Situation Helper, your inputs are transmitted to Anthropic PBC (USA) and/or Anthropic Ireland Ltd. and processed in the USA. There is no adequacy decision (EU-US Data Privacy Framework) for this; the transfer is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR), supplemented by your explicit consent (Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR). Other service providers (e.g. Apple, RevenueCat, Google) may also process data in the USA, likewise on the basis of appropriate safeguards (in particular the EU Standard Contractual Clauses). If you have consented to ad measurement (3g), the data named there is also transmitted to Meta Platforms, Inc. (USA), on the basis of their certification under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Access by US authorities (e.g. under the CLOUD Act / FISA 702) cannot be entirely excluded despite these safeguards. EU data residency is currently not available for the AI interface used.
We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the stated purposes:
When you delete your account, the associated data is deleted (see 8).
You have the right to access (Art. 15), rectification (Art. 16), erasure (Art. 17), restriction (Art. 18), data portability (Art. 20) and objection (Art. 21), as well as the right to withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7(3)). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77). The supervisory authority responsible for us is the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit), Alt-Moabit 59–61, 10555 Berlin, Germany.
You can delete your account and all associated data at any time in the app (Profile → “Delete account”). Alternatively, a message to support@elternkompass.site is sufficient.
For privacy questions: support@elternkompass.site