<s>
KidGuard	B-Application
is	O
a	O
parental	O
monitoring	O
application	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
phones	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KidGuard	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
Los	O
Angeles-based	O
team	O
and	O
officially	O
released	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
KidGuard	B-Application
's	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
application	O
received	O
coverage	O
on	O
ABC	O
News	O
and	O
Inc	O
.	O
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
KidGuard	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
the	O
startup	O
incubator	O
OnRamp	O
Lab	O
,	O
located	O
in	O
Taipei	O
,	O
Taiwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
international	O
security	O
consultant	O
Gene	O
Yu	O
joined	O
the	O
KidGuard	B-Application
advisory	O
board	O
to	O
aid	O
with	O
kidnapping	O
response	O
and	O
prevention	O
measures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Kidguard	B-Application
was	O
the	O
victim	O
of	O
a	O
data	O
breach	O
which	O
released	O
customer	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
model	O
,	O
KidGuard	B-Application
is	O
run	O
through	O
a	O
web	O
application	O
that	O
allows	O
a	O
parent	O
to	O
view	O
all	O
activity	O
on	O
a	O
child	O
's	O
phone	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Reading	O
sent	O
and	O
received	O
text	O
messages	O
,	O
including	O
deleted	O
messages	O
and	O
texts	O
sent	O
via	O
popular	O
alternative	O
messaging	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
WhatsApp	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KidGuard	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
feature	O
it	O
calls	O
a	O
"	O
Situation	O
360	O
Report	O
,	O
"	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
application	O
automatically	O
creates	O
a	O
report	O
to	O
aid	O
law	O
enforcement	O
in	O
the	O
event	O
of	O
a	O
child	O
's	O
disappearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
have	O
raised	O
concerns	O
about	O
the	O
potential	O
capability	O
of	O
KidGuard	B-Application
and	O
its	O
competitors	O
to	O
violate	O
privacy	O
laws	O
or	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
by	O
stalkers	O
and	O
abusers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
KidGuard	B-Application
was	O
featured	O
in	O
a	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
article	O
which	O
criticized	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
developers	O
for	O
running	O
advertisements	O
aimed	O
at	O
adults	O
attempting	O
to	O
spy	O
on	O
their	O
spouses	O
or	O
discover	O
infidelity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
KidGuard	B-Application
was	O
contacted	O
for	O
comment	O
,	O
a	O
spokesman	O
responded	O
that	O
these	O
advertisements	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
marketing	O
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
content	O
relating	O
to	O
infidelity	O
was	O
subsequently	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
KidGuard	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KidGuard	B-Application
maintains	O
an	O
annual	O
"	O
KidGuard	B-Application
for	O
Education	O
Essay	O
Scholarship	O
"	O
for	O
high	O
school	O
students	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
KidGuard	B-Application
donated	O
$	O
25,000	O
in	O
grants	O
to	O
18	O
non-profit	O
organizations	O
focused	O
on	O
child	O
safety	O
and	O
online	O
threat	O
prevention	O
.	O
</s>
