
The Senior Director of Engineering at Niantic, Niniane Wang, recently made a blog post about the new parental update coming to Pokémon GO soon.
The Niantic Kids Parent Portal is a new way for parents to manage the gaming experiences of their children. This is achieved by securing personal information whenever a child accesses Pokémon GO. It also acts as a tool - allowing parents to review and approve a child’s permissions before playing the game, and limiting the amount of personal data and information shared when playing to ensure a safer experience.
In order to implement this feature, Niantic partnered with the kid-focused technology company SuperAwesome. The services produced by this company are kidSAFE Seal and ESRB Privacy Certified - meeting digital privacy guidelines for children within and also outside of the US. Parents can still also continue to use their Pokémon Trainer Club account to connect and supervise access to Pokémon GO.
What do you think about Niantic implementing parental controls in Pokémon GO? Do you think more modern games should include features like this? Tell us below.
[source nianticlabs.com]
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Well, sounds good to me.
Gotta catch 'em all!!!
Seems like a feature that should have been there 2 years ago...
I think this is a great idea.
They just need to add the tick box that lets me allow trading for my son’s account. Kids still aren’t allowed this feature which is ridiculous
good we don't want adults playing against kids and becoming friends. better safe than sorry
@Alucard83 How's that even possible? You can't see the age of other players, you can't really interact with them either. You can send gifts, but without knowing who the other person is, that's kinda random in the first place.
Great another feature for my dad to enable so he can mess with me. Love it!
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