Vodafone Guardian for Android

Vodafone Guardian is an app for Android™ smartphones that lets you and your child select the best smartphone settings to support safe and responsible mobile use at any age. Families now have the flexibility to decide what services children have access to during any time and day of the week, including the internet browser, camera, Wi-fi, apps and games and decide who can call and text your child.

Vodafone Guardian can be used on any mobile network in Australia.

When combined with the expert advice in Vodafone's Digital Parenting Magazine, Vodafone Guardian helps parents have important conversations with their children to help them learn responsible and safe ways to use their mobile.

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  Set times of use

  Set days and times your child can use their phone for calling, receiving TXT and other phone functions (e.g. turn off web browser during school hours, at bed time)

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  Bar calls

  You can bar calls and TXTs from numbers that aren't in the contacts list (i.e. only accept calls and TXTs from friends and family)

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  Turn off apps

  Decide times of the day the Internet via browser; WiFi; and/or specific apps such as games and videos can be used

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  Manage costs

  Unsubscribe from any existing subscriptions to Premium Rate Numbers, helping to control costs

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  Manage unwanted TXTs

  Give your child the ability to 'accept' or 'not accept' unwanted TXTs and block calls and TXTs from individual contact numbers to help address bullying

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  SMS to parent

  Provided the child and the parent contact have network coverage and the child has credit on their account, the parent contact will be sent a text notification if Vodafone Guardian has been deactivated (Standard TXT charges apply).

   

For full details of Vodafone Guardian's features download the User Guide.

Manage how much data you share with us with 'Help Improve Guardian'

Help Improve Guardian allows you to select from two options:

1. Only share data telling us if Vodafone Guardian is active, the name of your mobile network operator and the country you are in or
2. To help us improve the app and to help researchers looking into issues such as cyberbullying, you can choose share data about the make and model of your handset and what settings you have selected within the Vodafone Guardian app. This includes phone settings or the amount of contacts which have been set to 'allowed', 'never allowed' or 'allowed between times/days of the week'; if settings have been set to 'yes' or 'no'; and whether Guardian Protect has been installed. No personal data is collected such as your name, phone number, contacts or messages.

Whichever option you select, data will be sent weekly and data charges may apply depending on your data tariff. Help Improve Guardian will be automatically deactivated when roaming overseas. To find out where the data will be sent and stored, see "Terms and Conditions" below.

With Vodafone Guardian, you and your child can select the best smartphone settings to support safe and responsible mobile use at any age.

• Download Vodafone Guardian User Guide
• Emergency and Child Support numbers that are always allowed
• Visit Vodafone's Resources for Parents

To find out which version of Android your phone runs go to settings, click on about phone and see which 'Android Version' your phone is running.

Vodafone Guardian is supported on the following Android handsets running Android version 1.6 and above:

The Vodafone Guardian app may be installed on Android devices not listed above, however full functionality or performance may not be achievable.

Vodafone Guardian is currently not supported on these Android handsets:
All LG Android handsets

Vodafone Guardian terms of use - Australia

For full terms of use, click here.

With Help Improve Guardian encrypted data is sent once per week and will be stored on a server owned by Amazon Data Services Ireland Ltd. (company number 390566) in Ireland until November 2012, and will then be securely transferred to a data centre in Ratingen, Germany owned by Vodafone Information Systems GmbH (company number HRB 53554). Only employees of Vodafone will have access to the data managed under Vodafone Group’s Information Security Policies. You can find out more about Vodafone’s approach to customer privacy at www.vodafone.com/privacy. Data charges may apply depending on your tariff.

*The app is free to purchase however data charges may apply to download and operate the app. Data charges and text messages sent by the app will be charged in accordance with your mobile phone plan rates. Full functionality of the app requires network coverage. See Vodafone.com.au/coverage for Vodafone coverage details. Ensure you understand the features of the app prior to downloading. To download, you must have a compatible device, see Vodafone.com.au/guardian. No LG Android devices are compatible. Android is a trade mark of Google, Inc.

Vodafone Guardian is provided by Vodafone Pty Limited ABN 76 062 954 554.