Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 11, 2026

About TaskTroll Auto Post

TaskTroll Auto Post is the social publishing component of the TaskTroll service. It lets authorized administrators publish scheduled media and text to profiles they control on TikTok and Threads. On Threads, it can also search public posts by an administrator-selected keyword and publish a relevant reply from the connected profile. This Privacy Policy applies to TaskTroll Auto Post in full wherever it refers to “TaskTroll.”

The TikTok integration handles the OAuth access token issued by TikTok plus the video files and captions selected for publishing. The Threads integration handles the OAuth access token issued by Threads, the connected profile ID and username, public posts returned by keyword searches, generated reply drafts, and the IDs of posts or replies published through the API. It does not collect Threads private messages or content from private Threads profiles.

AI-assisted social replies

For authorized Threads profiles, text from a relevant public post may be sent to OpenAI through its API to draft a contextual reply. Requests are configured with storage disabled. Automated safeguards reject unrelated, duplicative, unsafe, or overly promotional drafts before publication. We retain the public post ID, username, permalink, selected text, generated reply, and published reply ID for up to 90 days for deduplication, safety review, and performance auditing.

Disconnecting and deleting social integration data

You can revoke TaskTroll Auto Post from Threads at any time under Threads > Settings > Website permissions > Active. You may also request deletion at tasktroll.com/delete-account or by emailing support@tasktroll.com. We delete the connected token, profile metadata, search records, and reply audit records within 30 days of a verified request. Content already published to Threads remains under the connected profile’s control and can be deleted from Threads.

Who We Are

TaskTroll is operated by John Shoufler (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We provide a family chore management and allowance tracking application available at tasktroll.com and through our mobile apps.

Children’s Privacy (COPPA Notice)

TaskTroll is designed for use by families, including children under the age of 13 (“children”). We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), 15 U.S.C. § 6501 et seq., and the FTC’s implementing Rule, 16 CFR Part 312.

What We Collect from Children

When a child uses TaskTroll, we collect:

Display name (chosen by the parent during account setup — we recommend using a first name or nickname only)
Chore and task completion data (which tasks are marked complete, timestamps)
Coin/allowance balance (in-app virtual currency, no real monetary value unless parent enables cash-out)
Profile photo (optional; uploaded by the parent)

We do not collect from children: email addresses, phone numbers, physical address, Social Security numbers, or any government identifier.

Parental Consent

Before a child account is created, we require the parent or legal guardian to create a parent account and provide verifiable consent for the child’s participation. A child account cannot be created without a linked parent account. If we discover that a child account was created without parental consent, we will delete it promptly.

Parents may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us at support@tasktroll.com.

How We Use Children’s Information

Information collected from children is used solely to operate the app features the parent has enabled: displaying assigned chores, tracking completions, and managing the in-app allowance balance. We do not use children’s information for advertising, profiling, or any purpose beyond the core service.

Disclosure of Children’s Information

We do not sell, rent, or disclose children’s personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. We share data only with:

Service providers who help us operate the platform (hosting, analytics) under strict confidentiality obligations
Law enforcement if required by law

We do not serve behavioral advertising to children or allow third-party ad networks to collect data from child accounts.

Parental Rights

At any time, parents and legal guardians may:

Review the personal information we have collected about their child by logging in to their parent account or contacting us at support@tasktroll.com
Delete their child’s account and all associated data by contacting us at support@tasktroll.com
Opt out of future collection of data from their child by deleting the child’s account
Refuse further collection without affecting the parent’s own account

We will respond to verifiable parental requests within 30 days.

Data Retention

Children’s data is retained for as long as the child account is active. If a parent deletes a child account, we delete associated personal information within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

Information We Collect from Adults

For parent and adult accounts, we collect:

Account information: name, email address, password (hashed)
Billing information: processed by Stripe; we do not store card numbers
Usage data: feature interactions, device type, IP address
Support communications: emails and messages you send to us
Connected social account data: OAuth tokens, profile identifiers, administrator-selected publishing content, public keyword-search results, and publishing audit records when TaskTroll Auto Post is enabled

How We Use Adult Information

To operate and improve the TaskTroll service
To process subscription billing
To send transactional emails (receipts, password resets, task reminders if enabled)
To respond to support requests
To analyze aggregate usage patterns (no individual profiling for advertising)
To search public Threads posts, draft relevant replies, prevent duplicate outreach, publish approved social content, and audit publishing activity for connected administrator profiles

Service Providers

We use service providers only to operate the features described in this policy. These include Meta for Threads and Instagram platform access, TikTok for TikTok platform access, OpenAI for AI-assisted drafting, and infrastructure providers for hosting and secure storage. We do not sell Platform Data or use it for behavioral advertising.

Location Data

TaskTroll collects and uses location data (approximate and precise) only when you explicitly enable the following optional features, and only for the duration that you choose to participate in them:

What location data we collect

Precise location (latitude/longitude from device GPS) — collected only when you opt in to Family Map / family location sharing OR when another family member triggers the Find My Phone feature for your device.
Approximate location (city/region from IP address) — collected for fraud prevention and to display the correct timezone in the app.
Background location (Android only, periodic) — if you opt in to Family Map, the TaskTroll Android app uses a background WorkManager task that wakes approximately every 15 minutes to send your current location to your family. iOS uses Apple’s significant-location-change service rather than periodic polling. You can revoke this at any time via your device’s Settings app.

Why we collect location data

Family Map & location sharing — so family members can see each other’s position in real time on a shared map (e.g., to check whether a child has arrived at school or a parent is on the way home).
Find My Phone — so a parent or other family member can locate a misplaced device and trigger a loud alarm to find it.
Location-based chore reminders (optional) — if you choose to assign a chore that fires when a child arrives at a specific location (e.g., “take out trash when you get home”), we use the device’s current location to evaluate the trigger.

How location data is stored and shared

Location pings are stored in our database to allow other family members to view the most recent position. Older pings are pruned automatically.
Location is shared only with members of your linked family group within the TaskTroll app. We do not sell, rent, or share location data with any third party for advertising, profiling, or marketing.
Map tiles are rendered by Google Maps / OpenStreetMap; those providers receive standard map-tile requests (zoom level, tile coordinates) but do not receive your account identity or family membership.

Children’s location data

If a parent enables location sharing on a child’s account, the child’s location is shared only with parents, caregivers, and other members explicitly added to that child’s TaskTroll family group. We do not share children’s location with any third party, advertiser, or analytics provider. Parents may disable a child’s location sharing at any time from the family settings page in the app.

Your control over location data

Permission grant — when you first enable Family Map or Find My Phone, your device’s operating system will ask you to grant location permission. You may decline, and the feature will not function for your device.
Revoke at any time — you can withdraw location permission at any time via your device’s Settings app (iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > TaskTroll; Android: Settings > Apps > TaskTroll > Permissions > Location). The app continues to function with that feature disabled.
Disable in app — you can also turn off Family Map / location sharing from within the TaskTroll app’s Family Settings page without revoking the OS-level permission.
Deletion — when you delete your account or are removed from a family group, all of your historical location pings are deleted from our database within 30 days.

Android background location justification

Per Google Play’s Location Permissions policy, we declare that TaskTroll uses the ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION permission solely to power the Family Map / family location-sharing feature, which is a core user-facing feature that requires periodic location updates while the app is not in the foreground. We do not use background location for advertising, analytics, or any purpose unrelated to family location sharing. Users must explicitly enable Family Map and grant the permission via the standard Android permission dialog before any background location collection begins.

Cookies

We use session cookies for authentication and minimal first-party cookies for preferences. We do not use third-party advertising cookies or behavioral tracking cookies.

Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures including HTTPS, hashed passwords, and encrypted connections to our database. No internet transmission is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

California Residents (CCPA)

California residents may request: (1) the categories of personal information we collect; (2) the specific personal information we have collected; (3) deletion of personal information. To make a request, contact support@tasktroll.com. We do not sell personal information.

Changes to This Policy

We will post any material changes here and update the “Last updated” date. For changes affecting children’s data, we will notify parents by email where required by COPPA.

Contact

Questions about this policy or children’s privacy rights: support@tasktroll.com