{"h1":"Is my child's developmental data safe?","faq":[{"a":"No. Your child's information is never sold or shared for marketing. It exists solely to guide therapy and measure your child's progress, and it stays within your child's care team under clinician governance.","q":"Will Pinnacle ever sell or share my child's data for advertising?"},{"a":"Yes. As a parent you can request access to your child's records, ask for corrections, or request removal of data, in line with Indian data-protection norms. Just ask your child's care team and we'll guide you through it.","q":"Can I see or delete my child's records?"},{"a":"Only the qualified clinicians and therapists directly involved in your child's care. Records are encrypted and access-controlled, so they are not open to anyone outside that care team.","q":"Who can actually view my child's developmental data?"}],"lang":"en","slug":"is-my-child-s-developmental-data-safe","title":"Is my child's developmental data safe?","entity":{"key":"topic-privacy","kind":"cross_cutting","name":"Privacy","slug":null},"lenses":[{"kind":"stakeholder","label":"Parent","value":"parent"},{"kind":"intent","label":"Support","value":"support"},{"kind":"lifecycle","label":"Screen","value":"screen"},{"kind":"route","label":"Book-Assessment","value":"book-assessment"},{"kind":"empowerment","label":"Family Empowerment","value":"family_empowerment"}],"parent":null,"related":[{"lang":"en","slug":"what-information-do-you-collect-about-my-child","title":"What information do you collect about my child?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"how-is-my-child-s-personal-data-protected","title":"How is my child's personal data protected?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"do-you-share-my-child-s-data-with-anyone","title":"Do you share my child's data with anyone?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"is-my-child-s-abilityscore-data-kept-private","title":"Is my child's AbilityScore data kept private?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"can-i-ask-for-my-child-s-data-to-be-deleted","title":"Can I ask for my child's data to be deleted?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"is-online-assessment-data-secure","title":"Is online assessment data secure?"}],"summary":"Yes — your child's developmental data is encrypted, access-controlled, never sold, and belongs to your family. Only your child's care team can view it, and you can ask to see, correct or remove records at any time. Privacy is engineered into Pinnacle, not added on.","answer_md":"*You're trusting us with the most precious data there is — your child's. Here's exactly how we protect it.*\n\n## In short\nYes — your child's developmental data is held with infrastructure-grade protection, and it belongs to your family, not to us. We use encryption, strict access controls so only your child's care team can view their records, and we never sell your data. As a parent you can ask to see, correct or have your child's data removed at any time. Privacy isn't an add-on here — it's built into how Pinnacle is engineered.\n\n## How we protect your child's data\n- **Encrypted and access-controlled** — records are encrypted in storage and in transit, and only the qualified clinicians and therapists directly involved in your child's care can access them.\n- **Yours to control** — you can request access to your child's records, correct anything that's wrong, or ask for data to be removed, in line with Indian data-protection norms.\n- **Never sold, never advertised** — your child's information is never sold or shared for marketing. It exists for one reason: to guide your child's therapy and measure real progress.\n- **Confidential by design** — clinical records, assessments and session notes are kept confidential and handled under professional clinician governance.\n\nThis is the same care we apply across 25 million+ therapy sessions and 4.95 lakh+ families served — privacy at the scale of a national network.\n\n## The Pinnacle way\nDevelopmental measurement supports care planning; diagnosis requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional., under qualified clinician care — and the data behind them stays protected and yours throughout. When you [begin your child's journey with us](/), the same governance that makes our [structured clinician-led assessment](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated) trustworthy also keeps it private, right through your child's [speech therapy](https://www.pinnacleblooms.org/top-speech-therapy-center-india-proven-improvement-rate) and beyond.\n\n## Trusted sources\nWHO and UNICEF Nurturing Care Framework on family-centred, ethical child care; Rehabilitation Council of India professional conduct and confidentiality norms for clinicians.\n\n**Next step —** Have a question about your child's data, or ready to begin? [Book a Pinnacle assessment](/) and ask us anything — we'll walk you through it.\n\nThis is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","canonical":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/is-my-child-s-developmental-data-safe","editorial":{"reviewed_at":null,"reviewed_by":null,"developed_by":"SETU Consortium · Pinnacle Blooms Network"},"alternates":[{"href":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/is-my-child-s-developmental-data-safe","lang":"en","indexable":false}],"dimensions":[],"meta_title":"Is My Child's Developmental Data Safe?","meta_robots":"noindex, follow","everyday_tip":"You can always ask your child's care team a simple question: 'Who can see my child's records, and how do I get a copy?' 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