Boundary by design
The school’s view is limited to its own geofence and school hours. That limit is built into the platform, not left as a setting someone might forget.
Trust centre
Safe at school. Private everywhere else.
dassie was built around one promise: the school sees a child only on its grounds, during school hours. Everything else belongs to the family. Here’s exactly how that works.
Off the school map at the gate Only during school hours Data stays in SA No supplier access
Try it yourself
Walk Thandi out of the gate. Watch what the school sees.
Drag the learner anywhere on the map, or move the clock past home time. The school’s view follows the privacy boundary. The family’s view doesn’t change.
Time of day10:00School hours
Drag Thandi around the school, or out through the gate. You can also focus the map and use the arrow keys.
Not visible to the schoolThandi is outside the grounds.
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Inside the grounds, during school hours
The school can see Thandi on its live map, and so can her family.
Who sees what
A clear line, drawn in the product.
Information School Family
Location on the school grounds, during school hoursYesYes
Location outside the school gateNoYes
Location after school hoursNoYes
SOS on the grounds, during school hoursYesYes
Health data from the watchNoYes
Voice notes between family and friendsNoYes
Broadcasts the school sends to watches and parentsYesYes
“Family” means the child’s linked parents and guardians. Voice notes are only for family and for friends that both sets of parents have approved.
Data security
Every bit of data stays in South Africa.
dassie’s own platform stores and serves everything. The watch talks to dassie, not to the company that makes the watch.
- Stored in South Africa
Hosted in a South African data centre, and stored securely.
- No supplier servers
Nothing goes through the watch supplier’s servers.
- No remote access
Suppliers have no remote access to the watches or the data.
POPIA-minded
Privacy principles we build by.
South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) shaped how dassie handles children’s information from day one.
Only what’s needed
Schools get what they need to keep children safe on the grounds. Nothing about family life outside the gate.
Families stay in charge
Parents decide on friends, voice notes and tuckshop rules for their own child.
Roles and permissions
School staff sign in with their own accounts and roles, so people only see the parts of the portal their job needs.
Kept in South Africa
The platform and its data are hosted in South Africa, not with the watch supplier.
One trusted destination
The watch, the parent app and the School Portal connect straight to dassie’s own platform in South Africa, and nowhere else.
Got a privacy question from your governing body or parents?
We’re happy to walk your team through the privacy boundary and data handling in detail.