Kids Web Services
Free parent verification, enabling rich, COPPA-compliant digital experiences for young audiences.
Does your digital experience require collection of personal information?
Kids Web Services (KWS) provides a free parent verification service, enabling developers around the world to verify the identity of parents or guardians when seeking permission to allow their child to access features that collect personal information.
Here are a few examples of the experiences KWS can enable for young audiences in compliance with COPPA and GDPR-K:
AR | Location | Chat | Push notifications | Social sharing | Account creation | Personalization
Support young audiences in any country
No matter where your users live, KWS provides optimized methods of parent verification. Our solution allows you to easily navigate the complexity of kids’ data privacy laws, such as COPPA, GDPR-K, and the Age Appropriate Design Code.
Boost parental consent conversion rates
Use the power of our ParentGraph, the world’s largest and fastest-growing network of pre-verified parents, to maximize conversion and improve the experience for children and their parents. Once a parent or guardian has been verified using KWS, they do not need to re-verify with any other app or service that uses KWS technology and can skip straight to managing consents for their child.
Zero parent verification costs
Parent verification is costly and a barrier for developers to enable digital experiences for youth audiences. KWS removes this burden, eliminating all parent verification costs for developers.
Ready to get started?
Sign up at our Developer Portal and and start using our APIs
KWS powers parent verification to enable COPPA and GDPR-K compliant youth experiences for the world’s leading developers, games, and brands
Parent Verification
Free!
KWS removes parent verification costs for both developers and parents or guardians. We believe in making the internet safer for kids and, by offering our services free of charge, we aim to empower more developers to serve their own user communities.
Highly optimized parent experience
KWS minimizes steps in the parent verification user flow, or eliminates them altogether for parents or guardians that are already part of our vast ParentGraph.
Multiple verification methods
KWS provides multiple methods of verification to optimize conversion around the world, including COPPA-compliant methods in the US.
Supports privacy compliance in multiple territories
KWS is designed to help facilitate compliance with privacy laws like COPPA, GDPR-K and AADC to support youth audiences in games and digital experiences that require data collection.
Easy to integrate
KWS is designed to integrate with any account system and consent management flow you require using our simple APIs.
FAQs
Why is KWS free?
SuperAwesome’s goal is to make the internet safer for young audiences around the world. In order to reach this goal, we decided to offer Kids Web Services’ parent verification to developers as a free to use service.
There are no hidden costs; parent verification is free for all developers no matter how large or small.
Is KWS self-serve?
KWS’ parent verification is available via a self-serve platform. Once you have signed up, you will have access to a developer portal where you can set up your integration with the help of our integration guides.
Once you are ready to go live (for either staging or production), our Technical Account Management team will review your integration in order to ensure it adheres to the KWS Developer Terms.
How scalable is KWS?
KWS’ parent verification service is used in some of the biggest game titles in the world such as Fortnite, Rocket League and Among Us.
Note: If you expect your app to have more than 10,000 monthly active users that are under 16, please reach out to us.
What platforms is KWS compatible with?
KWS is platform agnostic. We offer an HTTP API which can be integrated into web connected apps or devices.
Find out more about our API here.
Is support provided?
Developer Support: You’ll have access to extensive use-case driven documentation. If you get stuck, you can ask questions in the KWS Developer Community where other developers can share solutions and useful tips with you. SuperAwesome’s Technical Account Management team will also aim to answer any unresolved questions in the community.
Parent Support: SuperAwesome will provide support to parents who interact with any of the KWS services that you integrate into your app. This support is provided by a specialized support team here.
Note: If you expect your app to have more than 10,000 monthly active users that are under 16, please reach out to us.
Do you need help with Consent Management?
Parent Verification works hand in hand with Consent Management to enable kids to safely engage in your product. We are working on a self-serve Consent Management module, but in the meantime, feel free to reach out if you need any help.