Parental monitoring apps give parents the capabilities to spot where their kids go, read what their kids read, and prevent them from, for instance, visiting websites deemed inappropriate. But where these apps begin to cause concern is just how powerful they can be.

To help us better understand parental monitoring apps, their capabilities, and how parents can choose to safely use these with their children, we’re talking today with Emory Roane, policy counsel at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse