Why it is not illegal for parents to monitor their children’s devices/phones without informing them is because they’re considered legal guardians and are expected to make decisions in the best interests of their wards. However, before you go ahead and purchase one for yourself, please bear in mind that it may be illegal to use any such application, unless of course s/he is your child or you have obtained explicit consent from the concerned individual, for such monitoring (in the context of employees using company-owned devices/phones).įurthermore, your child whose phone you may be tracking, without their knowledge, should be under 18 years in age. There is plenty of interest for such monitoring apps in the market today. Usually, there’s a version of the software available for tracking the activities on a tablet PC or a computer too. A mobile phone tracker application can essentially be perceived as a software installed on a specific device/phone to track its activities including GPS location, text messages, calls and more.
