Google SafeSearch and Bing SafeSearch are filtering systems that remove explicit content from search results, promoting a safer browsing experience.

Recommended Settings: Mandatorily switched on for both Kid and Teen Modes. Cannot be toggled off and is maintained on Google/Bing SafeSearch at all times.

This category corresponds to the internet space which can assist a child in their studies. It includes websites and apps pertaining to education and tools that are generally used by schools or institutes to impart curriculum and classes easily.

Recommended Settings: Switched On for both Kid and Teen Modes.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Education

Sites corresponding to educational institutions and schools of all types including distance education. Includes general educational and reference materials such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, online courses, teaching aids and discussion guides.

2. Personal Storage

Sites that enables remote storage and sharing of files and remote Internet backups.

3. Web Meetings

Sites that offer a web conferencing services or/and tools for webinars and online workshops etc.

4. Web-based Email

Sites that enables users to send and receive email through a webaccessible email account.

This category corresponds to the internet space that can help a child learn from online assets. These may not necessarily be connected with education directly but may aid in overall development.

Recommended Settings: Switched On for both Kid and Teen Modes.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Arts

Sites with artistic content or relating to artistic institutions such as theaters, museums, galleries, dance companies, photography, and digital graphic resources.

2. Computers & Technology

Sites that contain information such as product reviews, discussions, and news about computers, software, hardware, peripheral and computers services.

3. Information Security

Sites that provide legitimate information about data protection, including newly discovered vulnerabilities and how to block them.

4. Nature & Conservation

Sites with information related to environmental issues, sustainable living, ecology, nature and the environment.

5. Personal Sites

Sites about or hosted by personal individuals, including those hosted on commercial sites such as Blogger, AOL, etc.

6. Translators

Sites that translate Web pages or phrases from one language to another. These sites bypass the proxy server, presenting the risk that unauthorized content may be accessed, similar to using an anonymizer.

This category covers subjects that contibute to the general knowledge of the child. They involve elements that range from current events to politics to society at large.

Recommended Settings: Switched On for both Kid and Teen Modes.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Business

Sites that provide business related information such as corporate web sites. Information, services, or products that help businesses of all sizes to do their day-to-day commercial activities.

2. Government

Sites run by governmental organizations, departments, or agencies.

3. Job Search

Sites containing job listings, career information, assistance with job searches (such as resume writing, interviewing tips, etc.), employment agencies or head hunters.

4. News

Sites covering news and current events such as newspapers, newswire services, personalized news services, broadcasting sites, and magazines

5. Non-profits & NGOs

Sites devoted to clubs, communities, unions, and non-profit organizations. Many of these groups exist for educational or charitable purposes.

6. Politics & Law

Sites that provide information on political parties or political advocacy, interest groups, elections, or legislation. Also includes sites that offer legal information and advice.

This includes websites and apps about home, family, and hobbies.

Recommended Settings: Switched On for both Kid and Teen Modes.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Sports

Sites relating to sports teams, fan clubs, scores and sports news. Relates to all sports, whether professional or recreational.

2. Travel

Sites that provide travel and tourism information or online booking or travel services such as airlines, accommodations, car rentals. Includes regional or city information sites.

3. Automotive

Sites about automotive and other types of transport.

4. Kids

Sites for children.

5. Home

Sites related to home decor, etc.

Internet is a space which is built on multiple forms of two-way communication platforms. This category is a collection of such websites and apps. Once opened, they let a child to interact with people online through private messaging or open forums.

Recommended Settings: Switched Off for both Kid and Teen Modes

This category also has a drop-down menu consisting of specific websites and apps which can be individually allowed or blocked by the parent. Here's what this category includes:

1. Chat

Sites that enable web-based exchange of real-time messages through chat services or chat rooms.

2. Forums & Newsgroups

Sites for sharing information in the form of newsgroups, forums, bulletin boards. Does not include personal blogs

3. Instant Messaging

Sites that enable logging in to instant messaging services.

4. Web Phone

Sites that allow users to make calls via the web or to download software that allows users to make calls over the web.

Social Media forms an integral part of internet today. They are platforms that allow social networking for your child through various topics that can form basis of friendship up ahead.

Recommended Settings: Switched Off for Kid Mode and Switched On for Teen Mode.

This category also has a drop-down menu consisting of specific websites and apps which can be individually allowed or blocked by the parent. Here's what this category includes:

1. Image Sharing

Sites that host digital photographs and images, online photo albums and digital photo exchanges.

2. Professional Network

Sites that enable professional networking for online communities.

3. Social Networking

Sites that enable social networking for online communities of various topics, for friendship, or/and dating.

Besides education or learning, internet is also used for the purpose of entertainment. This category corresponds to those websites and apps. It also includes platforms that stream content (in the form of video or audio).

Recommended Settings: Switched Off for Kid Mode and Switched On for Teen Mode.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Streaming Media & Downloads

Website and app platforms that stream content (in the form of video or audio).

2. Entertainment

Entertainment websites and apps; cafes and restaurants; sites with information about leisure.

3. Humour

Humorous and entertaining websites and apps.

This category corresponds to computer and video game websites and apps.

Recommended Settings: Not present in Kid Mode and Switched Off for Teen Mode.

We have curated a list of age appropriate online games specifically for kids and clubbed them as Games for Kids category. If you find that the game your child wants to play is blocked by us, you can manually whitelist the game link from the advanced filter category on app and allow access.

You can access the the list of games here.

Recommended Settings: Switched On for Kid and Teen Modes.

Internet is also filled with more functional information assets that can become inputs for individual actions. Finance & Health form the major crux of such space. We have clubbed these together so that the parent can understand that these websites while providing information can also lead to offline action on part of the child which should be monitored as well.

Recommended Settings: Switched Off for Kid Mode and Switched On for Teen Mode.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Health

Sites containing information pertaining to health, healthcare services, fitness and well-being, including information about medical equipment, hospitals, drugstores, nursing, medicine, procedures, prescription medications, etc.

2. Finance

Sites related to banking, finance, payment or investment, including banks, brokerages, online stock trading, stock quotes, fund management, insurance companies, credit unions, credit card companies, and so on.

This category corresponds to sites for online shopping and e-commerce.

Recommended Settings: Switched Off for Kid Mode and Switched On for Teen Mode.

Websites that provide ad content on the internet or other such elements.

Recommended Settings: Switched Off for both Kid and Teen Modes.

These websites belong to categories which definitely denote more mature behaviours and are hence unsuitable to anyone less than 18 years of age.

Recommended Settings: Mandatorily Switched Off for both Kid and Teen Modes. Cannot be toggled on by the parent at any given time.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Alcohol & Tobacco

Sites that promote or sell alcohol - or tobacco-related products or services.

2. Tasteless

Websites and apps containing excessive amounts of tasteless language or unmoderated forums.

3. Adult

Adult content, mostly about sex but without pornography.

4. Dating

Dating websites and apps.

5. Pornography & Sexuality

Websites and apps containing pornography in any form.

6. Astrology

Occult and astrology websites and apps.

7. Weapons & Violence

Websites and apps about weapons and violence.

8. Religion

Websites and apps that deal with faith, human spirituality or religious beliefs.

9. Real Estate

Websites and apps relating to commercial or residential real estate services, including renting, purchasing, selling or financing homes, offices, etc.

10. Gambling

Websites and apps that offer or are related to online gambling, lottery, casinos and betting agencies involving chance.

These pose a risk to all users or may be used to circumvent the Web filtering application and should be blocked

This category corresponds to websites that can harm your child or computer systems.

Recommended Settings: Mandatorily Switched Off for both Kid and Teen Modes. Cannot be toggled on by the parent at any given time.

Here's what this category includes:

1. Drugs

Websites and apps advertising or selling drugs.

2. Academic Fraud

Websites and apps with plagiarism, academic fraud, etc.

3. Parked Domains

Websites and apps without any content that are temporarily placed at the domain registrar; are often used for virus propagation.

4. Hate & Discrimination

Websites and apps spreading the propaganda of aggression, racism, terrorism.

5. Proxies & Anonymizers

Websites and apps containing ways to bypass content filters.

6. Child Sexual Abuse

Websites and apps containing child sexual abuse images, criminally obscene adult and child sexual abuse content.

7. Crypto Mining

Websites and apps stealthily mining cryptocurrencies.

8. Torrents & P2P

Torrent trackers and peer-to-peer networks.

9. Virus Propagation

Websites and apps spreading viruses and other malware.

10. Phishing

Websites and apps deceiving internet users (e.g. fake pages, scams, fraud).

11. Botnets

Websites and apps that manage networks of bots through command-and-control centers.

12. Trackers & Analytics

Web analytics systems, including user tracking.