Free app lets parents keep tabs on children

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• Called ‘Hemayati’ (my protection), the app allows parents to keep track of their youngsters throughout the day. After downloading the app to their smartphones, parents will be able to see where their children are at any given time. In the case of suspected danger an emergency button can be pressed that automatically calls the authorities for help.

                     
                                                        A free smartphone app designed to let parents keep tabs on their children is now available in the UAE, the Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday.

Called ‘Hemayati’ (my protection), the app allows parents to keep track of their youngsters throughout the day. After downloading the app to their smartphones, parents will be able to see where their children are at any given time. In the case of suspected danger an emergency button can be pressed that automatically calls the authorities for help.

Only parents can activate the application, which is available exclusively in the UAE, This initiative is part of 169 electronic services and 30 smartphone apps launched by the Ministry of Interior.

Maj Gen Nasser Lakhribani Al Nuaimi, Secretary-General of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, said the app relates to the country’s upcoming seven-year agenda, which is concerned with the field of security to make the UAE the safest country in the world.

In a bid for UAE residents to feel totally secure, the agenda includes reducing the response time for emergency calls to four minutes.

Parents across the capital welcomed the step, adding they will be avid users of the app.