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style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(18px)">The company behind Ping</h1>
1<p class="text-lg md:text-xl text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed mb-8" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(18px)">Ping is made by SafeCircles, a small, independent software company in Germany. We build apps for one audience only — children and families — the way we&#x27;d want them built for our own kids: private by default, free of ads and tracking, and genuinely good to use.</p></div></section><section class="container mx-auto px-4 max-w-3xl py-16 md:py-20"><h2 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-bold mb-6" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)">It started at home</h2><p class="text-lg text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed mb-5" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)">Ping began with a problem its founder had as a parent. Denis von Brasche went looking for a messaging app he could trust for his own daughter — somewhere she could talk to family and close friends without ads, without strangers, and without a business model built on her data. Nothing fit. The apps made for children felt like afterthoughts. The apps that actually worked well were built for adults.</p><p class="text-lg text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)">So he built the one that didn&#x27;t exist. That&#x27;s still how SafeCircles works: we make the products we couldn&#x27;t find anywhere else.</p></section><section class="container mx-auto px-4 max-w-4xl py-16 md:py-20"><h2 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-bold mb-4 text-center" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)">What we believe</h2><p class="text-lg text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed text-center mb-12 max-w-2xl mx-auto" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)">A few principles guide everything we build:</p><div class="grid gap-5 md:grid-cols-2"><div style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><article class="bg-card border rounded-2xl p-6 h-full transition-all duration-300 hover:-translate-y-1 hover:shadow-md"><div class="w-11 h-11 rounded-xl bg-ping-light-purple flex items-center justify-center text-ping-purple mb-4"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-heart" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M2 9.5a5.5 5.5 0 0 1 9.591-3.676.56.56 0 0 0 .818 0A5.49 5.49 0 0 1 22 9.5c0 2.29-1.5 4-3 5.5l-5.492 5.313a2 2 0 0 1-3 .019L5 15c-1.5-1.5-3-3.2-3-5.5"></path></svg></div><h3 class="text-lg font-bold mb-2 text-ping-purple">Children come first.</h3><p class="text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed">If something is good for engagement or growth but not good for children, we don&#x27;t build it.</p></article></div><div style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><article class="bg-card border rounded-2xl p-6 h-full transition-all duration-300 hover:-translate-y-1 hover:shadow-md"><div class="w-11 h-11 rounded-xl bg-ping-light-purple flex items-center justify-center text-ping-purple mb-4"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-lock" aria-hidden="true"><rect width="18" height="11" x="3" y="11" rx="2" ry="2"></rect><path d="M7 11V7a5 5 0 0 1 10 0v4"></path></svg></div><h3 class="text-lg font-bold mb-2 text-ping-purple">Privacy by design.</h3><p class="text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed">We collect only what&#x27;s strictly necessary, keep no more than required, and never sell data. Ever.</p></article></div><div style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><article class="bg-card border rounded-2xl p-6 h-full transition-all duration-300 hover:-translate-y-1 hover:shadow-md"><div class="w-11 h-11 rounded-xl bg-ping-light-purple flex items-center justify-center text-ping-purple mb-4"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-bell-off" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M10.268 21a2 2 0 0 0 3.464 0"></path><path d="M17 17H4a1 1 0 0 1-.74-1.673C4.59 13.956 6 12.499 6 8a6 6 0 0 1 .258-1.742"></path><path d="m2 2 20 20"></path><path d="M8.668 3.01A6 6 0 0 1 18 8c0 2.687.77 4.653 1.707 6.05"></path></svg></div><h3 class="text-lg font-bold mb-2 text-ping-purple">No attention traps.</h3>
1<p class="text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed">No endless feeds, no engagement loops, no manipulative notifications — our goal is to be useful, not to maximise screen time.</p></article></div><div style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><article class="bg-card border rounded-2xl p-6 h-full transition-all duration-300 hover:-translate-y-1 hover:shadow-md"><div class="w-11 h-11 rounded-xl bg-ping-light-purple flex items-center justify-center text-ping-purple mb-4"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="22" height="22" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-eye" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M2.062 12.348a1 1 0 0 1 0-.696 10.75 10.75 0 0 1 19.876 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .696 10.75 10.75 0 0 1-19.876 0"></path><circle cx="12" cy="12" r="3"></circle></svg></div><h3 class="text-lg font-bold mb-2 text-ping-purple">Honest by default.</h3><p class="text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed">Plain-language privacy policies, and a clear answer to what we collect, why, and what happens to it.</p></article></div></div></section><section class="bg-gradient-to-br from-ping-light-purple to-background py-16 md:py-20"><div class="container mx-auto px-4 max-w-3xl text-center" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><h2 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-bold mb-6">Made in Germany, built for European privacy</h2><p class="text-lg text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed mb-5">SafeCircles GmbH is incorporated and operated in Germany. Ping is developed and hosted here, with all data on European servers, and built around GDPR and European privacy standards: data minimisation, transparency, and strong privacy defaults. We design with international child-privacy frameworks in mind too, including the UK&#x27;s Children&#x27;s Code and the U.S. COPPA rules.</p><p class="text-lg text-foreground/80 leading-relaxed">And because Ping is funded by a simple family subscription — not by advertisers — our incentives stay where they belong: with families, not with anyone who wants to reach their children.</p></div></section><section class="container mx-auto px-4 max-w-3xl py-16 md:py-20"><h2 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-bold mb-8 text-center" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)">SafeCircles at a glance</h2><div class="rounded-2xl border bg-card overflow-hidden" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><dl class="divide-y"><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Company</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">SafeCircles GmbH</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Based in</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">Teltow, Germany</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Founded by</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">Denis von Brasche</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Ownership</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">Independent and founder-owned</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Apps live</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">Ping, lalla</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Privacy standard</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">GDPR and European privacy principles</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Data sold to third parties</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">Never</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Ads or tracking</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">None</dd></div><div class="grid grid-cols-1 sm:grid-cols-[12rem_1fr] gap-1 sm:gap-6 px-5 md:px-7 py-4"><dt class="text-sm font-semibold text-muted-foreground">Funding</dt><dd class="text-base text-foreground">Family subscriptions, never advertising</dd></div></dl></div></section><section class="container mx-auto px-4 max-w-3xl pb-16 md:pb-20"><div class="text-center" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><a href="https://safecircles.eu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-ping-purple hover:underline font-semibold">Ping is one of several apps we build at SafeCircles. Want the bigger picture? Read more about SafeCircles and what we&#x27;re building →</a></div></section><section class="py-16 md:py-20 bg-background"><div class="container mx-auto px-4 max-w-3xl"><h2 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-bold mb-10" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)">Frequently asked questions</h2><div class="rounded-2xl border bg-background shadow-sm divide-y" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><details class="group px-5 md:px-6"><summary class="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 cursor-pointer list-none py-4 font-sans font-semibold text-base text-foreground [&amp;::-webkit-details-marker]:hidden"><span>Who makes Ping?</span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-chevron-down h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground transition-transform duration-200 group-open:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"></path></svg></summary><div class="text-sm text-muted-foreground pb-6 leading-relaxed">Ping is built by SafeCircles GmbH, an independent software company based in Teltow, Germany. We build privacy-first apps exclusively for children and families.</div></details>
1<details class="group px-5 md:px-6"><summary class="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 cursor-pointer list-none py-4 font-sans font-semibold text-base text-foreground [&amp;::-webkit-details-marker]:hidden"><span>How does Ping make money?</span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-chevron-down h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground transition-transform duration-200 group-open:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"></path></svg></summary><div class="text-sm text-muted-foreground pb-6 leading-relaxed">Through a simple family subscription. There are no ads and no data sales — the subscription is the only thing that funds Ping. We never sell data or share it with third parties for advertising or profiling.</div></details><details class="group px-5 md:px-6"><summary class="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 cursor-pointer list-none py-4 font-sans font-semibold text-base text-foreground [&amp;::-webkit-details-marker]:hidden"><span>Can I really trust a small company with my child&#x27;s data?</span><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-chevron-down h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground transition-transform duration-200 group-open:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true"><path d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"></path></svg></summary><div class="text-sm text-muted-foreground pb-6 leading-relaxed">Being small is part of the point. We&#x27;re not chasing scale for investors or selling attention to advertisers, so we don&#x27;t have the incentives that lead bigger platforms to collect more than they need. We&#x27;re based in Germany under European data protection law, we never sell data, and you can read exactly what we collect and why in our plain-language privacy policy.</div></details></div></div></section><section class="relative overflow-hidden py-20 md:py-28 bg-ping-light-purple"><div class="container mx-auto px-4 relative"><div class="max-w-2xl mx-auto text-center" style="opacity:0;transform:translateY(16px)"><h2 class="text-3xl md:text-4xl font-bold mb-4">Built by people whose own kids use it.</h2><p class="text-lg text-foreground/80 mb-10 leading-relaxed">That&#x27;s the whole idea. 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