After signing up for My Mobile Watchdog, parents will log onto the secure webpage and activate the software on their child’s cellphone. Once the software is activated, parents compile a list of their child’s contacts to authorise a master contacts list.           When an unauthorised person or stranger tries to call, SMS, MMS, or Email your child, it is routed through the My Mobile Watchdog data centre and parents are immediately notified by SMS or Email.       The activity log records all communication on the child’s device, and enables parents to print a report which can be used as incriminating evidence, either with a school headmaster or the South African Police Service. My Mobile Watchdog allows parents to customise different levels of monitoring, depending on the age of their child.       My Mobile Watchdog has an application blocking feature which allows parents to block any application, allow any application or grant temporary access to applications, by way of a protected password (Mxit, facebook). Parents now have the control to decide when, and for how long, their children can have access to these applications.