Sevka | Location Check-in
From tracking to trust.
A voluntary location-sharing concept designed to support teen independence, daily routines, and parental reassurance.
Concept case study | Inspired by my confidential behavioral health product work
THE CHALLENGE
Continuous location tracking raised privacy and app store compliance concerns. The challenge was to reimagine location sharing in a way that reassured parents while giving teens greater independence and control.
Rather than simply removing a feature, the opportunity was to turn a restrictive requirement into a more intentional, trust-building experience.
THE CONSTRAINT
Continuous location tracking created privacy concerns and app store compliance challenges.
THE DESIGN SHIFT
Replace passive tracking with voluntary check-ins that give teens more control over location sharing.
THE GOAL
Give parents reassurance while supporting teen independence, privacy, and trust.
My Role & Contributions
Drawing on my professional experience designing behavioral health technology, I developed Sevka to explore an alternative to continuous location tracking.
I focused on the user experience, interaction flows, and conceptual interface design, exploring how voluntary check-ins could balance teen independence, parental reassurance, privacy, and platform requirements.
UNDERSTANDING THE USERS
Sevka explores the tension between teen independence and parental reassurance. Teens need privacy and control over what they share, while parents want confidence that their kids are safe.
The design challenge was to support both perspectives through an experience that emphasizes consent, transparency, and trust rather than surveillance.
Design
Approach
I centered the experience on voluntary, teen-controlled check-ins rather than continuous monitoring.
The proposed flow lets parents request reassurance without automatically receiving location data. Teens decide whether and when to share, with clear messaging about who receives their information.
The goal was to make check-ins simple enough for everyday routines while preserving privacy, autonomy, and trust.
What I Learned
Sevka reinforced the importance of treating privacy and autonomy as fundamental design considerations, especially when designing for potentially vulnerable populations.
What began as a platform constraint became an opportunity to rethink the interaction itself: replacing passive monitoring with intentional, user-controlled communication.
The concept illustrates how thoughtful design can balance competing needs without automatically prioritizing one user's convenience over another's independence.
A Note About This Project
Sevka is a fictionalized concept informed by my professional experience designing behavioral health technology. It demonstrates real-world UX challenges and design thinking while protecting confidential work. It is not presented as a released product or grant-funded deliverable.