Is our data secure? Does it work offline or by SMS?

Your data is yours

Each school's data is isolated, so one school can never see another's. Sensitive areas (money, health, safeguarding) are gated to specific roles, and the most sensitive parent–child messages are end-to-end encrypted, meaning not even Brim can read them. Phone numbers are stored encrypted.

Connectivity

Brim is built for the connectivity Ugandan schools actually have:

• The apps tolerate a weak or intermittent connection and catch up when the signal returns.
• Important notices reach parents by SMS, so a parent without a smartphone or data still hears from the school.
• Key parent actions are reachable over USSD where the app isn't an option.

Who can see what

Brim keeps an audit trail of sensitive actions, so there's always a record of who did what. Access follows the person's role and changes the moment their role does.

Still have a question about security? Talk to us and we'll go into detail.