Safety Policy

REVdating is designed with safety at its core. We operate under UK law, including the Online Safety Act 2023, the UK GDPR, and applicable ICO guidance for online dating services. We take a proactive approach to platform safety — not just reactive.

We are committed to:

• Preventing harm before it occurs through design, moderation, and verification
• Acting quickly when harm is reported
• Co-operating fully with law enforcement when required
• Being transparent with users about how we manage safety

REVdating is strictly for users aged 18 and over. We enforce this in multiple ways:

• Date of birth is collected at registration and validated in our database with an 18+ constraint
• Users must confirm they are 18 or older when agreeing to our Terms of Service
• Our moderation team flags profiles that appear to belong to minors
• Any account confirmed or suspected to belong to a minor is immediately terminated and referred to the relevant authority (e.g., NCMEC, NCA)

If you believe a minor has registered on REVdating, please report it immediately to safety@REVdating.app.

All photos uploaded to REVdating are reviewed using automated content detection tools before becoming visible to other users. Our systems check for:

• Nudity and sexually explicit content
• Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) — using hashing technology matched against known databases
• Graphic violence or disturbing imagery
• Spam watermarks or commercial advertisements

Photos that fail automated checks are held for human review. Our moderation team reviews flagged photos within 24 hours. Photos confirmed to violate our policies are deleted and the uploader's account may be suspended or banned.

You can report any user or piece of content from within the app. Reports are reviewed by our Trust & Safety team, typically within 48 hours for standard reports and within 2 hours for urgent/illegal content reports.

When you make a report, we may:

• Review the reported content and the context
• Look at the reported user's history on our platform
• Issue a warning, restrict features, suspend, or permanently ban the reported user
• Preserve evidence and refer to law enforcement where legally required

You will receive an email update when your report has been reviewed.

Certain categories of illegal content require us to act immediately and report to authorities. We have zero tolerance for:

• Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) — reported to the National Crime Agency (NCA), the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), and NCMEC's CyberTipline within 24 hours of identification. Evidence is preserved and provided to authorities.
• Terrorism and violent extremism — reported to Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU)
• Human trafficking — reported to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and relevant law enforcement
• Credible threats of violence — reported to police (999 or 101) and/or relevant agencies

To report illegal content urgently, use the in-app report function or contact us directly at safety@REVdating.app.

If a child or any person is in immediate danger, always call 999 first. Do not wait for our response.

REVdating provides built-in safety tools for every user:

• Selfie verification — optional photo verification helps confirm you're talking to the person in the photos
• Ride Check-In — set an expected return time before a ride or date. If you don't check in, your emergency contact is alerted
• Emergency contact — store a trusted contact within the app, used by the check-in system
• Hide exact location — only approximate distances are ever shown to other users; your precise coordinates are never shared
• Block and report — block any user instantly from their profile. Blocked users cannot see your profile or contact you

All safety tools are available in Settings → Safety Centre.

We collect your location to enable distance-based matching. Your precise GPS coordinates are stored securely server-side and are never shared with other users. Other users see only an approximate distance (e.g., "within 10 miles").

You can enable "Hide exact location" in your settings to prevent even your city name from being displayed to other users.

All personal data collected by REVdating is processed in accordance with the UK GDPR. For full details of what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights, see our Privacy Policy.

You have the right to:

• Download a copy of all your data (Settings → Download my data)
• Delete your account and all associated personal data (Settings → Delete account)
• Complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk

REVdating will co-operate with law enforcement requests in accordance with applicable UK law. When we receive a lawful request (court order, police production order, etc.), we will:

• Preserve the relevant data while the request is reviewed by our legal team
• Respond within any legally required timeframe
• Notify the affected user (unless prohibited from doing so by court order)

Law enforcement can contact us at lawenforcement@REVdating.app.

REVdating operates as a "user-to-user" service under the UK Online Safety Act 2023. We are subject to the duties set out for providers of such services, including:

• Risk assessment of illegal content and content harmful to adults
• Proportionate safety measures based on our risk assessment
• Clear and accessible user reporting mechanisms
• Transparency reporting (published annually)

Our Trust & Safety team is available by email:

• General safety concerns: safety@REVdating.app
• Urgent/illegal content: safety@REVdating.app (subject: URGENT)
• Law enforcement: lawenforcement@REVdating.app
• Data protection: dpo@REVdating.app

If someone is in immediate danger, always call 999 first.