Child Safety Standards

1. Definitions and Scope

CSAE means any content or conduct that sexually abuses or exploits a minor (any person under 18 years of age), including CSAM, grooming, sextortion, trafficking of minors, the sexualization of minors, and the solicitation, promotion, or facilitation of any of the above.

CSAM means any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor, and any material that meets the equivalent definition under applicable law.

These standards apply to every part of Gatchi where a user can create or send content — profiles, photos, activity listings, chat messages, and any other user-generated content.

2. Prohibited Content and Conduct

The following are strictly prohibited on Gatchi and are grounds for immediate and permanent account termination:

• Creating, uploading, sharing, requesting, or linking to CSAM in any form, including illustrated, computer-generated, or AI-generated depictions of minors.
• Sexualizing a minor in text, images, or any other content, whether real or fictional.
• Grooming — building a relationship with a minor for the purpose of sexual abuse, exploitation, or the production of sexual content.
• Sextortion — threatening to expose intimate imagery to coerce a minor.
• Trafficking, soliciting, or arranging the sexual exploitation of a minor.
• Attempting to contact, meet, or arrange any activity with a minor through Gatchi.
• Using Gatchi while under 18, or assisting a minor in accessing or using Gatchi.

3. Adults-Only Service and Age Assurance

Gatchi is available only to users aged 18 and over. Our Terms of Service require every user to confirm that they are at least 18 years old, and misrepresenting your age is a violation of those Terms.

Measures we take to keep minors off the service:

• Date of birth is collected during sign-up. The date picker will not accept a date that makes the user under 18, and our servers reject an under-age date of birth regardless of how it is submitted.
• Every account is tied to a verified phone number, and users may additionally complete a liveness selfie check that matches their face against their profile photos.
• The app is rated and distributed for adults on the app stores, and is not marketed to minors.
• Any account that we identify or reasonably suspect to belong to a minor has its photos hidden immediately, is removed from discovery, and is terminated. Its data is deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy, except for records we are required to preserve for reporting to the authorities.

4. In-App Reporting

Every user profile in Gatchi has a Report action. The reasons offered include a dedicated Child safety concern category, covering a user under 18, sexual content involving a minor, and grooming — so a CSAE concern can be raised directly in the app, in a few taps, without leaving Gatchi. Users can also block any other user at any time to cut off all further contact.

A child safety report takes effect immediately: the reported profile's photos are hidden and it is pulled out of discovery on the first report, without waiting for additional reporters, and the report is escalated for human review. You do not need an account or a report ID to raise a concern — you can also write to us at the address in section 8 at any time.

5. Moderation and Enforcement

• Prioritized review. Child safety reports are flagged in our moderation queue, triaged ahead of all other reports, and reviewed by a person.
• Automated safeguards. A profile reported by several distinct users has its photos hidden and is removed from discovery automatically while under review; a child safety report triggers that on its own, from a single reporter.
• Immediate action. Confirmed CSAE results in permanent account termination, removal of the offending content, and a block on the user re-registering. We act on credible reports even where the content has already been deleted.
• Preservation. Where we are required or permitted to do so, we preserve the relevant account records and content for the authorities rather than deleting them, and we restrict access to that material to the minimum number of people necessary.

6. Reporting to Authorities

Gatchi complies with all child safety laws that apply to it and reports apparent CSAE to the relevant regional and national authorities. Gatchi is operated from the Republic of Korea. Where we identify apparent CSAM or other CSAE, we report it to:

• The Korean National Police Agency (경찰청 사이버수사국) and, where applicable, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (방송통신심의위원회).
• The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline, where the report concerns the United States or where reporting to NCMEC is otherwise appropriate or required.
• Any other competent national or regional authority with jurisdiction over the report.

We cooperate with lawful requests from law enforcement in connection with CSAE investigations.

7. Compliance with Google Play Policy

These standards are published to meet Google Play's Child Safety Standards policy for apps in the Social and Dating categories. They are reviewed at least annually and updated whenever our practices or the applicable law change. Gatchi also complies with Google Play's Developer Program Policies, including the Child Endangerment policy.

8. Child Safety Point of Contact

Our designated point of contact for questions about our CSAM prevention practices, these standards, and CSAE compliance is:

If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services first (112 in the Republic of Korea), then report to us so that we can act on the account and preserve evidence.