Child Safety Standards

Version 1.1 · Last updated: 30 September 2026

Our policy on child sexual abuse and exploitation.

1. Scope

1.1This policy applies to everything on the Chérie platform and at every Experience we arrange.

1.2Chérie is an adults-only service. You must be 18 or over to hold an account. We do not knowingly permit anyone under 18 to use Chérie, and there is no part of the service intended for children.

2. What is prohibited

The following result in immediate and permanent removal, with no appeal, no warning and no refund:

• Creating, possessing, sharing, requesting or linking to child sexual abuse material, in any format.
• Any content that sexualises a child, including material that is drawn, generated, edited or otherwise not photographic.
• Grooming, or any attempt to make contact with a child for a sexual purpose.
• Sharing images of a child in a sexualised context, or in a way that puts that child at risk.
• Discussing, promoting or normalising sexual interest in children.
• Trafficking, or offering or seeking any sexual service involving a child.
• Using Chérie to make contact with, or gain access to, a child.

3. How to report

3.1You do not need to be certain. If something concerns you, report it and let us assess it.

3.2If you believe a child is in immediate danger, call the local emergency number first — 999 or 112 in the UK, 17 or 112 in France, 911 in the US. Then tell us.

3.3You can also report child sexual abuse material you find online directly to the authorities — in France, through the official PHAROS portal at internet-signalement.gouv.fr.

4. What we do when we become aware

4.1We do not warn the account holder before reporting, and we do not tell them what has been reported or to whom, where doing so would prejudice an investigation.

4.2Our team never downloads, copies or forwards suspected CSAM, and does not look at it again once it has been identified. It is reported to the authorities and kept only as the law requires.

5. Preventing under-18s from using Chérie

• You give your date of birth when you sign up, and we refuse anyone who gives one under 18.
• If we have reason to doubt that a member is 18 or over, we may ask her to prove it.
• Where we discover an account belongs to someone under 18, we close it and delete her data, apart from any report or safety record we keep under section 4.
• Creating an account is free and accounts are approved automatically, but booking an Experience, seeing who is going and joining its group chat all require a paid Membership, which needs a payment card that a bank has approved. We have not yet recorded a formal children’s access assessment under the Online Safety Act. We will carry one out and publish its date here.

6. Governance

6.1Our child safety point of contact is a founder of Chérie, reachable at hello@cherie.social, who is responsible for reports, escalation and liaison with authorities.

6.2This policy is reviewed at least annually, and whenever the law, Ofcom guidance or app store requirements change.

6.3Everyone with moderation access must read and follow this policy before being given that access.

7. Compliance

This policy is maintained to meet our obligations under the Online Safety Act 2023, the Protection of Children Act 1978 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in the United Kingdom, and 18 U.S.C. §2258A in the United States, and to meet Google Play’s Child Safety Standards policy and Apple’s App Review Guidelines.

8. Contact

• Child safety reports: hello@cherie.social, with “Child safety” in the subject line. The same address reaches us about anything else.
• Immediate danger to a child: the local emergency number — 999 or 112 in the UK, 17 or 112 in France, 911 in the US.