Child Safety Standards

Our commitment

UUDO has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), and any content or conduct that sexualises, exploits, or endangers a child, are prohibited on UUDO without exception.

These standards apply everywhere on UUDO: profiles and profile photographs, chat messages, student organisation pages, event and news listings, support requests, and anything else a person creates, uploads, or shares through the platform.

Who can use UUDO

UUDO is a closed platform for verified university students aged 18 or older. It is not directed to children, it is not marketed to children, and it is not open to the general public.

Two independent controls keep the platform restricted to adults:

• Age verification: we ask for your date of birth when you sign up, confirm on our servers that you are at least 18, and then discard the date, keeping only the result of that check. If you are under 18, registration is refused.
• University email verification: an account can only be created with a verified email address at a participating university, and each account is confined to that university community. There is no open or anonymous sign-up.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor holds an account, or has provided us with personal data, contact privacy@uudo.app and we will investigate and delete it.

Prohibited content and conduct

The following are prohibited on UUDO and are enforced without exception:

• child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in any form, including photographic, drawn, animated, computer-generated, or digitally altered imagery;
• sexualised depictions or descriptions of a minor;
• grooming, sexual solicitation of a minor, or any attempt to arrange sexual contact with a minor;
• sextortion, or threatening to obtain or distribute intimate imagery of a minor;
• child trafficking, or advertising, requesting, or facilitating access to any of the above;
• links, usernames, handles, or other references that direct people to any of the above, on or off UUDO.

How to report a child safety concern

Anyone can report an account or a piece of content directly inside the UUDO app. Open the overflow menu on a profile, conversation, or piece of content and choose to report it, then select the reason that fits. You can block the account at the same time.

You do not need a UUDO account to raise a child safety concern. Anyone — including a parent, guardian, university, or member of the public — may email us at privacy@uudo.app, and we will act on the report the same way.

If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services or your country’s child protection hotline first. Reporting to us is not a substitute for contacting the authorities.

How we respond

Reports that raise a child safety concern are treated as our highest priority.

• Review: every report that raises a child safety concern is reviewed by our safety team and prioritised ahead of the ordinary review queue.
• Removal: content we assess to be CSAE is removed from the platform, and the account responsible is suspended pending review.
• Preservation: we preserve the reported content, the account records, and the associated metadata as required to support a report to the competent authorities, even where the content has been removed from public view.
• Account action: accounts found to have engaged in CSAE are permanently terminated, and we take reasonable steps to prevent the same person re-registering.
• Notification: where a university community is affected and the law permits it, we notify the relevant institutional contact.

Reporting to authorities

We report apparent child sexual abuse material to the competent authorities, and we comply with the child safety laws that apply in every country where UUDO is available.

Which authority receives a report depends on where the people and the content involved are located. We report to the national or regional authority competent for that jurisdiction, and to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) where a report falls within its remit.

We respond to lawful requests for information from law enforcement in connection with child safety investigations, in line with our Privacy Policy.

Contact

Our designated point of contact for child safety and CSAM prevention is privacy@uudo.app. This address is monitored, and messages raising a child safety concern are prioritised.

Law enforcement, universities, and child protection organisations may use the same address to reach us.

Updates to these standards

We review these standards whenever we change how UUDO verifies age, how it handles reports, or which jurisdictions it operates in, and at least once a year. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.