Child Safety Standards and CSAE Policy

Last updated: 2026-05-30
This document constitutes Lirel's externally published standards against Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation ("CSAE") as required under Google Play's Child Safety Standards Policy (Play Console Help Article 14747720) and applicable Indian and Australian law. It forms part of, and is incorporated by reference into, the Lirel Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Violation of this Policy is a material breach of the Terms of Service and may result in immediate, irreversible enforcement action and reporting to law enforcement authorities. Publisher: TraveeZo Technologies Private Limited, a Private Limited Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 ("Traveezo", "Lirel", "We", "Us"). Operating Jurisdictions: India and Australia. Application: The Lirel mobile applications (iOS and Android), the website at https://lirel.ai, and all related Lirel Applications and Services (collectively, the "Platform"). Designated Child Safety Point of Contact: support@lirel.ai.

1. PURPOSE AND STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT

TraveeZo Technologies Private Limited, the operator of Lirel, maintains an absolute, zero-tolerance position against Child Sexual Abuse Material ("CSAM") and any form of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation ("CSAE") on or through the Platform. We affirm that: 1. The safety, dignity, and protection of children is a non-negotiable priority that overrides all other commercial, product, privacy, or user-experience considerations of the Platform. 2. Lirel is a strictly adults-only (18+) professional networking service. Children (as defined below) are not permitted users of the Platform under any circumstance, and any access by, or impersonation of, a child constitutes a breach of our Terms of Service. 3. We will detect, remove, preserve evidence of, and report CSAM and CSAE-related conduct to the competent law enforcement authorities in every jurisdiction in which we operate, in accordance with Applicable Law. 4. We will cooperate in good faith with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children ("NCMEC") via its CyberTipline, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre ("I4C") via the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (cybercrime.gov.in) and the Sahyog Portal, the Australian eSafety Commissioner, the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation ("ACCCE"), and any equivalent statutory authority. This Policy is legally enforceable between Traveezo and each User. By accessing, registering on, or using the Platform, every User irrevocably accepts, and is bound by, this Policy.

2. SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

2.1 Scope. This Policy applies to: (a) all Users (registered or otherwise) of the Platform; (b) all content uploaded, transmitted, shared, generated, or stored on or through the Platform, including profile photos, profile headlines, bios, contexts, chat messages, alert events, location signals, QR-based interactions, and any other material ("Content"); (c) all Traveezo personnel, contractors, vendors, moderators, and agents involved in operating the Platform; and (d) all third parties integrated with the Platform, including, without limitation, identity-verification providers, cloud and storage providers, messaging providers, and analytics providers. 2.2 Definitions. For the purposes of this Policy: "Child" means any natural person under the age of eighteen (18) years. This definition is adopted to conform with Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC, 1989), Section 2(d) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (India) ("POCSO Act"), and Section 5 of the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) (Australia) where applicable. "CSAM" (Child Sexual Abuse Material) means any visual, audio, textual, or other depiction — whether photographic, video, animated, drawn, AI-generated, synthetic, deep-fake, computer-generated imagery, or otherwise — that depicts, simulates, describes, or implies a Child engaged in sexually explicit conduct, sexual activity, sexually suggestive poses, nudity for the purpose of sexual gratification, or any conduct prohibited under Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the POCSO Act, Section 67B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (India), the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Divisions 273 and 474 (Australia), or 18 U.S.C. §§ 2256 and 2258A (United States), regardless of whether the depicted Child is real, fictional, or synthetically generated. "CSAE" (Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation) means any conduct, content, behaviour, or attempted behaviour that sexually exploits, sexually abuses, or otherwise endangers a Child, including but not limited to: production, possession, transmission, hosting, sharing, advertising, soliciting, or accessing CSAM; grooming, sexual solicitation, sexual extortion ("sextortion"), or sexually-motivated contact with a Child; trafficking, smuggling, or commercial sexual exploitation of a Child; child sex tourism or facilitation thereof; live-streaming or recording of the sexual abuse of a Child; coercion or inducement of a Child into sexual conduct or content production; and promotion, glorification, normalisation, or sexualisation of minors in any form. "User" has the meaning given in the Lirel Terms of Service. "Applicable Law" means all statutes, regulations, rules, codes, orders, and directions in force in India, Australia, or any other jurisdiction in which the Platform is accessed or operated, as may be amended from time to time.

3. PROHIBITED CONDUCT (ZERO-TOLERANCE LIST)

The following are absolutely prohibited on the Platform without exception. Each item below is, on its own, sufficient grounds for immediate and permanent termination of the offending account, preservation and disclosure of evidence to law enforcement, and pursuit of all available civil and criminal remedies: 3.1 Uploading, transmitting, hosting, storing, indexing, linking to, soliciting, requesting, advertising, distributing, or accessing CSAM in any form, regardless of source, format, or technical encoding. 3.2 Sexual or sexually suggestive communication, propositioning, or content directed at, depicting, or referencing a Child. 3.3 Grooming behaviour, including attempts to befriend, isolate, gain the trust of, build emotional dependency with, or coerce a Child for sexual purposes. 3.4 Sextortion or any form of threat, blackmail, or coercion involving sexual content of a Child. 3.5 Trafficking, smuggling, sale, transfer, prostitution, or commercial sexual exploitation of a Child, or facilitation, promotion, or arrangement thereof. 3.6 Child sex tourism, including offering, promoting, organising, or seeking travel for sexual contact with a Child. 3.7 Use of the Platform by, or registration on the Platform of, any person under eighteen (18) years of age. 3.8 Impersonating a Child, creating a Lirel profile of a Child, using a Child's image or likeness, or using a Child's photograph as a profile photo, in profile media, or in chat. 3.9 Generation, sharing, or possession on the Platform of AI-generated, deep-fake, computer-generated, animated, cartoon, or otherwise synthetic CSAM, irrespective of whether a real Child is depicted. 3.10 Conduct intended to identify, locate, surveil, contact, or meet a Child off-Platform for any sexual or exploitative purpose, including the misuse of Lirel's proximity-based discovery, Zones, QR alert, or check-in features. 3.11 Sharing of techniques, advice, tools, hashes, code, links, evasion methods, or any other information that facilitates CSAE or assists offenders in evading detection. 3.12 Any other conduct that constitutes, supports, glorifies, or normalises the sexual abuse, exploitation, or endangerment of a Child under Applicable Law. This list is illustrative and not exhaustive. Conduct that does not fall within the literal text of an item above, but that a reasonable person would consider CSAE under Applicable Law or under prevailing international standards, is equally prohibited.

4. PREVENTION AND SAFEGUARDING MEASURES

Although the Platform is restricted to adults aged 18 years and above and is not designed for, marketed to, or accessible by children, Traveezo implements layered preventive and detective controls to deter and surface CSAE conduct. 4.1 Age-Gating and Identity Assurance. Registration on the Platform is permitted only to natural persons who represent and warrant that they are eighteen (18) years of age or older. This warranty is captured at sign-up and incorporated in the Terms of Service. Phone-based account verification (OTP) and LinkedIn-based professional verification are used to raise the assurance level that a registrant is a real, adult professional. Accounts reasonably suspected of belonging to, being operated by, or impersonating a Child will be immediately suspended pending verification, and terminated if the suspicion is confirmed or if the User fails to demonstrate adulthood. 4.2 Content and Behavioural Controls. Lirel does not permit content categories typical of dating, hookup, or sexual-content services. The Terms of Service expressly prohibit romantic, sexual, or non-professional use. Profile media, bios, headlines, and contexts are subject to automated screening and human review for indicators of CSAE, sexual content, and minor-related signals. In-app chats are ephemeral (~24 hours) by design; this does not limit Traveezo's ability or obligation to preserve, copy, escrow, and disclose CSAE-related content and metadata for law-enforcement purposes (see Section 6). 4.3 Detection. Traveezo deploys, or will deploy as commercially reasonable, hash-matching against known-CSAM hash sets (including, where lawful, PhotoDNA-class signatures and NCMEC/INHOPE-published hash lists), classifier-based detection of sexually explicit material, and minor-detection signals on uploaded imagery. Behavioural signals indicative of grooming or solicitation (e.g., repeated targeting of new accounts, attempts to move conversation off-Platform, language patterns associated with grooming) are monitored. Traveezo reserves the right, consistent with the Privacy Policy and Applicable Law, to apply any additional automated, manual, or hybrid moderation technique it considers necessary to detect CSAE. 4.4 Training and Internal Governance. All personnel and contractors with access to moderation, support, or trust-and-safety functions receive mandatory training on CSAE recognition, escalation, evidence preservation, and reporting obligations under the POCSO Act, the IT Act and IT Rules, the Australian Online Safety Act 2021 and the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). A documented internal escalation matrix is maintained from front-line moderator → Trust & Safety lead → Designated Child Safety Point of Contact → Legal → law enforcement.

5. IN-APP AND OUT-OF-APP REPORTING MECHANISM

In compliance with Google Play's Child Safety Standards Policy and Rule 3 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (India), Traveezo provides Users and members of the public with multiple, always-available channels to report CSAE concerns. 5.1 In-App Reporting. Every User profile, chat thread, alert event, and piece of Content surfaced in the Lirel app exposes a "Report" control. The Report flow allows a User to submit a concern without leaving the application, to select "Child safety / CSAE" as the report category, to attach relevant context, and to submit anonymously where the User so elects. Reports submitted through the in-app mechanism are routed directly and on a priority basis to the Trust & Safety queue, where CSAE reports are triaged ahead of all other categories. 5.2 Out-of-App Reporting. A report may also be submitted to Traveezo at any time by email to the Child Safety Point of Contact at support@lirel.ai. 5.3 Direct Reporting to Authorities. We encourage and remind every User, parent, guardian, and member of the public that CSAE may, and in some jurisdictions must, also be reported directly to competent authorities, including: • India — National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal: https://cybercrime.gov.in (anonymous reporting for CSAM is supported); local police; and the Special Juvenile Police Unit under Section 19 of the POCSO Act. • Australia — eSafety Commissioner: https://www.esafety.gov.au/report; Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE): https://www.accce.gov.au/report; and the Australian Federal Police. • International — NCMEC CyberTipline: https://report.cybertip.org; INHOPE member hotlines. Reporting to Traveezo does not replace the reporter's own right or obligation to report directly to law enforcement. 5.4 No Retaliation. Traveezo will not retaliate against any User who in good faith reports suspected CSAE, even if the report is ultimately not substantiated. Bad-faith, malicious, or knowingly false reports may, however, themselves constitute a breach of the Terms of Service.

6. RESPONSE, REMOVAL, EVIDENCE PRESERVATION AND REPORTING

6.1 Acknowledgement and Triage. CSAE reports received through any channel will be triaged on a priority basis, and substantiated CSAM will be actioned upon discovery without undue delay, and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of a complaint or order, consistent with Rule 3(2)(b) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. 6.2 Removal and Disabling. Confirmed CSAM is removed from public access immediately on identification, and access to the reported account is disabled. Where lawful, the offending User's account is terminated and the User is blocked from re-registration; associated devices, identifiers, payment instruments, and verification artefacts are added to internal block-lists to prevent re-onboarding. 6.3 Evidence Preservation. On identification of suspected CSAE, Traveezo will preserve, in a forensically reasonable manner, the suspect Content, account metadata, IP and device identifiers, timestamps, chat records (notwithstanding ephemerality), location signals, and any other data lawfully available, for the period required by Applicable Law (including the preservation requirements of Section 67C of the IT Act and the IT Rules, 2021) and in any event for so long as required to support law enforcement investigation. 6.4 Reporting to Authorities. Confirmed CSAM and CSAE incidents will be reported to the relevant authorities, which may include: (a) the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre ("I4C") via the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal and the Sahyog Portal in respect of intermediaries operating in India; (b) the Special Juvenile Police Unit or local police, in accordance with Section 19 of the POCSO Act; (c) the Australian eSafety Commissioner and the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE); (d) NCMEC's CyberTipline for users or Content with a U.S. nexus, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 2258A and the REPORT Act, 2024; and (e) any other competent authority required under Applicable Law. 6.5 Cooperation with Law Enforcement. Traveezo will cooperate in good faith with valid legal process — including, in India, preservation requests, takedown notices and lawful interception/disclosure orders, and in Australia, notices issued under Parts 5, 7, 9 and 13 of the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) and the Basic Online Safety Expectations Determination — and will provide all information reasonably required to investigate and prosecute CSAE. 6.6 No Restoration. CSAM is never restored. An account terminated for CSAE will not be reinstated, and decisions in CSAE matters are not subject to the routine appeal pathways available for other moderation actions; appeals are limited to demonstrable identity error and are determined by the Designated Child Safety Point of Contact in consultation with Legal.

7. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW

This Policy is designed to comply with, and is to be interpreted consistently with, at least the following instruments, as amended from time to time. 7.1 India: • Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), including Sections 13–15 (use of Child for pornographic purposes; storage; punishment) and the mandatory reporting obligation under Section 19; • Information Technology Act, 2000, including Sections 67B (publishing/transmitting material depicting children in sexually explicit acts) and 67C (preservation of information by intermediaries); • Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, including Rule 3(1)(b)(ii), Rule 3(2)(b) and Rule 4 obligations; • Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provisions relating to offences against children, where applicable; • Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015; • Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, including provisions relating to processing of children's personal data; and • Directions and advisories issued by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), including the Sahyog Portal integration directive. 7.2 Australia: • Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), including obligations relating to class 1 and class 2 material, removal notices, end-user notices, app removal notices, and service-provider notices; • Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination 2022 (Cth) and successor instruments; • Industry Codes and Industry Standards registered under Part 9 of the Online Safety Act 2021, including those applicable to social-media services, relevant electronic services and designated internet services; • Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), including Divisions 272, 273, 273A, 273B, 474.19–474.27A (using a carriage service for child abuse material and related offences); and • Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) to the extent applicable. 7.3 International Standards: • United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), 1989, and its Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, 2000; • The Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (2020); and • The WeProtect Global Alliance Model National Response and Framework for Industry. Where this Policy and any provision of Applicable Law are in conflict, Applicable Law prevails; the remainder of this Policy continues in force.

8. DESIGNATED CHILD SAFETY POINT OF CONTACT

In compliance with Google Play's Child Safety Standards Policy and as a matter of internal governance, Traveezo designates the following point of contact, who is empowered to discuss Traveezo's CSAM/CSAE prevention practices, enforcement actions, and policy compliance, and to receive notifications from Google Play, NCMEC, the eSafety Commissioner, I4C, and other competent authorities: Role: Designated Child Safety Officer, TraveeZo Technologies Private Limited Email: support@lirel.ai Response Service Level: Acknowledgement within twenty-four (24) hours; substantive response within seventy-two (72) hours for non-urgent matters; immediate action for live or imminent risk to a Child. The Designated Child Safety Officer is internally supported by the Trust & Safety function and the Legal function, and is, where required, identified by name and direct contact details in disclosures to Google Play and to regulatory authorities. The current named officer is identified in the Play Console declaration and in Traveezo's responses to lawful requests; that identification is updated promptly upon any change.

9. ENFORCEMENT AND CONSEQUENCES

Without limiting any other right or remedy available to Traveezo under Applicable Law or the Terms of Service, breach of this Policy may result in: 9.1 Immediate suspension and permanent termination of the offending account; 9.2 Removal of offending Content and disabling of all linked profiles, devices, identifiers, and payment instruments; 9.3 Preservation and disclosure of evidence to law enforcement and to authorised child-protection bodies; 9.4 Mandatory reporting to NCMEC, I4C, the Australian eSafety Commissioner, ACCCE, the Special Juvenile Police Unit, and any other competent authority; 9.5 Initiation or support of civil and criminal proceedings, including, where applicable, prosecution under the POCSO Act, the IT Act, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth), and the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth); 9.6 Recovery from the offender of all costs, expenses, damages, fines, and penalties incurred by Traveezo as a result of the breach, including legal fees on a full-indemnity basis; and 9.7 Permanent inclusion on Traveezo's internal block-list and, where lawful, on shared industry block-lists. The remedies in this Section are cumulative and not exclusive.

10. LEGAL ENFORCEABILITY

10.1 Binding Effect. This Policy is incorporated by reference into the Lirel Terms of Service. By accessing, registering on, or using the Platform, every User accepts this Policy and agrees that it is binding and enforceable against the User. 10.2 Indemnity. The User shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Traveezo, its affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including legal fees on a full-indemnity basis) arising out of or in connection with any breach by the User of this Policy. 10.3 Severability. If any provision of this Policy is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction, and of the entire Policy in every other jurisdiction, shall not be affected. 10.4 Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Policy is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the Republic of India. Subject to the rights of Traveezo to seek injunctive or equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, the courts at Pune, Maharashtra, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Policy. Nothing in this clause limits the application of mandatory consumer-protection or child-protection law in Australia or in any other jurisdiction in which the User accesses the Platform; in such cases, the mandatory provisions of local law apply alongside this Policy. 10.5 No Waiver. No failure or delay by Traveezo to exercise any right under this Policy shall operate as a waiver of that right. 10.6 Survival. Sections 3 (Prohibited Conduct), 6 (Response, Removal, Evidence Preservation and Reporting), 7 (Compliance with Applicable Law), 9 (Enforcement and Consequences), and 10 (Legal Enforceability) survive termination of any User's access to the Platform.

11. TRANSPARENCY, REVIEW AND UPDATES

11.1 Traveezo will review this Policy at least once every twelve (12) months, and additionally whenever there is a material change in Applicable Law, in Google Play policy, in industry practice, or in the Platform. 11.2 Material amendments will be published at https://lirel.ai/child-safety/ (this externally published location) and, where the User's rights or obligations are materially affected, notified through the Platform. 11.3 Where required by Applicable Law (including the Basic Online Safety Expectations Determination in Australia), Traveezo will publish transparency information regarding its child-safety practices. 11.4 The current "Last updated" date appears at the top of this document. Earlier versions are retained in Traveezo's internal records and made available to regulators on request.

12. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

By using the Platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by this Child Safety Standards and CSAE Policy. You further acknowledge that any breach of this Policy may result in immediate termination of your account, preservation and disclosure of evidence to law enforcement, civil and criminal liability, and other consequences described in this Policy. If you are unable or unwilling to comply with this Policy, you must not access or use the Platform.

13. CONTACT US

For child-safety reports, queries, or to reach the Designated Child Safety Point of Contact, please contact: TraveeZo Technologies Private Limited (Lirel) Email: support@lirel.ai Website: https://lirel.ai