Trust & Safety

Child safety standards.

Last updated · February 14, 2026

Zero tolerance.

Spark has a zero-tolerance policy for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). Spark is an 18+ adults-only platform — minors are not permitted to create accounts, appear in profile content, or be the subject of any message, image, or video shared on Spark.

Our commitment to preventing CSAE

Spark Datin LLC ("Spark") is committed to preventing child sexual abuse and exploitation across our service. We design our product, policies, and operations to keep children off our platform and to detect, remove, and report any content or behavior that exploits or endangers children.

This commitment includes, but is not limited to:

  • An 18+ age gate at signup with date-of-birth validation on both the client and the server
  • Ongoing age signal monitoring across profile content, messages, and reports
  • Image hash matching of uploads against industry CSAM hash databases to detect known abuse material
  • Trained reviewers who escalate suspected CSAE on a 24/7 basis
  • Clear, visible Block & Report tools in every chat and profile
  • No anonymous or random chat — Spark does not offer anonymous, ephemeral-identity, or random-matching chat. Every conversation is tied to a persistent, age-verified profile with a reportable identity
  • Mandatory reporting of confirmed CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as required by 18 U.S.C. § 2258A

How to report child safety concerns

If you encounter any user, photo, message, or behavior on Spark that raises a child safety concern, please report it immediately. You have two options:

1. Inside the app (preferred)

Open the profile or chat → tap the ⋯ menu"Block & Report" → choose "Suspected minor" or "Child safety / CSAE". Reports go directly to our Trust & Safety team and are reviewed promptly.

2. By email

Write to childsafety@sparkdatin.com. Include the username, profile link, or screenshot of the concerning content if possible. Reports may be anonymous.

If a child is in immediate danger, please contact your local emergency services (in the U.S., dial 911) or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org before contacting Spark.

How we review reports and take action

All child safety reports are routed to our Trust & Safety team and reviewed promptly — child safety reports are our highest-priority queue and are triaged 24/7. Where evidence supports the report, we take the appropriate action, which may include any combination of the following:

  • Removing the content, profile photo, message, or media
  • Suspending the account pending review
  • Permanently removing the account and banning the user from rejoining
  • Preserving relevant evidence for law enforcement
  • Reporting the incident to NCMEC and/or the appropriate law enforcement agency
  • Cooperating with any subsequent investigation

Reporters are never identified to the reported user. We protect the confidentiality of everyone who reports a concern in good faith.

Compliance with child safety laws & cooperation with authorities

Spark complies with all applicable child safety laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, including but not limited to:

  • 18 U.S.C. § 2258A — mandatory reporting of apparent child sexual abuse material to NCMEC
  • The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) — Spark is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data
  • The U.S. PROTECT Act and analogous state laws
  • Applicable international child safety frameworks (e.g., the UK Online Safety Act, EU Digital Services Act)

Spark cooperates fully with NCMEC and with federal, state, local, and international law enforcement agencies investigating child safety matters. We respond to verified legal process — including subpoenas, court orders, search warrants, preservation requests, and Emergency Disclosure Requests — as outlined in our Law Enforcement Protocol.

Child safety contact

Child Safety Team

childsafety@sparkdatin.com

For all child safety reports, NCMEC follow-ups, and law enforcement child safety inquiries. Monitored 24/7. We aim to acknowledge receipt within 24 hours and to action verified reports as quickly as possible.

General support (non-safety): business@sparkdatin.com

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