BLUSHROOMS – COMPLIANCE POLICY

BlushRooms Digital Ltd – Trading as "BlushRooms"

Last Updated: 05 December 2025

1. Purpose of This Policy

The purpose of this Compliance Policy is to:

  • Protect BlushRooms Digital Ltd from legal, financial and regulatory risk
  • Ensure the platform complies with UK law and all relevant regulations
  • Maintain Stripe and payment processor compliance
  • Ensure robust age verification and content safety
  • Provide a clear framework for moderation and reporting
  • Ensure BlushRooms operates strictly as a digital-only content platform

This policy applies to:

  • Content Creators
  • Members
  • Staff
  • Contractors (including developers)
  • Anyone using or accessing the BlushRooms platform

2. Platform Classification (Critical Legal Position)

BlushRooms is classified as a:

Digital Media Sharing Platform

BlushRooms:

  • Provides digital media services only
  • Does NOT facilitate, encourage, or arrange in-person meetings
  • Does NOT process payments for companionship or offline activity
  • Does NOT participate in or profit from any real-world interactions

Any offline communication or meeting between adults occurs entirely outside BlushRooms and is not supported, endorsed or arranged by the platform.

This classification protects BlushRooms under:

  • UK intermediary platform protections
  • Payment processor guidelines
  • The Digital Economy Act
  • The Online Safety Act
  • Local and international sex-work regulations

3. Age Verification Requirements

BlushRooms enforces strict 18+ verification for:

  • All Content Creators
  • All Members accessing digital media
  • All individuals appearing in uploaded content

Official Age Verification Providers

BlushRooms uses:

  • AgeChecked for identity & age verification
  • Stripe as secondary age verification (card check)

Under no circumstances will BlushRooms allow:

  • Minors
  • Individuals appearing to be minors
  • Anyone uploading content featuring minors
  • ID or verification bypassing

Verified users may display age verification badges.

4. Prohibited Content

The following are strictly banned and result in permanent removal:

Illegal or Dangerous Material

  • Minors or any individual appearing under 18
  • Non-consensual or coerced acts
  • Trafficking, exploitation, or forced activity
  • Threats, violence or harassment
  • Dangerous acts causing harm

Non-consensual or Misleading Content

  • Deepfakes of real individuals
  • Stolen or pirated content
  • Content uploaded without consent of every participant

Financial or Fraudulent Activity

  • Attempts to process offline meet payments using tokens
  • Fraud, chargeback abuse, or impersonation
  • Scams or phishing attempts

BlushRooms maintains full cooperation with law enforcement when required.

5. Messaging & Communication Compliance

All messaging within BlushRooms is digital-only

Messaging may NOT be used to facilitate illegal activity

Messaging logs may be reviewed in cases of:

  • Abuse reports
  • Fraud
  • Safety investigations
  • Legal obligations

BlushRooms may cooperate with authorities where legally required

Creators may display external contact details (WhatsApp etc.). These communications are not monitored by BlushRooms.

6. Companionship Tag Compliance

BlushRooms allows Creators to optionally add:

"Provides Companionship"

To comply with UK law and Stripe policies:

Companionship is defined as:

"Creator-defined personal or adult interaction that occurs online or digitally such as messaging, virtual conversation, roleplay, digital intimacy or fan interaction."

Companionship does NOT imply:

  • In-person meetings
  • Sexual services
  • Escorting
  • Incall/outcall
  • Physical interaction

Any suggestion otherwise results in moderation action.

7. Payments & Token Compliance

BlushRooms uses:

  • Stripe Connect (for payouts)
  • Token system (for digital content)

Tokens must NOT be used for:

  • In-person meetings
  • Sexual services
  • Offline activities
  • Real-world gifts
  • Financial arrangements outside the platform

Credit Expiry

Credits expire after 12 months of inactivity and become property of BlushRooms Digital Ltd.

Refunds follow regulated digital-content refund standards.

8. Moderation Policy

BlushRooms maintains a mixed:

  • Automated (AI-assisted)
  • Manual review
  • User-report driven

moderation approach.

Moderators may review:

  • Uploaded content
  • Reported messages
  • Suspicious interactions
  • Profile information
  • Suspicious changes to creator names/locations

Moderation Priorities:

  • Protection of minors
  • Prevention of trafficking
  • Prevention of coercion
  • Prevention of abuse or threats
  • Prevention of illegal content
  • Prevention of platform misuse (e.g., arranging meets)
  • Maintaining Stripe compliance
  • Maintaining general platform safety

Repeat violations result in permanent account bans.

9. Staff & Contractor Access Controls

To comply with data protection and platform safety:

Access is limited by strict role-based permissions:

  • Developers see only technical data required
  • Moderators see only data required for moderation
  • Payment data is accessed only via Stripe dashboards
  • Age verification decisions are accessed only as required

Staff must:

  • Use company-approved devices
  • Use strong passwords
  • Use MFA (multi-factor authentication)
  • Follow data retention and deletion standards
  • Report suspicious accounts to platform leadership

Cosmin or any future developer must have contractually limited access.

10. Reporting, Safety & Escalation System

Members and Creators may report:

  • Abuse
  • Harassment
  • Underage content
  • Impersonation
  • Fraud
  • Safety concerns
  • Boundary violations
  • Attempts to use the platform for offline services

Reports trigger immediate review.

Severe cases are escalated to:

  • Platform leadership
  • Age verification partner
  • Stripe (fraud/chargebacks)
  • Law enforcement where required

BlushRooms keeps moderation logs for 5 years for compliance.

11. Law Enforcement & Legal Requests

BlushRooms cooperates with:

  • UK Police
  • NCA
  • HMRC (financial data only)
  • Courts or warrants
  • AgeChecked compliance teams
  • Stripe compliance teams

We only disclose:

  • What is legally required
  • What is proportionate
  • What is explicitly requested under lawful authority

We do not voluntarily provide data without cause.

12. Data Retention & Deletion

BlushRooms deletes or anonymises data based on:

  • GDPR obligations
  • Contractual obligations
  • Safety/legal requirements
  • Stripe audit requirements
  • HMRC tax law (6-year retention)

Users may request account deletion (except where restricted by ongoing investigations).

13. Compliance with Payment Processors

To maintain payment processing access:

BlushRooms adheres to:

  • Stripe's Adult Content Policies
  • Stripe's Prohibited Business List
  • Visa & Mastercard rules
  • High-risk merchant compliance standards

BlushRooms:

  • Processes digital-only payments
  • Does NOT process payments for companionship
  • Maintains age verification and content logs
  • Cooperates with Stripe investigations
  • Avoids escorting classifications

This protects BR from:

  • Merchant account suspension
  • Frozen funds
  • Blacklisting
  • Loss of payouts

14. Enforcement & Consequences

Violation of this Compliance Policy may result in:

  • Content removal
  • Temporary suspension
  • Permanent account ban
  • Payout holds
  • Legal reporting
  • Stripe account suspension
  • Cooperation with authorities

We reserve the right to terminate any account that compromises platform safety.

15. Updates to This Policy

This policy may be amended periodically to reflect:

  • Changes in law
  • Payment processor requirements
  • New platform features
  • Safety considerations

We will notify users of major policy updates.

16. Contact Information

For compliance enquiries:

BlushRooms Digital Ltd

📧 info@blushrooms.com