Child safety standards

Effective October 24, 2026. Applies to the Kipat app and kipat.evieza.me.

Zero tolerance

Kipat has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). This includes child sexual abuse material (CSAM), sexualising minors, grooming, sextortion, trafficking, and using Kipat to contact, locate or arrange to meet a child for any of these purposes. Do not put any such content in a Kipat profile, and do not use Kipat to approach children.

Kipat is for people aged 13 and over.

How Kipat works, and what that means for safety

• A Kipat profile is text the person writes: a name, a short headline, a school or company, a bio and links.
• Profiles are swapped only between two unlocked phones held against each other, both with Kipat Tap turned on. There is no chat or messaging, no photo sharing, no public directory and no way to search for people.
• Profiles swapped by touching phones stay on the phones of the two people who swapped them. By default, Kipat does not send them to its servers.
• Optional online profile: only if a person chooses to turn it on (where their version of Kipat offers it), the profile they publish is stored on Kipat's online service so their link can show it. It can be opened only with its exact link or Kipat id. Online profiles are never listed or searchable, and profile pages tell search engines not to index them.
• You can remove anyone from your Connections and turn Kipat Tap off at any time in Profile.

Report a concern

If a child is in immediate danger, contact your local police or emergency number first.

In the Kipat app: go to Profile → Report a safety concern, or open the person in Connections, tap ⋮ and choose Report. Kipat opens your email app with a report addressed to Kipat, already filled in with the person's name and Kipat id when you report a specific person. Nothing is attached and nothing is sent until you send it yourself. If your phone has no email app, Kipat shows the address and copies it for you. (Available from Kipat 1.0.0 build 10006.)

By email: write to vscpdev@gmail.com with the subject “Kipat safety report”. Include what happened and, if you have it, the person's Kipat id (shown on their page in your Connections). Do not send images of abuse: describe them instead.

You can also report child sexual abuse material directly to your local authorities, or to the NCMEC CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org.

What Kipat does with a report

Kipat reviews safety reports promptly. When Kipat has actual knowledge of child sexual abuse and exploitation involving Kipat, it takes appropriate action. Kipat reports confirmed child sexual abuse material, and children at risk, to the appropriate regional or national authorities, including NCMEC where applicable, and cooperates with lawful investigations.

Kipat cannot delete a profile from another person's phone: swapped profiles are stored on people's phones, not on Kipat's servers. Kipat can remove a published online profile from its service.

Child safety contact

Kipat's point of contact for child safety: vscpdev@gmail.com.