Young Members Policy

This Policy is for Up4it Members aged 13 to 17 (Young Members) and their parents or legal guardians. It explains eligibility, the available controls, and precautions for using the service. The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy still apply.

If anything is unclear, ask a parent, guardian, or another adult you trust to read it with you.

1. Age and Permission

You must be at least 13 to create an Up4it account. Up4it does not currently offer parent-managed accounts for children under 13.

If you are under the age of legal majority where you live, you may use Up4it only with permission from a parent or legal guardian who has reviewed and agreed to the Terms with you. Your country may require a specific parental-authorization or age-assurance step. Up4it may restrict registration or a feature until that step is completed.

Do not give a false age or use someone else’s identity. A parent or guardian must not create an ordinary account and hand it to a child under 13.

2. Controls and Precautions for Young Members

Young Members can use the privacy and coordination controls available in their version of Up4it. These controls are not an automatic age-verification or parental-supervision service. Review them with a parent or guardian before sharing.

• Profile visibility. Review your profile’s visibility setting. Account creation alone does not make a young person’s profile undiscoverable.
• Audience and location. Use Friends and Circles to select an audience, and check each Moment’s visibility. Public Moments can be seen by strangers. Do not publish a home or school address, and share a precise private location only with the people who need it.
• Contact and reporting. Use the available invitation and blocking controls. To report a concern, follow the Reporting and Appeals Policy or email support. You do not need guardian permission to report.
• Advertising and use. Up4it does not use Young Members’ personal data for profiling-based advertising. There is no obligation to respond to an invitation or stay online.
• Discovery. A suggested person, Moment, or Community is not a confirmation of age, identity, safety, or suitability for a minor.

Another person may copy information they can see. These precautions do not replace Up4it’s child-protection or data-protection duties under applicable law.

3. Safer Contact and Real-World Meetings

Young Members should:

• keep their home address, school, regular routes, phone number, and live location private;
• use Friends and Circles to share with people they know and trust;
• block or report anyone who pressures, threatens, sexualizes, or asks them to keep contact secret;
• involve a parent, guardian, or trusted adult before meeting someone they do not already know offline;
• choose a public place, arrange independent transport, and tell a trusted person the plan; and
• leave and contact local emergency services if a situation becomes dangerous.

An adult must not use Up4it to groom a child, request sexual or intimate material, arrange secret contact, or pressure a Young Member to meet alone or move a conversation to a less safe channel. See the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Policy.

4. Parents and Guardians

A parent or guardian should review the Young Member’s audience and location choices, discuss safe meetings, and help with a report when asked. Permission to use Up4it does not make every Moment suitable. Organizers and guardians remain responsible for supervision, permissions, and other duties imposed by law.

A guardian does not automatically receive access to all of a Young Member’s messages or personal data. Up4it must also consider the Young Member’s privacy, evolving capacity, safety, and applicable legal rights. We may verify a requester’s identity and parental authority before acting on a request.

Where processing depends on parental authorization, a parent or guardian may withdraw that authorization by contacting support@the-corner.io. Withdrawal does not affect earlier lawful processing and may mean the relevant feature or account can no longer be provided.

5. Age Assurance and Privacy

Ordinary registration does not include systematic verification of age or parental permission. Up4it may request a proportionate check when needed to assess eligibility, safety, or a rights request. Any information requested must be limited to that purpose. An account or sign-in method is not proof that another person is an adult or a verified child.

The Privacy Policy explains what data Up4it processes, why, how long it is kept, who receives it, and how to exercise privacy rights.

6. Get Help or Report Something

A Young Member does not need a parent or guardian’s permission to report a safety or Content concern. Use an in-product report control where available or follow the Reporting and Appeals Policy. You can ask a trusted adult to help you report.

If a child is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services or an appropriate child-protection hotline first. Up4it is not an emergency service.

For non-urgent support, email support@the-corner.io. Share only the information needed to explain the problem.