Safety Tips

For your first meetings, choose a busy, well-lit public place where other people and staff are nearby. Avoid meeting for the first time at your home, the other person's home or an isolated location.

• Meet during hours when the location is active and staffed.
• Learn where the exits and public transportation options are.
• Keep your phone charged and accessible.
• Leave immediately if the location or situation feels unsafe.

Tell a trusted friend or family member who you are meeting, where you are going and when you expect to return. Share the person's CoralPaths profile and your meeting location.

• Arrange a check-in time with someone you trust.
• Consider sharing your live location during the meeting.
• Create a simple code word that means you need help.
• Update your trusted contact if your plans change.

Stay in control of how you arrive and leave. Use your own vehicle, public transportation or a trusted transport service. Avoid depending on someone you have just met for transportation.

• Keep enough money and battery power to get home safely.
• Do not disclose your home address when arranging pickup.
• Do not enter a vehicle if you feel uncomfortable.
• You may end the meeting and leave at any time.

Do not share sensitive information until you have established genuine trust. Information shared online may be copied, recorded or distributed without your permission.

• Keep your home and work addresses, daily routine, passwords, financial information and identification documents private.
• Avoid sharing information commonly used for account recovery or security questions.
• Review photos for visible addresses, workplaces, school information, documents or location details.
• Use different passwords for CoralPaths and your other accounts.

If someone makes you feel pressured, frightened, confused or uncomfortable, stop communicating or leave. You do not owe anyone continued conversation, a meeting or an explanation.

Warning signs may include inconsistent stories, aggressive behaviour, attempts to isolate you, pressure to keep secrets, unwanted sexual comments or repeated disregard for your boundaries.

Treat every person with respect. Consent must be freely given, informed, specific and ongoing. It may be withdrawn at any time. Silence, previous consent, flirting or agreeing to meet does not mean consent to sexual activity or any other physical contact.

• Never pressure, threaten or manipulate someone.
• Ask before making physical or sexual contact.
• Stop immediately if someone says no or appears uncomfortable.
• A person who is unconscious, asleep, severely impaired or otherwise unable to make an informed decision cannot consent.

Alcohol and drugs can affect awareness and decision-making. Know your limits and never leave a drink unattended. Do not accept an opened drink or substance from someone you do not trust.

• Keep control of what you consume.
• Do not drive while impaired or enter a vehicle with an impaired driver.
• Seek immediate help if you or another person feels unexpectedly dizzy, confused, severely unwell or unusually impaired.

Take time to get to know someone through CoralPaths before moving conversations to another service. People may misrepresent their identity, age, location or intentions.

• Be cautious with links, files and unexpected attachments.
• Never share passwords or one-time verification codes.
• Consider a voice or video call before meeting, while remembering that calls and images can also be manipulated.
• Be suspicious of pressure to move off-platform immediately, keep the connection secret or act urgently.
• Do not share intimate material unless you fully understand that you may lose control over how it is stored or distributed.

Dating and romantic features on CoralPaths are only for users aged 18 or older. Users aged 16 or 17 must not attempt to access those features or arrange romantic or sexual meetings through CoralPaths.

• Never meet an adult you encountered online without the knowledge and involvement of a parent, guardian or trusted adult.
• Never send sexual or intimate images. Such requests may be grooming, exploitation or sextortion.
• Tell a trusted adult if anyone asks you to keep your relationship secret, requests intimate content, offers gifts or money, or pressures you to meet privately.
• Report and block any account claiming to be under 18 while attempting adult or sexual interactions.

Report users who engage in harassment, threats, hate, stalking, impersonation, fraud, sexual misconduct, exploitation, unwanted explicit content or other violations of CoralPaths' rules.

• Use the reporting option available on the relevant profile or conversation.
• Provide accurate details that may help us review the report.
• Preserve relevant messages, usernames, receipts or screenshots when it is safe and lawful to do so.
• Contact local law enforcement if you believe a crime has occurred.

Reports are reviewed under CoralPaths' policies, but submitting a report does not guarantee a particular outcome. CoralPaths is not an emergency service.

You may block a user when you no longer want them to contact or interact with you. You do not need to warn them or explain why.

Blocking limits interactions through CoralPaths, but it cannot prevent someone from contacting you through another service or account. Review the privacy and blocking controls on your other communication platforms as well.

Never send money, cryptocurrency, gift cards, banking details or financial account access to someone you have only met online. Do not receive or transfer money on another person's behalf.

Common warning signs include someone who:

• Asks for emergency travel, medical or legal expenses.
• Promotes an investment, trading or cryptocurrency opportunity.
• Requests gift cards, wire transfers or cryptocurrency.
• Claims they cannot meet or video call because of repeated emergencies.
• Sends money and asks you to return or forward part of it.
• Threatens to distribute intimate content unless you pay money or provide more content.

If you suspect fraud, stop communicating, do not send anything further, block and report the account, and contact your bank or payment provider immediately if you transferred money.

Protect your CoralPaths account and the device you use to access it.

• Use a strong, unique password and available security features.
• Never give anyone a login code sent by email, SMS or notification.
• Keep your operating system and applications updated.
• Sign out of devices you do not control.
• Contact CoralPaths promptly if you believe your account has been accessed without permission.

CoralPaths is not an emergency service and reports may not be reviewed immediately. If you or another person is in immediate danger, move to a safe location and contact local emergency services now.

• In the European Union, call 112. Elsewhere, use the emergency number for your current location.
• Follow instructions from emergency personnel.
• If safe, preserve relevant messages or information for law enforcement.
• Consider contacting a trusted person or an appropriate local support organisation.

Organisers and participants should choose appropriate public venues, communicate clear expectations and respect each person's ability to leave or decline an activity.

• Confirm the organiser, location, time and purpose before attending.
• Avoid last-minute moves to unknown or private locations.
• Use a buddy system when practical.
• Keep personal belongings and drinks under your control.
• Leave and report the event if its purpose or participants are materially different from what was presented.
• Organisers should not describe an event as officially approved or sponsored by CoralPaths unless expressly authorised.