Child Safety Policy
Sequesign has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse material and for the use of the Services to sexually exploit or endanger children. This policy describes our commitments, what we prohibit, and how we respond when we become aware of apparent child sexual abuse material, which this policy refers to as CSAM.
1. Prohibited conduct
You may not use the Services to store, transmit, generate, request, facilitate, or attempt to access CSAM, or to engage in the sexual exploitation of, or sexual conduct involving, a minor. This prohibition is part of, and supplements, the acceptable-use provisions of our Terms of Service, and it applies regardless of the storage mode used.
2. Detection and awareness
Sequesign does not actively monitor or pre-screen customer content in the ordinary course, and nothing in this policy creates an obligation to do so. If, however, Sequesign becomes aware of apparent CSAM through a report, a complaint, the course of operating the Services, or otherwise, Sequesign will act as described below.
3. Reporting and preservation
Where required by applicable law, including 18 U.S.C. § 2258A, Sequesign will report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children through its CyberTipline, and will preserve the relevant material and associated records for the period the law requires and as needed for the report and for law enforcement, even where that material would otherwise be subject to deletion or normal retention limits. Sequesign will cooperate with law enforcement as required by law.
Consistent with applicable law, Sequesign will not notify the account holder or user of a report where doing so is prohibited or could impede an investigation. Sequesign retains reported material only for reporting, preservation, and law-enforcement purposes, and handles it under restricted access controls.
Because the Services are built around cryptographic commitments, a receipt and its content hash are not the underlying content. Sequesign may retain receipt and hash metadata for audit integrity even where the underlying content is removed, and in hash-only mode Sequesign does not hold the underlying evidence content at all.
4. Account action
Sequesign may remove or disable access to violating content and may suspend or terminate the accounts of users who violate this policy, consistent with our Terms of Service. Violations may also be referred to law enforcement.
5. Reporting a concern to Sequesign
To report suspected CSAM or child endangerment involving the Services, contact childsafety@sequesign.com. If a child is in immediate danger, contact local law enforcement first. In the United States, suspected child sexual exploitation can also be reported to the NCMEC CyberTipline at report.cybertip.org or 1-800-843-5678.
6. Other jurisdictions
Different jurisdictions impose their own child-safety and reporting obligations. Sequesign will comply with the laws applicable to it. If Sequesign begins offering the Services in additional jurisdictions, it will address the corresponding obligations at that time.
7. Relationship to other policies
This policy supplements the Terms of Service, the Privacy Policy, and the Law Enforcement Guidelines. In the event of a conflict regarding child-safety obligations, this policy and applicable law govern.
8. Contact
Child safety reports: childsafety@sequesign.com.