Safety Guide

CruiseCtrl gives you tools to meet safely — but your safety comes first, always. Here's how to look after yourself and each other.

Before you meet

• Use Safe Meet. Nominate a trusted buddy and a "safe by" time. If you don't check in, they get your meeting details and location.
• Video or voice first. A quick Voice Vibe or call helps confirm someone is who they say.
• Tell a friend where you're going, who with, and when you'll be back — and share a screenshot of the profile.
• Trust your gut. If something feels off, cancel. You never owe anyone a meeting.

When you meet

• Meet in public first and arrange your own transport so you can leave whenever you want.
• Stay sober enough to make decisions, and keep an eye on your drink.
• Protect your privacy — don't share your home address, workplace or financial details early on.

Your privacy & being out on your terms

• You decide who knows. Use Ghost Mode and our privacy controls; keep identifying details (full name, workplace, recognisable backgrounds) out of public photos.
• Be careful with explicit images. Assume anything you send can be screenshotted. Never feel pressured to send nudes.
• Outing is abuse. Don't out anyone, and report anyone who threatens to expose you. We never share your orientation or HIV status with advertisers.
• Travelling? Same-sex relationships are still criminalised in 60+ countries and dangerous in others. Check a current map (e.g. ILGA World) before you go, and consider turning location off while you travel.

Scams & sextortion

• Watch for anyone who rushes intimacy, pushes you to move to WhatsApp/another app, or asks for money, gift cards or crypto.
• Sextortion is real and often targets closeted or queer men with threats to "out" them. If it happens: don't pay (they usually escalate anyway), stop contact and block, don't delete — keep screenshots/evidence — and report to us and the police.
• Get intimate images removed: if you're 18+, StopNCII.org can hash and block them across partner platforms (your image never leaves your device). For images of someone who was under 18, use Take It Down.

Sexual health

• Talk openly about testing, status and protection — it's normal, and it's caring.
• Know your local sexual-health and PrEP/PEP services.
• HIV status is private. Never out anyone's status, and don't expect anyone to disclose.

Get help

Report or block anyone in two taps inside the app, or email safety@cruisectrl.eu. In an immediate emergency, call your local emergency number — 112 or 999 in Ireland and the UK.

• Ireland — An Garda Síochána: 112 / 999, and Garda stations take sextortion reports. Report illegal content (incl. image-based abuse) to hotline.ie. Crime Victims Helpline: 116 006.
• UK — Galop (LGBT+ anti-abuse): 0800 999 5428, help@galop.org.uk. Switchboard LGBTQ+ helpline: 0800 0119 100.

CruiseCtrl does not conduct criminal background checks on users and cannot guarantee anyone's identity or conduct. Always meet safely.

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