# Safety & privacy

> Veliane is designed so that serious people can meet calmly, and so that fake profiles and pressure have nowhere to grow.

Source: https://velianediscoveryplus.aplusz.app/en/safety/ · English · Updated 2026-10-15

## Real people only

- No fake profiles, no false scarcity, no deceptive funnels, honest empty states.
- Every account confirms its email address.
- Your name is set once and cannot be changed later, so nobody can quietly become someone else.
- Your home city is chosen once and is permanent: an honest origin for everyone.
- Ready-made profile starters are clearly marked as examples, never shown as other members.

## You decide who reaches you

- The first message is an introduction request: nothing continues until you accept.
- Mute a conversation, or turn on slow mode so a person can send only one message per hour.
- Silence someone so they cannot message you until you choose otherwise, or block them.
- Delete a message for yourself or for both, or delete a whole conversation and unmatch.
- No read receipts and no typing indicators. Your online status is off unless you switch it on.
- Make yourself invisible in public search at any time; members inside Veliane still find you.

## Contact details stay private

Phone number and WhatsApp are optional. They are never displayed to other members. You decide if and when you share them with someone, yourself.

## Reporting and review

Any member can report a profile as fake, as a scam or fraud, for harassment, or for abuse. The team reviews every report and can send a notice, suspend, ban or permanently remove an account, and block an email address from signing up again.

## Your data

- Account and profile data are stored in the European Union (Frankfurt, Germany).
- Photos are kept in a private store and shown only through short-lived signed links.
- No advertising and no selling of personal data.
- Only essential cookies on [veliane.org](https://veliane.org/en): staying signed in, your language, your light or dark choice, and your agreement at sign-up.
- GDPR rights: access, correct, delete, export, restrict, object, withdraw consent; complaints to the CNIL, the French data-protection authority.
- Delete everything yourself in one step: Edit profile → “Delete my profile”. Deletion is immediate and permanent.

## Good habits when you meet someone

- Take your time in the chat before sharing your phone number.
- Meet the first times in a busy public place and tell a friend where you are.
- Never send money or gift cards to someone you have not met, whatever the story.
- Report anyone who asks for money, rushes you, or refuses to meet or call.
- Trust your own pace: on Veliane, slow is normal.

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