Operative — legal review in progress
This policy is current and operative; a final legal review is in progress — last updated 2026-07-11. It is written to be clear and protective, but it is not legal advice. If anything here conflicts with a signed agreement between you and Champlin Enterprises, that agreement controls.
1. How to submit a request
Send legal process and law-enforcement requests to legal@safehavenkink.com. Please submit requests on official letterhead from an authorized official, include the requesting agency, the investigator’s name and contact details, a return email address in the agency’s domain, and a response deadline that allows reasonable time to review. Identify the account by email address, persona handle, or other specific identifiers, and state the precise data sought and the time range.
2. What legal process is required
Consistent with the Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. §2701 et seq.) and other applicable law, the type of legal process determines what, if anything, we can disclose:
- Subpoena — may be required for basic subscriber records (such as an account email and account creation data), to the extent available;
- Court order (e.g. under 18 U.S.C. §2703(d)) — may be required for certain non-content transactional records; and
- Search warrant — required, based on probable cause, for the contents of communications and other stored content, to the extent any exists and is retained.
Requests from outside the United States should generally be routed through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) or letter rogatory, unless another lawful mechanism applies.
3. What data may be available
SafeHaven practices data minimization and honest privacy. We collect only what we need, direct messages are encrypted at rest, and member locations are obfuscated — so some data commonly requested may not exist, may be limited, or may already have aged out of retention. We do not fabricate records, and we can only produce data we actually hold. See our Privacy Policy for what we collect and how long we keep it.
4. Preservation requests
We honor valid preservation requests under 18 U.S.C. §2703(f). A preservation request should identify the relevant account(s) and be followed by appropriate legal process. Absent that process, preserved data is held for the statutory period and then released from the hold.
5. Emergency requests
Where we believe in good faith that an emergency involving a risk of death or serious physical injury requires disclosure without delay, we may provide information to law enforcement consistent with applicable law (including 18 U.S.C. §2702). Emergency requests should be clearly marked as such in the subject line to legal@safehavenkink.com and describe the nature of the emergency.
6. Child-safety matters
SafeHaven has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse material. We report apparent CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as required by law and cooperate with resulting investigations. See our Child Safety Policy.
7. Notice to members
Our policy is to notify members of requests for their information before disclosure so they may object, unless we are legally prohibited from doing so (for example, by a valid non-disclosure order) or where we believe in good faith that notice would risk harm, a child-safety matter, or interference with an investigation.
8. Governing law
Champlin Enterprises is based in the United States, and these guidelines and our handling of requests are governed by U.S. law and the laws of the State of Illinois, USA. Nothing here is a submission to jurisdiction or a waiver of any objection.
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