The Curious Commons · 21+

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 13, 2026
Last Updated: September 13, 2026

The Curious Commons (“The Curious Commons,” “SCL,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of our members. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, why we collect it, how it may be used or shared, and the choices available to members.

By using The Curious Commons, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Adults-Only Service

The Curious Commons is restricted to individuals age 21 and older.

We may collect a date of birth for the purpose of determining eligibility to use the service and enforcing our age requirements.

A member’s date of birth is not intended to be publicly displayed on their profile.

We may use additional age-verification methods when reasonably necessary. If third-party age verification is introduced, we will endeavor to limit the information received or retained by The Curious Commons to what is reasonably necessary to establish eligibility.

2. Information We Collect

Depending upon the features you use, The Curious Commons may collect information you provide directly, including:

Account and registration information, such as username, email address and date of birth.
Profile information, such as display name, biography, BDSM or relationship role, interests, preferences and other information you choose to provide.
Profile and cover images that you choose to upload.
Relationship or dynamic information you choose to create or share through The Curious Commons’s relationship tools.
Information entered into tools such as agreements, boundaries, consent records, protocols, rules, goals, assignments, rituals, check-ins, reflections, calendars, relationship reviews, scene-related tools and relationship history.
Messages or communications sent through features available on the site.
Reports, safety concerns, support requests and other communications you send to The Curious Commons.
Technical information ordinarily generated when you use a website, such as IP address, browser information, device information, login activity and server or security logs.

You are not required to provide optional profile or relationship information unless it is necessary to use a particular feature.

3. Sensitive and Relationship Information

The Curious Commons is designed for adults interested in BDSM, Dominance and submission, power exchange and related relationship dynamics.

Information members voluntarily provide may therefore reveal particularly private information about relationships, interests, preferences, boundaries or sexual interests.

Please consider carefully what information you choose to enter or share.

Information designated as private or partner-shared within a The Curious Commons feature is intended to be displayed according to the privacy settings and functionality of that feature.

The Curious Commons does not intentionally make private relationship-tool entries publicly visible merely because they are stored by the service.

4. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

Create and maintain member accounts.
Determine eligibility for the 21+ community.
Authenticate members and maintain account security.
Display member-selected profile information.
Provide private, partner-shared and community features.
Operate relationship and dynamic tools.
Deliver messages, notifications and other requested functionality.
Maintain relationship links selected by members.
Respond to reports, safety concerns and support requests.
Detect abuse, fraud, unauthorized access and violations of our Terms of Service.
Maintain, troubleshoot, secure and improve The Curious Commons.
Comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not use a member’s BDSM role or private relationship information to determine whether that member deserves access to ordinary rights or protections within the community.

5. Public, Private and Partner-Shared Information

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