Safety on Rifqa

Built in from the start

Nothing to set up: these work for everyone, all the time.

• Verified people meet verified people

  Members who pass a live selfie check, in a pose we choose, see and are seen only by each other. Anyone who skips it is labelled "unverified" and kept apart. Anyone who might be under 18 is checked by a person.

• Messages are checked first

  Every message is checked for scams, threats and anything else that breaks the rules before it's delivered. If something looks wrong, it waits for a moderator, and only the sender sees it meanwhile.

• She messages first

  When a woman and a man match, she sends the first message. If she doesn't within 24 hours, the match ends.

• Your location stays fuzzy

  Other people only see a distance, like "within 10 km", never where you are. Your location is rounded to an area about 2 km across and encrypted before it's stored.

• No contact details in member rooms

  Links, emails, social handles and phone numbers are blocked in member rooms and message requests, so nobody gets pulled away from Rifqa too soon. In a public chat room, its owner decides (Rifqa's own rooms keep them out).

• No ads, nothing sold

  Your information is used to run Rifqa, never for advertising, and it's never sold.

Tools you control

Switch these on in the app whenever you like, and off again.

• Block and report

  Block anyone, any time. Reports go to our moderators with the evidence, and the person you report is never told who it was.

• Safety check-in

  Going on a date? Set a time to check in. If you don't confirm you're safe, the contact you chose gets an email.

• Bring a chaperone

  Invite someone you trust to see your matches, and your messages too if you allow it. They can never write to anyone, and you can remove them at any time.

• Hide from people you know

  Hide your profile from people whose numbers you know. Only a scrambled code of each number leaves your phone, never the number itself.

• Blur your photos

  Keep your photos blurred for anyone you haven't matched with, and even after a match until you choose to show them.

• App lock and a discreet icon

  Lock Rifqa with your phone's face, fingerprint or passcode unlock, and add it to your home screen as "Notes" if you'd rather nobody knew.

• Incognito mode

  Only the people you've liked can see you.

Meeting in person

A few habits that make first dates safer, wherever you meet people.

• Meet somewhere public and busy, and make your own way there and back.
• Tell a friend where you're going and who you're meeting, or set a safety check-in.
• Keep chatting on Rifqa until you trust someone: there's no rush to share your number.
• A video call before meeting is a good way to check someone is who they say.
• Keep your drink with you, and stay in control of how you get home.
• If something feels off, leave. You never owe anyone your time.

Spot a scam

Scammers are after money or personal details. Be careful if someone:

• asks for money, gifts, crypto or help with an "investment", for any reason;
• wants to move to another app straight away;
• won't show their face on a video call, or keeps finding reasons not to meet;
• sends a link, or asks for codes, passwords or documents;
• tells a sad story that ends with a request.

Report them in the app: it helps us remove them for everyone.

For parents

Rifqa is only for adults. Nobody under 18 may use it, and an account whose owner might be under 18 is kept out of Rifqa until a person has checked.

• Every page of Rifqa carries the RTA (Restricted To Adults) label, which parental-control software and filters recognise and block.
• Every page is also marked as adult content for search engines, so they leave Rifqa out of results when SafeSearch is on.
• On a child's phone or tablet, turn on its parental controls (Screen Time on iPhone and iPad, Family Link on Android), or block rifqa.fun in your router or filter.
• The explicit 18+ areas also need a one-time age check, a live selfie that estimates age, on top of an adult's date of birth.

If you think a child is using Rifqa, email privacy@rifqa.fun: we'll look into it and keep the account out of Rifqa while we check.

Keep exploring

• How verification worksThe live selfie check, and what happens to your photos.
• Use Rifqa anonymouslyNo email, no real name, and the selfie check is up to you.
• Community guidelinesThe house rules, casual or serious.
• About RifqaWho we are and what we stand for.