Verified policy changelog · Updated October 21, 2026
Policy Updates
A concise record of verified material updates to Showdek's public policies.
Plain-language summary
At a glance
Use this page to find verified policy updates and links to the current policy text. The October 21 update explains Connect features, conversation privacy, and safety controls. Earlier updates and the Child Safety Standards remain separately identified.
- Child Safety Standards took effect July 22, 2026 and were last updated October 21, 2026.
- Connect feature, privacy, safety, and support information was updated October 21, 2026.
- The current linked policy pages contain the complete text.
This changelog is a guide to updates. The current linked policy text remains controlling.
On this page
Connect Feature and Privacy Update
Updated October 21, 2026. Public product, privacy, safety, terms, and support pages now describe the Connect feature in the current app source.
- Explained the Chats, Requests, Collaborations, and Projects views, connection purposes, stored source context, and project-room invitations.
- Expanded privacy information for conversation participants, connection purposes and source previews, request status, room membership, and shared work records.
- Added Connect reporting, blocking, request-response, privacy-setting, and safe-sharing guidance. Clarified that existing community and child-safety standards also apply in Connect.
Google Play Website Readiness Update
Updated August 10, 2026. Showdek aligned its public account-age, professional-profile, and copyright-contact wording with the implementation.
- Published a 13-year minimum account age consistently across the Terms, Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, Child Safety Standards, Safety page, and Play Store information page.
- Removed marketing language that could imply government-identity or KYC verification where no such process exists.
- Standardised copyright complaints and counter-notices on copyright@showdek.com while retaining legal@showdek.com for general legal and child-safety matters.
Targeted Policy Wording Update
Updated August 10, 2026. Showdek aligned public policy wording with verified implementation details without changing the approved page design.
- Clarified the definition of child or minor and the legally required reporting wording in the Child Safety Standards.
- Replaced provisional privacy wording with current HTTPS, essential-cookie, third-party-service, and technology-disclosure wording supported by the inspected implementation.
- Removed the provisional copyright-contact fallback and directed notices to the contact published at that time.
- Clarified child-safety appeal limitations and that an appeal does not automatically restore content or account access.
Child Safety Standards
Effective date: July 22, 2026 · Last updated: October 21, 2026
- Explicit CSAE and CSAM prohibition.
- Grooming and sextortion prohibition.
- Sexualisation of minors prohibition.
- Child trafficking or solicitation prohibition.
- Reporting instructions.
- High-level review, enforcement, preservation, and legally required escalation information.
- Role-based child-safety contact information.
Material Policy Changes
When appropriate, material updates may receive:
- A new effective date.
- An updated policy version.
- User notice.
- Re-consent where appropriate.
Current Policies
Use the current policy pages for the complete text that applies.