Safety at Lytt
Last updated: July 17, 2026
Lytt puts adults who don't know each other into small groups for real-world plans: a park hang, an easy 5K and coffee, and more formats over time. That only works when everyone feels safe. This page covers how to look after yourself when you meet people in person, how to report someone, and the standards we hold, including our zero-tolerance stance on child sexual abuse and exploitation. For the full legal detail, see our Terms of Use.
Meeting people in person
Lytt plans are group activities in public places, which is the single biggest thing that keeps them safe. A few habits make them safer still:
- Meet in public and stay with the group. Plans happen at public venues and routes. You are never expected to go somewhere private with someone you just met.
- Tell a friend where you are going and when you expect to be back.
- You can leave any time. No plan obligates you to stay. Trust your instincts, and step away if something feels off.
- We do not run background checks. We match on interests and stated details, which we do not independently verify, so use your own judgment about the people you meet. This is covered in Section 7 of our Terms.
- Look after your body. Plans involve physical activity and carry real risk. Take part at your own pace, and if you have any health doubt, talk to a physician first. See Section 7 of our Terms.
Reporting and blocking
If a member makes you uncomfortable, or you see content or behaviour that breaks our rules, tell us. You can:
- Report or block in the app: press and hold any message in a group chat, or open a member's card and choose "Report or block". A blocked member disappears from your chat, you disappear from theirs, and we will not put the two of you in a group together again. Blocking tells them nothing.
- Email support@lytt.me.
A person reviews every report and acts within 24 hours. We never tell a reported member who reported them. Depending on what we find, we may remove the content, remove the member from a plan, suspend them, or remove them from Lytt entirely.
Child Safety Standards
We have a zero-tolerance policy toward child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This section sets out our standards, how to report a concern, and how we act, in line with Google Play's Child Safety Standards policy.
Zero tolerance for CSAE and CSAM
The following is prohibited everywhere on Lytt, without exception, and is a serious crime that we treat as one:
- Creating, sharing, requesting, or linking to any content that sexually exploits, abuses, or endangers a child.
- Grooming, sextortion, trafficking, or any attempt to sexualize, solicit, or otherwise harm a minor.
- Using Lytt to make contact with a minor for any of the above purposes.
Lytt is for adults only
Lytt is available only to people who are at least 19 years old, as stated in our Terms of Use. The Service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly allow anyone under 19 to create an account or take part in a plan. If we learn that an account belongs to a minor, we remove it.
How to report a child-safety concern
If you become aware of any content, message, account, or behaviour on Lytt that involves child sexual abuse or exploitation, report it to us immediately:
- In the app: press and hold a message, or open a member's card and choose "Report or block". Every report reaches a person.
- By email: write to support@lytt.me with "Child safety" in the subject line so we can prioritize it.
You do not need an account, and you do not need to have witnessed the conduct inside the app, to email us a concern. We never reveal to a reported member who reported them.
How we act
We commit to reviewing every child-safety report and acting quickly. When we are made aware of CSAE or CSAM, we will, as appropriate and in accordance with applicable law:
- Investigate the report and preserve relevant evidence.
- Remove the offending content and permanently ban the accounts involved.
- Report the matter to the relevant authorities and child-protection hotlines, including the Canadian Centre for Child Protection through Cybertip.ca and the U.S. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children through NCMEC's CyberTipline.
- Cooperate with law enforcement, including preserving and providing information as the law requires.
Point of contact and compliance
Our designated point of contact for child-safety matters, including inquiries from Google and from law enforcement or child-protection agencies, is support@lytt.me. LYTT is a registered Sole Proprietorship in Ontario, Canada (BIN: 1001449484). We comply with applicable child-safety laws in the jurisdictions where we operate and with Google Play's Child Safety Standards policy, and we review these standards as our Service changes.
If someone is in immediate danger
This page describes how we handle safety on Lytt. It is not a substitute for emergency services. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, contact your local police or emergency number (911 in Canada and the United States) first.
Contact us
For any safety question, email support@lytt.me.