Safety centre
Dogging dating safety
Practical steps for protecting privacy, recognising pressure, agreeing boundaries, and planning meetings that every adult can leave easily.
Before you message
Use a unique password, review profile photos for identifying details, and decide which information you will keep private. Never publish your address, workplace, financial details, identity documents, or exact live location.
Before you meet
Verify gradually, discuss consent and safer sex, use independent transport, choose a lawful setting, and arrange a check-in. A new contact should not control your journey, money, accommodation, or phone.
During a meeting
Consent must remain clear. Stop if anyone is uncertain, impaired, uncomfortable, or changes their mind. Do not record or share anything without specific permission from every identifiable person.
When something feels wrong
Leave, block contact, and report the profile. Do not send money or account codes. Preserve relevant evidence privately. Contact police when there is immediate danger, stalking, blackmail, assault, or a credible threat.