Age and access

Alexela Maren is for adults only. This page explains how we keep it that way and where the site is offered.

At the door

Before you see the site, you are asked to confirm that you are 18 or older and that viewing adult content is legal where you are. A cookie remembers your answer for 30 days; your answer is kept only in that cookie, on your device. This is your own statement, not an age check. The legal pages and the complaints form are open to everyone.

When you create an account

You confirm again that you are 18 or older. We record when you did, and how your age was established.

Rules by region

We work out your country, and in the United States your state, from your IP address. We check it when you sign up, buy credits, unlock content, play the game and open paid content. Each place has one of three rules:

• Open: your statement that you are 18 or older is enough.
• Verified age required: you can create an account only after an age-assurance provider has confirmed that you are an adult. If the check cannot be completed, no account is created.
• Not offered: you cannot sign up, buy credits, unlock content or play the game, and paid content does not open there, even for an existing account. Public pages may still be visible.

At present the site is not offered in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Australia, or in the US states whose laws require a verified age. A US visitor whose state cannot be determined is treated as not offered.

The rules follow the law of each place and can change. Where the site is not offered, it says that purchases are not open in your region yet. If your location cannot be determined, the site treats it as not offered. If your card’s country differs from the country you browse from, the stricter rule applies, and a payment from a place that is not offered is refunded without adding credits.

How a verified age works

The age-assurance provider does the check, not us. We keep only its result, the method, the time and the provider’s reference. We never keep a copy of your ID document or a photo of you.

Do not get around the rules

Using a VPN, a proxy or someone else’s details to get around an age or regional rule breaks our terms, and we may block the account.

For parents and carers

Our pages carry the “Restricted To Adults” (RTA) label, which common parental-control tools recognise. You can turn on the filtering offered by your device, browser or internet provider to block adult sites. Keep devices locked and do not share passwords with children. If you believe a minor has an account, tell us through the complaints form and we will close it.