SOVABOO

Content and Age Rating Policy

Effective date: April 28, 2026

This Content and Age Rating Policy explains how Sovaboo Digital OÜ, registry code 17150442 (“Sovaboo Digital”, “Sovaboo”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), reviews, classifies, labels, restricts, and moderates literary content available through our website and digital publishing services.

This Policy applies to https://sovaboo.com, its subdomains, author pages, online reading services, digital bookstore, blog posts, free author-published content, commercial digital content, and other related services operated by Sovaboo Digital (the “Services”).

This Policy should be read together with our Terms of Use and Digital Content Purchase Terms, Copyright Policy, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Refund Policy.

1. Purpose of This Policy

Sovaboo Digital is a digital publishing platform and online bookstore for literary works and related digital content.

Some literary works may contain mature, sensitive, emotionally intense, or age-restricted themes. This Policy is intended to:

  1. help readers make informed decisions before accessing content;
  2. explain how age ratings and content notices may be used;
  3. establish content standards for authors and contributors;
  4. reduce the risk of unlawful, harmful, misleading, or inappropriate content;
  5. support moderation, reporting, and platform safety.

Age ratings and content notices are informational tools. They do not replace personal judgment, parental guidance, or compliance with applicable law in the user’s country of residence.

2. Literary Content and Mature Themes

Sovaboo Digital may publish, distribute, display, or host literary works in various genres, including romance, contemporary fiction, drama, fantasy, young adult fiction, adult fiction, dark romance, psychological fiction, and other literary categories.

Some works may include mature or sensitive themes, such as:

  1. romantic or intimate relationships;
  2. emotional distress or psychological conflict;
  3. violence, threats, danger, or coercive situations;
  4. trauma, grief, loss, addiction, or mental health themes;
  5. crime, abuse, manipulation, or toxic relationships;
  6. sexual references or non-graphic sexual situations;
  7. strong language or disturbing scenes;
  8. other themes that may be unsuitable for younger or sensitive readers.

The presence of mature themes does not mean that Sovaboo Digital provides pornographic services, adult entertainment services, escort services, sexually explicit image services, or content designed primarily for sexual gratification.

Sovaboo Digital is a literary publishing and digital book platform. Content is assessed in the context of literature, storytelling, artistic expression, genre conventions, reader safety, applicable law, and platform rules.

3. Age Ratings and Content Notices

Sovaboo Digital may apply age ratings, content notices, genre labels, or access notices to Digital Content where appropriate.

Possible labels may include, for example:

  1. All readers;
  2. Young Adult;
  3. Recommended for mature readers;
  4. 18+;
  5. Contains sensitive themes;
  6. Contains mature themes;
  7. specific thematic notices, such as violence, psychological themes, dark romance, abuse, trauma, sexual references, or strong language.

The exact wording and presentation of labels may vary depending on the interface, language, territory, content type, and technical implementation.

Age ratings and content notices may be based on information provided by authors, editorial review, moderation, user reports, rightsholder information, or platform assessment.

Sovaboo Digital may change, add, remove, or correct age ratings and content notices at any time if we believe that the existing classification is incomplete, inaccurate, misleading, or unsuitable.

4. 18+ and Mature-Reader Content

Content may be marked as 18+, Recommended for mature readers, or with a similar notice if it contains themes that may be unsuitable for minors or younger readers.

Such content may include, for example:

  1. strong romantic or intimate themes;
  2. dark romance or emotionally intense relationships;
  3. sexual references or non-graphic sexual scenes;
  4. violence, abuse, coercion, or psychological manipulation within a literary context;
  5. traumatic, disturbing, or emotionally intense scenes;
  6. strong language or other mature subject matter.

Where appropriate, Sovaboo Digital may require users to confirm that they meet the applicable age requirement before accessing certain content.

Users are responsible for complying with age requirements and content restrictions applicable in their country of residence.

Parents and guardians are responsible for supervising minors’ use of the Services.

5. Prohibited Content

Sovaboo Digital does not allow content that is unlawful, exploitative, abusive, or outside the scope of a literary publishing platform.

The following content is prohibited:

  1. pornographic content or content designed primarily for sexual gratification rather than literary, artistic, or narrative purposes;
  2. real or realistic explicit sexual imagery, explicit sexual videos, or adult visual media;
  3. sexual content involving minors or persons presented as minors;
  4. sexual exploitation, trafficking, coercion, non-consensual sexual content, or content promoting such conduct;
  5. instructions, encouragement, or facilitation of sexual abuse, exploitation, or illegal sexual conduct;
  6. escort services, prostitution services, adult live services, or sexual service advertisements;
  7. unlawful hate speech, terrorist content, or content that incites violence against protected groups;
  8. content that unlawfully promotes self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, or severe harm without appropriate literary, educational, or preventive context;
  9. content that infringes copyright, privacy rights, publicity rights, trademark rights, or other third-party rights;
  10. content that is fraudulent, malicious, defamatory, harassing, or otherwise unlawful;
  11. content that violates applicable payment provider rules, hosting provider rules, platform policies, or applicable law.

Sovaboo Digital may refuse, restrict, remove, or disable access to prohibited content.

6. Author and Contributor Responsibilities

Authors and contributors are responsible for ensuring that content and materials they submit are lawful, properly classified, and suitable for publication on the platform.

Authors and contributors must:

  1. provide accurate information about the content, genre, themes, age suitability, and sensitive elements of their work;
  2. disclose mature, sensitive, or potentially harmful themes where reasonably necessary;
  3. ensure that their content does not include prohibited content;
  4. ensure that all text, images, covers, illustrations, avatars, profile photos, blog images, quotes, and other materials are lawfully used;
  5. cooperate with moderation requests, clarification requests, and rights or safety reviews;
  6. promptly correct inaccurate or incomplete content information when requested.

Failure to comply with this Policy may result in content rejection, reclassification, restricted visibility, removal, suspension of publication, suspension of monetisation, account restrictions, or termination of cooperation.

7. Moderation and Review

Sovaboo Digital may review and moderate content before publication, after publication, or when a report, complaint, rights issue, safety concern, or legal risk is identified.

Moderation may include:

  1. reviewing age suitability and content notices;
  2. checking for prohibited content;
  3. requesting additional information from the author or contributor;
  4. changing genre labels, content notices, or age ratings;
  5. limiting access to certain users or territories;
  6. restricting, hiding, suspending, or removing content;
  7. escalating serious issues for legal, rights, or safety review.

Moderation does not guarantee that all content is error-free, risk-free, suitable for all readers, or legally cleared in every jurisdiction.

Sovaboo Digital may act at its reasonable discretion to protect users, authors, rightsholders, the platform, payment infrastructure, and legal compliance.

8. Reports and Complaints

Users, readers, authors, rightsholders, or other persons may report content that they believe violates this Policy, infringes rights, is incorrectly classified, or is otherwise unlawful or inappropriate.

Reports may be submitted by:

  1. using a Report, Complain, or similar button available near the relevant content, where such functionality is available; or
  2. contacting us by email at [email protected].

When submitting a report, please include:

  1. a link or clear identification of the relevant content;
  2. the reason for the report;
  3. a short explanation of the issue;
  4. supporting evidence or screenshots, where relevant;
  5. your contact details if you want us to respond or if your report concerns legal rights.

Sovaboo Digital may review the report, request additional information, contact the author or rightsholder, restrict access to the content, update the rating or notice, remove the content, or take other appropriate action.

We may not provide detailed information about the outcome of moderation decisions where doing so would affect privacy, security, legal compliance, confidential author arrangements, or platform integrity.

9. Access Restrictions and Technical Measures

Sovaboo Digital may use technical or interface measures to support age ratings and content restrictions.

Such measures may include:

  1. age confirmation notices;
  2. content warning screens;
  3. mature-content labels;
  4. account-based access restrictions;
  5. territory-based restrictions;
  6. reduced visibility in certain areas of the Services;
  7. removal from promotional placements;
  8. disabling access to specific content.

Sovaboo Digital does not guarantee that all users will interpret, follow, or respect content notices. Users remain responsible for their own access choices and compliance with applicable law.

10. Changes to Ratings or Availability

Sovaboo Digital may change the rating, classification, visibility, availability, description, content notices, or access conditions of content at any time where we reasonably believe such action is necessary or appropriate.

Reasons may include:

  1. updated information from the author;
  2. editorial or moderation review;
  3. user reports;
  4. legal or regulatory concerns;
  5. rightsholder complaints;
  6. payment provider, hosting provider, or platform infrastructure requirements;
  7. changes in applicable law or platform standards.

Where content is removed, restricted, or reclassified, Sovaboo Digital may notify the relevant author or contributor where appropriate.

11. Changes to This Policy

Sovaboo Digital may update this Content and Age Rating Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the Services, content model, moderation practices, legal requirements, payment provider requirements, or platform safety standards.

The updated version will be published on the Website with a revised effective date.

This document is originally written in English. Translations into other languages are provided for convenience only. In case of discrepancies, the English version shall prevail unless mandatory law requires otherwise.