Policy Statement

Our stance on age verification, attestation, and user privacy

RakuOS is a privacy-first project. If governments move forward with laws that try to force operating systems or software platforms to implement age verification or age attestation, we will do the absolute bare minimum required to comply and nothing more.

Our position is simple: RakuOS will not turn compliance into surveillance. If implementation becomes unavoidable, we will design it to collect as little data as possible, keep that data on the user's own machine whenever possible, and make the implementation fully auditable.

What we will do if these laws pass

Collect the absolute minimum information needed for compliance.
Use local, on-device storage NO transmitting or centralizing user data if possible by law.
Avoid invasive identity collection.
Publish the source code for any RakuOS-specific implementation so users can audit it themselves.
Keep any temporary compliance layer as small and removable as possible.
Continue pushing for privacy-respecting standards instead of one-off opaque vendor systems.

What we do not want to become

We do not want RakuOS to become a platform that profiles users, stores personal identity data, or quietly hands sensitive information to third parties in the name of compliance.

If RakuOS ever has to implement age-related compliance code, our goal will be to preserve user dignity, minimize retention, minimize exposure, and make the behavior transparent.

If you do not want these laws to pass, contact your representatives now. Call them, email them, and tell them clearly to vote against broad age-verification and age-attestation mandates that pressure privacy-respecting software projects into collecting personal data they do not need.

Find your representatives

Use the official tools for your country where possible. If you are outside these regions, start with the global parliament directory and find your national legislature there.

More specifically: H.R. 8250. For United States users, this is not hypothetical. A proposed U.S. federal bill, H.R. 8250, also described as the Parents Decide Act, is aimed at operating-system-level age verification and parental-control style age signaling. If you are in the U.S., contact your representatives and tell them to vote against it.

Bottom line

RakuOS will stay privacy-first. If compliance becomes unavoidable, we will implement the bare minimum, keep it as local and auditable as possible, and remain honest with users about exactly what the system does.