methodology / Privacy & Compliance / #48

Terms of service page presence

live factor #48 · Privacy & Compliance · scoring impl: implemented · weight 0.7%

What we measure

Terms of service set the legal contract with your visitors and limit your liability. They're optional but strongly recommended for any site that collects data or makes commitments.

How to improve your score

Generate one with a service like Termly or iubenda and link from your footer.

Data source

Data source for this factor is not yet documented.

Implementation notes

Probe common URLs (`/terms`, `/tos`, `/terms-of-service`) plus footer link extraction.

Scoring

Scoring formulas are versioned with the methodology. The current method (v1.1.0) maps raw measurements to pass, warn, fail. Factor weights determine how much each contributes to the composite — see the methodology index for the full table.

Version history

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