What Checkbox's checks, findings, plans, certificates and generated text are — and are not — and how the legal catalog is maintained.

Checkbox is compliance software, not a law firm. Checks, findings, scores, plans, fixes, generated disclosure and email text, certificates and these docs are automated assessments and general information. They are not legal advice, they do not create an attorney-client relationship, and passing them does not guarantee that your subscription program complies with the law. Have counsel review your terms and flows.

#The legal catalog

Every verdict traces to a requirement in Checkbox's legal catalog: the jurisdiction, the citation, a link to the source, the effective date and the conditions under which it applies. Requirements are drafted from primary sources (statutes and regulations) and are pending attorney review (legalReviewStatus: draft). The catalog is versioned (catalog_version) and hashed (catalog_hash) on every result, so any verdict can be reproduced and traced to the exact text it applied. Laws researched but deliberately not evaluated are listed with the reason on Requirements and jurisdictions.

#What Checkbox cannot see

• Facts a machine cannot observe — such as the channel a New York subscriber chose for notices, or whether a price increase was consented to — are asked of a human. Their answers are recorded as attestations, not observations.
• "Clear and conspicuous" is partly a judgment. Checkbox measures size, contrast, placement and setting-off with documented thresholds, and leaves cases it cannot measure (for example Stripe-hosted pages) as needs_review.
• Checks run on what Checkbox observes: pages it can reach, emails it receives, settings it can read. A check never passes for lack of evidence.

#Certificates and the warranty

Monitoring certificates state what was monitored and when. They are not insurance and not a legal opinion. A compliance warranty for merchants who stay compliant is planned; it is not offered today and nothing in Checkbox provides coverage.

#Terms

Use of Checkbox is governed by the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy.

Checkbox is compliance software, not a law firm; nothing in these docs is legal advice (details). For AI agents: every page is available as Markdown at the same URL plus .md; the index is /llms.txt.