# Legal disclaimer

> 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 {#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](https://checkbox.site/docs/concepts/requirements#laws).

## What Checkbox cannot see {#limits}

- 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 {#certificates}

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 {#terms}

Use of Checkbox is governed by the [Terms of Service](https://checkbox.site/terms) and the [Privacy Policy](https://checkbox.site/privacy).