Independent T&C Certification

Fine print
you can trust.

Nobody reads the fine print. FairPrint does. We score every Terms & Conditions document against 10 consumer-rights standards — and certify the companies that pass.

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  • 10 consumer-rights criteria
  • AI-powered review in minutes
  • Embeddable trust badge
  • Detailed feedback on every review
Process

How FairPrint works

Start your review →
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Submit
Paste your Terms & Conditions into our review portal. Takes under a minute.
02
Review
Our AI evaluates your T&C on 10 consumer-rights criteria with a detailed score.
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Certify
Pass? Receive your FairPrint badge and embed code for your website.
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Trust
Customers see the badge and know your policies are fair, readable, and honest.
The Standard

10 criteria.
One seal.

FairPrint evaluates every Terms & Conditions document against the same 10 consumer-rights criteria. Each criterion is scored 0–10. A total score of 75+ earns FairPrint Gold; 55+ earns FairPrint Approved. Click any criterion to learn exactly what we look for.

Written for real people, not just lawyers
We measure readability, sentence length, and legal jargon density. T&Cs should be understandable to a non-lawyer in a single read.
Clear on what's collected and why
Every category of data must be explicitly named. Phrases like 'usage data' or 'various information' without specifics fail this criterion.
No unauthorized third-party data sharing
Any sale or monetization of personal data must require affirmative opt-in consent. Silent consent or buried opt-outs do not qualify.
Canceling is as simple as signing up
If you can subscribe in one click, cancellation must be equally accessible. Phone-only, mail-in, or 30-day notice requirements all fail.
Refund policy is fair and straightforward
Refund eligibility, timeframes, and the process must be stated plainly. 'No refunds' is acceptable only if prominently disclosed before purchase.
Recurring charges disclosed prominently
Auto-renewals must be called out before signup — not buried in footnotes. The renewal date, amount, and cancellation window must all be visible.
All costs disclosed upfront, no surprises
Every fee — including processing, platform, and convenience charges — must appear before the payment step. Post-purchase reveals automatically fail.
Users can remove their account and data
Deletion must be available to users directly, not just via support ticket. Retention after deletion must be disclosed with a clear timeline.
No forced one-sided arbitration
Mandatory binding arbitration clauses with class-action waivers are red-flagged. Users must have a path to small claims court at minimum.
Users notified before material changes
Changes to key terms — pricing, data use, arbitration — must be sent by email with adequate notice. 'Continued use = acceptance' alone fails.
Review Intelligence

See the clauses that actually move scores.

Trust badges work best when they are backed by public, concrete examples. FairPrint publishes review notes so companies can benchmark their own policies before applying — and customers can see which dark patterns still cost trust.

Education49

Duolingo

Needs Improvement

Forced arbitration, no-refund virtual goods, and broad user-content licensing kept an otherwise readable policy below the seal threshold.

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Dating50

Bumble

Needs Improvement

Friendly copy could not offset a class-action waiver, perpetual content license, and account termination clauses with limited refund protection.

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Health40

GoodRx

Needs Improvement

Healthcare-adjacent terms need especially clear data and dispute protections; vague notice and arbitration language created major red flags.

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Patterns we keep seeing: mandatory arbitration, buried cancellation steps, broad content licenses, and vague change notices.View all review changes →
Why now

The market is moving toward provable trust.

Consumer trust is no longer just a brand claim. Cancellation enforcement, privacy-policy scrutiny, and AI-assisted comparison shopping all reward companies that can prove their terms are fair in public.

Regulatory pressure
$35M

Hard-to-cancel subscriptions are now an enforcement risk.

Recent FTC action against subscription cancellation friction reinforces the same standard FairPrint scores: canceling should be as easy as signing up.

Consumer behavior
Fine print

People still do not read every clause — but they do react to bad ones.

Public examples, readable summaries, and verified badges turn legal policy quality into something customers can understand before checkout.

AI-agent commerce
LLM-ready

Assistants need machine-readable trust signals.

As AI agents compare services for users, explicit certification pages, /llms.txt guidance, and structured data make fair terms discoverable.

AI-native by design

Built for humans
and AI alike.

FairPrint evaluates any entity with a Terms of Service — companies, SaaS products, and AI models. We're AI-agent native: submit via API, discover us at /llms.txt, and embed your badge anywhere.

For companies
Terms & Conditions certification
  • Submit your T&C via web form or REST API
  • Scored against 10 consumer-rights criteria
  • Embeddable badge for your website
  • Public certified page with full score breakdown
Apply for certification →
For AI models
Usage policy certification
  • Submit your usage policy or terms of service
  • Same 10 criteria — adapted for AI contexts
  • Listed in the AI Models directory
  • Programmatic submission via API — no auth required
Submit your usage policy →
AI-native
/llms.txtGET /api/llms-infoPOST /api/reviewJSON-LD structured dataNo auth required
Certification Tiers

What each seal means

FairPrint Gold
75
FairPrint Gold
Overall score ≥75
Exemplary consumer protections across all 10 criteria. The highest standard in fair terms.
FairPrint Approved
55
FairPrint Approved
Overall score ≥55
Good consumer protections. Meets the basic FairPrint standard for fair and transparent terms.
Needs Improvement
0
Needs Improvement
Overall score <55
Detailed criterion-by-criterion feedback provided so companies can improve and reapply for certification.
Two-sided trust

Certification works best when customers can ask for it.

Fair terms are not only a compliance artifact — they are a public trust signal. Companies can apply directly, and customers can nominate the policies they want reviewed next.

Apply as a company →Request a review
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Companies get a badge customers can verify.
Every approved badge links back to a FairPrint certificate page with the score, criteria breakdown, and verification details.
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Customers get a queue, not a dead end.
If a company has not applied yet, anyone can nominate it and vote so FairPrint knows which terms deserve scrutiny first.
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Teams get actionable fixes before they reapply.
Rejected reviews still return red flags and concrete recommendations, turning certification into a roadmap rather than a black box.

Is your company FairPrint ready?

Submit your Terms & Conditions and receive a full score and breakdown in under two minutes.

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