{
  "id": "CON-DISC-NO-POPUP",
  "slug": "con-disc-no-popup",
  "title": "Terms must not be presented only in a pop-up",
  "statement": "A modal or pop-up is not an acceptable method of displaying the required terms.",
  "rationale": "CTIA excludes pop-ups explicitly because they are dismissed reflexively, blocked by browsers, and absent from any screenshot a reviewer takes. A term the consumer can close without reading has not been presented.",
  "layer": "CONSENT_FLOW",
  "layerSlug": "consent-flow",
  "object": "consent surface",
  "severity": "MEDIUM",
  "detectability": [
    "CRAWL",
    "VISION"
  ],
  "failureClass": "TERMINAL_WEBSITE",
  "authorities": [
    "CTIA"
  ],
  "applicability": {
    "consentMethods": [
      "web_form",
      "checkout",
      "account_settings",
      "third_party",
      "chat",
      "social",
      "email"
    ]
  },
  "applicabilityText": "Applies when consent was collected by web form, checkout, account settings, third party, chat, social and email.",
  "universal": false,
  "remediation": "Render the consent terms inline on the page beneath the checkbox rather than behind a modal, tooltip, or expandable \"read more\" that starts collapsed.",
  "catalogIds": [
    "CON-116"
  ],
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/consent-flow/con-disc-no-popup/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/consent-flow/con-disc-no-popup.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}