# CON-DISC-NO-POPUP — Terms must not be presented only in a pop-up

> A modal or pop-up is not an acceptable method of displaying the required terms.

- **Rule ID:** CON-DISC-NO-POPUP
- **Layer:** Consent flow (`CONSENT_FLOW`)
- **Checks:** `consent surface`
- **Severity:** MEDIUM — Usually survives review, but lowers your trust score or invites manual review.
- **When it bites:** Gates approval — get this wrong and registration is refused
- **How it is detected:** AI judgement over the crawled website or policy page; AI vision over a consent artifact (screenshot, scan, MMS media)
- **Fix type:** Fix the website — no form edit clears it
- **Required by:** CTIA
- **Applies:** Applies when consent was collected by web form, checkout, account settings, third party, chat, social and email.
- **Canonical URL:** https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/consent-flow/con-disc-no-popup/

## Why this rule exists

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.

## How to fix it

Render the consent terms inline on the page beneath the checkbox rather than behind a modal, tooltip, or expandable "read more" that starts collapsed.