{
  "id": "POL-210",
  "slug": "pol-210",
  "title": "The terms should disclaim third-party links and services",
  "statement": "The terms of service must include a third-party links and services disclaimer.",
  "rationale": "A messaging programme sends links, and some of them lead off the brand's own site — to a delivery carrier, a booking platform, a payment page — so the disclaimer covers destinations the business does not control. Without it, the terms implicitly stand behind every page a message can reach.",
  "layer": "POLICY_PAGE",
  "layerSlug": "policy-page",
  "object": "terms of service body",
  "severity": "LOW",
  "detectability": [
    "AI_FORM"
  ],
  "failureClass": "TERMINAL_POLICY",
  "artifact": "sms_terms",
  "authorities": [
    "TCR"
  ],
  "applicabilityText": "Applies to every 10DLC registration.",
  "universal": true,
  "remediation": "Add the disclaimer and name the kinds of third-party service you link to. Done when the terms make clear which destinations you stand behind.",
  "example": "Our site and our messages link to services we do not control, such as delivery tracking. Their own terms and privacy policies apply there.",
  "phase": "approval",
  "automated": true,
  "url": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-210/",
  "markdown": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/policy-page/pol-210.md",
  "registry": "https://ekas.io/rules/10dlc/",
  "updated": "2026-07-25",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}