/legalese

experimental legal language checker for third-party services

Primary LanguageRubyOtherNOASSERTION

Legalese Build Status

Experimental checker for legal text that determines whether 18F can use a third-party service or not. Checks the following:

  • If the site has a Privacy Policy
  • If the site has a Terms of Service, and if it contains the following clauses:

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Usage

Requires Ruby 1.9+.

  1. Clone this repository and cd into the directory.

  2. Create a urls.txt file with a list of sites to check, one on each line. 18F, for example, is collecting a list of potential services in this spreadsheet (private; use the URL column).

  3. Run

    bundle
bundle exec ruby scan.rb