Ethics Policy

Six rules

• 1
  No paid placement. Providers cannot pay to appear higher in rankings, appear in featured positions, or receive higher scores. Position is determined entirely by weighted editorial score.
• 2
  Full affiliate disclosure. When affiliate links are active (affiliateActive: true), every page with affiliate links will carry a clear disclosure. Outbound links will use rel="noopener sponsored". Affiliate income will not influence scores or rankings.
• 3
  Public data only. Scores are based on publicly verifiable information — provider documentation, published SLAs, independent benchmark reports. We do not claim to run first-person lab tests we haven't run.
• 4
  Weight version control. Scoring weights are versioned. Any change requires a new version number, a reason, and a dated entry in the version log below. This prevents retroactive score manipulation through silent weight changes.
• 5
  No fake urgency. We will never display countdown timers, "limited time" deal badges, or fabricated scarcity to manipulate purchasing decisions.
• 6
  No dark patterns. No pre-ticked boxes, no hidden upsells, no confusing opt-outs. We collect no personal data beyond what Netlify's infrastructure handles for page serving.

Scoring weight version log

Every change to scoring weights is recorded here permanently.

Affiliate disclosure status

As of 2026-06-12: no affiliate income. affiliateActive: false — all outbound links go to official provider homepages with rel="noopener noreferrer". No tracking parameters. This page will be updated when the first affiliate programme is approved.

What we will never do

Regardless of future commercial relationships:

• Change a provider's score because they became an affiliate partner
• Remove a provider from rankings because they declined partnership
• Suppress negative findings to protect a commercial relationship
• Use first-person language implying tests we haven't run
• Display fabricated user reviews or testimonials