Legalese

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:
  • Governing law
  • Indemnification

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