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 This project and the maintainers of thousands of other packages are working with Tidelift to deliver one enterprise subscription that covers all of the open source you use.
 
 `Learn more <https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-importlib-metadata?utm_source=pypi-importlib-metadata&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=github>`_.
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-Security Contact
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-
-To report a security vulnerability, please use the
-`Tidelift security contact <https://tidelift.com/security>`_.
-Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.
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+# Security Contact
+
+To report a security vulnerability, please use the [Tidelift security contact](https://tidelift.com/security). Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.