From ae68a612ef3b0ea95e36741331d51c57f158a102 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonah Aragon Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 01:58:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Executive policy page (#2749) Signed-off-by: Freddy Signed-off-by: blacklight447 Signed-off-by: Daniel Gray --- docs/about/executive-policy.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ mkdocs.yml | 1 + 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/about/executive-policy.md diff --git a/docs/about/executive-policy.md b/docs/about/executive-policy.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d13112e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/about/executive-policy.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: Executive Policy +--- + +These are policies formally adopted by Privacy Guides' executive committee, and take precedence over all other statements expressed on this website. + +The key words **must**, **must not**, **required**, **shall**, **shall not**, **should**, **should not**, **recommended**, **may**, and **optional** are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2119). + +## EP1: Freely-Provided Product Samples + +*Our policy on accepting product samples for review was adopted September 7, 2024.* + +=== "Current Version (1)" + + - Privacy Guides **shall not** proactively reach out to vendors asking for product samples or review accounts. + - Privacy Guides **shall not** accept test/review accounts for subscription cloud services. + - Privacy Guides **may** accept freely-provided product samples for one-time purchase software applications which run locally, given they don't require a subscription for continued operation. + - Privacy Guides **may** accept freely-provided samples of hardware products. + - Privacy Guides **may** accept a freely-provided subscription service associated with a hardware product, if such a subscription/license is necessary to use the product. + - Privacy Guides **must not** enter into an agreement pertaining to our editorial opinion with the vendor in order to receive a sample or publish a review. All freely-provided items must be strictly "no strings attached." + - We **may** agree to return the product to the vendor following the review if requested. + - We **may** agree to a reasonable NDA, provided it has a clear embargo date that is lifted no more than 6 months in the future where the NDA completely no longer applies. + - We **should not** enter into any other agreement with the vendor not described here. Potential agreements not described here **must** be approved by the executive committee beforehand. + + In all cases, whether we paid for the product independently or received a free sample from a vendor, how we obtained the product **must** be clearly documented in the background section of every article associated with the product. diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml index 03a634f6..e6b87ed3 100644 --- a/mkdocs.yml +++ b/mkdocs.yml @@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ nav: - "about/donate.md" - "about/contributors.md" - "about/criteria.md" + - "about/executive-policy.md" - "about/notices.md" - "about/privacy-policy.md" - "about/jobs.md"