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Corrections Policy

How SecurityChecklist handles factual errors, stale prices, and unsupported testing claims. Public archive not yet live.

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Affiliate disclosure where commercial

Summary

Send the page URL, the incorrect statement, and a better primary source if you have one via /contact/. Material errors that affect scores, prices, availability, testing status, fabricated hours-tested implications, or who-should-not-buy guidance are prioritized over cosmetic typos.

Prefer primary sources. Confirmed errors update the page and the source register. When a change would reasonably affect a purchase decision, we note it on the page update label or a short corrections note rather than silent rewrite theater.

A dated public corrections archive is not live yet. Response times are not guaranteed. Affiliate payout disputes are not editorial score corrections. Security vulnerabilities use /security/, not this channel.

  • Primary sources preferred in correction requests
  • Affiliate payout disputes are not editorial score corrections
  • Security vulnerabilities use /security/, not this channel

Purpose

Corrections protect readers from stale prices, misstated features, or unsupported tested claims. They also keep source registers honest across data-privacy, password-manager, and antivirus coverage.

Launch products such as Aura, NordPass, and Bitdefender stay subject to the same pricing-evidence rules. Corrections do not invent scores, testing hours, or coupons to fill gaps.

  • Invite sourced challenges to published claims
  • Prefer transparent updates for material changes
  • Public corrections log remains a residual gate

Policy

Material errors affecting scores, prices, availability, or testing status should be corrected promptly once verified. Cosmetic typos may be fixed without a public note.

We do not invent updated-daily badges. Update labels should reflect real verification work. Overall scores are not assigned until verification is complete, even when starting prices are Verified. Missing commercial terms stay verified rather than invented.

  • No fabricated coupons or scarcity as corrections
  • Vendor marketing is not treated as independent evidence
  • Enterprise and consumer claim standards stay separate where documented

Process

1) Intake via /contact/ with URL, quote, and source.

2) Triage for materiality and safety (security issues escalate to /security/).

3) Verify against primary sources and existing source registers.

4) Update page copy, examples, and price records as needed.

5) Adjust update labels; add a public log entry when that archive exists.

  • Triage, then verify, then update price records, then publish fix
  • Retire unsupported tested language if records are missing
  • Escalate unresolved disputes through Contact

What counts as material

Material corrections include wrong starting prices, stale plan names, availability errors, unsupported we-tested wording, missing who-should-not-buy guidance on a commercial page, and affiliate disclosure gaps near a tracked CTA.

Non-material fixes include typos, broken internal links, formatting regressions, and clarifications that do not change a purchase decision. We still fix those promptly but may not publish a dated note.

  • Prices and plan names: re-verify from primary sources
  • Testing claims: require a signed test record or retraction
  • Affiliate disputes about payout are not score corrections
  • Security vulnerabilities: /security/, not this channel

Tool and results corrections

Challenges to tool routing, free-action order, privacy statements, or results explanations are in scope when they could mislead a purchase or overstate what the tool measures.

We will not correct a tool into claiming a live scan, inventing dollar savings, or publishing a product editorial score without a signed test record.

  • Self-reported fit estimates are not lab scores
  • Missing free-first or who-should-not-buy language is material
  • Research-scope notices stay in place until the scope is resolved

Who should not rely on this page alone

Do not treat this process page as a live corrections archive, product ranking, or guarantee that Aura, NordPass, Bitdefender, or any other product will be rescored on demand.

Anyone mid-compromise needs vendor or institutional help. Free hygiene and /security-checkup/ remain practical next steps while the public log is not yet live.

  • Process commitment, not a live archive
  • No invented scores via correction requests
  • Security vulns

Accountability

A public corrections log may be added later under this URL or a dated archive page. It is not claimed as live today.

Editorial policy, methodology, and affiliate disclosure define what we will and will not claim while research continues.

Contact or escalation

Correction requests: /contact/ or intel@securitycheckli.st. Do not send passwords, MFA codes, or payment credentials. Security researchers: security@securitycheckli.st and /security/.

Public operator identity: SecurityChecklist; +1 888 437 8441; One World Trade Center, 285 Fulton Street, 85th Floor, Suite 8500, New York, NY 10007, United States.

Final verdict

  • No fabricated scores or invented lab results
  • Free remedies before paid recommendations on commercial pages
  • Commercial pages enter the sitemap once they are published

Limitations

  • Public corrections archive is not yet available.
  • Use /contact/ or intel@securitycheckli.st for correction requests.
  • Response times are not guaranteed.

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