INDEPENDENCE. FIREWALLS. AUDITABLE CONTROLS.

Commercial Relationship Policy

The firewall rules that keep affiliate, coupon, sponsored, and vendor-program data away from scoring.

Evidence-based scoring. Scoring, rankings, badges, and failure reporting use only independent and third-party lab evidence. Commercial relationships are labelled separately at the link.

User-facing copy

Every commercial label is written in plain language near the relevant link, placement, or vendor record.

Firewall checks

Illustrative Matrix

Risk	Rule	Audit result
Pay for rank	Not allowed	Blocked
Coupon score boost	Not allowed	Blocked
Vendor dispute removal	Not allowed	Evidence required
Sponsored label hiding	Not allowed	Disclosure required