# \#changes **URL:** https://tosdr.community/tag/changes/21.md [Latest](https://tosdr.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://tosdr.community/categories.md) · [Tags](https://tosdr.community/tags.md) --- ## [Updates to our Community Etiquette, and the Phoenix ToS and Privacy Policy](https://tosdr.community/t/updates-to-our-community-etiquette-and-the-phoenix-tos-and-privacy-policy/3521)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 1:47am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/updates-to-our-community-etiquette-and-the-phoenix-tos-and-privacy-policy/3521 "2026-09-04T01:47:05Z")
Updates to our Phoenix ToS, Privacy Policy and Community Etiquette We are currently working on improving some of our policies to reflect better how we govern ourselves. NOTE: These changes may not be 100% final, and a… --- ## [All documentation should be moved to docs.tosdr.org](https://tosdr.community/t/all-documentation-should-be-moved-to-docs-tosdr-org/3616)
**Author:** [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/all-documentation-should-be-moved-to-docs-tosdr-org/3616 "2026-08-23T15:08:18Z")
Documentation is currently spread across three places: docs.tosdr.org This forum What U.S. Jurisdictions Are Friendlier to User Privacy? Tips, Tricks and Advice for Reviewing What Should I Review First? GitHub Home… --- ## [Updating services on the frontpage](https://tosdr.community/t/updating-services-on-the-frontpage/3433)
**Author:** [@shadowwwind](https://tosdr.community/u/shadowwwind)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/updating-services-on-the-frontpage/3433 "2026-07-20T22:58:06Z")
Some of the service on our frontpage have become pretty outdated. Please help updating them and comment your progress below and I will update this table. Service Docs up to date? Checklist complete Enough Points Pen… --- ## [5256: Service Modification Proposal](https://tosdr.community/t/5256-service-modification-proposal/3570)
**Author:** [@SoleClaw](https://tosdr.community/u/SoleClaw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 2:59am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/5256-service-modification-proposal/3570 "2026-07-11T02:59:37Z")
Service Proposal: Proposal Value Are you proposing a change for the service title? Ente Are you proposing a change for the service urls? Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Are you proposing a change for t… --- ## [Rename Case 223 and Case 224](https://tosdr.community/t/rename-case-223-and-case-224/3564)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/rename-case-223-and-case-224/3564 "2026-07-05T19:00:49Z")
Case 223 ▶ Proposal ▶ Old Case Case 224 ▶ Proposal ▶ Old Case Reasoning The name feels incomplete. What is “opting out of” against “opting out of receiving”? Same for the other case. What are your thoughts? --- ## [Rename Case 378](https://tosdr.community/t/rename-case-378/3567)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/rename-case-378/3567 "2026-07-05T18:30:26Z")
Rename Case 378 ▶ Proposal ▶ Old Case Reasoning The current name is TERRIBLE and does not conform to our current guidelines for naming a Case. This new name should be much batter. What are your thoughts? --- ## [ReviewMeta should be deleted/deprecated](https://tosdr.community/t/reviewmeta-should-be-deleted-deprecated/3511)
**Author:** [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/reviewmeta-should-be-deleted-deprecated/3511 "2026-06-12T02:24:40Z")
ReviewMeta should be deprecated because reviewmeta.com has been down for a long time, and I don’t think it is coming back. --- ## [Update VirusTotal](https://tosdr.community/t/update-virustotal/3502)
**Author:** [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/update-virustotal/3502 "2026-06-11T03:40:58Z")
The Privacy Policy and Terms of service for VirusTotal (service 1886) should be changed to SECOPS PRIVACY NOTICE and Google Cloud Terms of Service --- ## [Temporarily auto-approving points made by trusted Staff members](https://tosdr.community/t/temporarily-auto-approving-points-made-by-trusted-staff-members/3492)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/temporarily-auto-approving-points-made-by-trusted-staff-members/3492 "2026-05-19T03:47:29Z")
Announcement For Phoenix Users TL;DR Due to a lack of availability of Curators and Staff members to review all pending Points on Phoenix (~5000 before this change having taken place), we will temporarily auto-approve a… --- ## [Proposeal to change the title of the Encryption case](https://tosdr.community/t/proposeal-to-change-the-title-of-the-encryption-case/3451)
**Author:** [@shadowwwind](https://tosdr.community/u/shadowwwind)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/proposeal-to-change-the-title-of-the-encryption-case/3451 "2026-04-04T16:41:35Z")
Talking about Terms of Service; Didn't Read - Phoenix I would like to propose to change the title to This service claims User-generated content is encrypted, and this service cannot decrypt it ▶ Current title As we d… --- ## [Increase penalty for Case 490](https://tosdr.community/t/increase-penalty-for-case-490/3436)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/increase-penalty-for-case-490/3436 "2026-03-24T04:56:05Z")
Reasoning While reviewing Hostinger’s ToS I came accross with this excerpt, which made me realize Case 490 (“The service is only available in some countries approved by its government”) is quite serious. I will disclose … --- ## [Editor: ‘Copy link to highlight’ \<\> Visitor: Verifies Exact Quote](https://tosdr.community/t/editor-copy-link-to-highlight-visitor-verifies-exact-quote/3407)
**Author:** [@GinnyGlider](https://tosdr.community/u/GinnyGlider)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/editor-copy-link-to-highlight-visitor-verifies-exact-quote/3407 "2025-07-27T10:17:05Z")
Sometimes I’ll share a link to a service page of ToS;DR and the feedback is usually as follows: “Nice summary of points, but where can I find the source claim of X point” “TL;DR Can you send me a screenshot or a li… --- ## [Updating the algorithm for service grades -- thoughts?](https://tosdr.community/t/updating-the-algorithm-for-service-grades-thoughts/2926)
**Author:** [@madoleary](https://tosdr.community/u/madoleary)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/updating-the-algorithm-for-service-grades-thoughts/2926 "2024-05-03T20:56:00Z")
Hello! I’m a software developer for Phoenix and lately we’ve been experimenting with new formulas for the algorithm used to determine service grades. I say “algorithm,” but it’s really a simple list of conditions, plus … --- ## [Updated algorithm for service grades deployed to staging](https://tosdr.community/t/updated-algorithm-for-service-grades-deployed-to-staging/2943)
**Author:** [@madoleary](https://tosdr.community/u/madoleary)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/updated-algorithm-for-service-grades-deployed-to-staging/2943 "2024-04-11T15:35:05Z")
Hello all, the updated algorithm discussed in the above topic has been deployed to staging. You can inspect services and their grades here: Services It would be good to get this deployed by the end of the week or earl… --- ## [Domains and icon for service 10499](https://tosdr.community/t/domains-and-icon-for-service-10499/3165)
**Author:** [@lr19](https://tosdr.community/u/lr19)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 10:25am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/domains-and-icon-for-service-10499/3165 "2024-02-24T10:25:15Z")
Here’s some domains for service Sanoma Media Finland: https://www.is.fi/, https://www.hs.fi/, https://www.aamulehti.fi/, https://satakunnankansa.fi/, https://www.akuankka.fi/, https://www.ruutu.fi/, https://supla.fi/. … --- ## [Respecting the DNT header shouldn't be factor](https://tosdr.community/t/respecting-the-dnt-header-shouldnt-be-factor/2974)
**Author:** [@AgreementFinder](https://tosdr.community/u/AgreementFinder)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/respecting-the-dnt-header-shouldnt-be-factor/2974 "2023-09-27T06:53:37Z")
Currently if a service explicitly says it does not respect the DNT header, it is marked as a penalty with weight 60 (Terms of Service; Didn't Read - Phoenix). There is even a suggestion to add this constraint unless aff… --- ## [Case Modification Proposal](https://tosdr.community/t/case-modification-proposal/3043)
**Author:** [@Deveroonie](https://tosdr.community/u/Deveroonie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/case-modification-proposal/3043 "2023-09-18T06:50:00Z")
I feel like case 299 and case 408 should be merged together and require points to reflect such, like what is done with case 331. What are your guys opinion on this? --- ## [Case Edit 180](https://tosdr.community/t/case-edit-180/2938)
**Author:** [@Deveroonie](https://tosdr.community/u/Deveroonie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/case-edit-180/2938 "2023-09-14T18:06:58Z")
I believe this case should be changed from a netural to a :bad: (bad) This is because the case states that your content can be use for all their existing and future services, not just the one that content was submitted … --- ## [New username policy](https://tosdr.community/t/new-username-policy/2941)
**Author:** [@madoleary](https://tosdr.community/u/madoleary)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/new-username-policy/2941 "2023-07-03T11:07:39Z")
Hello everybody, Phoenix has implemented a new username policy to only allow letters, numbers, periods, and underscores. This is related to the integration of the Hypothesis annotation tool. I would advise everyone to … --- ## [Merge case 399 into negative](https://tosdr.community/t/merge-case-399-into-negative/2918)
**Author:** [@Deveroonie](https://tosdr.community/u/Deveroonie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/merge-case-399-into-negative/2918 "2023-06-10T21:42:08Z")
I think that https://edit.tosdr.org/cases/399 should be negative because services can see approx location from it --- ## [Linking in a document that has just been added](https://tosdr.community/t/linking-in-a-document-that-has-just-been-added/2906)
**Author:** [@levijneuwirth](https://tosdr.community/u/levijneuwirth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/linking-in-a-document-that-has-just-been-added/2906 "2023-05-19T22:06:35Z")
Hello all, Thanks to this great community! I have used the website for a long time as a reader and am happy to be able to contribute… I hope I’m getting most of them right and not causing the curators too much trouble … --- ## [Turn bad cases into neutral](https://tosdr.community/t/turn-bad-cases-into-neutral/1819)
**Author:** [@Agnes\_de\_Lion](https://tosdr.community/u/Agnes_de_Lion)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2023, 10:35am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/turn-bad-cases-into-neutral/1819 "2023-04-09T10:35:42Z")
Currently, to get an A at ToS;DR classifications, a service must have no bad (or blocker) cases. Sometimes this may seem unfair, especially when a service only has bad cases that aren’t really affecting user’s rights. … --- ## [Status of edit request](https://tosdr.community/t/status-of-edit-request/2842)
**Author:** [@lr19](https://tosdr.community/u/lr19)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/status-of-edit-request/2842 "2023-03-24T08:54:29Z")
Hi, what’s the status of the service edit request that I sent a half years earlier? I’d like to add more points for the service, but I want that the documents are accessible directly from Phoenix first. So that automat… --- ## [6751: Request for Recrawl](https://tosdr.community/t/6751-request-for-recrawl/2762)
**Author:** [@iamflorencejay](https://tosdr.community/u/iamflorencejay)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/6751-request-for-recrawl/2762 "2023-01-12T13:12:27Z")
I added tosdr.txt on odysee, so you can add some stuff like community guidelines, etc. so I will probably request for a recall. --- ## [Point 11116 no longer exists in privacy policy](https://tosdr.community/t/point-11116-no-longer-exists-in-privacy-policy/2433)
**Author:** [@JoshAtticus](https://tosdr.community/u/JoshAtticus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/point-11116-no-longer-exists-in-privacy-policy/2433 "2022-07-06T22:09:36Z")
The content of Point 11116 no longer exists in any of avast’s privacy policies --- ## [Avoiding confusion between 'case' and 'point', and between 'APPROVED' and 'DECLINED'. Waking Phoenix](https://tosdr.community/t/avoiding-confusion-between-case-and-point-and-between-approved-and-declined-waking-phoenix/2114)
**Author:** [@elvey](https://tosdr.community/u/elvey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/avoiding-confusion-between-case-and-point-and-between-approved-and-declined-waking-phoenix/2114 "2021-11-06T00:49:45Z")
Hi! I have experience maintaining a site that maintained ToS history, but am getting started here. So from my initial experience here, I have some suggestions. But first: Background: I felt a lot of confusion over wh… --- ## [Adding new document to Venmo](https://tosdr.community/t/adding-new-document-to-venmo/2016)
**Author:** [@cwg1231](https://tosdr.community/u/cwg1231)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/adding-new-document-to-venmo/2016 "2021-09-16T19:02:06Z")
This is my first post on the ToS;DR forums. I believe this is the correct way to do this, could a mod please add the privacy policy as a new document to the service Venmo? I noticed while signing up for an account that t… --- ## [Case Proposal: Prices and fees may be changed at any time, without notice to you](https://tosdr.community/t/case-proposal-prices-and-fees-may-be-changed-at-any-time-without-notice-to-you/1907)
**Author:** [@Agnes\_de\_Lion](https://tosdr.community/u/Agnes_de_Lion)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/case-proposal-prices-and-fees-may-be-changed-at-any-time-without-notice-to-you/1907 "2021-07-15T22:34:16Z")
I propose the following data to be a new case, initially proposed by @Dr\_Jeff in GitHub Fields Data Name Prices and fees may be changed at any time, without notice to you Description The service reserves the r… --- ## ["Private messages can be read" should be a red X, not a yellow thumbs-down](https://tosdr.community/t/private-messages-can-be-read-should-be-a-red-x-not-a-yellow-thumbs-down/1831)
**Author:** [@HACKER3000](https://tosdr.community/u/HACKER3000)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/private-messages-can-be-read-should-be-a-red-x-not-a-yellow-thumbs-down/1831 "2021-07-11T19:22:31Z")
I think services reading your PMs is really creepy and should be weighted more in the judgement. --- ## [Guilded now offers a way to delete accounts](https://tosdr.community/t/guilded-now-offers-a-way-to-delete-accounts/1882)
**Author:** [@erkinalp](https://tosdr.community/u/erkinalp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/guilded-now-offers-a-way-to-delete-accounts/1882 "2021-06-11T09:52:40Z")
Previously they said “just stop using the service”. [Next page](https://tosdr.community/tag/changes/21.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=changes)