How Attention Levels Work
Understand attention levels, clause categories, severity levels, and how review guidance is generated.
Attention Levels
Every scan assigns a qualitative attention level. The label is meant to help you decide where to focus your review, not to make a legal risk determination.
| Label | Color | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Green | Typical clauses with lower review priority |
| Worth reviewing | Amber | Some clauses are worth reading before agreeing |
| Needs attention | Red | Clauses deserve careful review before accepting |
Treat every attention level as review guidance, not legal advice or an authoritative legal risk determination.
Severity Levels
Findings use severity cues to explain why something was highlighted:
- Informational (neutral): Context worth understanding without a warning or noteworthy rating.
- Noteworthy (amber): A term worth reviewing, including some common industry terms.
- Warning (red): A term that deserves closer attention because of its potential effect on your rights or obligations.
These are review priorities. A warning does not, by itself, mean a term is unlawful or unusual.
Categories
Themys looks for risks in areas such as the following. The exact finding titles depend on the detected terms:
| Category | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| Data Privacy | Data collection, sharing with third parties, tracking, retention policies |
| Arbitration | Mandatory arbitration, class action waivers, jury trial waivers |
| Liability | Limitation of liability, indemnification, warranty disclaimers |
| Content/IP | Content licensing, IP ownership transfer, broad usage grants |
| Billing | Auto-renewal, hidden fees, unilateral price changes, cancellation hurdles |
| Account | Unilateral termination, account suspension, data deletion on termination |
How to Use the Guidance
Start with clauses marked Warning, then read Noteworthy findings that involve the topics most important to you. Open Full Document to verify wording and surrounding context. The Extraction view can provide a structured reading guide when available.
Example
Consider a ToS with two major findings:
- Mandatory arbitration with class action waiver in the Arbitration category
- Broad data sharing with third parties in the Data Privacy category
Those signals may produce an overall Worth reviewing attention level, with the arbitration and data-sharing clauses highlighted first.
Color Coding Reference
Results use consistent color coding throughout the web app and the planned
extension (coming soon):
| Attention Level | Badge Color |
|---|---|
| Standard | Green |
| Worth reviewing | Amber |
| Needs attention | Red |
These colors appear in attention badges, category breakdowns, and the overlay UI to provide at-a-glance review guidance.