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 |
Themys still maintains an internal riskScore field for ranking, sorting, and API compatibility. Treat it as an internal signal, not legal advice or an authoritative legal risk determination.
Severity Levels
Flagged clauses use severity cues to explain why something was highlighted:
- Info (blue): Standard clause that's worth noting but not necessarily alarming.
- Caution (amber): Clause that could affect you in specific situations.
- Warning (red): Clause that gives the service significant power over your data, content, or legal rights.
Categories
Clauses are classified into six categories, each targeting a different area of concern:
| 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 Guidance Is Generated
The attention level is derived from internal ranking signals:
- Clause severity. Each flagged clause receives an internal ranking signal based on how much it may restrict or disadvantage the user.
- Category aggregation. Clauses within the same category are grouped so repeated concerns are easier to see.
- Category weighting. Categories carry relative weights for general consumer impact.
- Overall attention level. Internal signals are mapped to Standard, Worth reviewing, or Needs attention for display.
Weights are pre-configured and reflect general consumer impact. They do not vary per user or per scan.
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 extension and web app:
| Attention Level | Badge Color | Hex |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Green | #22c55e |
| Worth reviewing | Amber | #f59e0b |
| Needs attention | Red | #ef4444 |
These colors appear in attention badges, category breakdowns, and the overlay UI to provide at-a-glance review guidance.
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