Understanding Your Results
Learn how to read attention levels, flagged clauses, and the full extraction breakdown from a Themys scan.
Overview
The results page opens with a plain-English briefing for the document you scanned. It shows the document type, scan date, attention level, and finding counts, followed by up to three priority findings. Open a finding to read its explanation, suggested next step, and quoted wording.
Use the sidebar to move between Summary, Flagged, Suggestions, Compliance, and Extraction. On tablets, these views appear across the top; on phones, they appear along the bottom. The sidebar can be collapsed, and your decision is saved as a note for your records.
Attention Level
The attention level is a qualitative label that summarizes how much review the document deserves.
| Label | Meaning | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Typical clauses with lower review priority. | Green |
| Worth reviewing | Some clauses are worth reading carefully. | Yellow |
| Needs attention | Clauses deserve careful review before accepting. | Red |
The label reflects the severity, number, and category of flagged clauses. It is review guidance, not legal advice or an authoritative legal risk determination.
The briefing also shows an attention score out of 100. A higher score means more review is needed. Warning, caution, and informational counts describe the analyzed clauses; they are separate from regulatory framework scores.
Flagged Clauses
The Flagged tab lists specific clauses that raise concerns. Each flagged item includes:
Severity Badge
Every flag has a severity level:
- Informational (neutral): A clause to understand, without a warning or caution rating.
- 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.
Category Label
Each flag is tagged with a category:
| Category | What It Covers |
|---|---|
| Data Privacy | How your data is collected, stored, shared, and sold |
| Arbitration | Mandatory arbitration, class action waivers, jury trial waivers |
| Liability | Limitations on the service's liability, indemnification clauses |
| Content & IP | Who owns the content you create, license grants, IP rights |
| Billing | Auto-renewal, price changes, refund policies |
| Account | Account termination, suspension, data deletion on termination |
Quoted Text
Each flag includes the exact text from the original Terms of Service, shown in a quoted block. This lets you verify the finding yourself without searching through the full document.
Explanation
Below the quoted text, a plain-English explanation describes what the clause means for you practically and why it was flagged.
Full Extraction
The Extraction tab provides a complete structured breakdown of the Terms of Service. It organizes the document into logical sections, each with:
- Section title (e.g., "Data Privacy", "User Content", "Termination")
- Key points: bullet-point summaries of what each section says in plain English
The extraction is a navigable summary of the source document. Use it to orient your review, then verify important findings against the original legal text. It does not replace reading the original document or getting legal advice.
Expand Read the original wording to see the stored document text. Source links on findings open the document panel and highlight matching wording. Close that panel to return to the findings.
Summary
The Summary view starts with a short AI-generated paragraph that describes the document as a whole. It covers:
- What service the Terms apply to
- The overall tone of the agreement (balanced, aggressive, etc.)
- The 2-3 most important things to be aware of
The summary is a starting point. Its review button opens the first priority finding. Use the links below the findings to explore the document or its legal context; the full extraction is kept in its own view.
Reading the Results Efficiently
A practical approach to reviewing a scan:
- Check the attention level. Start with clauses marked Needs attention or Worth reviewing.
- Read the summary. Get the high-level picture in 30 seconds.
- Review Warning flags. Focus on red severity items first.
- Skim Caution flags. Check amber items that relate to data privacy or billing.
- Browse the Extraction. If you need specifics, use the extraction to jump to the relevant section.
Accuracy and Limitations
Themys uses AI to analyze legal text. Keep in mind:
- The analysis is not legal advice. It's a tool to help you understand what you're agreeing to.
- Accuracy depends on the quality of the source text. Poorly formatted pages may extract poorly.
- The LLM may miss nuance or flag clauses that are standard for a specific industry.
- Laws vary by jurisdiction. A clause that's problematic in one country may be standard in another.
For high-stakes decisions (signing business contracts, enterprise agreements), consult a lawyer.
Example Walkthrough
Here's what a typical scan result looks like for a social media platform's Terms of Service:
Attention Level: Needs attention
The summary reads:
This Terms of Service grants the platform a broad, royalty-free license to any content you post. The company can modify terms at any time without prior notice. Mandatory arbitration with a class action waiver applies to all disputes. Data is shared with third-party advertisers by default.
Flagged Clauses
The Flagged tab shows 4 items:
Warning, Content & IP:"By posting content on our platform, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute your content."
This means the platform can use your photos, videos, and posts however they want, including sublicensing to other companies, without paying you.
Warning, Arbitration:"Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association."
You cannot sue the platform in court. All disputes go through private arbitration, and you waive your right to join a class action.
Caution, Data Privacy:"We share information with our advertising partners to provide you with personalized ads."
Your data is shared with advertisers by default. Opting out requires changing account settings that are not prominently displayed.
Info, Account:"We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your account at any time for any reason."
The platform can delete your account without cause or notice.
Extraction Tab
The Extraction tab breaks the full ToS into sections: Data Privacy, Content & IP, Arbitration, Billing, Account, and General. Each section has key points summarizing what it says.
This gives you a useful starting point for reviewing the original legal document.
Comparing Scans
If you're evaluating multiple services, run scans on each and compare:
- Compare attention levels to decide where to spend review time.
- Compare the number and severity of flags. A service with 2 warnings deserves a closer look than one with 6.
- Focus on the categories that matter to you (e.g., Data Privacy if you're privacy-conscious).