How the gate works
This tool grades a lead-capture form's prior-express-written-consent readiness. It scores 6 weighted controls into a 0–100 number — then a gate that can only make the verdict worse.
The 6 weighted controls
A pre-checked opt-in box (not affirmative), no retained per-consumer consent record, or purchased data with no provenance forces EVIDENCE GAP regardless of the score. If evidence of the required affirmative action or consent record is not shown, this instrument records a consent-evidence gap. It does not determine whether legally valid consent exists.
Why: Disclosure, electronic-signature evidence, record-keeping, and revocation are all marked at the top — the form scores 80. But the opt-in box is pre-checked (not affirmative), and that triggers the consent-evidence gate: the instrument records a consent-evidence gap. The verdict is forced to EVIDENCE GAP regardless of the score.
The score alone reads FIX FIRST; the gate made it worse. The score is context; the gate is the answer — and where something is short, the priority control row names it. Grades the prior-express-written-consent readiness of forms, not people, and deliberately doesn't grade the vacated one-to-one rule. A readiness aid, not legal advice — confirm your obligations with counsel.