FTC-GG24
Marketing · PDP copy
“100% carbon-neutral shipping” — tightened Green Guides require third-party verified scope.
Found on 4 product pages. Proposed: swap claim to “offset on every order via verified registry” + add a one-line verification.
The WatchPol loop
From a regulator moment to a shipped fix — five quiet steps.
WatchPol runs the same loop every week. Each step leaves a written summary so you and your accountant or attorney can refer back to it later.
STEP 01
Monitor
Continuous reading of GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, multi-state nexus, FTC Green Guides, and ADA/WCAG feeds. New rules arrive with a stable code.
STEP 02
Detect
Each Monday, your listings, checkout, marketing copy, and policy pages are run against that week's changes.
STEP 03
Explain
Every finding carries a plain-English note of what changed in the rule and where it lands on your storefront.
STEP 04
Prevent
Proposed edits ship alongside the finding — copy, disclosure language, markup fix — ready to review, never auto-applied.
STEP 05
Protect
You approve, edit, or reject. Decisions land in an audit log with rule code, citation, and timestamp.
What we watch
A regulatory watchlist written in plain English — with a rule code for cross-checking.
WatchPol monitors official feeds across four tracks. Each rule carries a stable code so you and your accountant or attorney can refer to the same item — no guessing which regulation is in play.
- GDPR-A01Weekly
GDPR consent banner copy
Cookie banner wording, reject-all button parity, and granular consent.
- CCPA-12Weekly
CCPA / CPRA "Do Not Sell" link
Required placement, honor signals (GPC), and 15-day response SLA.
- TX-NEXUSOn change
Economic nexus thresholds
Tracks TX, CA, NY, FL — sales tax language on PDP + checkout.
- STRIPE-VATOn change
EU VAT IOSS thresholds
Imports under €150 — disclosure language for marketplace checkout.
- FTC-GG24Weekly
FTC Green Guides revision
Carbon-neutral & "eco-friendly" claims; required disclosures.
- FTC-TRUTHWeekly
Truth-in-advertising claims
Before/after, free-shipping, "doctor-recommended" phrasing.
- ADA-WCAG22Weekly
Storefront WCAG 2.2 AA
Color contrast, keyboard nav, form labels, alt text patterns.
- ADA-WCAG22-2On demand
Paste-and-check snippet auditor
Drop a storefront HTML block; get a WCAG 2.1 AA severity report — review-only.
- ADA-CHECKOn change
Checkout flow accessibility
Focus order, error messaging, screen-reader landmarks.
Try it now
Three standalone tools you can use today.
All three are review-only — nothing is pushed to your storefront and nothing is stored between visits.
Single-listing scan
Audit one listing right now.
Paste a PDP block, marketing claim, or product description. WatchPol runs it against the seeded GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and FTC Green Guides patterns and returns severity-grouped rewrites with citations.
Privacy policy generator
Draft a privacy policy in seconds.
Tell WatchPol which jurisdictions you serve, what data you collect, and which processors you use. You get a plain-language draft with the standard sections — review it with counsel before publishing.
Accessibility auditor
Audit a storefront snippet for accessibility.
Paste a block of HTML from a product or checkout page. WatchPol runs it against the seeded WCAG 2.1 AA heuristic checklist and returns a severity-grouped report with hand-authored corrected markup per finding.
Built for
The SMB merchant who owns the legal risk without owning a legal team.
WatchPol is not for everyone. Be honest about whether it fits.
WatchPol is for
- · Small e-commerce sellers on Shopify, BigCommerce, or WooCommerce
- · Multi-state or cross-border merchants juggling nexus rules
- · Operators who can't afford dedicated legal counsel but still own the legal risk
- · Teams tired of the once-a-quarter scramble
WatchPol is not for
- · Single-marketplace hobby sellers with one product
- · Enterprise legal teams with a stack of outside counsel — we would slow you down
- · Agencies bulk-managing other people's stores — we audit the storefront, not the contract
- · Anyone looking for a tax engine or a consent manager — we are the layer above those
Inside the digest
One email. Three parts per item.
Every digest item is structured the same way: what the regulator changed (in your vocabulary), what we found on your storefront, and the proposed edit. Decisions take seconds, not hours.
Your existing tax engine and consent tool keep running. WatchPol is the translator between regulators and your storefront — and the safer inbox between you and the “did we miss something?” anxiety.
Sales tax · TX-NEXUS
Texas economic nexus threshold lowered to $250k
- What we found
- Your storefront serves TX buyers. Checkout currently shows no Texas-specific sales tax disclosure.
- Proposed edit
- Add a one-line disclosure near the cart subtotal: “Texas sales tax added at checkout per state law.”
- Impact
- Med · actionable within 7 days
Privacy · CCPA-12
"Do Not Sell or Share" link placement tightened
- What we found
- The link is in your footer column two. The 2026 guidance expects it alongside the privacy notice.
- Proposed edit
- Move the link to row one, equal weight to Privacy Policy and Terms. Two characters of HTML.
- Impact
- Low · 10-minute edit
Accessibility · ADA-WCAG22
Form error messages must identify the field
- What we found
- Checkout email error reads “Invalid input.” — fails WCAG 3.3.1.
- Proposed edit
- Replace with “Email: please enter a valid address.” One template, all checkout forms.
- Impact
- Med · measurable accessibility gain
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We onboard by invite while the watch-list is being tuned. Send us a note about your storefront and what worries you most about compliance — we'll reply within two business days.
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