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Change log

A plain-language record of substantive changes to the Charter Mark certification scheme, the Human Values Framework, and our legal and governance pages. Each legal page's own version line is the authoritative record for that page — this is an index across all of them, newest first.

6 September 2026

  • Fixed two pages that had hard-coded non-www canonical URLs (advisory-board, complaints), causing Google to see a domain mismatch between the canonical it was given (sacredlogic.org) and the page it actually crawled (www.sacredlogic.org). Both now use relative canonical paths that resolve correctly against the site's canonical www domain.
  • Fixed a typo in the Advisory Board page's Open Graph metadata: the URL read sacredloic.org (missing the "g") instead of sacredlogic.org. This produced invalid structured data for that page.
  • Removed a redundant static robots.txt file from the public directory. The site correctly uses a dynamic Next.js App Router robots handler (app/robots.ts) that includes proper crawl-disallow rules for private routes; the static file was dead code that added ambiguity.
  • Corrected the site-wide canonical URL environment variable in the Vercel dashboard: NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL was set to https://sacredlogic.org (non-www), while the site is served at https://www.sacredlogic.org. Because all relative canonical paths (e.g. /about, /pricing) are resolved against this variable, every page on the site was pointing search engines to the non-www version — which itself 301-redirects to www, creating a redirect loop in Google's eyes and causing the "Alternate page with proper canonical tag" indexing error across the board. The variable is now correctly set to https://www.sacredlogic.org.

5 September 2026

  • The "What is SACRED LOGIC™?" homepage explainer has moved from a YouTube embed to a self-hosted video, so watching it no longer depends on a third-party video platform. The video itself was also refreshed with updated end-user-facing copy about searching the free public registry.
  • Fixed a page that had accidentally been hidden from search engines: /pricing was made publicly visible without sign-in on 22 August 2026 (see that entry below), but a leftover technical setting kept telling search engines not to index it. That has now been corrected, and the page has its own proper title, description, and preview card.
  • Fixed the sitemap (the technical index that helps search engines discover every page on the site): nine real, public pages were missing from it entirely, including the pricing page, the "How it Works" page, and the Compliance Fast Track page. All are now included.
  • Shortened around a dozen page descriptions that were too long to display fully in search results, including on the Trademark Policy, Data Processing Agreement, Disclaimer, AI Transparency, Certification Rules, and Cookie Policy pages, while keeping the important legal meaning of each.

4 September 2026

  • All pre-launch and not-yet-operational language has been removed from public-facing pages. Affected pages: homepage (ticker and Fast Track CTA), Security & Vulnerability Disclosure, Consumer Registry, Consumer Consent Notice, Governance & Independence, Accessibility, and the Data Processing Agreement.
  • Security page: removed the "Honest note: Sacred Logic™ is a pre-launch MVP" paragraph and the "pre-launch platform" qualifier from the security summary. The Independent Assessment section is now written as a commitment; the Secure Reporting section no longer uses "don't yet" framing.
  • Consumer Registry: removed the notice stating that additional compliance data sources "are coming soon". Removed the "(coming soon)" label from the disabled Request an Introduction button.
  • Consumer Consent Notice: removed the placeholder block stating the portal and supplier partnerships were "not yet operational".
  • Governance & Independence: replaced all "commercial pilot" references with present-tense operational language. The governance roadmap now describes a scheme that is growing and maturing rather than preparing to launch.
  • Accessibility: replaced "This site has not yet undergone a formal accessibility audit" with a positive statement of existing groundwork and commitment to a future audit.
  • Data Processing Agreement: removed "(in formation)" from the Sacred Logic Ltd. legal entity name.
  • Homepage news ticker: removed the "Certification Launch Partner's innovation programme now open" and "Coming soon: integrated live EU compliance data" ticker items. Updated the Fast Track sub-caption from "Launch Partner programme open — early access, reduced rate" to "Certification open — contact [email protected] to get started".

28 August 2026

  • The site title and social-share tags have been corrected: "SACRED LOGIC™" has been changed to "Sacred Logic" across the <title>, og:title, and twitter:title fields. The trademark symbol (™) was being converted to the text "TM" by DuckDuckGo's snippet engine, producing "SACREDLOGICTM" in search results. The symbol is preserved in all on-page copy and headings — removed from metadata tags only.
  • A full mobile-navigation hamburger menu has been added to the site header. On small screens the desktop nav is replaced by a 44×44px hamburger button that opens a full-width animated drawer. Tapping any link in the drawer closes it automatically. The desktop navigation is unchanged.
  • Footer navigation links now have larger touch targets (minimum 44px) and extra bottom padding to prevent the live-chat widget from overlapping navigation links on mobile.
  • Homepage navigation is now visible on the homepage (previously hidden) and the search/enquiry form stacks vertically on small screens.
  • The homepage trust-row wording has been updated: "Human-reviewed by a named, independent assessor" is now "Human-reviewed by a named assessor operating under published independence safeguards", and the accompanying governance link now reads "See how certification independence works →". This more precisely describes the current sole-founder structure without implying a third-party body that does not yet exist.
  • Certification Rules and Terms of Service: "Sacred Logic™ is an independent certification body" replaced with "Sacred Logic™ operates an independent, founder-led certification scheme" in both documents. The new wording preserves the important meaning — Sacred Logic is independent of the organisations it certifies — while accurately describing the current governance model.
  • Fast Track page: two explicit section headers added to the Human Values Framework points list, clearly separating Points 1–7 ("accepted on the basis of declared EU AI Act conformity and documentary evidence; not independently re-audited by Sacred Logic™") from Points 8–10 ("assessed by Sacred Logic™ against the Human Values Framework"). This eliminates any ambiguity an auditor or sophisticated buyer could identify between the Fast Track route and the canonical framework.
  • Machine-readable wordmark fix (complete): the "Sac red Logic™" split — where adjacent colour spans caused crawlers and accessibility trees to read two separate tokens — has now been resolved across all five instances site-wide: homepage H1, homepage disclaimer, certificate page, About page, and the assessment download report. Each instance now renders "Sacred" as a single text node using a CSS background-clip gradient, preserving the visual green-to-red split while exposing one clean word to every automated reader.
  • Article 95 wording standardised: two pages that described the scheme as a "voluntary AI assurance self-assessment consistent with Article 95" have been updated — Terms of Service now reads "voluntary AI assurance questionnaire consistent with Article 95" (accurate for the tool) and the Organisations landing page now reads "voluntary AI assurance scheme consistent with Article 95", matching the canonical homepage formulation. The Charter Mark requires human validation and is not a self-assessment.

22 August 2026

  • The Charter Mark tiers and pricing page (/pricing) is now publicly visible without requiring registration — visitors can see Bronze (€1,400/yr), Silver (€5,500/yr), and Gold (€12,500/yr) tier prices and a Platinum band (€25,000–€80,000/yr) before committing to creating an account. The interactive checkout flow is preserved and shown once a visitor is logged in with a registered organisation account.
  • A governance trust signal has been added to the homepage: a line directly below the main trust row reads 'Human-reviewed by a named, independent assessor — read our governance statement →', linking to /governance. This gives enterprise buyers a one-click path to assessor credentials and independence safeguards without leaving the hero section.

19 August 2026

  • The 'Close ✕' label on the About page header has been changed to '← Home', removing ambiguity for visitors who arrive directly from search — the link has always gone back to the home page, and the label now says so plainly.
  • The site's canonical URL is consistently www.sacredlogic.org, managed at the infrastructure level via Vercel's domain settings — ensuring a single canonical URL across the site and avoiding any potential for duplicate-content indexing.
  • Fixed a long-standing visual defect where the Sacred Logic™ wordmark rendered as 'Sac red Logic™' with a spurious space in 'Sacred' on the homepage, certificate page, registry shell, and Charter Mark badge — caused by JSX whitespace between adjacent colour-split spans.
  • The homepage footer disclaimer now reads 'The Sacred Logic™ Charter Mark is a voluntary Article 95 certification' rather than 'self-assessment', accurately reflecting that the Charter Mark requires human validation by a Sacred Logic™ assessor.
  • The homepage news ticker has been simplified: the Compliance Fast Track announcement has been removed (it is already shown as a prominent pill on the same page) and the two near-identical EU AI Act implementation-date items have been merged into one.
  • The public register now shows a smooth loading animation while entries are being fetched, and displays a clear message with a 'Clear all filters' action when a search returns no results.
  • Fast Track evidence basis is now colour-coded on both the register list and each organisation's register profile: CE mark (green), ISO/IEC 42001 (blue), and self-declared (amber) — so a reader can see at a glance how strong the underlying compliance evidence is without reading the prose.
  • The How it Works page (/how-it-works) now displays a distinctive icon and estimated time for each of the five certification steps, making the journey more tangible before you start.
  • The certificate verification page (/verify) now clarifies that 'no certificate found' means the ID was not found in any status — including expired, suspended, and revoked — so a reader knows the search was exhaustive.
  • Fixed a bug where the self-assessment Part A risk questions shared a single radio group, causing selecting one answer to deselect another.
  • The 'Compliance Fast Track' label on registry entries now has a tooltip keyboard and screen-reader users can reach, explaining what the fast track covers and what it does not.
  • Fixed a bug where the 'public register entry' text in the Fast Track disclosure on the electronic certificate was a non-clickable label rather than a link — it now navigates to the organisation's registry profile.
  • The keyboard-accessible 'Skip to main content' link now works on every page of the site, not only the homepage — the target anchor was missing from the main element on all other pages.
  • A dedicated Compliance Fast Track page (/fast-track) is now published, explaining who qualifies, what Sacred Logic™ assesses (Human Values Framework points 8–10 only), what is not covered (points 1–7), the evidence basis options (CE mark, ISO/IEC 42001, or self-declared), the step-by-step process, and the required points-1–7 disclosure. The homepage Fast Track pill now links directly to this page.
  • Removed two internal drafting notes from the Certification Rules page: the '(to be finalised before the pilot)' parenthetical from the complaints acknowledgement timescales, and the end-of-page notice describing the document as a good-faith operational description. Both are now clean, unqualified policy text.
  • Fixed a text-extraction and accessibility issue on the homepage where 'Article 95' and 'certification' appeared joined without a space in the Article 95 disclaimer.
  • The Part B evidence cards on the self-assessment now use progressive disclosure: the detailed evidence-requirement text is hidden behind a 'What's covered?' toggle so the initial view is less daunting, while the full detail remains available on demand.
  • Published a new Governance and Independence page (/governance) explaining who can assess an application, who makes certification decisions, how conflicts of interest are handled, the structural safeguards protecting decision integrity, appeals, and the scheme's commitments and their limits. Linked from the site footer.
  • Following completion of the external legal review of the whole legal suite, the 'not yet reviewed by a lawyer' notices previously shown at the foot of the Cookies, Disclaimer, and Security pages have been removed.

10 August 2026

  • After completing the self-assessment and opting in, visitors now receive a personalised copy of their results by email — including their readiness score, recommended Charter Mark tier, a Human Values Framework point-by-point breakdown, EU AI Act risk profile, and next-step guidance.
  • The results email now includes the Sacred Logic lighthouse image and branded tagline, visible even when email clients block external images.
  • The follow-up form now accepts an optional name and phone number, which appear in both the visitor copy and the certification team notification.
  • A one-click link to request a complimentary 15-minute Microsoft Teams video briefing with the certification team is included in every visitor results email.
  • Fixed a bug where a high readiness score could incorrectly display as 'Not ready for certification yet' in the visitor copy email.

4 August 2026

  • Fixed a defect where opting in for follow-up after completing the self-assessment didn't reliably notify the certification team.
  • Footer navigation links now have a larger touch/click target, meeting the WCAG 2.5.8 minimum target size.

1 August 2026

  • Certification Rules gained a named lifecycle section (issue / suspension / investigation / appeal / reinstatement / expiry / withdrawal) and a reinstatement paragraph distinct from revocation.
  • The certificate and public verification pages now show the framework version a mark was assessed under.
  • Misconduct reports can now genuinely be submitted anonymously — name and e-mail are optional end-to-end, not just described as optional.
  • The personal-data retention schedule is now also published as a plain reader-facing table, alongside a new “deleted accounts” entry.
  • Revoking a Charter Mark no longer deletes the record outright: /verify and the public register profile now distinguish Current, Suspended, Revoked, and Expired, so a revoked mark is no longer indistinguishable from one that never existed.
  • Every certification decision (issue, certify, certify with conditions, defer, decline, revoke) now records the framework version applied and the evidence on file in the internal audit trail, and a reviewer can attach a rationale note to any decision, not only a refusal.
  • The Trademark and Brand Usage Policy now names the Charter Mark licence explicitly (non-exclusive, revocable, non-transferable), and adds terms on comparative use, advertising and social media, and what happens on expiry, alongside suspension and revocation.
  • The public certificate-status badge's cache lifetime was shortened (1 hour to 5 minutes) so a suspended or revoked mark stops showing a cached “Certified” badge sooner.
  • The Security page now discloses plainly that there is no PGP key or public status page yet, rather than being silent on the point.
  • Every legal page now shows a “last reviewed” date alongside its version and last-updated date.
  • Fast-track Points 1–7 third-party-reliance disclosures were added to every registry-facing page (registry list, registry profile, /verify, and the printable certificate) — previously only the registry profile page had one — and the certificate's headline claim is now conditional on the actual assessment route.
  • /admin/chat-logs access was audited end to end (server-verified admin identity, edge gating, salted non-reversible visitor hashing) — no exposure found.
  • A Data Processing Agreement is now published at /dpa and applies automatically from registration, rather than existing only as an unexecuted internal draft.
  • Every governing-law reference site-wide now names the Republic of Ireland specifically, and the Terms of Service and Data Processing Agreement carry an explicit, irrevocable exclusive-jurisdiction clause.
  • The Terms of Service gained an explicit strict-liability disclaimer for a Compliance Fast Track organisation's self-declared Points 1–7 conformity.
  • Fixed a consumer-portal consent-flow defect: declining the optional marketing-lead-sharing consent had incorrectly blocked use of the free portal. The two consents (data processing, required; marketing-lead sharing, optional) are now genuinely independent, matching the feature's own Data Protection Impact Assessment.
  • The self-assessment results screen now states explicitly that the score is calculated by fixed rule-based logic, not by an AI model.
  • The Disclaimer page's certification-scope section now carries the same Points 1–7 fast-track disclosure as the registry pages.

31 July 2026

  • Published this AI Transparency Statement page and split the complaints process into three tracks: operational complaints, certification appeals, and misconduct reports (Certification Rules § 8).
  • Added a “who reviews applications today” disclosure to Certification Rules § 4, and a version number alongside the effective/last-updated date on every legal page.
  • Clarified that Sacred Logic acts as a data controller for most of the site but as a processor for an organisation customer's certification application data specifically, on that customer's instructions (Privacy Policy, Data Processing Agreement template).
  • Added a dedicated Electronic Marketing (PECR / ePrivacy) section to the Privacy Policy, covering e-mail, phone, and SMS marketing consent under Ireland's ePrivacy Regulations.
  • Added explicit “not legal advice / not a regulatory approval / not a guarantee of ongoing conduct” disclosures to the certificate, registry, and verification pages, and finalised the personal-data retention schedule.

25 July 2026

  • Published a standalone Cookie Policy and Certification Rules page (methodology, decision rules, validity/renewal, suspension & withdrawal, complaints & appeals).
  • Substantially expanded the Privacy Policy (international transfers, complaint routes to the Irish DPC / UK ICO, an automated-decision-making statement, a security section) and the Terms of Service, following a first external legal review of the whole legal suite.
  • Drafted a Data Protection Impact Assessment for consumer lead-sharing and a customer Data Processing Agreement template.

24 July 2026

  • Published a Security page with a coordinated vulnerability-disclosure process, and a standalone Disclaimer page.
  • Strengthened limitation-of-liability and warranty language, including an explicit liability cap.
  • Site-wide accessibility pass: colour-contrast fixes across the certificate, registry, and admin pages.

21 July 2026

  • Expanded the Terms of Service and rebuilt the public register as a standalone, plain-language public page.
  • Introduced the electronic (printable/PDF) Charter Mark certificate.

18–20 July 2026

  • Published the initial Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the consumer consent notice for the B2C portal.

This log covers substantive, public-facing changes only — not every internal edit. Issued Charter Marks keep the framework version they were assessed under (see Certification Rules § 10).