Terms of Service

“trans-gov.net” (the "Platform") is operated by May Adelaide ("the operator"). By accessing or contributing to the Platform, you agree to these Terms.

1. Purpose

The Platform exists to collect, organize, and preserve publicly available information and evidence about individuals, so that it can be documented and referred to the police and other appropriate authorities. Its purpose is the recording and orderly presentation of public-interest information for referral to law enforcement. An entry records information and evidence; it is not a verdict.

2. The operator takes responsibility

Every entry is personally reviewed and approved by the operator before it is published. The operator stands behind the content published on the Platform and does not disclaim responsibility for it. Any question, dispute, correction request, or inquiry — including from law enforcement or from a person named on the Platform — should be directed to the operator at transgov@trans-gov.net.

3. Who may use the Platform

The Platform may be read by anyone. There is no age restriction on viewing or, in principle, on contributing. A contributor under the age of 18 may register and submit information only with the knowledge, presence, and consent of their parent or legal guardian.

4. Submissions must be truthful and verifiable

You are responsible for the truthfulness of everything you submit. Only submit information you believe to be true and can support with evidence. Rumor, guesswork, and unsupported claims are not acceptable.

Every submission must point to a source that can be independently checked. You are not asked to upload evidence files yourself. Instead, provide the link to your source — for example, a page's address. Include that link with your submission, or place it directly on the page you are working on. The operator preserves an independent, archived copy of each source at the point of review, so the record does not depend on the original staying online.

If you have also produced a forensic capture of the source (for example with a tool such as Evidence Collector), it will not be accepted as it creates ambiguity if the user decides to delete that data on the third party website where the operator does not have control.

Submissions without a checkable source link will be rejected.

5. Prohibited content and conduct

You must not submit, upload, or link to any content that:

is knowingly false, or is posted maliciously or to harass, intimidate, or retaliate;
sexualizes, endangers, or identifies a minor, or constitutes child sexual abuse material;
contains threats of violence, incitement, or calls to harm any person;
discloses information whose publication is prohibited by law or court order;
publishes another person's private identifying information beyond what is reasonably necessary to the report's public-interest purpose (for example, financial account numbers, government identification numbers, medical records, or a private home address where it serves no legitimate purpose);
infringes intellectual-property or contractual rights; or
contains malware, or is used to attack, probe, or disrupt the Platform.

You must not use the Platform to stalk, dox, or coordinate harm against any person.

6. Entries concern adults

Entries may only document adults — persons who are 18 or older. Do not submit identifying information about anyone under 18, even if you are under 18 yourself. A concern involving a minor should be taken directly and privately to the police or the appropriate child-protection authority (making sure you use the methods provided and, if you would like, the schematics of the database to help you aggregate the information needed), which can act on it without the minor's identity being published. This restriction applies no matter who is submitting.

7. Review and moderation

No submission is visible to the public until the operator has reviewed and approved it. The operator may edit, decline, delay, label, or remove any submission at their discretion, and may suspend or remove any account.

8. Corrections and right of reply

A person named on the Platform, or their authorized representative, may write to transgov@trans-gov.net to dispute or correct information about them, or to provide a response. Such requests are reviewed in good faith, and information shown to be false or unsupported is corrected or removed. Please identify the entry and the basis for the request.

9. License to content you submit

You keep ownership of what you submit. You grant the operator a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, moderate, and publish your submission on and in connection with the Platform.

10. Cooperation with authorities

The Platform is intended to support referral to law enforcement. The operator may provide submissions, evidence, and related records to the police or other authorities.

11. Privacy

Information collected to run and moderate the Platform — including a contributor's email address and verification photograph (which are hidden for obvious reasons) — is used to operate the Platform and verify accounts, and is retained while an account is active and as needed to address misuse. Approved contributions are, by design, publicly viewable.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable there. The courts of Ontario have jurisdiction over any dispute arising from these Terms or the Platform.

13. Contact

All inquiries, disputes, and correction or removal requests: transgov@trans-gov.net.