International Journal of Science, Engineering and TechnologyAuthors: Jaya Veeranjaneya Reddy B, D Nikhil, Ch Rajesh, Mr. C Ram Chandran
Abstract: In the rapidly evolving digital ecosystem, users frequently interact with mobile applications, websites, e-commerce platforms, and online services that require acceptance of lengthy Terms and Conditions (T&C), Privacy Policies, and User Agreements. Most users tend to accept these agreements without thoroughly reading or understanding the hidden clauses, legal complexities, data-sharing permissions, subscription traps, liability waivers, and privacy loopholes embedded within them. This creates a significant gap between user awareness and digital consent, often leading to privacy violations, unauthorized data collection, financial exploitation, auto-renewal scams, and misuse of personal information. To address this growing concern, Clause Guard is proposed as an intelligent and user-centric application designed to detect, analyze, and simplify loopholes present in legal agreements of apps and websites. Clause Guard leverages advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Legal Text Analytics to automatically scan and interpret complex legal documents in real time. The application identifies potentially harmful, suspicious, or manipulative clauses and categorizes them based on risk level, transparency, and user impact. It highlights critical sections related to data privacy, third-party data sharing, hidden charges, subscription auto-renewals, liability disclaimers, intellectual property rights, tracking permissions, and consent manipulation practices. By converting complicated legal terminology into simple and understandable language, the platform enhances digital literacy and empowers users to make informed decisions before accepting agreements.
