Policies
Draft policies pending legal review: the commitments below are real and in force; the formal Terms of Service, Privacy, and Evidence policies publish after counsel review, before this site is publicly indexed.
What TipRecord is
Reports and documents on TipRecord are user-submitted or drawn from public sources; they are not findings or legal conclusions by TipRecord. Record labels describe the state of the evidence, not proven conduct. This site is not legal advice; tipping and wage laws vary by region — for your situation, contact your local labor authority (in the U.S., the Department of Labor or your state labor agency) or an attorney.
No pay-to-remove, ever. Record changes happen through evidence, company responses, and corrections, never payment.
Anonymity, honestly stated
Your report is anonymous to the public and to businesses: we never display or share anything that identifies you. TipRecord keeps limited technical data (like a hashed IP address for 14 days and a random device token) to prevent abuse of the platform. Like any U.S. company, we can be required by legal process to produce data we hold. We minimize what we keep so there is little to produce, but we do not promise untraceability.
| Data | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Hashed IP (never the raw address) | 14 days |
| Random device token | 12 months |
| Optional follow-up email (encrypted) | 12 months after last use, or on request |
| Evidence originals (private) | Verification + 90 days, then purged |
Report an inaccuracy
If anything on a record page is inaccurate, tell us and we will review it against the evidence on file: records@tiprecord.com with the page link and what you believe is wrong. Business owners can also respond on the record: owner responses display alongside the claims they address, clearly labeled as company voice.
Delete my submission
Reporters can request deletion of their own report and any evidence they uploaded: records@tiprecord.com. We verify control of the submission (same device, or the confirmed follow-up email); by design, that's all we can verify without breaking your anonymity. When supporting reports are deleted, record labels are recalculated and may step down; a label never survives on evidence we no longer hold.
Copyright (DMCA)
TipRecord publishes moderator-written summaries and limited excerpts, not wholesale documents. Copyright concerns: records@tiprecord.com. A registered DMCA agent and formal notice process are part of launch (they gate public indexing, not reporting).