Refusal trust moat

Trust infrastructure should publish what it refused to certify.

The refusal log is a trust signal. PlenaProof can build premium credibility by showing that verification is not automatic, paid certification is not guaranteed, and human reviewers can say no.

Quarterly publication template

SectionWhat it saysPublic safety rule
Summary numbersTotal reviewed, certified, refused, corrected, appealed, and withdrawn.Aggregate only.
Top refusal categoriesMissing authority, insufficient chain of custody, privacy risk, legal boundary, identity uncertainty, unsafe disclosure.No sensitive identities.
Representative casesPlain-language examples of why PLENA declined to certify.Redacted and consent-safe.
Policy changesNew refusal rule, reviewer training update, appeal pathway, or issuer correction rule.Publish governance changes.
Reviewer accountabilityQuality-control actions, second reviews, conflicts identified, or retraining.No retaliation or exposure of protected reviewers.
Positioning line: PlenaProof is valuable not because it verifies everything, but because it preserves a disciplined record of what it will not verify.