private consent advertising platform
Permission.io
Industry Advertising
A private advertising platform using ASK tokens to reward people for permissioned ad engagement and data-sharing activity. Permission.io improves the consent story compared with ordinary adtech, but it still monetizes personal data through advertiser demand, token incentives, and a private platform users do not govern.
Why this matters: Permission.io helps calibrate the difference between consent-based data markets and genuinely non-surveillance models.
Letter grade D Extractive Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
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Evaluation Overview
D - Extractive
The score turns mainly on Extraction, with the largest penalty coming from Surveillance Capture.
Strengths
- Extraction3/10
- Loss-Bearing Fidelity3/7
- Market Conduct3/5
Penalties
- Surveillance Capture-4
- Accountability Opacity-2
- Subscription Capture-1
- Identity Capture-1
Evidence state
- ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
- ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
- Linked claims12
- Direct axis claims12
- Coverage12/15
Scoring Axes
| Axis | Score | Why this score |
|---|---|---|
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control
at 10.
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1 / 10 |
Permission.io is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
|
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic
stakeholder control at 10.
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2 / 10 |
Permission.io's linked public materials show a governance model where ordinary users, advertisers, members, or pledge participants do not have full binding control over institutional direction. Linked evidence
|
Extraction
?
Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured
extraction judgment.
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3 / 10 |
Permission.io's model changes the flow of advertising, attention, data, or creator revenue compared with ordinary surveillance advertising. Linked evidence
|
Labor Sovereignty
?
Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at
7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence
shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling,
retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of
worker voice, or extreme turnover.
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1 / 7 |
Permission.io is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
|
Solidarity with the
Unemployed
?
Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment,
and non-competes.
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2 / 7 |
Permission.io is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
|
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
?
Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and
public obligations.
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3 / 7 |
Permission.io is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers. Linked evidence
|
Market Conduct
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Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
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3 / 5 |
Permission.io operates in or against the advertising and attention market by changing how consent, tracking, ad placement, creator funding, or marketing ethics work. Linked evidence
|
Product Integrity
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Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
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2 / 5 |
Permission.io's core product or program is aimed at changing advertising, tracking, data markets, or marketing practice rather than simply maximizing hidden behavioral extraction. Linked evidence
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Scale Integrity
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Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
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2 / 5 |
Permission.io's model can scale through software, standards, pledges, advertising buyers, or data-market infrastructure, with different accountability risks depending on control structure. Linked evidence
|
Penalties
| Penalty | Applied | Why this penalty |
|---|---|---|
Subscription Capture
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Manipulative recurring-payment, automatic-renewal,
cancellation-friction, bundling, trial-conversion, or refund designs
that profit from inertia or confusion. Range: -5 to 0.
|
-1 |
Permission.io's model uses recurring subscription, reward, token, or account mechanics that can profit from inertia or continued participation. Linked evidence
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Accountability Opacity
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Material opacity, reputation laundering, or hidden accountability
structures that prevent public accountability. Range: -2 to 0.
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-2 |
Permission.io's public model requires users to understand complex advertising, data, token, privacy, or pledge mechanics before they can judge the exchange clearly. Linked evidence
|
Identity Capture
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Customer pressure, employee pressure, and pervasive identity saturation.
Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Permission.io's public framing invites users or participants to identify with a privacy, rewards, ethical-marketing, or data-ownership posture that also benefits institutional adoption. Linked evidence
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Surveillance Capture
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Invasive surveillance, unreasonably non-optional tracking, facial
recognition, biometric identification, or AI behavior scanning of
customers, workers, bystanders, or the public. Range: -5 to 0.
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-4 |
Permission.io's model processes attention, advertising, browsing, personal data, or transaction signals, making surveillance-capture risk directly relevant even where consent or on-device processing reduces harm. Linked evidence
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Ideological Disavowal
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Concealed ideology presented as neutrality, expertise, professional
necessity, public-service administration, market inevitability, or
non-ideological common sense while exercising power. Range: -3 to 0.
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-1 |
Permission.io frames contested choices about advertising, consent, misinformation, attention, or data markets as responsible infrastructure or reform rather than as a situated institutional position. Linked evidence
|
Bonus Credits
| Bonus | Credit | Why this credit |
|---|---|---|
Cost Transparency
?
Credit for clear posted prices, all-in fees, unit costs, public rate
cards, margin/cost visibility, or surplus-allocation transparency,
especially in markets where opaque quotes, hidden fees, or
individualized pricing are normal.
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1 / 3 |
Permission.io's public materials make parts of the advertising, reward, pledge, or creator-payment exchange more visible than conventional adtech. Linked evidence
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Confidence Basis
Confidence Basis
Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.
Medium 75/100
12 verified linked claims 12 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 12/15 components covered
This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.
Claim confidence 17/20
12 verified linked claims
Source quality 12/18
Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability
Direct axis-specific claims 9/18
12 direct claims across 15 active components
Dispute load 12/12
0 disputed claims on this entity
Recency 10/10
Newest accepted timestamp: May 13, 2026
Reviewer status 7/12
Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding
Component coverage 8/10
12/15 evidence-bearing components have direct support
Evidence State
Evidence State
Claims and Sources
Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.
* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.1Permission.io is organized around the structure described in its public materials rather than democratic ownership by all affected users or workers.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
2Permission.io's public materials show a governance model where ordinary users, advertisers, members, or pledge participants do not have full binding control over institutional direction.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
3Permission.io's model changes the flow of advertising, attention, data, or creator revenue compared with ordinary surveillance advertising.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
4Permission.io operates in or against the advertising and attention market by changing how consent, tracking, ad placement, creator funding, or marketing ethics work.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
5Permission.io's core product or program is aimed at changing advertising, tracking, data markets, or marketing practice rather than simply maximizing hidden behavioral extraction.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
6Permission.io's model can scale through software, standards, pledges, advertising buyers, or data-market infrastructure, with different accountability risks depending on control structure.
- Permission FAQsGeneral web source · 58%
7Permission.io's public materials make parts of the advertising, reward, pledge, or creator-payment exchange more visible than conventional adtech.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
8Permission.io's model uses recurring subscription, reward, token, or account mechanics that can profit from inertia or continued participation.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
9Permission.io's public model requires users to understand complex advertising, data, token, privacy, or pledge mechanics before they can judge the exchange clearly.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
10Permission.io's public framing invites users or participants to identify with a privacy, rewards, ethical-marketing, or data-ownership posture that also benefits institutional adoption.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
11Permission.io's model processes attention, advertising, browsing, personal data, or transaction signals, making surveillance-capture risk directly relevant even where consent or on-device processing reduces harm.
- Permission privacy policyOfficial self-description · 68%
12Permission.io frames contested choices about advertising, consent, misinformation, attention, or data markets as responsible infrastructure or reform rather than as a situated institutional position.
- Permission FAQsGeneral web source · 58%
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