Source truth
A source can be labeled live only when it is configured, verified, enabled, and successfully checked inside its service window.
Live source
Demonstration data
Manual review
Source unavailable
Monitoring disabled
Trust center
Trust is a data contract, not a badge.
Deed Theft Shield separates source availability, automated signals, human conclusions, evidence, and authorization so the interface cannot quietly blur them together.
Human judgment
Rules may flag a new filing for review. They cannot make a final fraud determination. Authorization requires a reviewer identity, rationale, evidence acknowledgment, and timestamp.
A match is a reason to review, not proof of fraud.
Operational safeguards
Evidence integrity
Source observations and uploaded evidence carry SHA-256 content hashes and append-only custody events.
Authorization boundary
Prepared notifications remain drafts until an authorized human verifies the case and recipient.
Failure visibility
Unavailable, disabled, unverified, and failed sources create explicit skipped or failed states—not simulated success.
Authoritative consumer guidance
Monitoring is not a literal title lock.
The Federal Trade Commission cautions that title-monitoring services do not lock a title or prevent every fraudulent transfer. People facing suspected identity theft can use the federal recovery process at IdentityTheft.gov. Deed Theft Shield reflects those boundaries in its product language and response workflow.