Digital Services Act — Compliance Information
Last updated: March 15, 2026
1. About this page
This page provides information required under the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) ("DSA") regarding the hosting services operated by the Hypercerts Foundation in connection with Certified.
Certified operates AT Protocol Personal Data Servers (PDS) that store and serve identity records and associated user data. Under the DSA, this qualifies as a hosting service as defined in Article 3(g)(iii).
2. Service provider
Hypercerts Foundation
A Delaware nonstock corporation
Contact: legal@hypercerts.org
3. Legal representative in the European Union
In accordance with Article 13 of the DSA, the Hypercerts Foundation has designated the following legal representative in the European Union:
Holke Brammer
Holzmarktstraße 25, 10243 Berlin, Germany
legal@hypercerts.org
4. Point of contact
In accordance with Article 11 of the DSA, the single point of contact for communications with EU member state authorities, the European Commission, and the European Board for Digital Services is:
Communications may be submitted in English.
The same address serves as the point of contact for recipients of the service in accordance with Article 12 of the DSA.
5. Notice-and-action procedure
Any individual or entity may notify the Hypercerts Foundation of the presence of specific items of information that the notifier considers to be illegal content, in accordance with Article 16 of the DSA.
How to submit a notice
Notices should be sent to:
To enable effective processing, a notice should include:
- a sufficiently substantiated explanation of why the content is considered illegal
- a clear indication of the exact electronic location of the content (for example URL, DID, or record identifier)
- the name and email address of the notifier
- a statement confirming the notifier's good-faith belief that the information and allegations contained in the notice are accurate and complete
How we process notices
Upon receipt of a notice, the Hypercerts Foundation will:
- Send an acknowledgment of receipt to the notifier without undue delay.
- Process the notice in a timely, diligent, non-arbitrary, and objective manner.
- Where the notice contains sufficient information to allow identification of the content and an assessment of its illegality, take appropriate action. This may include restricting access to specific data or suspending an account.
- Notify the affected user of any action taken, including the reasons for the decision and available remedies.
- Inform the notifier of the outcome of the notice.
Decisions are made on the basis of applicable law.
The Hypercerts Foundation does not routinely monitor the information stored on Personal Data Servers and has no general obligation to monitor information stored through the services in accordance with Article 8 of the Digital Services Act.
The Hypercerts Foundation may take appropriate measures to address manifestly unfounded notices or repeated abusive submissions, including limiting the ability of the notifier to submit future notices where permitted by applicable law.
6. Content restrictions
As described in the Terms of Service, the Hypercerts Foundation may restrict access to content or suspend accounts in the following circumstances:
- to comply with legal obligations or respond to valid legal orders
- to protect the stability or security of the infrastructure
- to address clearly unlawful content when required by law
- in response to a valid notice submitted under this procedure
Certified operates as infrastructure within a federated network architecture. Content stored through Personal Data Servers may be replicated, cached, indexed, or displayed by independent servers or applications outside the control of the Hypercerts Foundation.
The Hypercerts Foundation does not apply editorial content policies, operate recommendation systems, or curate user content. Certified is infrastructure, not a social media platform.
7. Statement of reasons
In accordance with Article 17 of the DSA, when the Hypercerts Foundation restricts access to content or suspends an account, it will provide the affected user with a clear and specific statement of reasons, including:
- the facts and circumstances relied on in making the decision
- the legal or contractual basis for the decision
- information about the notice, if the decision was based on one
- information about the right to seek redress, including any available internal complaint mechanism
8. Internal complaint-handling
In accordance with Article 20 of the DSA, users who are affected by a content restriction or account suspension decision may submit a complaint to:
Complaints will be processed in a timely and non-discriminatory manner. Users will be informed of the outcome and the reasoning behind the decision.
9. Trusted flaggers
Where the Hypercerts Foundation receives notices from entities designated as trusted flaggers under Article 22 of the Digital Services Act, such notices will be prioritized and processed without undue delay.
10. Transparency
The Hypercerts Foundation will publish annual transparency reports in accordance with Article 15 of the DSA, including information on:
- the number of orders received from EU member state authorities
- the number of notices received and actions taken
- any content moderation activity undertaken on its own initiative
11. Limitation
The Hypercerts Foundation is not responsible for content moderation decisions made by third-party applications that access data through the AT Protocol.
Moderation policies applied by other services are outside our control and do not reflect actions taken by the Hypercerts Foundation.