No Case Intake, Evidence Upload, or Sensitive-Document Collection
Question
Should Stage One collect real case details so the future system can learn faster?
Problem
Real matters can include identity documents, allegations, legal deadlines, health information, recordings, family danger, and evidence that OPCA is not yet equipped to protect or review.
Decision
Stage One will not accept cases, complaints for action, evidence, identity documents, FIRs, court files, medical records, addresses, photographs, recordings, or confidential case material.
Rationale
A credible future service must first establish qualified coverage, secure evidence handling, lawful authority, privacy, safeguarding, conflicts, retention, and capacity.
Alternatives considered
Encrypted upload without review; email-only intake; WhatsApp document intake; invite-only case pilot.
Risks
People may send material despite warnings. Forms use data minimization, content guards, scope responses, and a removal process.
Scope impact
All forms are design, contribution, event-interest, or general-contact forms only.
Privacy and safeguarding impact
No file upload and no requested sensitive identifier.
Owner and review
Owner: Founder. Review date: November 7, 2026.
Reconsideration trigger
Every case-data activation gate passes and a separate public decision authorizes a defined pilot.
Reversal path
A later decision may permit one narrow, tested intake category with explicit capacity and qualified ownership.
History
Stage One baseline decision.