Customer Messaging, Review Requests & Consent Policy
Effective date: November 12, 2026
This policy applies to review invitations, reminders, feedback requests and other messages that businesses send to their customers through AI Reviews, provided by 8978 Tech & Digital Group, Inc., doing business as AI Reviews ("AI Reviews," "we," "us"). It forms part of our Terms and Conditions.
1. Who is responsible
Each business that uses AI Reviews decides who receives its messages, what they say, when they are sent and which channel is used. The business is the sender and is responsible for having the consent and giving the notices the law requires. We provide the tools and process the messages on the business's behalf.
2. Channels
- Email invitations and reminders are available on plans that include review requests.
- Text message (SMS) and WhatsApp invitations are offered only once they are enabled for the business's account and the required carrier or Meta registration is complete. Until then, these channels are not used.
- Businesses can also share a review link, QR code or feedback form themselves, for example on a receipt or table card.
A channel is never switched on just because this policy describes it.
3. Lawful contact lists
Businesses may upload only contacts they obtained lawfully, generally their own customers, and must keep records of where each contact came from and any consent given. Bought, rented, scraped or borrowed lists are not allowed. A past purchase may allow some non-promotional messages under the law, but it does not authorize every kind of message, and uploading a contact does not by itself create permission.
4. Email rules
Email must identify the business truthfully, use honest subject lines, include a valid postal address where required and include a working unsubscribe link. A review request that also promotes offers may be treated as a marketing message under CAN-SPAM. Every email sent through AI Reviews includes an unsubscribe link.
5. Text message and WhatsApp rules
Where enabled, text and WhatsApp messages are subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, state laws, carrier rules and Meta's policies. Businesses must have the consent these rules require, identify themselves in each message, respect quiet hours and do-not-call rules where they apply, and honor STOP and similar requests. Every text sent through AI Reviews includes opt-out instructions. Message frequency varies by business; message and data rates may apply. Mobile numbers and text-message consent are never shared with third parties for their own marketing.
6. Honest, neutral invitations
- Invite customers to share honest feedback; never ask for or imply a particular rating.
- Give every customer the same chance to review publicly. A private feedback option may be offered to help resolve problems, but it must not prevent anyone from posting a public review.
- Never offer rewards, discounts or other benefits that depend on a positive (or negative) review. Check each review site's rules before offering any incentive.
7. Opt-outs and suppression
When someone unsubscribes or replies STOP, AI Reviews stops further invitations to that person from that business. Businesses must also honor opt-outs received any other way, for example by phone, in person or in a review reply, and add them in the dashboard. We keep a minimal record of opt-outs so that a person is not messaged again, even after a contact is deleted.
8. Privacy and tone
Messages and public replies must not reveal private customer details, sensitive purchases, health information or other information the customer would not expect to be shared. Messages must not impersonate employees, invent a customer relationship, threaten reviewers or promise things the business cannot deliver.
9. AI-assisted messages
AI can help draft message wording. Businesses must check templates before use and are responsible for what is sent. See our AI Usage & Automation Policy.
10. Delivery
Messages are delivered through third-party email, text and messaging providers. We cannot guarantee delivery, and providers or carriers may delay, filter or reject messages.
11. Reporting problems
If you received a message through AI Reviews that you did not agree to, or your opt-out was not honored, contact us with the date, sender name and the email address or phone number it was sent to. We may investigate and restrict accounts or features that send unlawful or deceptive messages.
Contact
8978 Tech & Digital Group, Inc., doing business as AI Reviews · 110 16th Street, Suite 1460, Denver, Colorado 80202, United States · policies@8978tech.com
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