WARD

Web Access Rights Declaration

Know what AI bots take from your site

German law requires your name and address on your website. AI bots take that data for training.

WARD makes it possible to show content to humans but hide it from bots.

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Same Page. Different Response.

What a Human Sees

Impressum
Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG

Max Mustermann
Musterstraße 1, 12345 Berlin
E-Mail: info@example.de
Tel: +49 123 456789

Haftungsausschluss
Trotz sorgfältiger Kontrolle...

What an AI Bot Receives

Impressum
Angaben gemäß § 5 TMG

<!-- Content redacted
     per WARD policy
     Reason: pii     -->

Haftungsausschluss
Trotz sorgfältiger Kontrolle...

Same page. Same URL. Personal data removed before delivery.

How It Works

1

Declare

ward.json — your rules for AI bots.

2

Mark

Tag sensitive content in your HTML.

3

Enforce

Server removes it before delivery.

4

Monitor

See what every AI bot received.

For Website Owners

Know what AI bots take from your site.

  • Dashboard: who visited, what they got
  • Alerts and compliance reports
  • Evidence for regulators
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For AI Companies

Prove you're compliant.

  • WARD Certified = trusted by website owners
  • Uncertified bots get blocked by default
  • EU AI Act (Art. 53) requires respecting opt-out mechanisms
Coming soon

Coming Soon

Don't just block. Get paid.

WARD-Pay lets you set a price for AI content access. Bots pay via privacy-preserving micropayments (GNU Taler) — or they get redacted content.

Set Your Price

Define per-page or per-content pricing in ward.json. Your content, your rules, your revenue.

Privacy by Design

GNU Taler: payer stays anonymous, merchant gets verified payment. No credit cards, no crypto speculation.

Automatic Enforcement

No payment proof? Content is physically absent. Same WARD enforcement — now with a revenue stream.

// ward.json — payment extension
{
  "default": {
    "training": "paid",
    "price": { "amount": "0.02", "currency": "EUR" },
    "payment_method": "gnu-taler",
    "merchant_url": "https://example.com/taler"
  }
}

Legal Basis

WARD implements existing EU law:

EU AI Act, Article 53

AI providers must respect machine-readable opt-out mechanisms.

DSM Directive, Article 4

Rights holders may reserve TDM rights through machine-readable means.

GDPR, Article 5(1)(b)

Data published for one purpose cannot be repurposed for another.

No new legislation needed.

Open Standard

The WARD standard is free and open source.
ward.json + data-ward markup = MIT licensed. Anyone can implement it.

npm install ward-protocol

The standard drives adoption. Certification and monitoring drive trust.

GitHub: ward-protocol →