{
  "name": "Villa Finder Thailand editorial policy",
  "published": "2026-11-10",
  "publisher": "Villa Finder Thailand",
  "independence": {
    "affiliatedWithVillaAgencyVillaOrOwner": false,
    "receivesCommissionForEditorialCoverage": false,
    "publisherDeclaredVillaOrAgencyFinancialInterests": false,
    "declarationVerification": "Publisher declaration; not independently audited",
    "paidPlacement": false,
    "affiliateLinks": false
  },
  "scope": "Family villa guidance in Thailand; Koh Samui public-source disclosure and portfolio review",
  "safetyStandard": "Editorial inclusion standard, not a claim about Thai law and not a safety certification",
  "exclusionRule": "Properties explicitly declaring no smoke alarm on a live public rental listing or official villa/operator website are excluded from the recommended collection.",
  "evidenceRule": "Require an explicit absence statement on a live public rental listing or official villa/operator website, including a written statement that a smoke detector is not available. Unknown, not reported, unavailable amenity labels alone, missing amenities and cached-only evidence are not absence findings.",
  "attributionRule": "Portfolio association follows its linked source and does not by itself identify the platform host, owner or manager.",
  "countingRule": "Earlier entries retain separate listing records; expanded-review entries group related sources by property. The overall number of unique villas is unknown. Source-filter counts overlap where records include related sources.",
  "physicalInspections": false,
  "completeInventory": false,
  "continuousMonitoring": false,
  "recommendedCollectionCount": 0,
  "contact": "No public correction contact has been designated at launch.",
  "updates": "Records are dated snapshots. Future editorial review can revise findings after the public source changes. No owner may pay to remove a finding."
}