Honest submissions
Applicants must describe the route, dates, completion scope, variants, transport sections, and evidence honestly. Do not alter files to conceal material gaps, submit another person's journey as your own, impersonate a hiker or organisation, or request a broader certificate than the evidence supports.
Safe evidence
Upload only material relevant to the completion review and that you are entitled to provide. Do not upload malware, stolen data, unnecessary identity documents, payment credentials, unlawful imagery, another person's sensitive location data, or material that infringes privacy or intellectual-property rights.
Certificate and QR use
Do not edit a certificate to change its name, trail, dates, level, ID, QR code, fingerprint, signature, partner status, or authority wording. Do not conceal a revoked or reissued status, create lookalike registry pages, scrape public records for profiling, or represent an independent record as an official trail-authority credential.
Partner and brand conduct
Partners may use claim codes, names, logos, signatures, and confirmation wording only within an approved workflow. A partner relationship does not authorise government symbols, authority claims, automatic certificate issue, resale outside agreed terms, or access to unrelated applications and evidence.
Technical misuse
Do not probe private storage, bypass access controls, evade rate limits, automate abusive submissions, interfere with payment or webhook processing, enumerate private identifiers, harvest contact details, or attempt to obtain reviewer notes, presigned URLs, storage keys, raw GPS, or other non-public data.
Enforcement and reporting
Verified Hikes may quarantine files, pause review, reject applications, revoke or reissue certificates, suspend accounts or partner access, disable claim codes, preserve proportionate audit records, and report unlawful conduct where required. Report suspected misuse privately through the certificate report or Contact route.