Privacy reassurance exists near data collection points
Why it matters
Visitors hesitate to hand over an email address when they cannot see what happens next — they imagine spam, credit-card surprises, or a sales call. A single line of micro-copy next to the submit button ("No credit card required. Unsubscribe anytime.") answers that hesitation in place and measurably reduces form abandonment, whereas a privacy policy link buried in the footer does no work at the moment of decision.
Severity rationale
Low because the form still functions but privacy-related hesitation quietly depresses completion rates.
Remediation
Add a short privacy-reassurance line directly inside every data collection form, positioned within the same component as the submit button (not hidden in the footer). Edit the signup form component and append a muted-foreground paragraph beneath the submit button:
<form>
<Input type="email" placeholder="Work email" />
<Button type="submit">Start Free Trial</Button>
<p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mt-1">
No credit card required. Unsubscribe anytime.
</p>
</form>
DetectionPro
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History
- 2026-04-18·v1.0.0·Initial import from marketing-conversion·automated