EVIDENCE & RECORDS POLICY

How PAR structures evidence around authentication records.

This page defines the public evidence and records framework at a conceptual level.

Publication framework: this page is structured for PAR and should receive final legal/compliance review before public release.

Evidence model

The relationship between the authenticated subject, event, actor, time, status and PAR reference.

Record integrity

Controls intended to preserve the integrity of the authentication record and its evidentiary relationships.

Timestamps and chronology

How event time and later status changes are ordered and represented.

Evidence relations

How supporting references, authorities, ownership/custody changes or other permitted evidence may relate to a record.

Audit trail

How material events can be represented so authorized parties can review the record history.

Retention and availability

Rules for how long records or evidentiary references remain available, subject to product terms and law.

User control and disclosure

What the user can share, what remains restricted and how verification respects those boundaries.

Corrections, revocation and disputes

How later events affect status without silently rewriting the history of the original authentication event.