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            "quote": "Do not bypass access, delete information or coordinate a convenient account."
          },
          {
            "block_id": "B13",
            "quote": "Safe refusal and protection for every disclosure are not promised."
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          {
            "block_id": "B10",
            "quote": "Neither absolute secrecy nor a universal duty to publish work information is established here."
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          {
            "block_id": "B10",
            "quote": "Options depend on country, status, circumstances and appropriate help."
          },
          {
            "block_id": "B02",
            "quote": "Immediate danger requires appropriate urgent local help; finishing this text or preparing records must not become a condition of obtaining it."
          },
          {
            "block_id": "B12",
            "quote": "This saying is no audit standard or statement of worker rights. Proverbs on open rebuke likewise cannot assign everyone dangerous confrontation."
          }
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  "evidence_policy": "semantic-explicit-v2",
  "production_compatibility": "NOT_RUN",
  "server_auto_acceptance": "NOT_RUN",
  "publication": "NOT_RUN"
}