citation-card

When to use

• One citation carries the slide. When a single statute, contract clause, regulation, or standard is doing the argumentative work. The citation IS the evidence; the slide gives it the room to be read.
• Verbatim language matters. Reach for citation-card when the exact wording is load-bearing — definitions, scope clauses, exception language. The blockquote preserves the language unmodified so the gloss can interpret it.
• Audience needs the 'so what'. The gloss list translates legalese into plain English and names the concrete action. Without it the slide is a quotation; with it the slide is a decision.

When not to use

• Multiple citations on one slide. Stacking two or three statutes? Use statute-stack — citation-card gives canvas weight to a single authority.
• Paraphrased 'quote'. Rewriting the source? Drop the citation framing for content or a split-panel pullquote — citation-card is for verbatim language with attribution.
• Gloss longer than the quote. When the gloss runs three paragraphs, the citation is no longer the focus. Trim it to one sentence plus a What we must do action, or use content.
• Plain gloss under the pull-quote variant. The pull-quote variant shows only a bold-led **What we must do** action — a plain 'In plain English …' line silently vanishes. Lead with a bold label, or use the default variant.

Common mistakes

• Placing the citation paragraph BEFORE the heading instead of after it. Immediately after the heading (the documented placement) the citation paragraph stays in the flow and gets the dedicated accent-mono citation styling. Before the heading, it's captured as the shared masthead eyebrow (mono-caps kicker) instead — a different, generic treatment. Keep it after the heading, matching the skeleton.

Authoring

<!-- _class: citation-card -->

## Headline framing what this citation establishes.

`Citation reference · short name`

> Verbatim quotation of the cited language.

- Plain-English interpretation of what the language covers.
- **What we must do.**
  - The concrete action this citation argues for.

Slots

Anatomy

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  header                                 │
│  Single authority heading.              │
│                                         │
│  ┌───────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │ § Citation reference here         │  │
│  │ — full title of authority         │  │
│  │ Holding or principle gloss        │  │
│  └───────────────────────────────────┘  │
│  footer                           1/19  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Variant decision rule

• default (no modifier) — The default full treatment — heading, citation, quote, and gloss all get equal room.
• pull-quote — Only the single most operative phrase within a longer clause needs to be lifted and emphasized, not the whole provision.
• split — The quote and its plain-English reading should sit side by side rather than stacked.
• margin — The citation itself is secondary — hangs it in the gutter so the quote and gloss can dominate the canvas.
• triptych — Three distinct pieces — citation, plain reading, and required action — each deserve their own visual panel.

Variants

<!-- _class: citation-card pull-quote -->

## pull-quote lifts the operative phrase.

`Cal. Civ. Code §1798.140(o) · CCPA/CPRA`

> Information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.

- **What we must do.**
  - Audit pixel inventory; treat household IDs as PI in DSAR workflows.

<!-- _class: citation-card split -->

## split pairs the quote with its plain reading.

`Cal. Civ. Code §1798.140(ad) · CCPA/CPRA`

> "Sale" means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating a consumer's personal information to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

- The catch is "other valuable consideration."
  - Data-for-service swaps and ad-tech cookie syncs can qualify as sales even when no money changes hands.

<!-- _class: citation-card margin -->

## margin hangs the cite in the gutter.

`GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) · legitimate interests`

> Processing is lawful … only if necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights … of the data subject.

- Two-part test.
  - Necessity first, then balancing against the data subject's rights. Document both halves.

<!-- _class: citation-card triptych -->

## triptych sets three authorities abreast.

`GDPR Art. 4(1) · definitions`

> 'Personal data' means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

- In plain English.
  - Any online identifier that can single out a person — IP address, cookie ID, device fingerprint.
- **What we must do.**
  - Scope notice and retention to cover online identifiers, not just named-person records.

Related

• statute-stacktwo or three citations need to land on one slide
• quotethe source is a person, not a document
• split-panela quote with three or four implications
• contentthe citation is one input among several in a prose argument