[BUG]: Footer "Terms of Service" and "Privacy Policy" links redirect to home page

[AditthyaSS]

Bug Description

The footer includes links to /terms (Terms of Service) and /privacy
(Privacy Policy). Neither route is registered in the router, so navigating
to either one silently falls through to the catch-all route and redirects
to the home page, instead of showing an error or the actual page.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Go to https://orgexplorer.aossie.org/ (or run locally)
2. Scroll to the footer
3. Click "Terms of Service" or "Privacy Policy"
4. Observe that you're redirected to the home page instead of seeing the
   expected content

Logs and Screenshots

Confirmed in Footer.jsx — the footerLinks array points to /terms and
/privacy, but no matching route exists in the router config; these paths
fall through to the catch-all route.

Environment Details

• OS: Windows 11
• Browser: Chrome 120
• Node.js: v24.13.0

Impact

Low - Minor inconvenience

Code of Conduct

• I have joined the Discord server and will post updates there
• I have searched existing issues to avoid duplicates

[AditthyaSS]

Suggested fix:
A few options depending on project direction:

1. Remove the /terms and /privacy links from the footer until real pages exist
2. Add simple placeholder pages for Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
3. Link out to externally hosted documents if they already exist elsewhere

Option 1 is the safest and quickest fix, and I'm happy to open a PR for it.
Options 2/3 involve actual policy content, which probably needs maintainer
input rather than a contributor guess. Let me know which direction you'd
prefer, or if you'd like me to go ahead with option 1.

[Akshit-Tyagi-05]

/assign

Hi,
I would like to work on this issue under GSSoC'26.
I have understood the root cause and can fix the missing routes for the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy pages.

Kindly assign this issue to me. Thank you!

[AditthyaSS]

Hi @Akshit-Tyagi-05 , thanks for the interest! Since I found and filed
this issue, I've already dug into the root cause and have started looking
at a fix - I've asked the maintainer @rahul-vyas-dev to assign it to me and I'm just
waiting on confirmation.

Will update here once I hear back.

[PunyaGowdagd66]

hyy @AditthyaSS i have been setup locally can you please assign this bug i can slove this

[AditthyaSS]

@PunyaGowdagd66 U can work this

[PunyaGowdagd66]

Hi! @AditthyaSS I'm working on this issue. Before submitting the PR, I'd like to confirm the preferred approach. Should I:
remove the footer links until the pages exist,
add placeholder pages,
or link to existing policy documents (if available)?
I'd like to follow the project's preferred direction

[AditthyaSS]

@PunyaGowdagd66 This needs to be discussed with the Project Owner's... Based On there Requirements

[PunyaGowdagd66]

Thanks for the clarification! @AditthyaSS I'll wait for the Project Owners' guidance before proceeding with the implementation.