Standards
Our Standards
How we work, and the lines we do not cross.
How we work, and the lines we do not cross.
Everything we do is built on information that is lawfully and publicly available, in the present and the past. We reference and cross-reference it with our own tools to understand how events and records connect.
We do not access illegal information. We do not use insider information. We do not intrude on systems or accounts. There is no place for any of that in this work, and no need for it.
We cannot act for anyone subject to international sanctions, or who is the subject of an active arrest warrant, including an Interpol notice. We decline any enquiry intended to evade sanctions, tax or another legal obligation. Where appropriate, we cooperate with lawful requests from competent authorities. These are conditions of working with us, confirmed before anything begins.
We are not investment advisers or asset managers. We protect what can be found about you; we do not manage what you own.
We will never ask for passwords, account access or credentials, by any channel. Anyone who does is not us.
We hold the minimum personal data needed to run an engagement, process it lawfully and securely, and keep it only as long as required.
We do not publish client names, run testimonials, or discuss work outside an engagement. Work is shared only with those a client asks us to involve.
This is protection for private people and their families, not a service for monitoring employees, competitors or the public. We decline work that points the other way.
Findings are set down in a written record that can be checked. We would rather under-claim and be right than over-claim and be quoted back.
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