1. Who we are
Corp Investigation ("we", "us", "our") publishes independent reporting and commentary on corporate conduct at corpinvestigation.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information about visitors, subscribers and people who contact us.
2. Information we collect
Information you give us
- Newsletter sign-up: your name (optional) and email address when you subscribe to investigation alerts.
- Correspondence: anything you choose to include when you email us, send a tip, request a correction or exercise a right of reply.
Information collected automatically
- Technical data: like most websites, our hosting provider records standard server logs, such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring page, pages visited and the date and time of the visit.
We do not ask for, and ask you not to send, sensitive information such as financial account numbers, government ID numbers or health information unless it is essential to a tip you are sharing.
3. How we use your information
- To send the investigation alerts and updates you subscribed to.
- To respond to your messages, tips, correction requests and replies.
- To operate, secure and improve the Site, and to prevent abuse.
- To comply with legal obligations and to establish or defend legal claims.
Where the law requires a legal basis, we rely on your consent (newsletter), our legitimate interests in running and protecting an independent publication, and legal obligations. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for automated decisions that have legal effects on you.
4. Cookies and analytics
The Site does not currently use advertising cookies or third-party tracking. If we introduce analytics or other non-essential cookies in the future, we will update this policy and, where required, ask for your consent first.
5. Sharing and disclosure
We share personal information only with:
- Service providers who help us run the Site and send email (for example, hosting and newsletter providers), under contracts that limit their use of the data.
- Legal and safety recipients when disclosure is required by law, a valid legal process, or to protect our rights, our readers or the public.
- A successor if Corp Investigation is involved in a merger, acquisition or transfer of assets, subject to this policy.
6. Sources and tips
We take the confidentiality of sources seriously. If you share information with us as a tip, we will not publish your name or identifying details without your permission, except where we are legally compelled to do so. Please remember that email is not a fully secure channel.
7. Data retention
We keep subscriber details until you unsubscribe, after which we delete them or keep only what is needed to respect your opt-out. We keep correspondence for as long as it is relevant to our reporting or needed for legal reasons. Server logs are kept for a limited period for security purposes.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR in the EU/UK or state privacy laws in the United States such as the CCPA), you may have the right to:
- access the personal information we hold about you;
- correct inaccurate information;
- delete your information;
- object to or restrict certain processing;
- withdraw consent at any time, for example by unsubscribing;
- receive your information in a portable format; and
- lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before responding. Some rights may be limited where information is processed for journalistic purposes, as permitted by law.
9. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Children
The Site is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when it last changed. Significant changes will be highlighted on the Site.
12. Contact us
For privacy questions or requests, email support@corpinvestigation.com.
See also our Terms & Conditions.