Open Source (Risk) Intelligence (OSINT) Investigations & Research
- Augustus Hall Limited
- Mar 10, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: Jun 21, 2024
Augustus Hall Limited provides Open Source (Risk) Intelligence (OSINT) Investigations & Research Services to Corporate Customers worldwide. Our pricing is very competitive, & turn around times are fast. Its easy to instruct Augustus Hall Limited, & our guarantee mitigates the risk.
Augustus Hall Limited apart from Credit Control Consultancy specializes in Open Source (Risk) Intelligence (OSINT) Investigations & Research, which is processed in full compliance with the GDPR, the UK-GDPR, DPA 2018 & privacy legislation in other jurisdictions.
Customer Profile
Augustus Hall Limited accepts instructions from corporate entities, legal sector professionals, government agencies & accredited Private Investigators, with a data protection registration. There is no requirement to sign-up or register to use the Augustus Hall Limited service & customers have the right to resell an Augustus Hall Limited investigation service to their clients, with no obligation to disclose Augustus Hall Limited as the process provider.
Safe Investigations
Augustus Hall Limited investigators gather evidence from hundreds of data sources that are all in the public domain. We never engage with the subject of an investigation. All of the evidence is logged & secured so that if that same evidence no longer displays online, you can still rely on the material that has been located, gathered & preserved by Augustus Hall Limited.
Typical OSINT Research might include, but is not limited to:
Insurance Fraud: Personal Injury, Staged Accidents & Property Theft
Corporate KYC / CDD
Financial crime: Money Laundering & Tax Evasion
Brand Protection & Counterfeit Fraud
…and so on
Instructions are processed without bias or prejudice, so that we follow the evidence. Our work is impartial & we do not seek to satisfy any desired outcome.
Instructing Augustus Hall Limited
Before instructing Augustus Hall Limited, determine & document the Lawful Basis for the instruction.
Then read the Augustus Hall Limited guidelines, Compose & remit your compliant instruction.
By e-mail, send your instruction to enquiries@augustushall.net with the instruction in an attachment.
It is important that you provide the minimum required information as set-out in the instruction guidelines.
The more info you are able to provide, the quicker the research process, & the lower the cost to you.
Upon receipt of your instruction, Augustus Hall Limited shall respond with a notice of acceptance that shall include our anticipated delivery date & estimated price for the service.
Where our proposed delivery date is not acceptable to you, & you wish to cancel, notify us by immediate return e-mail.
Standard delivery is usually 15-20 working days.
Where your instruction is marked as 'Urgent', delivery is 1-10 working days, depending on the nature of the instruction.
An urgent instruction might incur a premium fee, where the value depends on our work load & your deadline.
All instructions marked 'Urgent' require agreement of the term & price, before processing commences.
Data Breach Investigations
These are not online database investigations that are processed during a regular OSINT investigation. Data Breach Investigations relate to data breach resources.
In no circumstance will Augustus Hall Limited perform a data breach, but there are terra-bytes of data breach dumps available online, much of this is located on the dark web. Data breaches have become one of the most prolific OSINT resources. To instruct Augustus Hall Limited to process a data breach investigation, the scope shall be agreed & your policies shall permit the processing of data acquired from a data breach.
The Augustus Hall Limited Guarantee
All investigations processed by Augustus Hall Limited are covered by our no win no fee guarantee
GDPR & The Investigation Process
Before you instruct Augustus Hall Limited, read the Augustus Hall Limited GDPR Agreement
A notice of acceptance of your instruction is sent to you before we start to process your instruction.
All research is processed in strict compliance with the GDPR.
The subject of the instruction shall not be aware of the research.
Each investigation is a separate contract.
A record of each instruction is retained in the Augustus Hall Limited Research Register but with no personal data.
After an investigation performed & the Case eBundle has been sent to the customer, all files relating to the case, that contains personal data, are deleted from Augustus Hall Limited servers.
Lawful Basis
Before you instruct Augustus Hall Limited to process an instruction, you are required to determine & document the legal basis for the instruction.
Under the GDPR, you have the right to investigate a person where the purpose is explicit & legitimate.
Encryption
Augustus Hall Limited prefers to communicate with encrypted e-mail.
This is our Public Key.
When a case bundle is ready for delivery, you shall be invited to download the case bundle from our secure sever.
The download is password protected.
The password can be sent to you by secure e-mail or SMS.
We prefer to not send a case bundle as an e-mail attachment.
Where this is an obligation, the case bundle can be encrypted or password protected.
The Case eBundle
Augustus Hall Limited shall deliver to you a complete Case eBundle.
The Case eBundle contains:
The Report in PDF
An Attachments folder with all the evidence files
An Audit Log
A folder of hashes files that verify the evidence
When the contract is performed, the Case eBundle in your possession is the only case bundle in existence.
Upon receipt of a link to a Case eBundle, download it immediately & keep it safe. Where you might choose to re-open a case, return the Case eBundle to Augustus Hall Limited, with your further instruction.
Data Deletion Policy
So that we might comply with the GDPR, Augustus Hall Limited stores completed cases for the minimum reasonable term. Please read our Deletion Policy.
Augustus Hall Limited shall delete from its servers, any personal information that is controlled by the customer within 3 days of receipt of payment that relates to the processing event.
Augustus Hall Limited operates an internal and local data backup, where files are purged after three months.
Customers may request exclusion from the back-up process
Our Service Terms & Condition
Note:
Having access to this type of private data, however, comes with rules, criteria, regulatory compliances, due processes, official approvals, administrative protocols, restrictions, usage terms & conditions, & other regulations governing it.
Augustus Hall Limited may officially reject your applications or orders based on the aforesaid, & for many other reasons, or criteria that does not conform to our objectives, principles, ethics, norms, standards, generally accepted practice.
Such request for Verifications Services are only granted or carried out or conducted solely for strictly verified entities, receiver, beneficiary, or recipient with vetted aims & objectives of which the ultimate utility of such verification service is vetted & traced to fulfilling generally accepted principles, aims, & objectives as regards to Risk Assessment, Risk Valuation, Risk Control, Risk Mitigation, Risk Management, Risk Intelligence, Risk-based Decisioning, etc.; which altogether must be seen to amount to transparency, restorations & preservations of Trust, Value, Assets, Investments, Common Wealth, Security, Integrity, Ethics, Governance, Business Development, Business Continuity Management, Business Sustainability Management, Humanity, Equity, Balance, etc.
Our Due Diligence Capabilities & Access are Wide Ranging.
For more information on how we can provide further insight for you, your business, or your clients, we would encourage you to contact us to Buy Now or Subscribe or Discover more.
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