Accuracy
In a contemporary landscape dominated by fake news and widely reported non-events, Acuris Risk Intelligence is committed to acquiring
accurate and evidence-based content sourced from official, reputable non-official and selected and curated mass-media sources. Each
detail on an Acuris Risk Intelligence profile is supported by at least one source. The Acuris Risk Intelligence content team does not aim to
establish “the truth” in disputes and conflicts, or to analyse situations beyond their relevance to Political Exposed Persons (PEPs), Sanctions
and Reputational Risk Exposure as defined in this document and the editorial guidelines.
Fit for purpose
Acuris Risk Intelligence is accountable for all data attributes contained within any profile, which follows a comprehensive methodology to
justify items such as PEP flags and tiering, reputational risk categorisation and business or individual associations. Furthermore, we will,
upon request present evidence to support these determinations as required.
Actionability
Acuris Risk Intelligence’s ambition is to provide actionable content fully sufficient to support our customers’ due diligence and financial
crime control programmes. In this context, actionable content is defined as relevant and reliable information. To this end, our ambition is
to ensure full content coverage against the segments identified as relevant for Acuris Risk Intelligence content (i.e. PEPs, Sanctions and
Reputational Risk Exposure) as well as complete personal and corporate identifiers: full name (including alias names) in both original and
Latin script (where different), date of birth, citizenship (US) / Nationality (UK), address(es), business registration details and similar.
Neutrality and objectivity
Acuris Risk Intelligence does not support any political party or group, nor does it take sides in national or international conflicts or disputes.
As part of their daily work, Acuris Risk Intelligence content team maintains a policy of strict neutrality and refrains from expressing
subjective opinions and views. Acuris Risk Intelligence researchers are required to remain free from bias when collecting information on
reputational risk. In reputational risk identification, Acuris Risk Intelligence researches, who are country specialists, will prefer primary
sources, and when secondary sources1 are used, they will be selected with no judgement based on political preferences. In sourcing, Acuris
Risk Intelligence researchers are required to avoid low-quality mass media and quasi-media, which are typically associated with partial and
biased reporting or affiliation to political parties and groups; the aim is to minimise any ‘subjectivity’. Acuris Risk Intelligence country
specialists select the most appropriate sources based on their knowledge of the media landscape, social and political dynamics,
transparency and freedom of speech in their assigned countries.
1 Primary and Secondary sources are defined under the ‘Content Acquisition model’ section later in this document.
Privacy and data protection
Acuris Risk Intelligence core content is created based on information sourced via ethical and non-obtrusive research methods. We do not
collect information without clear and legitimate purpose or interest, based on our defined content scope and methodology.
We do not collect information concerning religious affiliation (other than as disclosed by an official title) or sexual orientation of
individuals, nor other information concerning their personal life outside the scope of our reputational risk exposure categories.
Acuris Risk Intelligence will act as a data controller in this context of profile curation and on-going maintenance and the only ‘sensitive’
personal data we collate under GDPR guidelines is that relating to relevant criminal convictions.