Data sources & licences

Every report cites the sources it actually used, with retrieval dates. This page lists everything the service can draw on.

Company registries

• United Kingdom - Companies House public register. Companies House imposes no reuse rules on register information; guidance at gov.uk/guidance/companies-house-data-products. Companies House material is used under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• France - API Recherche d'entreprises (DINUM / data.gouv.fr), under Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab).
• Norway - Enhetsregisteret open data API (Brønnøysundregistrene), under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD 2.0).
• Finland - PRH YTJ open data API (Finnish Patent and Registration Office), under CC BY 4.0.
• Czechia - ARES (Ministry of Finance), open under its operating conditions (rate limits respected).
• Estonia - e-Business Register (RIK) public query route; register open data under CC BY 4.0.
• Slovakia - RPO, Register of Legal Entities, Entrepreneurs and Public Authorities (Statistical Office / Ministry of Interior), under CC BY 4.0.
• Latvia - Register of Enterprises (Uznemumu registrs) open data via data.gov.lv, under CC0 1.0.
• Israel - Registrar of Companies (Ministry of Justice) dataset on data.gov.il, under the data.gov.il open licence (commercial use allowed with attribution; the data is shown as published, with no cross-matching of individuals).
• Canada - Corporations Canada (Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) federal corporation search, under the Open Government Licence - Canada (federal corporations only). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
• Cyprus - Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCOR) public e-search; the same registers are published on data.gov.cy under CC BY 4.0.
• United States - SEC EDGAR company list and submissions API (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission); EDGAR data is public information, accessed under SEC fair-access terms (declared User-Agent, low request rate). SEC reporting entities only.

Sanctions screening

• OFAC SDN list (US Treasury) - public US government data, via the Sanctions List Service.
• UK Sanctions List (FCDO) - public sector information under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Note: the old OFSI Consolidated List closed on 28 January 2026; we screen the current UK Sanctions List.)
• UN Security Council Consolidated List - not used. UN website terms permit personal, non-commercial use only (un.org/en/about-us/terms-of-use), which does not cover a paid report. Earlier marketing text mentioned the UN list; it has been removed from the screen and the coverage descriptions.

News & web

Adverse media and digital footprint use public web and news search results, linked per finding in each report. EU sanctions and PEP databases are not currently covered.