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Collecting and analysing publicly available information is lawful, but it is not unrestricted. The Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) governs how personal information is handled once collected, state and territory legislation governs surveillance and investigator licensing, and platform terms of service impose their own limits.

We scope every engagement against a stated lawful basis and legitimate purpose, and we document that basis in the report. Where a request would require unlawful access, pretexting or circumvention of access controls, we decline it.

A database returns records. It does not tell you whether the John Smith in the record is your John Smith, whether the address is current, or whether two seemingly unrelated entities share a controller.

OSINT is the analytical layer on top: resolving identity, corroborating across independent sources, reconstructing timelines and explaining what the records actually mean in the context of your matter.

A standard skip trace or single-subject background check typically turns around in two to five business days. Digital footprint analysis and due diligence reviews generally run five to ten business days depending on scope and jurisdiction spread.

Urgent and same-day work is available where the brief allows it. Timeframes are confirmed in writing at scoping, not estimated after the fact.

Our collection methods are passive. We do not contact subjects, send connection requests, message associates or otherwise interact with the person of interest unless you specifically instruct overt enquiries and the engagement lawfully permits it.

Some platforms notify users of profile views by design. We identify those risks at scoping and adjust our approach accordingly.

They are prepared to be. Reports include dated captures with hash values, a full source appendix and a chain-of-custody record, and they are structured for annexure to an affidavit.

Admissibility is ultimately a matter for the court and for your instructing lawyers. Our job is to make sure nothing in the way the material was gathered or documented is the reason it fails.

Our core coverage is all Australian states and territories. We regularly handle offshore elements of Australian matters, including foreign corporate registers, international sanctions and adverse media screening, and cross-border asset identification.

Where a matter needs on-the-ground capability in another jurisdiction we will say so rather than stretch beyond what open sources can properly support.