Policies & legal
The rules we answer to, all in one place.
If a record names you, start with your rights. If you rely on our work, read the Editorial Standards. If you want to know who can sway what we publish, read the Independence Policy — the short answer is nobody who pays.
- Documents
- 9
- Last reviewed
- 3 Nov 2026
- Cost to reply
- Free
- Lawyer needed
- No
Editorial
How evidence is described on this site, and why nobody who pays gets a say in it.
- Editorial StandardsHow we write about evidence: accuracy, who said what, fair headlines, context, replies, naming people, legal checks and fixes.Policy page
- Independence PolicyWhy no payment, favour or pressure can delete, bury, rewrite or soften a record.Policy page
- Subject RightsIf a record names you: how to reply, send evidence, insist on accuracy and context, and raise privacy or removal requests.Policy page
Using the register
The rules for using Dubai Scammers, and what others must do when they reuse our work.
- Terms of UseThese Terms set the rules for using Dubai Scammers — its dossiers, investigations, reports, Research Membership, the Lens research system, databases, search and related services. Using the site means you accept them; if you do not, please do not use it.3 November 2026 · v1.0 · draft
- RepublishingHow other newsrooms, researchers and public bodies may reuse our work — and the conditions attached.3 November 2026 · v1.0
- AccessibilityThe accessibility standard we aim for, where we still fall short, and how to tell us about a barrier.3 November 2026 · v1.0
Data and money
The personal data we handle, what sits in your browser, and who pays for all of this.
- Privacy PolicyHow Dubai Scammers handles personal information across its research, evidence checks, public-interest reporting, source protection, Research Membership and the Lens research system — what we may collect, why, who may see it, and the rights you may have where you live.3 November 2026 · v1.0 · draft
- Cookie policyWhich cookies we set, why we set them, and how to say no to the ones we do not strictly need.3 November 2026 · v1.0
- Funding policyWhere the money comes from, the strings we refuse, and the point at which a funder is named in public.3 November 2026 · v1.0
Named in a record?
Answering us is free, and it always will be.
You can reply to serious adverse reporting, send evidence, have a factual mistake fixed, and tell us about outcomes — a dismissal, an acquittal, a reversal — that change how a record should be read. None of it costs anything, and you do not need a lawyer to do it.