UK OSINT
Community Code of Conduct

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) involves targeted analysis of data that’s accessed by any person regardless of their geography or background who possesses relatively minimal levels of educational, technical, or financial resources to do so.

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and by extension its analysis in general, is a critical component of National Security and the defence of British interests. 

By agreeing to this Code of Conduct, individuals, businesses, charities, and government organisations commit to the following principles and actions:
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• I/we shall not engage in nor contribute to criminal activity in opposition to both the letter and spirit of domestic and international law.
• I/we undertake to use all reasonable means to ensure OSINT is directed, collected, processed, analysed and disseminated by means that are justified, authorised, proportionate, auditable, and necessary.
• I/we shall conform to the spirit of international humanitarian laws (Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Charter of the United Nations) in the pursuit and execution of OSINT.
• I/we shall direct, collect, process, analyse, and disseminate OSINT in accordance with applicable UK law(s).

By agreeing to the UK OSINT Community Code of Conduct, members and partners of the UK OSINT Community shall operate in accordance with the above-stated principles.

The UK OSINT Community reserves the right to eject signatories from our charter if they do not adhere to the principles.