Nothing here was bought.
When someone asks how you got their details, this is your answer.
We never log in to a social site to pull data, and never run anything inside your accounts there.
We never swap address books between customers or re-use anything you upload. A fact we cannot trace, we do not sell.
Three places. That's all.
The public register
Companies House, the government's record of every UK company: names, addresses, trades, deadlines and directors. We read all 5.9 million.
Their own website
Only what a company publishes about itself, such as the email on its contact page.
A normal web search
Public profile links, found by searching, the way you would. We never log in to look.
Follow one fact all the way back.
Pick a line to see where it came from, how we checked it, and what to say if someone asks.
The legal part, in plain words.
01Is this allowed?+
Yes. UK law lets you email a limited company about something relevant to its business. It does not let you email a person at home, so sole traders and partnerships are held back automatically and never charged for.
02What goes in the email itself?+
Every email we draft carries a short note at the bottom saying where the reader's details came from and how to be removed. It is in the message itself, not hidden on a web page.
03How long do you keep it?+
While a company is on the public record, re-checked on the 1st of every month. When it leaves the record, its personal details are deleted, never sold on.
04How does someone get taken off?+
Anyone can ask to be taken out, without an account, and it is done within 24 hours and holds for good.