No unlawful access
No hacking, credential theft, malware, interception or unauthorised database access.
Professional boundaries
What We Do Not Do
Aperture does not misrepresent research as authority, access or regulated professional work that it does not possess.
Prohibited or excluded methods
No deceptive acquisition
No impersonation, pretexting, bribery, entrapment or stolen private records.
No covert physical operations
No surveillance, covert human-source operations or physical investigation requiring authority Aperture does not hold.
Research is not a substitute for regulated professional determination.
- Legal advice or representation
- Statutory audit or forensic-accounting certification
- Regulated investment advice
- Engineering certification
- Medical diagnosis or clinical opinion
- Laboratory testing
- Formal device or digital-forensics authentication
- Other regulated professional determinations
Where a material conclusion requires specialist authority, Aperture identifies the dependency and the appropriate boundary.
External communications are separately scoped.
External letters, subject contact, third-party enquiries, interviews and rights-of-reply requests are not part of ordinary evidence-assurance research unless specifically agreed in writing.