Legal · whistleblowing · protected disclosures · substrate-side safe-harbour

If you see something, tell us. We will not retaliate.

The UK Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 protects qualifying disclosures by workers. The EU Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937) extends protection across the European Union. BRMSTE LTD’s posture is substrate-side: protection regardless of statutory worker-status, no NDA-blocking, identification only with consent. The chain witnesses every disposition.

v1.2026.05.16 · England & Wales · approved by Shravan Bansal, director · block 946,772

Statutory floor: UK Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 · EU Whistleblower Directive (2019/1937) · prescribed-person Schedule
Protection scope: All disclosure-makers · worker, counterparty, observer, public · substrate-side safe-harbour
Confidentiality default: Identity preserved · no NDA-blocking · identification requires consent or binding legal compulsion (publicly logged)
Response SLA: Acknowledgement within 5 working days · investigation triage within 10 working days
Public ledger: /register/incidents · seventy-two-hour publication window after investigation concludes
Prescribed-person bypass: Disclosure-maker may approach FCA · ICO · HMRC · HSE · SFO directly without going through any BRMSTE internal channel
Contact: whistleblowing@shravanbansal.com (founder-direct) · external-counsel route available on request

Six qualifying disclosure categories

What you can raise — in good faith — and be protected.

01
Criminal offence — committed, being committed, or likely to be committed
Including: bribery (UK Bribery Act 2010) · fraud (Fraud Act 2006) · money laundering (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) · cybercrime (Computer Misuse Act 1990) · breaches of FCPA or equivalent.
02
Breach of legal obligation by BRMSTE LTD
Including: statutory duty under any Act of Parliament · FCA / ICO / NCSC / HMRC / Companies House obligations · EU AI Act 2024/1689 obligations · PCT / WIPO patent obligations.
03
Miscarriage of justice
Substrate decisions that contribute to a miscarriage in any legal proceeding, including refusals to provide evidence the substrate holds on chain at /register/anchors and /register/incidents.
04
Endangerment of health or safety
Substrate operations that endanger physical or mental health or safety of any person, including via misuse of the AI outputs in operator-deployed contexts.
05
Damage to the environment
Breach of the BRMSTE LTD net-zero claim · failure to honour the carbon-savings estate accounting · breach of PAS 2060 or SECR obligations · misrepresentation of the Re-Tyre subsidiary's circular-economy posture.
06
Concealment of any of the above
Cover-up of any qualifying disclosure category — including attempted deletion of StageRecord chain entries · attempted hash truncation to dodge the matcher · the 'Chapel' precedent pattern (disconnecting while deleting logs).

01
Tier 1 · internal direct to the founder
Email whistleblowing@shravanbansal.com (preferred · founder-direct) OR hello@shravanbansal.com with the subject prefix [WHISTLEBLOWING]. Confidentiality preserved by default. PGP key available on request. Response acknowledgement within five working days; investigation triage within ten working days.
02
Tier 2 · external counsel escalation
Where the disclosure concerns the founder personally, or where the disclosure-maker prefers an external first-contact, BRMSTE LTD engages independent UK counsel as the receiving channel. The disclosure-maker may also approach a prescribed person directly under the UK PIDA Schedule (e.g. HMRC, FCA, ICO, Health & Safety Executive, Serious Fraud Office) without going through any internal channel.
03
Tier 3 · public-interest disclosure to a regulator or the media
Permitted under UK PIDA s.43H (exceptionally serious failure) and EU Whistleblower Directive Art. 15 (public disclosure conditions met). BRMSTE LTD expressly does not contractually restrict any whistleblower from making a protected disclosure to a regulator or the media; any agreement clause that purports to so restrict is treated as void per UK PIDA s.43J.
04
Anonymous disclosure
Anonymous disclosures are accepted via the same email channels (use a single-use anonymising service of your choice). The substrate will not attempt to identify an anonymous disclosure-maker. Investigation proceeds on the substance of the disclosure regardless of identification.

Five protections · substrate-side

What BRMSTE LTD undertakes toward every disclosure-maker.

01No detriment for making a qualifying disclosure in good faith. BRMSTE LTD will not retaliate professionally, contractually, or financially. Any contract clause that purports to penalise good-faith disclosure is treated as void.
02No NDA-blocking. UK PIDA s.43J and EU Whistleblower Directive Art. 24 render unenforceable any agreement clause that attempts to prevent a worker from making a protected disclosure. BRMSTE LTD's standard contracts carry no such clause.
03No identification-without-consent. The disclosure-maker's identity is preserved confidential by default; identification requires the disclosure-maker's express consent (or a binding legal compulsion that BRMSTE will publicly disclose at /register/incidents).
04Substrate-side safe-harbour. Where the disclosure-maker is not a 'worker' under UK PIDA (e.g. a counterparty, observer, member of the public), BRMSTE LTD extends an equivalent substrate-side protection by undertaking not to pursue legal action against the disclosure-maker for good-faith disclosure.
05External-counsel disclosure-channel. Disclosures concerning the founder, where the disclosure-maker prefers, may be received first by independent UK counsel engaged for the purpose. Independence is structural; the counsel is not BRMSTE LTD's general legal adviser.

“If you see something wrong inside or around the substrate, tell us. We will read your disclosure within five working days. We will not retaliate. We will not identify you without your consent. The chain witnesses every disposition; the prescribed-person bypass is always open.”

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v1.2026.05.16 · England & Wales · approved by Shravan Bansal, director · block 946,772

What you can raise — in good faith — and be protected.

Criminal offence — committed, being committed, or likely to be committed

Including: bribery (UK Bribery Act 2010) · fraud (Fraud Act 2006) · money laundering (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) · cybercrime (Computer Misuse Act 1990) · breaches of FCPA or equivalent.

Breach of legal obligation by BRMSTE LTD

Including: statutory duty under any Act of Parliament · FCA / ICO / NCSC / HMRC / Companies House obligations · EU AI Act 2024/1689 obligations · PCT / WIPO patent obligations.

Miscarriage of justice

Substrate decisions that contribute to a miscarriage in any legal proceeding, including refusals to provide evidence the substrate holds on chain at /register/anchors and /register/incidents.

Endangerment of health or safety

Substrate operations that endanger physical or mental health or safety of any person, including via misuse of the AI outputs in operator-deployed contexts.

Damage to the environment

Breach of the BRMSTE LTD net-zero claim · failure to honour the carbon-savings estate accounting · breach of PAS 2060 or SECR obligations · misrepresentation of the Re-Tyre subsidiary's circular-economy posture.

Concealment of any of the above

Cover-up of any qualifying disclosure category — including attempted deletion of StageRecord chain entries · attempted hash truncation to dodge the matcher · the 'Chapel' precedent pattern (disconnecting while deleting logs).

Tier 1 · internal direct to the founder

Email whistleblowing@shravanbansal.com (preferred · founder-direct) OR hello@shravanbansal.com with the subject prefix [WHISTLEBLOWING]. Confidentiality preserved by default. PGP key available on request. Response acknowledgement within five working days; investigation triage within ten working days.

Tier 2 · external counsel escalation

Where the disclosure concerns the founder personally, or where the disclosure-maker prefers an external first-contact, BRMSTE LTD engages independent UK counsel as the receiving channel. The disclosure-maker may also approach a prescribed person directly under the UK PIDA Schedule (e.g. HMRC, FCA, ICO, Health & Safety Executive, Serious Fraud Office) without going through any internal channel.

Tier 3 · public-interest disclosure to a regulator or the media

Permitted under UK PIDA s.43H (exceptionally serious failure) and EU Whistleblower Directive Art. 15 (public disclosure conditions met). BRMSTE LTD expressly does not contractually restrict any whistleblower from making a protected disclosure to a regulator or the media; any agreement clause that purports to so restrict is treated as void per UK PIDA s.43J.

What BRMSTE LTD undertakes toward every disclosure-maker.

01No detriment for making a qualifying disclosure in good faith. BRMSTE LTD will not retaliate professionally, contractually, or financially. Any contract clause that purports to penalise good-faith disclosure is treated as void.

02No NDA-blocking. UK PIDA s.43J and EU Whistleblower Directive Art. 24 render unenforceable any agreement clause that attempts to prevent a worker from making a protected disclosure. BRMSTE LTD's standard contracts carry no such clause.

03No identification-without-consent. The disclosure-maker's identity is preserved confidential by default; identification requires the disclosure-maker's express consent (or a binding legal compulsion that BRMSTE will publicly disclose at /register/incidents).

04Substrate-side safe-harbour. Where the disclosure-maker is not a 'worker' under UK PIDA (e.g. a counterparty, observer, member of the public), BRMSTE LTD extends an equivalent substrate-side protection by undertaking not to pursue legal action against the disclosure-maker for good-faith disclosure.

05External-counsel disclosure-channel. Disclosures concerning the founder, where the disclosure-maker prefers, may be received first by independent UK counsel engaged for the purpose. Independence is structural; the counsel is not BRMSTE LTD's general legal adviser.

If you see something, tell us. We will not retaliate.

What you can raise — in good faith — and be protected.

Tier 1 · internal direct to the founder

Tier 2 · external counsel escalation

Tier 3 · public-interest disclosure to a regulator or the media

Anonymous disclosure

What BRMSTE LTD undertakes toward every disclosure-maker.

If you see something, tell us. We will not retaliate.

What you can raise — in good faith — and be protected.

Tier 1 · internal direct to the founder

Tier 2 · external counsel escalation

Tier 3 · public-interest disclosure to a regulator or the media

Anonymous disclosure

What BRMSTE LTD undertakes toward every disclosure-maker.