Privacy Policy

1. Scope and controller

This Policy applies to Hunter Sinclair Holdings LLC, operating DISCRN, discrn.com, and communications sent to DISCRN through the contact email published on the site. For this Policy, "DISCRN," "we," "us," and "our" refer to Hunter Sinclair Holdings LLC as the operator of discrn.com.

DISCRN provides private risk advisory services and handles inquiries with care because they may involve sensitive organizations, jurisdictions, duties of care, political risk, security concerns, or crisis facts.

2. Information we collect

Information you choose to provide

If you email DISCRN or begin a confidential inquiry, we may receive your name, email address, role, organization, phone number if included, location or jurisdiction details, timing constraints, information about the principal or organization involved, and the facts you choose to include in your message.

Engagement and administrative information

If an inquiry becomes a paid or pro bono engagement, we may collect information needed to evaluate fit, conflicts, scope, security requirements, contracting, invoicing, compliance, and delivery of advisory services.

Website and technical information

When you visit discrn.com, hosting, security, and network providers may process IP address, browser type, device information, requested pages, referring pages, timestamps, and similar logs needed to deliver, secure, and troubleshoot the site.

External resources

The site currently loads Google Fonts from Google-hosted domains. Google may receive technical information such as your IP address and browser details when your browser requests those font files.

3. How we use information

We use personal information to:

• receive, review, and respond to inquiries;
• evaluate fit, conflicts, capacity, scope, and risk before any engagement proceeds;
• provide advisory services when separately agreed in writing;
• protect confidentiality, security, site integrity, and operational continuity;
• maintain appropriate business, tax, accounting, compliance, and legal records;
• defend or exercise legal rights and respond to lawful requests.

We do not use inquiry information for advertising networks, brokered lead sales, or unrelated marketing lists.

4. Legal bases for processing

Where a legal basis is required, including in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and similar jurisdictions, we process personal information based on one or more of the following:

• your consent, where you choose to contact us or ask us to respond;
• steps requested before entering an engagement or performance of an engagement;
• legitimate interests in operating a selective advisory practice, protecting confidentiality, securing the site, responding to inquiries, and managing risk;
• legal obligations, including tax, accounting, compliance, sanctions, court, or regulatory obligations;
• vital, public-interest, or legal-defense grounds where applicable and permitted by law.

5. How we share information

We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We may disclose information only as needed to:

• service providers that host, secure, maintain, or support the site and communications;
• professional advisers, counsel, insurers, accountants, or compliance providers;
• counterparties or specialists involved in a separately agreed engagement, only when appropriate to the scope and confidentiality of that engagement;
• government, law enforcement, courts, or regulators when required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety, or security;
• a successor in connection with a merger, restructuring, or transfer of DISCRN assets, subject to appropriate confidentiality protections.

6. International processing

DISCRN is associated with the United States, and information may be processed in the United States and in other countries where service providers operate. Those countries may have privacy laws different from your country. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.

7. Global privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, confirmation, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, withdrawal of consent, review of automated decisions, or appeal of a privacy decision. These rights may arise under laws such as the GDPR, UK GDPR, Swiss privacy law, California privacy law, and other global privacy frameworks.

To make a request, email [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity and authority before acting. We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights, but some requests may limit our ability to respond to an inquiry or provide services.

DISCRN does not knowingly sell or share personal information as those terms are used in California privacy law, and does not knowingly process personal information for targeted advertising.

8. Children

DISCRN is intended for adults and institutional or professional audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided information, contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

9. Retention and security

We keep personal information only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described in this Policy, including inquiry review, engagement administration, legal, tax, accounting, security, dispute, and compliance needs.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards. No website, email account, network, or storage system is perfectly secure. Email is not a guaranteed secure channel for highly sensitive information.

10. Changes

We may update this Policy from time to time. The effective date above shows when it was last materially updated. Continued use of the site after an update means the updated Policy applies going forward.

11. Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact DISCRN at [email protected].