Securing your online interactions and data on criticalmatters.net platform.
As a premier global news platform, Critical Matters, Global News Network (GNN) is dedicated not only to journalistic integrity but also to protecting the digital rights, confidentiality, and security of our readers, subscribers, and sources. In an era of sophisticated digital tracking and complex cyber threats, our infrastructure is engineered to comply with the world’s most stringent data governance frameworks.
These are our official social media channels below, where you can join the conversation or follow us on facebook, instagram, youtube, TikTok, LinkedIn and X/Twitter.
You can submit your own article, or email at contribute@criticalmatters.net we accept content from creators, activists, whistleblowers, journalists and everyday folks that have engaging stories they wish to tell and share with the world. As part of our commitment to safety, privacy, regulations we will only communicate on our official channels using these handles above. Anyone claiming to represent criticalmatters.net not using these handles or pages listed above is likely to be a scammer.
All emails we send will come from the official and secure @criticalmatters.net domain i.e. help@criticalmatters.net or contribute@criticalmatters.net or mail@criticalmatters.net etc. We don’t use gmail, yahoo, hotmail or outlook and so on. Be careful when you’re browsing online as scammers try to create clone accounts and impersonate channels that mimic original content creators and publishing platforms. If you’re unsure about a communication, don’t reply and check the headers and send an email to dpo@criticalmatters.net or cio@criticalmatters.net.
All of our site uses fully encrypted end to end using TLS 1.3 SSL (Transport Layer Security / Secure Socket Layer) so the content we publish and the details you send in are protected.
We are fully compliant with international Regulatory Data Law and Compliance we adhere to EU/UK GDPR and are a member of the BAJ (British Association of Journalists). We use ISO 27001 to underpin and map these frameworks under a common control.
Our Privacy-by-Design Architecture
GNN operates on a Common Controls Framework (CCF). Rather than running fragmented software architectures for different regions, we have built a single, hardened core that natively enforces data minimisation. We only collect the minimal data identifiers required to receive content submissions, share notifications and optimise editorial delivery.
Below is some more technical detail:
Cryptographic Protection
All reader data is encrypted in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3) and encrypted at rest utilising SHA-256 with automated cryptographic key rotation.
Database Anonymization
Analytics and subscription metric reporting pipelines pass through real-time
pseudonymisation algorithms, permanently severing specific reading habits from individual user accounts.
Journalistic Source Isolation
Communication vectors dedicated to investigative whistleblowers and editorial tips are structurally partitioned from standard consumer web traffic, operating on zero-knowledge architecture.
Reader Rights and Data Sovereignty
Users can request a structurally formatted export of all data associated with their email or profile. This file is generated within 30 days of identity verification.
The Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”)
Upon request Criticalmatters, GNN expunges subscription history, localised cache variables, and marketing records from all live production databases and cold backup archives within standardised compliance windows.
Vendor & Third-Party Oversight
We do not sell, rent, or trade reader browsing histories to third-party data brokers. Any external cloud infrastructure tool, content delivery network (CDN), or premium processing partner employed by Criticalmatters, GNN must undergo strict vendor risk assessments. All third-party providers are legally bound to our strict data privacy standards via Data Processing Addendums (DPAs) incorporating standard.