EthicsPortal
Whistleblower reporting portal hosted on Hetzner in Germany. Flat €49/month plan.
Typical buyer
EU SMEs (50+ employees) wanting flat-rate, EU-hosted reporting without enterprise sales engagement.
Distinctive features
- Flat €49/month regardless of headcount, users, or report volume
- EXIF, GPS, and author metadata stripped from uploads automatically
- Article-by-article mapping of features to Directive 2019/1937 published
Notable
- Single flat plan; pricing does not vary by employee count, report volume, or user count.
- Reporting form is available in English, French, and Polish (3 languages).
- Vendor publishes an article-by-article mapping of features to EU Directive 2019/1937 requirements.
- File uploads are stripped of EXIF, GPS, and author metadata before storage.
- No reporter IP addresses are stored; rate limiting uses one-way hashes.
- Sensitive fields (report descriptions, reporter contact, message bodies) are encrypted at rest using non-deterministic encryption.
- Reporters receive an access code (format
WB-XXXX-XXXX) to check report status; no account creation required. - Configurable data retention: 12, 24, 36, or 60 months, with automatic deletion of expired closed reports.
- 7-day acknowledgement and 3-month feedback deadlines tracked automatically with overdue notifications.
- Admins can export an organisation-level compliance report PDF directly from the dashboard.
- Handlers can manually log reports received by phone, email, or in person.
- No public API or third-party integrations published.
- No ISO 27001 certification published as of verification date.