Module Learning Objective

submit a report and preserve secure follow-up

1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards

This video focuses on how to submit a report and preserve secure follow-up. Follow the sequence of decisions in the example rather than simply memorising a list. Notice who is involved, what information is needed and the expected result. These points help turn the content into a practice that another person can verify. A reporting person need not establish a breach conclusively. Describe facts learned through work honestly and use an appropriate route. These examples cover preparation, secure submission and follow-up. Protection depends on Estonian statutory conditions.

Before submitting, understand who receives the report and how follow-up works. Anonymity depends on actual functionality, not only an empty name field. Attachments may identify an author. This material does not verify a real UNOVOX account’s settings.

Apply the following rule: Do not promise a general TÕRTKS duty to investigate anonymous reports. Section 14 protects the confidentiality of the fact of reporting and requires written consent for identity disclosure, with criminal-procedure specifics. Explain actual communication capabilities and technical-data processing. Confidentiality does not mean that nobody knows the identity.

2. Practical Implementation & Procedure

Use the official channel, read guidance and check the recipient. Enter facts and review attachments. Check the submission and securely retain any reference or follow-up method the system supplies. Before moving on, turn this procedure into a sequence you could explain to a colleague. Identify the first check, the action that depends on its outcome and the record that allows the decision to be reconstructed. Follow the sequence on screen and identify the point where an error would change the result.

3. Case Study & Compliance Action

A test user omits their name, but an attachment contains it. Guidance helps them understand the contents and actual confidentiality before submission. Only fictional data are used. Now read the case carefully. Separate established facts from information you would still need to confirm. Do not add motives or events that have not been described. This distinction matters when choosing a response proportionate to the information available.

The exercise is as follows: Does leaving the name blank prove complete anonymity? Choose an answer and write one sentence explaining it. During the pause, compare your choice with the criteria we have just considered. Also think about the material you would retain to explain the decision later.

No. Identity may emerge from an attachment, event description or technical data. Read the channel’s actual capabilities and limitations and assess the information being shared.

One mistake to avoid is: inferring anonymity solely from an absent name.

Now apply the national rule to a second decision. The form requires a name and identity-document copy while advertising anonymity. What should change?

Identify actual functionality and necessary data. Explain anonymity versus confidentiality and TÕRTKS scope. Do not request documents merely for technical convenience. Correct the form and public information together and lawfully address excessive data already collected.

National Legal Framework: Rikkumisest teavitaja kaitse seadus, transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.