Contact Coinage: Corrections, Tips, Data Requests

What this page is for

This page routes three kinds of messages: corrections, source tips, and data requests. Each kind has a path, and each path ends somewhere useful. If your message is about a specific figure on a specific page, name the page. If it is about a class of error, say so. The more precise the message, the faster the fix.

Corrections

A correction request is strongest when it arrives with the document that proves it. A page states a figure, a date, and a source. If the source says something different, send the link to the source. Correction requests are handled under the policy stated in the press room: small errors are fixed silently, wrong figures are fixed with a dated note, and framing errors get the note plus an explanation.

We read every request. We do not publish every request, and we do not treat a disagreement as an error. A request that cites a primary document moves to the front of the line, because the fix can be verified rather than argued.

Source tips

A good tip is a pointer to a primary document. That means an attestation report, a statute, a register entry, or an issuer’s own transparency page. The standards that attestation firms follow are published by the AICPA ^[2], so a report citing those standards is exactly the kind of document we can use. A tip that says only that a number looks wrong is still read, but a tip that says where the right number lives gets acted on.

Data requests

Requests under data protection law are answered, not filtered. The regulation grants rights of access, correction, and erasure over personal data ^[1]. This site holds no accounts and no profiles, so most requests will touch only server logs and measurement data. The GDPR page explains each right and what a complete request contains. The privacy policy states what the site collects and what it never asks for.

Before you write

Two checks make most messages shorter. First, open the sources box at the foot of the page in question. Every figure on this site names the document it came from, so the fastest check is to open that document and compare. Half of all possible corrections end here, because the source and the page already agree and the disagreement was with a third party. Second, check the date on the figure. A dated figure is a claim about a moment, not a promise about today. A newer number in a newer document is a refresh request, which is welcome and handled like a correction.

One thing this team will not do is give financial advice. Messages asking what to buy, hold, or sell receive no recommendation, because there is none to give. The about page states what this site does and does not do.

What happens next

Requests are answered in the order received. Verified corrections are fixed at the tier the error belongs to. Data requests are answered within the windows the law sets. If a request changes a published page, the change lands with a dated note, not silently, unless it is a typo. The about page states the full editorial method behind these rules.