Windsor Watchers · Terms

Terms

These short terms apply to the Windsor Watchers site. Updated 10 November 2026.

This site is not legal advice and is not a police service.

Windsor Watchers is a Windsor News public service desk. We cooperate fully with police and with any lawful order. We pass tips to the right police service, and we never stand in the way of an investigation.

Tips

We review every tip and may choose not to publish or pass on any of it.

Don't send false or malicious tips. Knowingly false reports can be a crime.

Possible reward

A tip that helps lead to a conviction may be eligible for a reward, at our discretion. A reward is paid only after a conviction is entered. There is one reward per case. No reward is paid to police, or to anyone involved in the crime. This does not change how we treat your identity, and it does not make a tip anonymous.

A reward code is optional. You may pick a short code and include it in your tip, or ask the desk for a code when you follow up with your tip reference number, so you can quote it later if you want to claim. You do not have to give your name to set or use a code.

If you set a reward code, we keep only that code and the tip reference number, with no tip content, until the case is closed or a reward claim is settled, then we delete it. Stored encrypted tips are still deleted automatically after 90 days, unless a legal hold requires us to keep a specific item longer. More detail is on the Privacy and security page.

We may refuse or decline a reward for any reason we consider sufficient. This is not a contract and not a promise that any particular tip will be paid. The same terms are also on the Send a tip page.

Text tips are encrypted with a public key before they are stored. The private key is held only by Windsor Watchers, kept offline. Only the Windsor Watchers desk, meaning the Windsor News editors who handle tips, can open a stored tip. Email alerts carry no tip content. The online tip form is not open yet. We may pass relevant facts to the police service that covers that place. We cooperate with lawful orders.

Stored encrypted tips are kept for 90 days, unless a legal hold requires a longer hold. More detail is on the Privacy and security page.

Wanted notices and names

Anyone named is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. Wanted notices come only from police and link to the police source.

Do not confront, follow or approach anyone. Report it and let police act.

We follow court publication bans and won't name youth or victims where the law protects them.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, tell us and we'll fix it fast. Corrections: windsornewsdesk@gmail.com.

These terms should be read with our Privacy and security page and Our Oath. The main Windsor News site terms and standards still apply to the news site as a whole.