Who is behind Ositra

A project with no company behind it

Ositra is built by one person, outside any professional activity. There is no publishing company, no investor, no ad network and no sponsored content. The current version is free and stays that way. Paid plans will come later for those who need the cloud, teamwork or an installation on their own servers; this page will say so on the day they exist.

That situation explains two things you may notice. Development moves at the pace of one person, not a team. And there is no sales department to call: the only way in is the contact address published in the legal notice.

Why the author is not named

The anonymity is a matter of caution, not a pose. A tool used to map people and companies draws the attention of people who dislike being mapped. As long as the project has no structure behind it, exposing an individual identity creates a risk out of proportion with what it would bring.

The choice stays within the law. French law distinguishes the professional publisher, who must publish a full identity, from the non-professional publisher, who may remain anonymous to the public provided the identity has been declared to the host. That is the regime applied here, and the legal notice sets out the detail.

In other words: the author is not anonymous to a court, only to visitors.

Do not take my word for it

An anonymous site has to be judged on what it produces, not on a job title. Three things can be verified without trusting anyone.

What the tool sends. Open your browser’s network tab while you work on a case. You will see no outgoing request. The promise that nothing leaves your machine takes thirty seconds to check.

What the tool produces. Export a case and open the file in a text editor. It is readable, it carries a version number, and it holds exactly what you entered. Nothing to believe there either.

What these pages claim. The guides rest on primary sources, public registers and official texts. Where a claim depends on an interpretation, it says so. Where it touches the law, it points to the text rather than summarising it on your behalf.

How these pages are written

Three rules, applied to every page on the site.

The guides do not copy other sites. They start from the texts and the registers, and where information is uncertain it is presented as uncertain rather than smoothed over.

No page names a competing product, for want of being able to support every claim with the rigour comparative advertising requires. The guide on choosing a tool handles the subject by criteria, and it says where Ositra is weak.

Errors are corrected and dated. If you find one, write in: it is the only way this site improves.

What this site is not

It is not a consultancy, nor an investigation service. Nobody here carries out research for a third party, sells data or takes on assignments.

It is not a source of legal advice either. The guide on personal data gives practical bearings, it does not replace a professional’s opinion on your own situation.