Why should I submit a report?

The ultimate goal of the Integrity Unit is to ensure that Biathlon is a fair, clean and trusted sport.

What sort of reports will help the Biathlon Integrity Unit?

The Biathlon Integrity Unit will be assisted by any reports providing information relevant to the Biathlon Integrity Unit's investigations. However, any information about wrong doing, no matter how small, can assist us in protecting our sport. Even if you do not have all the facts, please provide us with the information you have, as it may be possible to join it with other reports. Every little piece makes a difference.

What is the process for submitting a report? How do I set up a postbox?

To submit an anonymous or personalised report, start by clicking the ”Submit report“ button located on the top of our introduction page.

There are 4 steps to the report process:

• First, you will be asked to read some information on the protection of your anonymity and to respond to a security query.
• On the following page, you will be asked about the category of your report.
• On the report page, you can elaborate on your report in your own words and answer questions by simply selecting responses. You can type up to 5,000 characters into the free text field, which corresponds to a full A4 page. You may also submit a file of up to 5 MB to support your report. Please do bear in mind that documents can contain information about the author. Following the sending of your report, you will receive a reference number as confirmation that you have forwarded this report.
• It is then very important for you to set up your own secured postbox. If you already have a secured postbox, you can access it directly via the “Login” button. First, you will have to answer a security query. This is the only way that the Biathlon Integrity Unit can communicate with you (unless of course you provide your contact details). So for instance, the Integrity Unit might ask follow up questions, provide answers to your questions and/or give information about the progress of your report. You will not receive any notification when you receive a message in your postbox, so it is important that you check it regularly.

As long as you do not enter any data from which conclusions about your person can be drawn, the technology of the BKMS^® System will protect your anonymity.

How do I receive feedback and remain anonymous at the same time?

To communicate with the Biathlon Integrity Unit anonymously, it is very important for you to set up your own secured postbox through the BKMS^® system. If you already have a secured postbox, you can access it directly via the “Login” button. You will not receive any notification when you receive a message in your postbox, so it is important that you check it regularly.

When setting up your secured postbox, please select your own pseudonym/user name and password. Your report is kept anonymous through encryption and other special security routines.

The overriding principle of the BKMS^® procedure in use is the protection of the whistleblower. The system's anonymity protection function is certified by an independent body.

Via the secured postbox, you will receive feedback on what is happening with your information or questions if details still need to be clarified - you will also remain anonymous during the dialogue.

If you do not wish to remain anonymous, then please leave your contact details and then a member of the Biathlon Integrity Unit will get back to you. Please note that to meet the necessary evidentiary burdens in disciplinary proceedings, evidence might carry less weight if it is anonymous (depending on whether or not it can be corroborated by other evidence/sources).