We are Serious
About Data
Sourcery and our Partners (owners) designed Connect with data sovereignty, ownership, advanced security and privacy as top priorities—ensuring our Partners have the confidence to know their business interests and data are protected—online and off-line.
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The planet is the
world’s most
valuable asset.
Data is its most
valuable resource.
Your Data is Your Business
Finally, a technology solution built for the real needs of the commodity trade sector.
Connect empowers Partners to capture primary, verified transactional and impact data—directly at the farm, within facilities, and across the value chain—in real time. This creates a foundation for radical transparency in trade, where every action and outcome can be traced, verified, and trusted.
In an industry where opacity has long been the norm, Connect shifts the balance—giving producers, traders, and processors control of their data and the power to prove their performance across commercial, social, and environmental dimensions putting thier trading interests and reputation at risk.
And now, that transparency has value. Through the sale of Bluechip digital assets (NFTs) on the Bluechip Exchange, Partners can be recognized and financially rewarded for their verified contributions to responsible, transparent, high-integrity trade.
Transparent Trade
Impact and Assurance
All data captured is owned, controlled and stored by the individual Connect Platform user (‘data originator) in their own blockchain partition called a Partner Data Vault (PDV) nd can be made available for licensed sale through Bluechip digital assets (NFTs, see below) via the forthcoming Bluechip Exchange data marketplace.
Beyond Blockchain
Your data is your business.
Enhanced Data Security, Privacy and Compliance
Finally a technology solution that truly understands the unique needs and interests of the commodity trade sector—your data is your business.
Connect was built to give Sourcery Partners full ownership and control of their data ensuring it always remains confidential, safe and secure in the Partner Data Vault (PDV) of each users account.
Further, as members and owners of Sourcery—our Partners own the Connect Platform and through our strategic planning and governance can help inform decisions, products and polices that serve their commercial and business interests, safeguard their knowledge and relationships, and ensure that all Partners as both competitors in trade and collaborators in Sourcery can commit to the transformation of trade for good.
Data Standards and Certification
Connect includes industry leading data standards, compliance and security protocols to ensure that all transaction data, documents and information is encrypted both at rest and stored in the Partner Data Vault (PDV) and in transit when data and text is transmitted over the internet between two users devices.
1. Connect meets the requirements of GDPR, UK and USA privacy laws and provides special API to enable Partners to maintain compliance. 2. Connect is compliant with ISO 27001 standards and SOC 2’s five Trust Service Principles of security, availability, privacy, confidentiality, and processing integrity. Certification pending. 3. All Partners are issued a Bluenumber SSI (X000-X0000-X0000-X0000) that includes private and public keys that grant access to data stored on the Partner Data Vault (PDV). 4. All data in transit is encrypted using industry leading protocols. 5. All data saved and stored with AES-256 encryption are stored in you PDV. The PDV uses zero-knowledge cloud storage in the blockchain, ensuring your data is highly restricted and only accessible to the ‘data originator’ unless explicit written permission is given. Sourcery cannot access the data stored. 6. Place Protection allow Partner administrators using Transform Plus to have limited access to devices that are within a particular geographic area or ‘geofence. Feature is pending.
Is Your Current Technology Built for Trade?
At Sourcery, we believe your data is your business.
Yet many of today’s most commonly used applications in trade weren’t built for the commodity sector. They offer free and convenient access—but they’re anything but free. Their real business model? Your data.
It’s no secret that many of these platforms are designed to track who you are, where you are, how you trade, and with whom. They want to know what you buy, what you sell, and how you operate—and some don’t even try to hide the fact that they monetize this data by selling it to third parties—you and your data are their product.
That may work for them—but it doesn’t work for us and that is why Connect was built for trade giving you full control over your data—so you can grow your business, not theirs.
Built for Trade.
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Not Built for Trade.
Is your data secure and truly private?
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Email is generally considered safe, with most providers requiring a username and password for login and offering basic levels of encryption.
There are many popular options such as Microsoft 365, Gmail/G Suite, ProtonMail, and others—each offering varying degrees of security and privacy features designed to help protect your data.
However, a major challenge with email is that your information is only as secure as the weakest link. Even if your practices are solid, you're still vulnerable if the recipient’s or sender’s data is not equally protected. If they’re compromised, your communication can be too.
In addition, email is still vulnerable to hacking, phishing attacks, and unwanted solicitations, all of which can put your privacy and data at risk.
That’s why the Connect Platform does not use email. All communication happens directly within the Connect App and only with verified Partners who have been thoroughly vetted by Sourcery. All messages and trade-related data are encrypted—both in transit and at rest—ensuring a much higher level of security and trust.
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WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging app, is used by over two billion people worldwide—including countless farmers, traders, agents, and manufacturers—to communicate and conduct trade. It has become the de facto tool for sending offers, inquiries, and negotiating in the agri-commodity trade.
While WhatsApp does use end-to-end encryption to protect messages in transit, the real vulnerability lies in how data is stored. Messages and files are not encrypted at rest, meaning they can potentially be accessed if a device is compromised.
And let’s be honest—Meta (which also owns Facebook, Instagram, and Threads), alongside companies like Google, built their empires by monetizing user data. Do you really think they’d pass up the opportunity to control and profit from data flowing through a $5 trillion global agri-commodity trade?
Sourcery Connect offers a more secure solution. All communication is encrypted both at rest and in transit, and only you can access the data in your account. Even we at Sourcery cannot access your information—and we will never sell your data without your explicit permission.
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Google Maps is used around the world for directions, avoiding traffic, and discovering new places—but when it comes to your personal data, no Google product is truly safe. Even Google openly admits how it uses your data. They know who you are, where you are, what you buy, sell, and even how you think.
In trade, your vendors, clients, farms, and factories are your business—but Google treats them like its business too.
That’s why the Connect Platform ‘Places’ feature takes a different approach. We use a proprietary static map that includes only a geocode, address, and topographical overlay—nothing more. When you add a location in Connect, it’s assigned a unique Bluenumber, giving your data the same blockchain-level protections you have as an individual. That means full control, privacy, and security over your farm, facility, or office information—without surveillance or third-party access.
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Like Google Maps, Gmail, and other Alphabet-owned products, Google Drive is used by over 3 billion people worldwide—largely because its basic cloud storage is free. But as with all "free" Google products, there’s a trade-off: your data.
It’s well known and publicly documented that the files you store on Google Drive are not fully secure. Google retains access to your data, and that access is often used to support their advertising and data-mining operations.
When privacy matters—especially in trade—“free” can end up being very costly.
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Video chat has become an essential tool around the world, enabling people to connect in ways that email, text, or even voice calls alone can’t—especially when it comes to building trading relationships and discussing commercial matters.
While Zoom has worked hard to improve its platform, it has faced well-documented security challenges. And like many communication tools, it may not be as secure as you think—especially when sensitive business conversations are involved.
That’s why Sourcery Connect includes a built-in Messages/Chat feature that supports text, voice, and video communication—all fully encrypted. Every conversation is protected with both in-transit and at-rest encryption, ensuring your trade discussions stay private, secure, and within your control.
Policies to Protect Our Partners
All Partners who use the Connect Platform are required to review and agree to the below internal policies that demonstrate and communicate just how serious Sourcery is about data security, privacy, ownership and control. Along with our membership agreement and these policies, we ensure that all Partners can have the peace of mind, confidence and trust in each other to protect and secure your data.
Place Protection
The Connect Platform ‘Places’ enables are Partners to register their land parcels, crop areas and facilities and verify each ‘Place’ ensuring that all personal, transactional and impact data is fully private and securely stored in each Partner Data Vault (PDV).
When we designed Connect, we built our own digital map system rather than use a third-party API, such as Google Maps. This ensures that all of the data in the geocode layer, the address layer and the polygon layer is private and secure. Further, select Partners can also turn on ‘Place Protection’ that prevents anyone who is using their device outside of the polygon layer boundaries to access Connect data.
You are in the fibre, yarn and fabric business—with Connect you are also in the data business.
The world’s wealthiest tech companies, corporations, financial institutions, and insurers all know one thing: your data is incredibly valuable. Yet across our industry, we continue to give this data away for free—allowing others to profit from what is now the world’s most valuable resource.
With Sourcery Connect, that changes. You own and control your data. You decide who can access it, how it’s used, and when to unlock its full potential—to grow your business, not theirs.
Data Sovereignty, Equity and BluePoints
As the digital nexus of the Sourcery Solution, the Connect Platform captures all transactional and impact data in alignment with the Transparent Trade and Impact & Assurance modules.
Through the Bluechip Exchange (BCX) data marketplace, Partners have the opportunity to be recognized and rewarded for their commitment to commercial, social, and environmental excellence. BCX enables you to license your data to those who benefit from it most—including brands, governments, investors, financial institutions, insurers, technology providers, management consultants, and more.
Your data is your business.
How it Works
Once captured and verified, all data is encrypted and stored within a Partner’s personal blockchain partition—called a Partner Data Vault (PDV). This vault is completely private and accessible only to the data owner (the ‘data originator’) through their registered Connect Platform account.
Private and Secure: No one else can view or access the data in your PDV without your explicit permission.
Beyond Blockchain: Data can only be decrypted using secure digital keys on your own device, or via zero-knowledge blockchain infrastructure—only after a licensed sale of a corresponding Bluechip NFT on the upcoming Sourcery Bluechip Exchange (BCX) data marketplace.
Monetize your Data: Upon license sale, Partners receive BluePoint digital currency directly in their Connect Platform wallet, which can be withdrawn to any bank account, UPI, or transferred to other Partners within the platform.
*Graphical representation ‘Bluechips’ that will be available for purchase in the Sourcery Bluechip d marketplace coming in early 2026. In the meantime, primary data can be purchased directly via Sourcery.
System Integration and Interoperability
Most technology companies build products—at Sourcery we build solutions.
Long before we built any products, we engineered and built a reliable backend system architecture that included a set of easy to build templates that enable our an ‘API first’ approach to data collection, storage, sharing and integration ensuring our Partners have the flexibility they need while also ensuring that Sourcery’s privacy, security and data sovereignty solutions and policies protect their businesses.
Integration Solutions
All third-party software logos are protected by copyright and our used for the purpose of demonstration. Use herein does not suggest an existing commercial partnership and/or existing integration solution. Additional fees may apply to create direct API and integrations. See Sourcery Membership and Service Schedule for more information.
All third-party software solution providers must adhere to Sourcery’s Data Sovereignty Policy, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and integration policy that includes a sales embargo on any physical data remitted via the Connect by our Partners and integrated to third-parties. All data must be transacted or transferred via the Bluechip Exchange.
Own and Control Your Data. Get Connected, Securely and Privately Today.
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