Methodology
Last reviewed 2026-06-29
Scooped is an automated regulatory-intelligence engine. It monitors primary UAE sources, detects and classifies what changed, reasons over it into plain language — what changed, who it affects, what to do by when — and publishes each item linked to the original. Humans review the higher-stakes items. We're unusually open about this because, for a compliance audience, a transparent method is a stronger guarantee than a byline.
Why we publish the method
Most publishers hide how the sausage is made. We do the opposite: the value here is not a personality, it's a system that reads more sources, more consistently, than any single desk could — and shows its working. Every claim is traceable to a named regulator and a date; nothing is anonymous or unsourced. That is the whole point of the product.
What we monitor
We track official UAE sources: federal ministries and the Cabinet, sector regulators (for example the Central Bank, the Federal Tax Authority, securities and real-estate authorities), free-zone authorities, and the emirate-level departments. The list grows as new sources are verified. Every published item names the source it came from.
From source to story
- Gather. An automated pipeline checks each source for new publications — circulars, decisions, gazette entries, bulletins.
- Filter for signal. Most of what authorities publish is not a change a business needs to act on. A relevance step discards announcements, awards, and noise, keeping genuine regulatory signal.
- Classify. Each item is assigned a sector and a severity, and we extract whether it requires action and by when.
- Reason & write plainly. The engine produces the analysis in a fixed structure — what changed, who it affects, what to do, and by when — and pulls out the deadline. This reasoning layer, not raw retrieval, is the product.
- Human review on higher-stakes items. The pipeline is automated; a human reviews the higher-stakes items before they stand, and those carry a visible "human-reviewed" mark. Accuracy outranks speed.
- Publish & cite. The item goes live with the regulator named and the original linked, plus visible published and updated dates, and — where it aids meaning — a short verbatim quote of the operative language.
Plain language, not legal advice
We separate fact (what changed) from guidance (what to do), and we keep certainty conservative. A Scooped item is a starting point — for your specific situation, read the original and consult a UAE-qualified professional. Scooped is a publication, not a law firm.
When we are wrong
We correct openly. See our corrections policy and editorial standards.
Independence
Scooped is free to read and sponsor-supported. Sponsorship never buys editorial coverage or placement inside the feed; any sponsored block is clearly labelled and never mixed with editorial. See editorial standards.