PolicyWatcher
AI-assisted, digital policy and AI governance tracker
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AI-assisted, digital policy and AI governance tracker
7 followers
Like many of you, I was tired of receiving "We've updated our Terms of Service" emails with zero clue about what actually changed, whether my data would be used to train AI models, or how prompt retention policies were evolving. Reading 40 pages of legal jargon for every SaaS tool we use isn't scalable. That's why I built PolicyWatcher: an open civic-tech platform that monitors public policy changes across major tech and fintech companies in real time.
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PolicyWatcher 4 is now live.
Since this Product Hunt launch, PolicyWatcher has moved to a durable evidence model connecting:
The operating-model change has distinct implications for four main groups:
- product owners: public references and contracts can remain stable while the internal implementation evolves;
- governance and legal teams: an assessment can be traced to the document
version, observed change and relevant provision without turning a
classification into a legal conclusion;
- research and editorial teams: the same evidence can be reviewed, cited
and reused across multiple surfaces while retaining its provenance;
- engineering teams and integration partners: APIs, evidence packets and
verification flows can rely on durable identifiers and shared operational
status.
The update adds stable public identifiers, a focused taxonomy for AI training, data sharing, retention, arbitration, content licensing and liability, and one database-derived publication-readiness contract shared by the product and API. The goal is not to make stronger automated claims but to make the path from a public source to an observed change easier to inspect and reuse.
PolicyWatcher remains a Foundation Beta. It does not claim exhaustive coverage,
legal advice or compliance certification.
Live product: https://policywatcher.online
Beta 2 release: https://github.com/sev7enITA/policywatcher/releases/tag/v4.0.0-beta.2
Thanks for your feedbacks!
You can see the latest PolicyWatcher 4 at work here: https://youtu.be/hRUxuHoJ0xA
Tracking policy changes at the provision level makes the evidence far more useful for governance and engineering teams. The no-login, open-access approach is a strong choice.
@sandeep_vemuย thanks for your feedback Sandeep!
๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ยท ๐ฐ ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
I am the developer of PolicyWatcher.
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
That is the work I am pursuing with PolicyWatcher, and the focus of this three-minute introduction to ๐๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฒ.๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐:
โช๏ธ The stable 5.5.0 service, available on the public website.
โช๏ธ Engine 6.0 Preview, a separate experimental environment with administrator access and private results.
The new engine introduces checks on source identity and document structure, preserves captures, and connects analysis to exact passages before and after a change. A separate verifier checks the evidence. Incomplete, uncertain or high-impact cases require review. Automatic public changes and notifications remain disabled in the Preview. The research continues through real-catalogue trials, observations over time and recovery checks after interruptions. Source completeness and operation at the target of 500 policies per day still need qualification.
I have made that process visible through architecture diagrams, decision flows, entity relationships and a public research diary that also retains failed attempts. People should be able to ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ how a conclusion was reached and ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ what remains unresolved.
๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต: https://www.policywatcher.online...
๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ: https://www.policywatcher.online/
๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: https://github.com/sev7enITA/pol...
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Three-minute trailer:
Which evidence would help you decide whether a policy change needs your attention?
Hi to everyone I have relased an academic paper "from permission to proof" where pointed out the integration capabilities of PolicyWatcher: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413630848_From_Permission_to_Proof_End-to-End_AI_Governance_Under_Continuous_Change