Privacy and Observation

PRIVACY
Information is everywhere ⦿ Understanding is not
Your information belongs to you
PRIVACY

Your information belongs to you

SignsWatch Inside is designed so that understanding belongs to your information, not to your identity

No name We do not ask for your name when you create an Inside Passkey
No email We do not ask for your email address when you create an Inside Passkey
No password You do not need to create or remember a password for Inside
No biometrics SignsWatch never receives or stores your fingerprint, face scan or device PIN
Your Inside lives in your own Google Drive, under your control
OVERVIEW

Your data remains yours

SignsWatch Inside helps people and organisations organise, connect and understand their own information

It's designed to use only the Google Drive files created by, or explicitly authorised for, SignsWatch Inside

It is not designed to build advertising profiles, track people across services or turn personal identity into a product

INSIDE PASSKEY

Recognition without identity

An Inside Passkey lets Inside recognise a returning Explorer without asking for a username, email address or password

SignsWatch creates an opaque Continuity identity which is not derived from your name or email address

Your device keeps the private credential. SignsWatch stores only the public credential information required to recognise and verify your Passkey

BIOMETRIC PRIVACY

Your device confirms it is you who has access

Face ID, Touch ID, a fingerprint, device PIN or other personal biometric information is handled by your device or operating system

SignsWatch does not receive, inspect or store that personal biometric data

GOOGLE ACCOUNT

Google controls access to your Drive

Your Inside Passkey and your Google account perform different jobs

The Passkey lets Inside recognise you. Google separately decides whether SignsWatch may create or use files in your Google Drive

SignsWatch Inside does not request Google profile or email scopes. It does not store your Google name or email address as part of your Inside application data

Google may show a permission screen when permission is first needed, or when an existing permission must be renewed

GOOGLE DRIVE AND SHEETS

Narrow access by design

SignsWatch Inside requests the following Google OAuth permission:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file

This permission allows SignsWatch Inside to create, open and update only files that it created, or files that you explicitly authorised for use with it

It does not allow SignsWatch to browse or enumerate the rest of your Google Drive

YOUR WORKBOOK

What your Inside may contain

Your workbook may store information such as:

  • Actions
  • Places
  • Workspaces
  • Relationships
  • Configuration
  • Branding
  • Dictionaries

The workbook remains in your Google Drive and under your ownership

SERVICE RECORDS

The minimum needed to operate

SignsWatch may retain limited technical records needed to provide and secure the service, such as:

  • An opaque Continuity identity
  • Passkey public credential information
  • Instance and workbook identifiers
  • Access roles and capabilities
  • Security, status and error records

These records are used to operate, protect and troubleshoot Inside, not to identify you for advertising or profiling

SHARING

We do not sell your information

SignsWatch does not sell personal information or workbook contents

Information may be processed by service providers only where needed to operate or secure Inside, or disclosed where required by law

RETENTION

Your workbook always stays with you

Information in your Inside workbook remains in your Google Drive until you choose to move or delete it

Stopping use of SignsWatch Inside does not transfer ownership of that workbook to SignsWatch

SECURITY

Security is part of the architecture

Communication with SignsWatch Inside uses HTTPS

Passkeys are resistant to phishing and avoid reusable passwords. Google continues to control access to files held in Google Drive

No online service can promise absolute security, but SignsWatch is designed to minimise both the information collected and the access requested

YOUR CHOICES

You remain in control

  • You may revoke SignsWatch Inside's Google access through your Google Account security settings
  • You may delete your Inside workbook or its containing folder from Google Drive
  • You may remove an Inside Passkey through your device, browser or password-manager settings
  • You may stop using Inside without surrendering ownership of your workbook

We remember your Inside

We do not need to remember who you are

CONTACT

Michael James
hello@SignsWatch.com

Last updated: 25 July 2026