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AI · August 17, 2026

PolicyWatcher

AI-assisted, digital policy and AI governance tracker

What it does

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.

Track evidence-gated company policies, verified baselines and published policy changes through PolicyWatcher's public knowledge base and interactive monitor.

PolicyWatcher records public policy sources, verified baselines and published changes with direct links to their evidence. Automated screening supports review; it is not legal advice or a compliance determination. The public evidence summary and knowledge base work without JavaScript. JavaScript is only required for the interactive monitoring workspace. Current evidence counts are loading. The server-rendered knowledge base remains directly available. PolicyWatcher monitors public company policy sources and publishes evidence-gated records only after a baseline and source references are available. Yes. Public records link to the monitored company, policy, verified baseline and available…from policywatcher.online

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