How employee tracking works at WorkWitness — and where we draw the line
We built WorkWitness to tell founders how the work is going — not to read over anyone's shoulder. Here is exactly what the agent records, what it will never touch, and who controls it.
Most employee tracking software was built to surveil, then apologise for it
Keystroke logs. Webcam snapshots. Screenshots every ten minutes whether you need them or not. The category earned its bad reputation honestly. So when a founder says they want to understand how the team's day went, the tools on offer make them feel like they are installing spyware.
You should not have to choose between flying blind and betraying your team's trust. Wanting to know who shipped and who is stuck is reasonable. Reading what they typed to do it is not.
WorkWitness draws that line deliberately. It records behaviour — which app, how long, what pattern — and never the content. The brief tells you the story of the day without exposing the substance of anyone's work.
From install to a brief about behaviour, not content
The owner installs and sets the rules
You install the Windows agent and decide, per employee, how it runs — visible or silent — and what it captures. Screenshots are off by default. These controls live only in the owner dashboard.
The agent records behaviour, not content
It logs which app was open and for how long, plus the browser domain. It records that work happened — never the substance of that work. Keystrokes, webcam, mic, and file contents are off the table by design.
Sensitive strings are masked before the AI sees them
Before any activity log reaches the language model, a masking layer strips strings matching financial, personal, and confidential patterns. The AI writes about Focus Stretches and Switch Storms, not about the content of the day.
You receive a brief about behaviour, at 7 am
The result is one paragraph per teammate describing how the day went — who focused, who was blocked, who carried the load. Intelligence about the shape of work, delivered to WhatsApp. Not a surveillance feed.
For founders who want intelligence without surveillance
Founders who refuse to spy on their team
You want to know how the work is going, not read over anyone's shoulder. WorkWitness gives you behaviour-level intelligence and leaves personal data untouched.
Teams in regulated industries
Legal, finance, and healthcare teams use events-only mode and masked AI so client matters and patient records never enter the system.
Operations leads who care about morale
Surveillance corrodes trust. A transparent agent your team can see in Task Manager — and a brief you can share with them — keeps the relationship intact.
Indian SMBs under the DPDP Act
WorkWitness is built with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act in mind, with masking, owner control, and a clear no-keystroke / no-webcam policy.
You decide how the agent runs, per person — and the controls prove it
Visible mode names the agent clearly in Task Manager so the teammate can see it. Silent mode runs in the background. You set this per employee, and you can change it any time. Screenshots are off by default. The panel beside this is the actual control surface — click a toggle, switch a mode, and watch it respond. Employees never see this screen.
Sensitive data is stripped before it ever reaches the model
Transparency is not only about what your team sees — it is about what the AI sees. Before any log is summarised, a masking layer removes strings that look like account numbers, personal identifiers, or confidential names. The panel beside this shows a raw line going in and a masked line coming out, so you can see exactly where the redaction happens.
For legal, finance, and healthcare teams: signals without the substance
Some teams cannot have window titles or browser URLs captured at all. Events-only mode records that an app was active and for how long — and nothing more. No window titles, no domains, no detail that could expose a client matter or a patient record. The comparison beside this shows standard capture against events-only, line by line.
Intelligence about the day — never a feed of personal data
Everything above exists so the brief can be trustworthy. The AI reads behaviour and writes one paragraph per teammate, naming the day's signal. It tells you Sara carried the release and Kabir is stuck — without ever showing you what they typed, said, or wrote. That is the whole point: understand the team, respect the person.
Three commitments we will not quietly change later
We lead with what we will never do
No keystroke logging. No webcam or microphone access. No reading of file contents, emails, or chat messages. No GPS. These are not settings you toggle off — they were never built. The agent records that work happened, never the substance of it.
Control belongs to the owner, transparency to the team
Only the workspace owner sets agent mode and capture settings. We strongly recommend you tell your team that recording is in place and why. Visible mode exists precisely so you can. Silent mode is a legitimate owner choice, but disclosure produces better outcomes — and is a legal requirement in many regions.
We will never sell your data
Your team's activity data stays inside your workspace and is used for one thing: writing your brief. It is never sold, never shared with third parties, and never repurposed. Masked AI processing means even the model that writes the brief sees behaviour, not content.
Everything we record, and everything we refuse to
Every row marked "never captured" is an architectural decision, not a toggle you switched off. There is no keylogger or webcam hook to disable, because none was ever built.
Free to start. ₹65 per person above that.
All features. Unlimited history. DPDP-aligned.
Privacy, control, and what the AI sees
Understand your team. Respect the person. Both, at 7 am.
Free for teams of three or fewer. ₹65 / $1 per person per month above that. No credit card to start.
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Your first daily brief lands tomorrow at 7am IST. Set it up yourself in five minutes, or walk through it live with us first — whichever you prefer.
Free during early access · No card required · 5-minute Windows install