> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://klarity.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Your privacy with Companion

> What Companion sees, what it keeps, and the control you have.

export const NeedHelp = () => <Note>
    <strong>Need help?</strong> Use the in-app chat — click the chat bubble in the bottom-right corner of Klarity Architect (staffed 24×5) — or email <a href="mailto:support@klarity.ai">support@klarity.ai</a>.
  </Note>;

Companion is built to learn how work gets done. Your privacy comes first: Companion is designed to understand the work while protecting the person doing it.

This page explains what Companion sees, what it keeps, and the control you have. No technical background needed.

## What Companion is

* Companion is a helper that rides along while you work.
* Its job is to understand the *steps* of your work — like writing a recipe by watching someone cook.

<Note>
  **Companion captures how work happens in your organization.** Your privacy comes first: Your sessions are private, and your contributions are anonymized.
</Note>

## You decide when it runs

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  <Card title="It only runs in a session you start" icon="circle-play">
    Companion only works during a session that **you start**. You can pause or end the session whenever you want.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Nothing runs in the background" icon="browser">
    Companion is just a web page you open. Nothing is installed on your computer, and nothing runs in the background.
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<Info>
  When no session is running, Companion sees nothing. Not your screen, not your audio. Nothing.
</Info>

## What Companion sees — and what it keeps

### What it sees while you work

* It looks at your screen and listens to audio to follow what you're working on.
* Those images and audio are held for about a minute — just long enough to understand the step you're doing — then deleted automatically.
* No screen recordings or audio recordings are ever stored.

### What it keeps

* Short written notes about the steps of your work — for example, "opened the invoice, checked the amount, approved it."
* Anything personally identifiable — about you, your customers, or your company — is left out of the notes.
* Background chatter, meetings, and casual conversations don't end up in your notes.

### What is never saved at all

* Anything personal or sensitive. For example:
  * Your personal life — health, family, finances
  * Job searches or conversations with recruiters
  * Private conversations about colleagues or HR matters
  * Passwords and login details
* When in doubt, Companion errs on the side of leaving it out.

<Info>
  The AI services Companion uses don't keep your information, and they never learn from it.
</Info>

## You review before anything is shared

* After each session, you see everything Companion noted.
* You can remove or edit anything before it's saved.
* Insights from your session are only shared with your team if **you choose to share them**.

<Note>
  The only thing ever tied to your name is a signal you choose to share.
</Note>

## What your organization sees

* Your organization sees how *processes* work — the steps, the tools, the friction points.
* The goal is to fix slow and frustrating processes — not to evaluate people.
* When the painful, repetitive parts of work get fixed, you get more time for the strategic, high-value work that matters. That's the outcome we're here to drive.

## Where to go next

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  <Card title="Running your first Companion session" icon="circle-play" href="/docs/user-docs/discover/running-your-first-companion-session">
    Set up and run your first session, then review and submit what it captured.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Best practices for narration and pacing" icon="microphone" href="/docs/user-docs/discover/narration-and-pacing">
    How to narrate your work — including what you don't need to say out loud.
  </Card>
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