# PolicyWatcher press fact sheet

Release: 3.9.0-beta.10 Source Continuity Ledger
Release date: 28 July 2026
Canonical site: https://policywatcher.online
Repository: https://github.com/sev7enITA/policywatcher
License: CC BY 4.0
Press contact: info@policywatcher.online

## In one sentence

PolicyWatcher is a public-interest policy evidence project that monitors a configured inventory of public policy sources and makes source status, observed changes, analytical limitations and review boundaries visible.

## Product facts and scope

- Configured monitored inventory: 16 companies across 6 sectors. The count excludes the WAZE admin-onboarding fixture and is not exhaustive market coverage.
- Analytical framework: 15 canonical KPIs spanning privacy, AI governance and ethics.
- Languages: the press kit and selected explanatory surfaces support English and Italian.
- Evidence boundary: public data routes apply the configured evidence gate; unavailable assessments display `Not assessed` without a numerical value.
- Web release: 3.9.0-beta.10, dated 28 July 2026.
- Evidence Newsroom: localized press packages, dated fact and claim records, release feeds, data snapshot formats and a public correction/clarification register.
- Source Continuity Ledger: the public Timeline separates evidence-gated provider policy changes from sanitized retrieval and publication-state transitions. It excludes policy text, hashes, diffs, AI analysis, raw failure reasons, final URLs and administrative logs.
- Browser extension: separately versioned at 3.8.3 Beta 3; published on the Chrome Web Store, with no verified official Edge Add-ons listing yet and Safari not yet available.
- Repository: public and reusable under CC BY 4.0. No OSI certification is claimed.

## Current editorial context

European Commission guidance published on 20 July and updated on 24 July 2026 concerns transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act that apply from 2 August 2026. This is regulatory context, not proof that PolicyWatcher or any monitored provider is compliant.

Primary source: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-publishes-guidelines-transparency-obligations-providers-deployers-certain-ai-systems

## Boundaries

PolicyWatcher is not legal advice, a compliance certification, exhaustive coverage, or proof of AI correctness. Update intervals depend on source retrieval and review. External mentions are public discussion signals, not endorsements. Asset SHA-256 checksums establish file integrity only. IPTC/XMP metadata records supplied captions, credits and usage terms; C2PA Content Credentials are not attached.

## Italian summary

PolicyWatcher e un progetto di interesse pubblico che monitora un inventario configurato di fonti policy pubbliche e rende visibili stato delle fonti, cambiamenti osservati, limiti analitici e confini di revisione. L inventario monitorato comprende 16 aziende in 6 settori ed esclude la fixture WAZE per l onboarding amministrativo. Il framework analitico usa 15 KPI canonici su privacy, governance AI ed etica. Non e consulenza legale, certificazione di conformita, copertura esaustiva o monitoraggio in tempo reale.