Data creates responsibility.

We build software that acts on your behalf

Our products should create value for the people using them, not manufacture inconvenience so we can monetize the solution.

That means keeping useful things simple, treating advertising with restraint, and refusing to hide consequential data practices behind policies most people will never read.

When our interests and yours are not perfectly aligned, you deserve to understand that too.

People should benefit from the data they create

Data about how people use products can create enormous value for businesses. We do not believe that value should flow in only one direction.

When practical, people should be able to understand their data, access it, and authorize products they trust to use it on their behalf.

Purchase history should not become valuable only when it helps someone sell to you. It can also help you understand what you own, what you waste, what you need, and where your money goes.

Data creates responsibility

We do not collect information simply because technology makes it possible. Data should have a purpose.

When we collect it, users should be able to understand what is collected, why it is collected, how long it is retained, who receives it, and whether it is used commercially.

If data creates value for someone other than you, you deserve to know.

We do not collect data just because we can

Modern software makes it easy to collect enormous amounts of information. That does not mean every field belongs in a database.

Kaiser Works should collect information when there is a defined purpose, not simply because it may become useful or valuable later.

Good software deserves a sustainable business model

Kaiser Works intends to build a successful company. Revenue should not require making useful software deliberately frustrating, exploiting attention, or obscuring how data creates value.

Advertising, subscriptions, analytics, services, and other models can all be legitimate. The difference is how they are implemented.

We would rather earn a little fairly from many people who trust our products than extract as much as possible from every person who uses them.

Privacy should be understandable — and provable

People should not need to be lawyers, security researchers, or data engineers to understand what a product knows about them.

Where practical, Kaiser Works products should allow users to see what information is collected and how it is used.

Privacy you do not have to take our word for.