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Stewardship Protocol
How we operate — the operational logic behind PLAIT: how we protect data, make decisions, and run communities.
What PLAIT Is
The PLAIT App is a First-Person Context System operated under ethical constraints. The ecosystem around it is built on four principles:
- Individual sovereignty: People own their own PLAIT
- Partner-led practice: Partners carry practice into the world
- Partner-funded access: partners fund access, not features
- No extraction: We do not leverage engagement for external gain
Stewards protect integrity rather than optimize engagement.
How Data Is Protected
Your data is yours. We are stewards — temporary caretakers of information you've chosen to store with us:
- Encryption: Data encrypted in transit and at rest
- Access controls: Strict internal policies on data access
- Regular audits: Security practices reviewed and updated
- Minimal collection: We only collect what's necessary
- Secure infrastructure: Industry-standard cloud security
AI & Your Data
The PLAIT App's AI features serve you, not extract value from you:
- AI surfaces patterns within your own data — it doesn't learn from you to serve others
- Your entries are not used to train external AI models
- AI reflections are generated on-demand, not stored for mining
- AI runs only when you invoke it — never ambiently in the background
Data Portability
Your data should never be trapped:
- Request a copy of your data at any time
- No artificial barriers to leaving
How: in Your PLAIT, under Account & privacy, you export a copy of your data or delete your account yourself, at any time. Without an account, or if you cannot sign in, write to PLAIT about your data.
Decision-Making
PLAIT is not a democracy — it's an ecosystem with clear stewardship. Decisions are made transparently:
- Core Team: Product direction, policy, and ecosystem health
- Pod Leaders: Community norms within their Pods
- Members: Feature feedback and community input
Major policy changes are announced in advance. Member feedback shapes implementation, though final decisions rest with stewardship.
Clarity over consensus. Accountability over popularity.
How PLAITs & Pods Work
PLAITs and Pods are the core structures of the ecosystem:
PLAITs (Personal)
- Created by: Individual practitioners
- Owned by: The person who created them
- Privacy: Private by default, shared only with explicit consent
- Deletion: Fully removable at any time
Pods (Community)
- Created by: Members who want to form a group (2–12 people)
- Stewardship: Pod Leader sets norms, within PLAIT guidelines
- Consent: Membership is invite-only, exit is always available
- Privacy: What's shared in a Pod stays in that Pod
- Dissolution: Pods can be archived or dissolved by the Pod Leader