Addendum: The InLight Companion

Applies to clients who use the between-sessions companion as part of their coaching engagement. Where this addendum and the general policy differ, this addendum governs companion data.

1. What the companion is

The InLight Companion is a private, AI-assisted digital companion provided to coaching clients between sessions. It is coach-centered: it operates on my coaching method, and any serious moments — including any sign of distress — are routed to me, a human coach. It is not therapy, medical care, or a crisis service.

2. What it collects

It collects your conversations with it, the coaching artifacts they produce (belief reframes, pause moments, practice sessions, daily check-in answers, progress scores), and, where you choose to use those channels, your contact details for delivery (email address, WhatsApp number).

3. How it is stored

Your data is encrypted and stored on infrastructure controlled by my practice — not in some third-party coaching platform's database. Only I see your coaching content; the system is maintained on my behalf by a technical administrator who is bound to confidentiality and does not read your conversations. Your file is identified by a private code, not your name.

4. Who processes it

To generate its responses, the companion sends conversation text to Anthropic (the AI provider), which processes it under a data-processing agreement and does not use it to train AI models. If you interact by WhatsApp, messages transit Meta's WhatsApp service under Meta's terms. If voice features are enabled, audio is transcribed by a speech provider under equivalent terms. No other third parties receive your content.

5. What I see as your coach

I see your progress metrics, completed belief work, and practice summaries — the material of our sessions. I do not browse your raw conversations. If the companion detects possible distress, it stops coaching, points you to appropriate support, and notifies me that you need me — sending me only your name and the time, never the content of what you wrote.

6. Your rights

You may ask at any time to have what is stored about you deleted or for a copy of it. Deletion is complete — your companion file is removed from the practice's systems and backups on their next cycle. Ending our coaching engagement includes deletion of your companion data unless you ask that I keep it.

7. Always disclosed

The companion will always identify itself as an AI assistant working in my method — in writing, and audibly when voice features are used. It will never present itself as me.