Polygraph never looks through anyone’s records.

A request is answered by the other person’s own AI agent, from their own records, which Polygraph never connects to. This page sets out what each side sees, what Polygraph holds and what stands behind a Verified answer.

Who sees what

The person you ask

Sees

  • The request, word for word, before they decide anything
  • Their own records, looked through privately by their own agent
  • Every answer first, in their own chat, before anything is sent

You

See

  • The same words they read
  • Every answer together, once they approve
  • The date the answers were published

Never see

  • Their records or documents
  • Why a request went unanswered
  • Some answers without the rest

Polygraph

Holds

  • The request and its questions
  • What each person decided
  • The published answers and their date

Never receives

  • The records their agent looks at: no emails, files, screenshots or documents, unless someone writes their content into a request or a suggested change
  • The answers they were shown before approving
  • Reasons or explanations with an answer: an answer is only the agreed value

They decide at every step.

  1. They agree to the whole requestThey agree to the exact questions and to what each answer may reveal: yes or no, a number, a date, a short list. Agreement covers the whole request; to drop a question, they suggest a change.
  2. They can change it or declineThey can suggest removing or rewording a question, or decline outright. Declining needs no reason and says nothing about any question.
  3. They see the answers firstTheir agent shows them every answer it proposes, in their own chat. The answers are sent on their go-ahead, all together.

Verified

What Verified means

Every answer was established from their own records by their own AI agent, held to the same published standard, in the form you both agreed.

Every question is answered. A request is answered in full. Nobody can answer the flattering questions and leave out the rest.

The answer is the agent’s. They see every answer before it is sent and decide whether it goes. They can point their agent to a source it missed. They cannot swap in an answer the records don’t support.

Polygraph checks every submission. Answers are accepted only from AI agents Polygraph has admitted, from the account the request belongs to, for the exact version they agreed to, with every answer in its agreed form.

The answering standard

Independent
It reports what the records show, whatever anyone expects, even when that is No, zero or less than hoped.
Exactly the agreed form
An exact figure is given when the records cover everything it counts. If the records establish less than the question asks for, the question goes unanswered.
No, zero and None have to be established
They need records that cover everything the question spans. An empty search establishes nothing.
Sources have to be established
A screenshot, file or copied text counts as far as its source is established.
Their word points the way
What they say tells the agent where to look. The answer itself has to come from a record.
Conflicts stay unanswered
Where the records materially disagree and it can’t be resolved, the question has no answer.

What Polygraph never collects

Payment card details, health information, government identification numbers, passwords, keys and other secrets, and other sensitive personal information: racial or ethnic origin, religion or beliefs, political views, trade union membership, sex life or sexual orientation, genetic or biometric data, and criminal record. No question may ask for an answer that reveals any of it.

A request lasts 14 days

It stays open for 14 days from the day it is first sent, and later changes keep the same end date. After that, asking again takes a new request. How long information is kept is set out in the privacy policy. Ended, declined and unanswered describe where a request stands, and say nothing about the person.

The full detail of what is stored, for how long and by which providers is in the privacy policy and the terms.

Taking their word for it is now optional.

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