Privacy and limits

A name that promises daylight should be plain about where video goes and what it can't prove. Here is all of it, on one page.

What happens to a video

Before recording: The client agreed to check-ins before their coach could add them. The recording page says the video is private and will be reviewed by their coach and an AI model before the camera opens.
Storage: The original is kept unaltered in private storage under the coach's account, with a checksum so it can be verified later. Daylight also makes a copy that plays in any browser.
AI observations: A copy goes to Google's Gemini, which notes the words heard, the steps seen, and the digits on the screen, with timestamps. Daylight asks Google to delete that copy afterward. Google's own policies govern it.
Editing check: Daylight looks for signs of cuts, frozen frames, or repeated footage on its own servers. Nothing extra is sent anywhere. The check can flag a video; it never fails a test.
Who can see it: The coach who enrolled the client. Core Values Recovery's administrator can view records read-only for support, and every view is logged.
Messages: Texts and emails never include a client's name or a reading. Anyone can reply STOP to their own texts.
Retention: Originals are kept. Automatic deletion isn't turned on. When a subscription ends, workspace access ends; nothing is deleted.

It is not clinically validated.: It's a working pilot. Reading the screen is still being checked against real device recordings.
Spoken words don't prove identity.: They show the video was made after the request. They don't establish who is on camera, that the device is calibrated, or that the video is unedited.
Confidence isn't a probability of sobriety.: The model's confidence is an uncalibrated estimate about what it saw. Unclear screens, missing words, and unreadable digits always go to the coach.
It isn't a healthcare service.: Daylight isn't covered by HIPAA, and no business associate agreement is offered. Treat it as a record of an accountability practice, not a treatment record.
It isn't a substitute for lab or court-ordered testing.: It documents a voluntary agreement between a client and a coach. Whether a record is admissible is a court's decision, and Daylight hasn't been tested in court.
Drug screens are read by people.: Oral-fluid screens can be recorded and reviewed. No panel is read automatically.