WatchⁿEmergency alerts for trusted groups

The NWatch trust model ​

NWatch is for small, invited groups with a manager who controls membership. It is not a public emergency-dispatch service and it does not replace calling the local emergency number when police, fire or ambulance assistance is required.

Delivery depends on network connectivity, push services, device permissions, operating-system settings and a valid group licence. NWatch reports when an incident is stored and how many push requests the service accepted; that is not proof that every phone displayed or sounded an alert.

How it works ​

1. A manager creates a licensed group and issues a revocable, use-limited invite, with an expiry date or the optional No expiry setting.
2. Members sign in, redeem the invite and check notification readiness on their device.
3. A member enters alert details and may choose to add their current GPS location.
4. The member slides the alert control right and holds it for two seconds. Completing the hold makes the app attempt a separate encrypted envelope for each intended recipient key and submit only those successfully sealed.
5. The service stores the incident and attempts push delivery to eligible devices.
6. An eligible recipient device with a successfully sealed envelope can fetch and decrypt it. A manager can resolve the incident in the portal.

Members can belong to multiple groups. A sole group is selected for outgoing alerts automatically; after joining another, use Settings to choose outgoing destinations. New groups never silently expand that selection. Receiving remains enabled for all active memberships. Managers can oversee multiple groups in the portal.

Platform ​

Privacy and safety ​

Read Encryption and group access for the algorithms, member keys, active-group access rules and audited manager reveal in the portal.

• Saved alert text is held locally on the device and sent only in encrypted incident envelopes.
• Optional precise GPS is requested at the point of use; NWatch does not continuously track location.
• Current clients include a system recovery envelope when the configured system key is available, enabling server-controlled, audit-logged manager reveal and key re-wrap operations.
• Identity, membership, device token, billing and operational records are stored only as described in the Privacy Policy.
• A group alert supplements—but never replaces—contacting emergency services.

Read the Terms, Privacy Policy, Account deletion guide, Community Safety and Support before launch.

Operator and contracting-party details are maintained in the public Terms and Privacy Policy.