Data Sovereignty

A statement of values, not a legal document.

Our Commitment

IndigiArmor exists because consent forms, institutional review boards, and international declarations have repeatedly failed to protect Indigenous data. We believe that true data sovereignty requires technical enforcement — not just policy promises.

Every decision we make — from architecture to pricing — is guided by a simple question: does this give communities more control over their own data, or less?

What Data Sovereignty Means to Us

Data sovereignty is the right of a community to govern the collection, ownership, and application of its own data. For Indigenous nations, this extends to cultural knowledge, traditional practices, languages, art, and genetic information — all of which have been historically extracted without consent.

We recognize that sovereignty is not something we can grant. It already exists. Our role is to build tools that make it technically enforceable in the age of AI.

How We Practice It

• Real-time processing — Prompts are scanned in memory and classified instantly. We do not store full prompt content — only a truncated preview (first 120 characters) and scan metadata are logged for licensed plans.
• No training data — Customer data is never used to train, fine-tune, or improve machine learning models. Period.
• You own your audit logs — Every scan result, classification, and detection event belongs to you. Export your full history at any time.
• Delete anytime — Request complete deletion of your account and associated data. We honor deletion requests within 30 days.
• Transparent infrastructure — We publish the third-party services we rely on (Supabase, Stripe, Vercel, Upstash) and explain exactly what data each provider receives.

Community-First Design

IndigiArmor was built in consultation with tribal communities, educators, and privacy advocates. Our detection engine includes a dedicated Indigenous Cultural Knowledge domain — the first of its kind in any AI safety tool — specifically designed to identify and protect sacred knowledge, traditional practices, and tribal identifiers.

We offer priority access and reduced pricing for tribal nations and educational organizations because protection should be accessible to the communities that need it most.

The Road Ahead

Data sovereignty is not a feature you ship once. It is an ongoing commitment. We are working toward:

• Multi-language detection supporting Indigenous languages (Navajo, Cherokee, Hawaiian, and more).
• Pursuing industry security certifications and FERPA compliance documentation for schools and districts.
• Community-governed detection policies that let tribal nations define what is sacred on their own terms.
• Research and contributions that advance the broader field of culturally aware AI safety.

Contact

We welcome questions, feedback, and collaboration. Reach us at hello@indigiarmor.com.