Human Rights Policy.
Operational software has consequences. This policy describes how Seifert Dynamics evaluates every engagement against its human-rights impact, the contractual safeguards we require of customers, and the channels available to raise a concern.
1. Commitment
Seifert Dynamics commits to respect human rights as set out in the International Bill of Human Rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ICCPR, ICESCR) and the International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
We seek to act consistently with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) — to avoid causing or contributing to adverse human-rights impacts through our own activities and to address impacts directly linked to our operations, products, or services through business relationships.
2. Engagement Filter
Every customer engagement is reviewed at intake against an internal use-of-capability filter. The following are categorically out of scope and we will decline:
(i) programs whose primary purpose is mass surveillance of civilian populations beyond a lawful, judicial, and oversight framework; (ii) suppression of legal political expression, association, or assembly; (iii) targeting on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other protected characteristics under applicable law; (iv) operations that would contravene our obligations under U.S. export-control or sanctions regimes.
Defense, intelligence, and law-enforcement engagements are reviewed on a per-program basis. We have declined work that did not pass this filter and we will do so again.
3. Operator Obligations
Atlas and Argus include access-control, role-based access (3-tier RBAC), time-bound elevation, and audit features that support — but do not replace — the operator's obligation to use the platform lawfully and proportionately. Deployment agreements include representations to this effect, including commitments to data minimization, lawful basis for processing, and proportionate retention.
We retain the right to suspend or terminate a deployment for documented misuse, subject to the agreement's wind-down provisions.
4. Salient Risks
Our salient human-rights risks — those most severe or most likely in our context — are:
Surveillance scope creep inside a customer deployment. Mitigation: platform-side data-minimization defaults, RBAC, audit logging, and contractual scope limits.
Government access requests directed at customer data. Mitigation: customer-controlled key custody, no platform-side data egress, contractual notification commitments where permitted by law.
Dual-use of after-action capabilities (Argus replay). Mitigation: replay is bounded by the operator's RBAC; reviewer access itself is logged.
Supply-chain labor risk. Mitigation: see our Modern Slavery Statement.
5. Due Diligence & Remediation
We conduct ongoing review of in-flight deployments through normal customer engagement. Where we identify or are notified of an adverse human-rights impact connected to our platform, we engage with the customer to remediate, and we exit the engagement where remediation is not possible.
6. Grievance Mechanism
Customers should raise concerns through the named contact in their deployment agreement.
Affected individuals or third parties may report concerns to ethics@seifertdynamics.com. Reports may be made anonymously. We do not retaliate against good-faith reports.
We acknowledge receipt within one business day and provide an initial response within fifteen business days.
7. Governance & Review
This policy is reviewed annually and updated when material facts change. It is approved by the founding team.
Approved by: Philip Seifert, Founder & CEO. Last updated: 2026.