About Policy Change Radar

We built this tool to solve a problem we experienced firsthand: tracking meaningful changes in contracts, terms of service, and privacy policies without drowning in noise.

Our Approach

Some document monitoring tools fall into two categories: they either flag every minor formatting change, or they miss important updates entirely. We take a different approach.

Policy Change Radar focuses on semantic changes—modifications that actually alter obligations, rights, or data handling practices. We preserve document structure, ignore cosmetic edits, and surface the changes that matter with plain-language summaries.

This isn't about replacing legal review. It's about making sure important changes don't slip through the cracks between quarterly contract audits.

We write more about our approach to document monitoring, technical decisions, and product updates on our blog.

Policy Change Radar was created by Andrew Smales, a developer and infrastructure engineer with 20 years of experience building web applications and managing complex systems.

His background spans infrastructure engineering, web development, and legal technology. This unique combination of technical expertise and legal tech experience informed the design of Policy Change Radar—a tool that understands both the technical challenges of document parsing and the practical needs of compliance teams.

The idea came from a simple observation: organizations need to track changes in vendor policies and contracts, but existing solutions either produce too much noise or require constant manual review. We set out to build something better.

What We Believe

Signal Over Noise

Alerts should mean something. We filter out formatting changes and renumbering to show you what actually changed in substance.

Clear Communication

Legal documents are complex enough. Our summaries explain what changed and why it matters without requiring a law degree.

Built for Reality