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Zinwe in 5 minutes: what it watches, and what it never records

A quick tour of the Zinwe dashboard: the day at a glance, plain-English alerts, websites, data leaving your PCs, apps and remote tools, work hours, and the things Zinwe never records.

Zinwe team · · 3 min read

Three Zinwe screens: the overview tiles, the alerts list and what Zinwe never records.

Short answer: Zinwe puts a small agent on each Windows PC in your office and tells you, in plain English, when company data leaves: a pen drive, a big upload or email attachment, a remote-control tool, new software. Your team sees it and agrees to it. You see everything on one dashboard.

The screenshots come from our demo account: a sample company with made-up staff.

1. Your day at a glance

Overview opens first. Tiles show your team, who's working now, who's on a break, who's offline and how many alerts need you today. Below: who's working, and the newest alerts.

The Overview tiles: team members, working now, on break, offline, alerts to check
The Overview tiles: team members, working now, on break, offline, alerts to check

2. Alerts in plain English

Each alert says what happened, on which PC, who, and when, with a suggested message you can send them. No logs to decode.

The Alerts to check list on the Overview page
The Alerts to check list on the Overview page

3. Online protection

Which websites your team visits, by name only, and every attempt to open a site you've blocked.

The Online protection page header
The Online protection page header

4. Data safety

Where data leaves your PCs: copies to pen drives and network folders, email attachments, big uploads. Set USB to Allow, Read-only or Block.

The Data safety page header
The Data safety page header

5. App monitoring

The apps your team works in, remote-control tools like AnyDesk or UltraViewer as they start, and new software as it's installed.

The App monitoring page header
The App monitoring page header

6. Activity

When each person logged in, took a break and why, and logged out. They press the buttons themselves in their Zinwe widget.

The Activity page header
The Activity page header

7. What Zinwe never records

This matters as much as what it does record. Zinwe never records keystrokes, screenshots or the screen, the contents of files, emails or messages, full web addresses or page contents, or anything on personal devices you haven't connected. The full list is on the Policies page in your account menu.

The Policies page: collected and shared with the admin, and never collected
The Policies page: collected and shared with the admin, and never collected

Good to know

  • Every plan has every feature. Free forever covers 3 PCs, with no card and no time limit.
  • Zinwe runs on Windows 10 and 11 today.
  • Your team sees the Zinwe widget on their PC, and nothing is recorded until they agree to it.

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