Key takeaways
- The agent records the active application name, the window title as text and the browser domain.
- It never records full page URLs, query strings or page content.
- On macOS, declining Screen Recording permission only removes window-title detail.
To report on how time is spent, a tool has to know something about the window in use. Employee activity tracking without screenshots still has to answer the question of how much. Here is the full answer for TIMO360.
What is recorded
The name of the application in the foreground
The window title, as plain text
The browser domain of the site in use, never the page address
What is not
Full page URLs or query strings
Page content, form contents, passwords or clipboard data
Screenshots or screen recordings
Keystroke content: the agent only knows that input happened, which is what keystroke-free employee monitoring means in practice
What is paused
Nothing is tracked before an employee punches in, after they punch out or during a break. While a meeting is running, no application names or window titles are recorded at all.
Why macOS asks for a permission
On macOS, the operating system requires the Screen Recording permission before any app can read window titles. Employees choose whether to grant it in the agent, and declining only removes window-title detail. The agent still does not capture screenshots or record the screen.
A fair thing to explain to your team
That permission prompt uses the operating system's own wording, which can sound alarming. Tell employees in advance what it is for, and that the agent uses it only to read window titles as text.
See what the domain data is used for in app and domain categorization, and the full list on the privacy policy page.