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Personal layer

Beyond the communities you belong to, Townwell gives you a personal space that is entirely your own — visible only to you, not to any community or admin.

What lives in your personal layer

How it's merged with communities

Your home view (when no community is selected) brings together your personal items and read-only views of content from all your communities — for example, a weekly calendar showing both your private events and every community's events at a glance. Community content still lives in and links back to its own community.

Privacy

Your personal records are end-to-end encrypted with a key only you have, and are visible to no one else — including community admins and even Townwell itself. Personal content isn't shared with any community; it's your space.

What isn't in the personal layer

Shared resources need a community to make sense, so the personal area only shows the shared resources of the communities you belong to (they're managed in each community). See the Shared resources guide.