Draft, pending lawyer review. We wrote this in plain English and will replace it with a reviewed version before we announce the site. Questions: support@thehivecode.ai.
The short version
We collect as little as we can, never sell it, and show no ads. You can download or delete your data whenever you like from Settings.
What we collect
- Your account: email, username, display name, bio, website, picture, the date you joined, and, if you sign in with GitHub, your GitHub username and id.
- Your choices: what brings you here, the categories you picked, your notification settings and time zone, and when you agreed to these pages.
- What you do here: who you follow, block, or mute, and feedback you send. Who you follow is visible only to you and them; the public sees counts.
- The waitlist: your email, when you confirmed, and the link or campaign tag that brought you, if any.
- Safety records: your IP address only as a scrambled code that changes every month, used to stop abuse. Admin actions are logged.
Cookies and counting visits
We use only the cookies the site needs: one keeps you signed in, one remembers you have an account, and one holds your place while you sign in with GitHub or Google. Visit counts come from Vercel Web Analytics, which uses no cookies and does not track you across sites. Our bot check is Cloudflare Turnstile.
Who helps us run the site
These services handle data for us, only to run The Hive Code: Supabase (database and sign-in, in the United States), Vercel (hosting and visit counts), Cloudflare (DNS and bot checks), Resend (email), Upstash (rate limits), Sentry (error reports, with personal details removed), and GitHub or Google if you sign in with them. We do not sell or rent your data, and there are no ad trackers.
Emails
We email you to sign in, about your account's security, and anything else only if you turned it on in Settings. Quiet hours are on by default.
Your choices
- Download everything we keep about you: Settings, Your data.
- Delete your account: Settings, Your data. Your personal data is removed right away; public posts stay as from a deleted hiver.
- Questions or requests: support@thehivecode.ai.
Children
The Hive Code is not for anyone under 16.
Changes
If we change how we handle your data in a way that matters, we will tell you first.