Privacy Policy

Hyve LLC ("Hyve," "we," "us," or "our") provides a discovery and networking platform with a dating-style interface. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when you use the Hyve mobile application and website (the "App"). By creating an account or using Hyve, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

We collect information you voluntarily submit when creating or updating your profile, including:

Name
Photos, videos, and media
Bio, personal details, and interests
Business or professional information
Location (general or precise)
Contact information
Social handles or links
Messages or content sent within the App
Verification information (if requested)
Support tickets or reports

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you use Hyve, we may automatically collect:

Device type, OS, and identifiers
IP address
Approximate location
Usage activity
Cookies and tracking technologies
Log files and crash data
Analytics data
Interaction data within the App

2. Public Profile Disclosure

Hyve displays your profile publicly to other users.

You acknowledge that:

Any information you add to your profile is publicly visible to users of the App.
Other users may screenshot, save, share, repost, or copy your public profile content.
Hyve cannot control or guarantee how other users use that information.
You should not upload anything you do not want to be public.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

Operate and maintain the App
Display your profile to others
Provide discovery, matching, and networking features
Personalize your experience
Improve product performance
Communicate with you
Monitor safety and prevent abuse
Enforce guidelines
Comply with legal obligations
Analyze usage and trends
Detect fraudulent or harmful behavior

4. Marketing Use of Your Profile and Content

By using Hyve, you grant Hyve LLC a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to use:

Your profile
Your name
Your photos
Your videos
Your biography
Any content you upload

for Hyve's own marketing, advertising, promotional, commercial, or internal use, including:

Paid advertisements
Organic social media
Website materials
Investor materials
App Store screenshots
Product demos
Press kits

This license continues even after you delete your account, unless prohibited by law.

5. Sharing of Information

Hyve may share your information with:

Other users (public profiles)
Vendors and service providers
Analytics and security partners
Legal authorities when required
Business successors in a merger or acquisition
Moderation and support partners

We do not sell personal information.

6. User Responsibilities

Users agree:

They are solely responsible for all content they upload.
They will not post harmful, illegal, or inappropriate content.
They will not use Hyve to harass, stalk, or harm others.
They accept the risks of interacting with unknown users.
They understand Hyve cannot control user behavior.

Hyve is not responsible for:

User-to-user incidents
Misuse of public profile information
Actions of users on or off the App

7. Data Security

We use reasonable security methods, but:

No system is perfectly secure
No platform can fully eliminate unauthorized access risks

Hyve is not liable for:

Data breaches outside our control
User negligence
Device-level unauthorized access

8. Data Retention

We keep data as long as needed to operate the App and comply with legal obligations. Marketing licenses survive account deletion.

9. Third-Party Services

Hyve may link to or integrate with third-party tools. We are not responsible for their policies or practices.

10. Children's Privacy

Hyve is for adults 18+. We do not knowingly collect information from minors.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted in the App.

12. Contact Us

Hyve LLC

Email: usehyve@gmail.com

Hyve Privacy Policy