Operator: BeeWarm

Service: https://beewarm.app

Contact: contact@beewarm.app

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and store personal information when you use the Service.

1) What we collect

1.1 Account information

email address and/or login identifier
display name / username
account preferences (for example, settings and consent toggles)

1.2 Usage and technical data

IP address, device type, browser type, approximate location inferred from IP
log data (timestamps, pages/actions, error logs)
security and fraud-prevention signals

1.3 Contributions

your annotations, comments, and other Contributions
contribution history and statistics (for example, number of labels, accuracy metrics, leaderboard rank if enabled)

1.4 Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies/local storage to keep you signed in and remember preferences. See the Cookies Notice for details.

2) How we use your information

provide and operate the Service (accounts, authentication, collaboration)
maintain security, prevent abuse, and enforce Terms
improve quality (including QA and ML model evaluation)
communicate with you (service notices, security notices, support)
comply with legal obligations

3) Public and shared information

3.1 Contributions and dataset releases

Your Contributions may be used to create public datasets and ML models. Where a dataset release includes Contribution-derived data, it may be published under an open license (for example, CC BY 4.0).

We recommend you do not include personal data in Contributions (names, addresses, or other identifiers) in free-text fields.

3.2 Usernames and attribution

If we enable leaderboards or acknowledgements, your username may be displayed publicly. We plan to add an anonymity toggle; until then, please choose a pseudonym if you prefer not to be publicly identified.

4) Legal bases (GDPR note)

If you are in the EEA/UK, we process your personal data based on:

contract (to provide the Service you request)
legitimate interests (security, service improvement)
consent (where required, for example certain cookies)

5) Sharing and disclosures

We may share information with:

service providers (hosting, databases, monitoring, email delivery)
professional advisers (lawyers/accountants) as needed
authorities where required by law
a successor entity in a merger/acquisition (with appropriate safeguards)

We do not sell personal information.

6) International transfers

Your information may be processed in countries other than where you live (for example, where our hosting providers operate). We take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards.

7) Data retention

We keep personal information for as long as necessary to operate the Service, comply with law, and resolve disputes.

Current defaults (subject to change as we formalize policy):

account data: retained while your account is active; deleted or anonymised within 30 days after a deletion request
logs: retained for 30 days
Contributions: may be retained indefinitely in aggregated datasets and releases (including after account deletion), but may be de-identified where feasible

8) Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

9) Your rights and choices

Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

access your personal information
correct inaccuracies
request deletion (subject to exceptions)
object or restrict certain processing
data portability (EEA/UK)
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

To exercise rights: contact@beewarm.app.

10) Children

The Service is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

11) Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting a new version with an updated date.

12) Contact

Privacy questions: contact@beewarm.app.