HiveLive Privacy Policy

 

HiveLive (HiveLive, us or we) respects the privacy of the visitors to its Website, the home page of which is located at http://community.hivelive.com (Website).

 

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any Personal Information and Anonymous Information you submit to us through our Website.

 

Personal Information is information about you that is personally identifiable to you like your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number, as well as other non-public information that is associated with the foregoing.

 

Anonymous Information means information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons.

 

We collect and use Personal Information and Anonymous Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

User Consent

By submitting Personal Information through our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Information according to this Privacy Policy.

 

Your Personal Information may be processed by HiveLive in the country where it was collected as well as other countries (including the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in your country.

 

Collection of Personal Information
The Personal Information we gather from you helps us learn about our members and potential members of our community. We use this information to better tailor the features, performance and support of our community and services, and to offer you additional information and opportunities.

 

Personal Information You Provide to Us

We collect Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily through our Website. The types of Personal Information we collect are:

 

á      When you sign up for our online community, we will collect the username and password that you choose and the e-mail address you provide to us.

 

á      When you personalize your HiveLive Profile, we will collect any information you provide, such as your name or photos you choose for your display picture.

 

á      When you enter any information, including Personal Information, into any postings or comments within the HiveLive community, or the HiveLive user forums, we will collect such information and this information might be available for some, a subgroup of, or even all members of the HiveLive community, depending on how and where this information was posted by you (see Use of Information below).

 

á      When you leave us feedback using the HiveLive feedback dropbox, we will collect any information that is contained in your feedback.

 

á      When you contact us by sending us an e-mail, we will collect your e-mail address and any information contained in the e-mail you send us.

 

Your HiveLive account that you create when you sign up for our online community contains Personal Information such as your username, e-mail address and password and only the username is visible to other members of the HiveLive community (the HiveLive Account).

 

All the information in your HiveLive profile on the other hand is public information and any HiveLive member will be able to see it (the HiveLive Profile). Your HiveLive Profile may contain Personal Information, if you decide to enter such Personal Information into your HiveLive Profile.

 

Personal Information Collected Via Technology

As you navigate our Website, certain information may also be collected passively, including your Internet protocol address, browser type, and operating system. We also use Cookies and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to gather information regarding the date and time of your visit and the information for which you searched and viewed. This type of information is collected to better understand how you use our community and make the community and services we provide more useful to you.

 

An Internet protocol address or IP Address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. In some cases your IP Address stays the same from browser session to browser session; but if you use a consumer internet access provider, your IP Address probably varies from session to session. We track IP Addresses solely in conjunction with session cookies to analyze our web page flow.

 

Cookies are small pieces of information that a web site sends to your computerÕs hard drive while you are viewing a web site. HiveLive may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on the Website. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions. If you choose to disable Cookies, some areas of the Website may not work properly.

 

HiveLive may also contract with third parties in order to promote the products and/or services of these third parties by placing ads on the Website. We may use information that was posted by members of the community to tailor the display of ads to the interest of the members of our community. Clicking on such ads will direct you to the website of the third party and the third party may also use Cookies in connection with these ads. Please be advised that HiveLive is not responsible for these other websites or any content on these other websites and that this Privacy Statement does not govern your visit of these other websites.

 

Personal Information We Receive From Other Sources

We may receive Personal Information about you from other sources like telephone or fax, or from third parties that provide services for us in connection with the HiveLive community. We may add this information to the information we have already collected from you via our Website in order to improve the our community and the services we provide.

Use of Information

In general, Personal Information you submit to us is used by us either to sign you up for our community, respond to requests that you make, or to improve our community. We may also use your Personal Information to provide you with electronic newsletters or promotional e-mails regarding changes and upgrades to our community, should you request to receive such communications from us.

We may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name) that make the information personally identifiable to you. We may use this Anonymous Information to analyze usage patterns so that we may enhance our community. HiveLive reserves the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information to third parties in its discretion.

 

The idea behind the HiveLive is that the members of our community share information and knowledge. Therefore, you should assume that any information that you enter or post on the Website (not including the information in your HiveLive Account, with the exception of your username), may be openly shared on the Website with other community members and may also be available to people outside the community. Depending on where you post your information, you might be able to further specify which members or group of members of the HiveLive community will be able to have access to this information. Please be aware that if you enter any Personal Information into publicly available sections of the Website, this information will be displayed to anyone who has access to these sections. These publicly available sections of the Website include, without limitation, the User Forum, any public folder within the Website and even posts and comments of other HiveLive members, if these posts and comments can be accessed by any member without limitations.

Members are also able to search for publicly available information that was posted by a HiveLive member in public section of the Website, or for information in a HiveLive Profile.

 

Feedback

If you provide feedback to us, we may use such feedback for any purpose, provided we will not associate such feedback with your Personal Information. HiveLive will collect any information contained in such communication and will treat the Personal Information in such communication in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Disclosure of Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not generally trade, rent, or share your Personal Information with third parties, unless you ask us to do so.

 

We may provide your Personal Information to third party service providers who work on behalf of or with HiveLive to provide some of the services and features of the HiveLive community and to help us communicate with the members of our community. However, these service providers do not have any independent right to share this information (expect pursuant to a legal requirement such as a subpoena or warrant).

 

Although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, Affiliates), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal Information with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

 

If our company or our assets are acquired by another company, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and it will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on HiveLive; or (b) to protect and defend the rights or property of HiveLive, users of our Website, or third parties.

 

Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information

We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information. When you receive newsletters or promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications from us and you will have the opportunity to opt-out by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the e-mail your receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information below).

Despite your indicated e-mail preferences, we may send you administrative emails regarding our services or notices of any updates to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy.

You may change any of the Personal Information in your account by editing your HiveLive Profile and Account.

 

Regarding Children

We do not intentionally gather Personal Information about visitors who are under the age of 13.

 

Other Sites

Our provision of links to other Website(s) or location(s) is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other Website(s) or location or its contents. Links to other Website(s) or location(s) may also be posted by other HiveLive members within the HiveLive community. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside Websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside Websites.

 

Security

We use reasonable measures to maintain the security of your Personal Information. However, no company, including HiveLive, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information.

 

Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

 

Email: privacy at hivelive dot com

 

Privacy PolicyUpdates

This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision, and if we make any substantial changes in the way we use your Personal Information, we will post an alert on this page. If you object to any such changes, you must cease using our Website. Continued use of our Website following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.

 

This Policy was last updated in March 2006.