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Your privacy is critically important to us. At The Family Beehive we want to make the following clear:

  • We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
  • We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law or protect our rights.
  • We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
  • We aim to make it as simple as possible for you to control what’s visible to the public, kept private, and permanently deleted.

Below is our privacy policy which incorporates these goals:

If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please contact hello@familybeehive.org

The Family Beehive Inc. (“Family Beehive”) operates familybeehive.org. It is Family Beehive’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

Privacy Notice

Last updated October 4, 2022

This privacy notice for The Family Beehive Inc. (doing business as Family Beehive, Fam Hive) (“Family Beehive, Fam Hive,””we,””us,” or “our”), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your information when you use our services (“Services”), such as when you:

  • Visit our website at familybeehive.org, or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at hello@familybeehive.org

Summary of Key Points

What personal information do we process?

When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with Family Beehive, Fam Hive and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

Do we process any sensitive personal information?

We may process sensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Do we receive any information from third parties?

We may receive information from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.

How do we process your information?

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

In what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information?

We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties (appropriate partners to assist in providing resources)

How do we keep your information safe?

We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the interest or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

What are your rights?

Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

How do you exercise your rights?

The easiest way to exercise your rights is by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

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What information do we collect?

Personal information you disclose to us

In short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register for our Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our services, when you participate in activities for our Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the features you use. The personal information we collect may be the following:

  • Names
  • Phone numbers
  • Email addresses
  • Mailing addresses
  • Job titles
  • Usernames
  • Passwords
  • Contact preferences

Sensitive Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories of sensitive information: All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information collected from other sources

 

In short: We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources.

In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant partnerships, offers, and services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, affiliate programs, data providers, nonprofit partners, and from other third parties. This information includes mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or user behavior data), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media URLs, and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising and event promotion.

How do we process your information?

In short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

  • To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
  • To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
  • To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
  • To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
  • To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
  • To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
  • To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time.
  • To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our Services that may contain personal information.
  • To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
  • To apply for funding. We may process the personal information you send to us for our funding purposes, if this is in accordance with preferences. We will use testimonials and statistical data to apply for appropriate funding.

When and with whom do we share your personal information?

 

In short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties.

Vendors, Consultants, and other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents (“third parties”) who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. They will not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also commit to protect your data by agreeing to our privacy policy. The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

  • Nonprofit partners
  • Partner companies
  • Individual partners

How long do we keep your information?

 

In short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

How do we keep your information safe?

 

In short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the safety of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

 

Do we collect information from minors?

 

In short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age – we can help them through a guardian, but they will not be able to be official members of the Hive until they are over 18.

We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from user less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at hello@familybeehive.org.

What are your privacy rights?

 

In short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information you can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at hello@familybeehive.org. You may terminate your account at any time.

Do we make updates to this notice?

 

In short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

How can you contact us about this notice?

 

If you have any questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at hello@familybeehive.org or by post to:

The Family Beehive Inc.

730 Riverside Dr. #2E

New York, NY 10031

United States

How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?

 

You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request to hello@familybeehive.org