Privacy Policy

HiveTerm ("we", "our", "us") is a desktop application developed and maintained by its creator. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and how we protect it.

1. Data We Collect

License Activation

When you activate a Pro license, we collect:

• Machine fingerprint — a SHA-256 hash derived from your hostname, MAC address, OS, and architecture. This is a one-way hash; we cannot reverse it to identify your hardware.
• Email address — provided during purchase via Stripe, used to deliver your license key and send renewal reminders.

Payment Processing

Payments are processed by Stripe. We do not store credit card numbers, bank details, or any payment credentials. Stripe's privacy policy applies to all payment data. See stripe.com/privacy.

Application Usage

Account creation, the start of a Pro trial, and confirmed purchases are recorded by our backend. We use these milestones for advertising measurement through Meta’s Conversions API. Email addresses and internal account identifiers are hashed before sending; available client IP addresses and user agents are sent without hashing. This conversion integration does not send code, terminal output, prompts, or clipboard contents.

Website

Our website (hiveterm.com) is a static site hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may collect standard web server logs (IP address, browser user agent, pages visited) as part of their infrastructure. We use HiMetrica analytics and advertising tags from Meta, Google, X, and Reddit. Meta receives content-view events through its Pixel and our server API, including the page path, client IP address, browser user agent, and available browser/click identifiers (_fbp and _fbc). These cookies can persist for up to 90 days. Our Meta integration respects browser Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals on incoming requests.

2. How We Use Your Data

• Machine fingerprint — to enforce the 2-machine activation limit per Pro license and validate licenses offline.
• Email — to deliver license keys, send renewal reminders, and communicate important product updates. We do not send marketing emails.

3. Data Storage and Security

License data is stored securely in Cloudflare Workers KV, a globally distributed key-value store. License tokens are signed with Ed25519 cryptography and validated offline on your machine. Your license token is cached locally at ~/.hiveterm/license.token.

4. Data Sharing

We share data with service providers for operating HiveTerm and measuring advertising, including:

• Meta — content views, account creation, trial starts, and confirmed purchases, with matching identifiers as described above.
• HiMetrica, Google, X, and Reddit — website analytics and advertising measurement.
• Stripe — for payment processing.
• Cloudflare — for website hosting and license API infrastructure.

5. Data Retention

Meta delivery payloads are cleared from our delivery queue after successful sending. Pending payloads and deduplication IDs are removed after seven days. Hashing identifiers does not make them anonymous.

License activation records are retained for the duration of your subscription plus 30 days after expiration. If you request deletion, we will remove your data within 30 days.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request a copy of any data we hold about you.
• Request deletion of your data.
• Deactivate your license from a machine at any time through the app.

7. Children's Privacy

HiveTerm is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. Continued use of HiveTerm after changes constitutes acceptance.

9. Contact

For privacy-related questions, contact us at [email protected].