Privacy Policy

HoneyBee (“HoneyBee,” “we,” “us”) is a community for discovering knitting and crochet patterns, saving them to collections, rating and reviewing them, and sharing photos of the projects you make. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using HoneyBee, you agree to this policy.

Information we collect

• Account information. When you sign in with Google or a magic link, we receive your email address and, where you provide it, your name and profile picture. We store a profile (username, display name, avatar, and any bio you add).
• Content you create.Patterns you save, collections you build, ratings and reviews you write, and photos of your finished projects (“makes”) that you choose to upload.
• Designer information. If you apply to become a Worker Bee (designer), we collect the details you submit in your application and the patterns you claim.
• Usage data. We collect analytics about how the site is used — pages viewed, patterns opened, and similar events — to understand and improve the product.
• Technical data. Device, browser, and approximate location derived from your IP address, plus cookies and similar technologies needed to keep you signed in and to run the site. Your approximate city (never a precise location) also powers the anonymous community map, which shows only per-city member counts — you can exclude yourself in profile settings.

How we use information

• To provide and maintain your account and the features you use.
• To personalize your experience, such as your feed and pattern recommendations.
• To display content you choose to make public, such as your profile, reviews, and makes.
• To understand usage, fix problems, and improve the site.
• To communicate with you about your account, security, or important changes.
• To protect HoneyBee, our users, and the public, and to comply with the law.

Service providers

We share information with vendors who process it on our behalf so we can run the service. These include hosting and database providers, content delivery and storage, authentication, and product analytics. These providers may process data in the United States and are permitted to use it only to provide services to us.

We do not sell your personal information for money. We do work with advertising partners who may use cookies and similar technologies for interest-based advertising, which some privacy laws treat as a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. See the section below for details and for how to opt out.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Patterns and external links

HoneyBee links to patterns hosted on other websites. When you follow a link to an original source or a third-party site, that site’s own privacy policy governs your activity there. We are not responsible for the practices of sites we link to.

Your choices and rights

• You can edit your profile and the content you post at any time from your account.
• You can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, or deletion of your account, by contacting us at the email below.
• You can control cookies through your browser settings, though some features may not work without them.

Data retention

We keep your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service. When you delete your account, we delete or de-identify your personal information, except where we need to keep it to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

Children

HoneyBee is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date above. Significant changes may be communicated through the site.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at tbouvier44@gmail.com.