Privacy policy includes important information on how we collect, use, and store information about you.
The latest version was reviewed and became effective as of February 22, 2024.
- Why should I read this Privacy Policy?
This Privacy Policy (hereafter referred to as “Policy”) describes how UAB “Honeygain” (company code 306103177, registered in Lithuania) (hereafter referred to as “Honeygain”, ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’) collects, uses, discloses, and stores personal information on the end-users of the Honeygain SDK when they enable Honeygain SDK on their device through our Partner Application, and what statutory rights do the users have under applicable data protection laws. Users may read more about installing Honeygain SDK on the Honeygain SDK Terms of service.
We may amend this Policy unilaterally from time to time. Any such amendments will be effective immediately upon publication. Please visit our website[EB3] regularly for the latest version of this Policy. In case of any considerable changes to this Policy, Honeygain will take measures to notify its users in advance by email (if possible), a pop-up message on the website, applications, or other means that we will deem most fitting in a particular case.
If you have any questions regarding our Policy or the way we collect and process your data, do not hesitate to contact our support team using this link here.
2. Why does Honeygain collect, and how do they use my information?
By installing Honeygain SDK on your device, you become a part of Honeygain’s network of users. Becoming a part of Honeygain’s network means that you willingly share your device’s internet traffic with Honeygain and its clients. Honeygain provides rewards in exchange for your network connection and device resources. To facilitate this arrangement, we require access to a minimal set of your personal data. All the data outlined below is obtained directly from you.
2.1. When you are the end user of the Honeygain SDK application, we have access through the application to the following categories of your personal data:
2.1.1. Registration data: user email address and encrypted password.
2.1.2. Information related to payouts to users: name, surname, email address, amount (sum) of payout, date of user’s payout request, date of disbursement of payout, transaction history – record of transactions and earnings associated with each user (to ensure accurate payout calculations and to address any potential discrepancies or disputes).
2.1.3. Device information: IP address, operating system version, device model, last-seen timestamp, and location (city and country).
2.1.4. Network information: this specifies whether your Wi-Fi is on or off.
2.1.5. We collect some aggregated statistics related to the use of Honeygain SDK to analyze and improve our services. This information may include crash and error reports, and application usage analytics provided by Google and Facebook Analytics.
2.1.6. Information about which Partner’s Application you’re using, when enabling Honeygain SDK on their device.
2.2. When you visit Honeygain SDK website, we collect the following categories of your personal data:
2.2.1. Data we collect from you through our website automatically: IP address, location, type of browser, device, and the operating system you use. In collecting your information through our website, we make use of cookies and other similar technologies. If you wish to read more about the cookies we use, their purpose, and duration, please see a detailed cookie table in Section 7 of this Policy.
2.2.2. Data we collect when you contact us via email or a dedicated contact form: e-mail address, subject of your inquiry, date of your inquiry, the content of your inquiry, attachments to your inquiry, your name and (or) surname provided in your inquiry, reply to your inquiry, the information provided by you, attachments to the inquiry (if any), other data associated with the communication.
In such a case, we will use your personal data to manage your inquiry and adequately address any issue or question you may have.
2.3. Honeygain process data that is mentioned in Sections 2.1., 2.2. for the following purposes:
2.3.1. To provide Honeygain SDK services to you: to register you on the application; to provide you with our application services that you request; to ensure that you are granted with donations (when applicable); to send you messages necessary for the provision of our services; to improve your experience when using the application; to enable you to redeem your earnings via the application; to provide an overview of your transactions on the application (transaction history).
2.3.2. To improve Honeygain SDK and ensure its security: to track your website usage for security purposes; to investigate potential cases of fraudulent activity; to keep records of your account after its deletion to protect the security of the Honeygain SDK application; to carry out basic verification (email verification); to issue and enforce warnings; to guarantee the security of the Honeygain SDK, the protection of the data we hold, and the detection of cyber-attacks and other threats to the integrity of the application; to secure data and data transmission; to offer our services free of technical errors and to be able to recognize and resolve any errors; to analyze and evaluate usage of our platform and range measurement.
2.3.3. To exercise legal rights and fulfill legal obligations: to comply with applicable tax obligations; to process your requests for access to the data; to resolve disputes; to enforce Honeygain SDK Terms of Use; and to enforce, exercise, and uphold our rights.
2.3.4. To carry out marketing activities: to send you marketing emails.
2.4. What is Honeygain’s legal basis for collecting my information?
2.4.1. Performance of the contract between you and Honeygain: when we process Honeygain SDK end-users’ information specified in Section 2.3.1., when we disclose the user‘s location, IP data to our partners and/or clients in order to enable them to access and collect data from public internet resources (e. g., various websites); such data sharing is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and Honeygain.
2.4.2. Legitimate interest of Honeygain: when we process the Honeygain SDK usage and statistical data based on our legitimate interest to improve the functionality and usability of our application; when we process the information on your interactions with our website, your device, and the browser based on our legitimate interest to ensure the thorough functioning of our website; when we administrate your inquiries based on our legitimate interests, namely – the proper administration of our business and communications with users; when (if that is applicable) we exercise legal rights and fulfill legal obligations based on our legitimate interest to defend Honeygain’s interests and rights in legal processes or legal obligation to which Honeygain is a party; when we process your data to send you marketing materials based on our legitimate interest to market our product, services (as specified in Section 2.3.2. and Section 2.3.3.)
2.4.3. Your consent: when we process your data to send you marketing materials, as specified in Section 2.3.4.
2.5. How long does Honeygain store information about me?
If the data is no longer required for a purpose pursued by us and there are no legal obligations to retain it (e.g., tax retention periods to which we are subject), we delete personal data. We only store personal data to the extent that it is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, particularly statutory retention periods, and for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
| THE PURPOSE OF DATA PROCESSING | DATA RETENTION PERIOD |
| To provide Honeygain SDK services | 5 years after the end of contractual or other relationships with you (or your last activity) |
| To improve Honeygain SDK application and ensure its security | 1 month |
| To administer your inquiries | 2 years |
| To carry out marketing activities | 2 years |
| To exercise legal rights and fulfill legal obligations | 10 years |
3. Who does Honeygain share my data with?
We share your data with data recipients, both within and outside the European Economic Area (EEA), in cases where necessary for the above-described purposes and allowed in accordance with applicable laws.
| No | Recipients or categories of recipients | Location of the recipient | What is the legal basis to transfer my data outside the EEA? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1. | Hetzner Online GmbH (data storage providers) | EU | – |
| 3.2. | Google Ireland Ltd (web and application usage analytics providers) | EU | – |
| 3.3. | Google LLC (web and application usage analytics providers) | US | Standard Contractual Clauses |
| 3.4. | Facebook Ireland Ltd. (web and application usage analytics providers) | EU | – |
| 3.5. | Facebook, Inc. (web and application usage analytics providers) | US | Standard Contractual Clauses |
| 3.6. | Twilio (SendGrid) (email delivery service providers) | EU | – |
| 3.7. | MailerLite Limited (email delivery service provider) | EU | – |
| 3.8. | https://firebase.google.com/ (for Android applications only), other performance analytics providers (for the crash and error reporting) | Worldwide | In cases where we transfer data outside the EEA, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses |
| 3.9. | Twilio (SendGrid) (email delivery service provider) | US | Standard Contractual Clauses |
| 3.10. | MailerLite Limited (email delivery service provider) | EU | – |
| 3.11. | https://firebase.google.com/ (for Android applications only), other performance analytics providers (for the crash and error reporting) | Worldwide | In cases where we transfer data outside the EEA, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses |
| 3.12. | Our business partners, clients with whom we may share your location and IP data in order to enable them to access and collect data from public internet resources (e.g., various websites) (such data sharing is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and Honeygain). | Worldwide | In cases where we transfer data outside the EEA, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses |
| 3.13. | State, governmental, law enforcement institutions, courts, and regulatory authorities (when we are obliged to disclose information by law; when we exercise our legal rights to defend our interests in legal processes to which Honeygain is a party). | Worldwide | In cases where we transfer data outside the EEA, we rely on the condition that the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. |
4. What statutory rights do I have regarding my data?
Subject to conditions, limitations, and exceptions established by statutory data protection provisions, you have the rights listed below.
| My right | When is this right applicable to me? |
|---|---|
| Right of access, right to know about the personal information collected, disclosed | When you seek to obtain confirmation as to whether we collect or otherwise process personal data concerning you, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and the information about the data processing. Once we receive and verify your request, we will disclose to you the categories of data we collected about you, the categories of sources for the data we collected about you, our business or commercial purposes for collecting that personal information, the categories of third parties with whom we share that data, the specific pieces of data we collected about you and other information that we are obliged to provide under the applicable laws. |
| Right to rectification | When you seek to obtain from us the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you. |
| Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) | – When personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; – when you withdraw consent on which the processing is based and there is no other legal ground for the processing; – when you object to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing for direct marketing purposes; – where the personal data have been unlawfully processed; – where the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation; – where the personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services directly to a child and subject to a consent. |
| Right to restriction of processing | – Where the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you; – where the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead; – where we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; – where you have objected to processing. |
| Right to data portability | Where you seek to receive the data you have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable form or to transmit those data to another controller, the processing is based on consent or on a contract and is carried out by automated means. |
| Right to object | Where the collection and use is based on a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested or legitimate interest, as explained in Section 3 of this Policy, or where you object to the collection of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. |
| Right to withdraw consent | Where the processing is based on consent, as explained in Section 3 of this Policy, and you seek to withdraw it at any time. |
| Right to lodge a complaint | Where you want to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or of an alleged infringement of the GDPR. |
| Right not to receive discriminatory treatment while exercising rights | When you exercise your rights enshrined in applicable laws, you also have the right to non-discrimination. For example, because you exercised your rights under applicable laws, you will not be denied any services, charged with a different price, provided a different quality of goods and services etc. |
You retain the rights to access, edit, and delete information that we hold on you. In most cases, this can be done by you by simply logging in or updating Honeygain settings. If you like to exercise your rights described above or have any other concerns relating to your data processing, please contact our support team using this link here .
5. Does Honeygain engage in automated individual decision-making, including profiling?
We do not make decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which would produce legal effects concerning you. However, for security purposes, we use algorithms to decide whether there are any abnormalities in our user base. In case the algorithms show such abnormalities, the related activities are submitted for a human review and may result in suspension or (in the most extreme cases) termination of our services.
6. Does Honeygain process data about minors?
We do not intend to collect any personal information of children under the age of 14 or any other age which would require authorization or consent of a holder of parental responsibility for collecting or processing the personal data of such child. In the case of us accidentally collecting the personal information of children, we undertake to delete or otherwise dispose of such information as soon as possible after we become aware of having received it.
If you are a holder of parental responsibility for a child that has provided us with their personal information without your consent or supervision, please contact us so we can take the actions required to stop collecting and processing your child’s personal data and erase the data that we may have already collected.
7. Does Honeygain’s website (and Honeygain SDK application through web view mode) use cookies or similar tracking technologies?
We use cookies to collect information from the device you use to access our services.
Cookies are small text files containing an identifier that is sent by a web server to your web browser and stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Our website places the following cookies on your device:
| Cookie Category | Cookie name | Cookie purpose | Cookie expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | __cfruid | This cookie is a part of the services provided by Cloudflare – Including load-balancing, deliverance of website content and serving DNS connection for website operators. | Session | 1st party |
| Necessary | bscookie | This cookie is used to identify the visitor through an application. This allows the visitor to login to a website through their LinkedIn application for example. | 1 year | 3rd party |
| Necessary | li_gc | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. | 180 days | 3rd party |
| Necessary | ZD-suid | Unique id that identifies the user’s session. | Persistent | 3rd party |
| Statistics | _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | 1st party |
| Statistics | _gid | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day | 1st party |
| Statistics | _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | 1 day | 1st party |
| Statistics | _clck | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is u ed to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. | 1 year | 1st party |
| Statistics | _clsk | Registers statistical data on users’ behavior on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | 1 day | 1st party |
| Statistics | _cltk | Registers statistical data on users’ behavior on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session | 3rd party |
| Statistics | _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a u ser has visited the website as w ell as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | 1st party |
| Statistics | AnalyticsSyncHistory | Used in connection with data synchronization with third-party analysis service. | 30 days | 3rd party |
| Statistics | c.gif | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. | Session | 3rd party |
| Statistics | CLID | Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner. | 1 year | 3rd party |
| Statistics | collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session | 3rd party |
| Statistics | ln_or | Registers statistical data on users’ behavior on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | 1 day | 1st party |
| Statistics | ZD-buid | A unique id that identifies the user on recurring visits. | Session | 3rd party |
| Marketing | ads/ga-audiences | Used to detect whether the user intends to leave the page via cursor movements. This allows the website to trigger certain pop-ups to keep the user on the website or convert them to customer. | Session | 3rd party |
| Marketing | ANONCHK | Registers data on visitors from multiple visits and on multiple websites. Th is in formation is u sed to measure the efficiency of advertisement on websites. | 1 day | 3rd party |
| Marketing | bcookie | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 year | 3rd party |
| Marketing | li_sugr | Collects data on user behavior and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. | 3 months | 3rd party |
| Marketing | MR | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | 7 days | 3rd party |
| Marketing | MUID | Used as a unique user ID. The cookie enables user tracking by synchronizing the ID across many Microsoft domains. | 1 year | 3rd party |
| Marketing | SM | Registers a unique ID that identifies the user’s device during return visits across websites that use the same ad network. The ID is used to allow targeted ads. | Session | 3rd party |
| Marketing | SRM_B | Tracks the user’s interaction with the website’s search -bar- function . This data can be used to present the user with relevant products or services. | 1 year | 3rd party |
| Marketing | UserMatchHistory | Ensures visitor browsing security by preventing cross-site request forgery. Th is cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. | 30 days | 3rd party |
| Preferences | lidc | Registers which server cluster is serving the visitor. This is used in con text with load balancing, in order to optimize user experience. | 1 day | 3rd party |
8. How can I manage cookies?
When you visit our website, we ask for your consent for the use of non-essential cookies. However, essential cookies are enabled by default because they are a prerequisite for our website to function.
We respect your preferences concerning cookies, and you can easily manage and disable cookies on our website. You can configure your browser to decline some or all cookies or to ask for your permission before accepting them. Please note that by deleting cookies or disabling future cookies, you may be unable to access certain areas or features of our website. You can control the use of functionality cookies, targeting cookies, or advertising cookies by adjusting your browser settings. To find out how to manage cookies in your browser, please visit one of the links below:
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Opera: https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy
- Microsoft Edge: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-information-sfri11471/mac