BeeKeeper: Hive Log
Short version: your hive records stay on your phone. An account is optional and is only used to back up and sync your records. There are no ads, no analytics or tracking SDKs, and we never sell or share your data.
1. Who we are
BeeKeeper: Hive Log ("the app") is made by HiddenFlame. Questions about this policy or your data: beekeeper@multitools.ovh.
2. Using the app without an account
The app works fully offline. Hives, apiaries, inspections, treatments, feedings, harvests, notes and photos are stored only in the app's private storage on your device. We cannot see this data. Uninstalling the app deletes it.
3. Optional account (backup & sync)
If you choose to sign in with Google, Apple or email, we store on our backend (Supabase, a cloud database provider):
- your email address and the sign-in provider's account id;
- your hive records and the photos you attached, so they can be restored and synced between your devices.
Photos are kept in a private storage bucket that only your account can access. Your records are used for nothing other than giving them back to you.
4. Location
Location is optional. If you allow it, the app reads your position only while you are placing an apiary on the map. The apiary's coordinates are saved with your records (and synced if you have an account). We do not track your location in the background.
5. Third-party services
To show maps, find places and show the weather, the app contacts these services directly from your device. They receive your IP address and the data shown below, and handle it under their own privacy policies:
| Service | Purpose | Data sent |
|---|---|---|
| OpenFreeMap | Map tiles | Visible map area |
| MapTiler / Photon (Komoot) | Place search | The text you type in the location search |
| Open-Meteo | Weather for an apiary | Apiary coordinates (rounded) |
| Supabase | Account, backup, sync, ideas & feedback | See sections 3 and 6 |
| Google / Apple sign-in | Signing in, only if you choose it | Handled by Google or Apple |
6. Ideas & feedback
If you post an idea, vote, or send feedback, we store the text you wrote together with a random id created by the app (or your account id when signed in). It is used only to count votes, apply limits and read your feedback.
7. Notifications
Reminders are scheduled locally on your device. We do not use push-notification tokens.
8. What we don't do
- No advertising and no advertising ids.
- No analytics, crash-reporting or tracking SDKs.
- No selling, renting or sharing of your data with anyone.
9. Security
All network traffic uses HTTPS. Server data is protected by row-level security, so each account can only read its own records.
10. Deleting your account
You can delete your BeeKeeper account and everything stored in it at any time:
- In the app: open the You tab, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete account, then confirm.
- By email: write to beekeeper@multitools.ovh from the address you signed in with, with the subject "Delete my BeeKeeper account". We delete it within 30 days.
What is deleted: your email address and sign-in details, all synced hive records, apiaries and their locations, and all synced photos. Ideas and votes you posted stay on the public board but are no longer linked to an account. Records stored only on your phone stay there until you delete them or uninstall the app.
11. Deleting some or all of your data
Without deleting your account you can:
- delete a single record, hive or apiary from its own screen in the app;
- erase everything: You → Your data → Delete all data removes all records and photos from the phone and from backup;
- export your records first via You → Your data (Excel, CSV or full backup).
Deleted records are removed from your backup on the next sync, and from your other devices too.
12. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, UK GDPR or CCPA), you have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal data, and to object to its processing. Contact us at the address above; you may also complain to your local data protection authority.
13. Children
The app is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.
14. Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top.