Hyume Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through:

• The Hyume website;
• Mobile applications;
• User accounts;
• Assessments and surveys;
• Community features;
• Voting systems;
• Artificial intelligence features;
• Research products;
• Customer support interactions;
• Communications with Hyume.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, products, or services that may be linked to or integrated with the Service.

We may collect the following categories of information:

Account Information

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Screen name
• Password credentials or authentication provider information
• Profile information
• Account preferences

User Content

• Assessment responses
• Written submissions
• Votes
• Rankings
• Comments
• Feedback
• Messages submitted through the Service
• Uploaded materials

Institutional Participation Information

If you participate through an employer, recruiter, university, scholarship program, educational institution, or other organization, we may collect:

• Organization affiliation
• Program participation information
• Assessment participation data
• Consent records

Communications

• Support requests
• Customer service interactions
• Survey responses
• Marketing preferences

When you use the Service, we may automatically collect:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device identifiers
• Operating system
• Referring URLs
• Usage activity
• Clickstream data
• Session information
• Performance data
• Error logs
• Approximate geographic location

We may combine automatically collected information with other information we collect.

The Service is designed around user-generated content. We collect and store:

• Responses submitted to prompts
• Creativity assessments
• Rankings
• Votes
• Comments
• Community interactions
• Metadata associated with user activity

You are responsible for the content you choose to submit.

A core feature of the Service involves public sharing and evaluation of user responses. You acknowledge and agree that:

• Responses may be publicly displayed;
• Responses may be associated with your screen name;
• Responses may be visible to users and non-users;
• Responses may be indexed by search engines;
• Responses may appear in search results;
• Responses may be archived, copied, or republished by third parties.

Your email address will not intentionally be displayed publicly through normal operation of the Service.

Because public content may be indexed and copied by others, you should not submit information you wish to remain private. Hyume cannot guarantee removal of content from third-party search engines, archives, or websites.

Hyume uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to operate and improve the Service. User information may be processed by:

• Large language models
• Machine-learning systems
• Classification systems
• Recommendation systems
• Scoring systems
• Benchmarking systems
• Analytical models

We may use both proprietary systems and third-party providers. Examples of AI-related processing include generating creativity assessments, evaluating responses, producing rankings, identifying trends, improving user experiences, moderating content, and developing future products.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Hyume may use user content, voting activity, ranking activity, behavioral information, metadata, and engagement information to improve algorithms, validate systems, develop new products, and create benchmark datasets.

Such use may continue after account deletion, subject to applicable law.

Hyume may use information to create benchmark reports, trend analyses, research publications, statistical summaries, commercial analytics products, and educational materials. We may publish findings derived from user activity, including aggregate creativity trends, benchmark comparisons, research findings, and population-level statistics.

Unless separately authorized, Hyume will not intentionally publish an individual user's legal name in connection with research findings.

We may use information to:

• Provide the Service;
• Authenticate users;
• Operate accounts;
• Personalize experiences;
• Generate assessments;
• Conduct research;
• Improve products;
• Train AI systems;
• Develop new features;
• Provide customer support;
• Detect abuse;
• Enforce policies;
• Protect users;
• Comply with legal obligations.

Where applicable, Hyume processes information based on:

• User consent;
• Contractual necessity;
• Legitimate business interests;
• Compliance with legal obligations;
• Protection of rights and security.

We may disclose information to:

• Service providers;
• Hosting providers;
• Analytics providers;
• Artificial intelligence providers;
• Payment processors;
• Security providers;
• Professional advisors;
• Law enforcement authorities;
• Government agencies;
• Successors in a merger or acquisition.

Certain features may involve employers, recruiters, universities, scholarship programs, educational institutions, or other organizations ("Institutional Customers"). Institutional Customers do not automatically receive access to identifiable user information.

Hyume may disclose identifiable information, responses, rankings, scores, assessments, or profile information to an Institutional Customer only when the user affirmatively authorizes such disclosure.

Once information has been disclosed pursuant to user authorization, Hyume may not be able to retrieve or delete information already received by the Institutional Customer.

We may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, local storage technologies, and similar tracking technologies for purposes including authentication, security, performance measurement, analytics, personalization, and product improvement.

Users may manage cookies through browser settings, though some features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Hyume retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the Service, protect users, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, conduct research, improve products, maintain benchmark datasets, and train AI systems. Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information.

Users may request deletion of their accounts. However, account deletion does not necessarily require deletion of:

• Public responses;
• Research datasets;
• Benchmark datasets;
• Algorithm training data;
• Aggregated information;
• Historical rankings;
• Derived analytics;
• Information already incorporated into products or research.

Certain information may be retained as permitted by law.

Once information has been anonymized, aggregated, transformed into benchmark data, incorporated into research datasets, or otherwise stripped of direct identifiers, it is no longer considered personal information and may be retained and used indefinitely.

Hyume implements reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information. However, no system, transmission method, or storage method is completely secure. Users acknowledge these risks when using the Service.

The Service is intended only for individuals aged 13 and older. Hyume does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that information from a child under 13 has been collected, we may delete such information.

California residents may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Subject to applicable law, California residents may request:

• Access to personal information;
• Correction of personal information;
• Deletion of personal information;
• Information regarding categories of information collected;
• Information regarding categories of disclosures.

Requests may be submitted using the contact information below.

Residents of states that provide privacy rights under applicable law may exercise rights available under those laws, subject to applicable limitations and exceptions.

The Service is intended primarily for users located within the United States. Information may be processed and stored in the United States. By using the Service, you consent to such processing and storage.

In connection with a merger, acquisition, investment transaction, reorganization, bankruptcy, or asset sale, information may be transferred as part of the transaction. The successor entity may continue using information consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Because no consistent industry standard exists, Hyume does not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals.

Hyume may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Updated versions become effective upon posting unless otherwise specified. Continued use of the Service following an update constitutes acknowledgment of the revised Privacy Policy.

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Hyume, Inc.
info@hyume.com