Privacy policy

BeeSensing (Voorburg, the Netherlands) makes HiveWatcher. This page explains what we do with personal data on this website and in the HiveWatcher app. Questions: info@beesensing.com.

The website

When you send the contact form or the pilot request form, we store what you fill in, such as your name, company, e-mail address and phone number, and we receive it by e-mail. We use it only to answer your question or request, and we delete it when you ask us to.

The website uses no tracking cookies, no analytics and no third-party services. Fonts and the anti-robot check run on our own server in Europe.

The HiveWatcher app

HiveWatcher is an app to follow pollination with HiveWatcher and to set up and check HiveWatcher nodes.

Data on your device. The app keeps your language, your ServerNodes with their site keys, your places (location, greenhouse, section) and, if you sign in, your sign-in token, name and e-mail address on your device. Keep your device locked: the site keys give access to your nodes. Removing the app removes this data.

Data sent to HiveWatcher. The HiveWatcher tab is the HiveWatcher platform (hivewatcher.com). Only when you sign in there with a HiveWatcher account does your e-mail address and password go to hivewatcher.com, and what you do in that tab (for example opening or closing hive exits) is stored with your account. The Setup tab then keeps your ServerNodes, their site keys, where your nodes are placed and, when recorded, each node's GPS position in step with your account. BeeSensing uses this data only to provide the HiveWatcher service to you and your company. It is sent over an encrypted connection (HTTPS).

Data sent to your nodes. The settings and keys you save go directly to the node you are connected to.

Location. When you pair a node, or tap "Record position here", the app asks for your location once and keeps it with that node, so HiveWatcher shows where the node stands. It goes to HiveWatcher with the node when you are signed in. The app does not use your location at any other moment, not in the background, and does not keep a history of where you were. You can refuse location access; everything else keeps working.

What the app does not do. No analytics, advertising or tracking, and no third-party services.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your data by e-mail to info@beesensing.com. Your HiveWatcher account is managed by your company's HiveWatcher administrator. You can also complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

Changes

We will update this page when the website or the app changes what it does with data. Last updated: 3 November 2026.