Privacy
Last updated 15 August 2026
HiveBench connects Android developers with people who will test their apps. Testing means installing a specific app and keeping it for fourteen days, and being paid for it — so we have to know who you are, that you are a real person on a real phone, and that the install actually happened. This page says exactly what that involves.
We collect what the work requires, and stop there.
What we collect
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your Google account — your email address, your name as Google gives it, and a Google account identifier | Sign-in is Google-only because Google Play requires testers to be the same account that installs the app. Your email is private. The name you choose becomes a public byline shown beside listings you create and to developers whose apps you test — you can change it in Settings. |
| Whether the app under test is installed, and when it was first installed | This is the job. A developer pays for fourteen days of a real install, so we check the specific app you agreed to test. See below. |
| Device identity — a cryptographic key generated inside your phone's secure hardware, and Google's assessment of whether the device is genuine and unmodified | One person with one phone should not be able to take twelve slots under twelve accounts. The key never leaves your phone's secure element; we hold only its public half. |
| Your testing activity — which tests you joined, when, when the install was verified, and your app's check-ins during the window | It is what you are paid for, and what a developer is buying. |
| Payment details — your PayPal address if you give us one, and a record of what you earned and what we sent | To pay you, and because money movements have to be auditable. We never see your card details; developers pay through Stripe, which handles cards directly. |
| A push notification token, if your device provides one | To tell you about your own commitments — a slot about to lapse, nectar that vested. Never to advertise work to you. |
| Your time zone | So messages arrive at a reasonable hour where you are. |
About checking installed apps
Android lets an app ask what else is installed. HiveBench does
not take the broad permission for that
(QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES). We use the narrow route, and we query
one package at a time — only the app you have an active agreement to
test.
We do not build a list of your apps, we do not look at apps you have not agreed to test, and none of it is used for advertising or profiling. When your fourteen days end, the checking stops.
What we never do
- We do not sell your data, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers.
- We do not read the contents of any app, your files, your messages, your contacts, your location or your browsing.
- We do not show you ads, and we do not track you across other apps or websites.
- We do not push you notifications about available work. An open slot goes on the job board and that is the whole mechanism.
Who else sees it
Only the companies that make the service work, and only the part each one needs:
- Google — sign-in, the device integrity check, and push delivery.
- Stripe — developer payments. They handle card details; we never receive them.
- PayPal — tester payouts. They receive your payout address and the amount.
- Supabase and Railway — the database and servers that run HiveBench, in the United States.
Developers whose apps you test see your public display name and that a device completed the window. They do not get your email address.
How long we keep it
Testing and payment records are kept while your account is open and afterwards for as long as tax and financial rules require, because a payment record has to survive the account that made it. Push tokens are dropped as soon as they stop working or you close your account.
Closing your account
Settings → Delete account, or write to do.infinitely@gmail.com and we will do it for you. You can also request deletion at any time without installing anything.
When you close an account: your email address and payout address are erased, your public display name becomes "Deleted member", push tokens are deleted, and any slots you were holding go back on the board for someone else. Financial records of money that actually moved are kept, without your contact details attached, because we cannot un-send a payment and are required to be able to account for it.
If you have unpaid earnings, we will not let you delete the account until they are paid out — deleting it quietly would mean keeping your money.
Children
HiveBench is not for people under 18. Testing is paid work.
Changes
If we change what we collect or why, we will update this page and say so in the app before the change applies to you.
Contact
Privacy questions, data requests and account deletion: do.infinitely@gmail.com. A person reads it.