Privacy Policy

Effective date: 19 March 2026

Hourze is designed to help individuals build, document, and prove capability over time. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you use the Platform.

  • We collect your account details, submissions, and evaluation data to operate the Platform

  • Your work is processed using AI-supported systems for evaluation

  • We do not sell your personal data

  • Your Proof Profile is private by default

  • You can request access, correction, or deletion at any time

  • We align with global data protection laws, including UK and EU GDPR

Summary

Hourze (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the Hourze platform.

We are the data controller responsible for your personal data.

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This Policy applies to all users globally.

1. Who we are

2. What data we collect

We collect the following categories of personal data:

Account data

  • Email address

  • Display name

  • Encrypted password

Used to create and manage your account.

Profile and preference data

  • Role pathway

  • Time commitment

  • Account creation details

Used to personalise your experience.

Submission content

  • Responses to challenges

  • Work samples and analysis

This is the core data used to generate evaluations.

Evaluation data (your Proof Profile)

  • Scores and grades

  • Feedback and rubric breakdowns

  • Capability assessments

  • Progress over time

Usage and technical data

  • IP address

  • Device and browser information

  • Pages visited and session activity

Collected automatically for performance and security.

Communications

  • Messages or emails you send us

Important:

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data (e.g. health, political views). Please do not include this in submissions.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain the Platform, including Proof Profile generation, Challenge delivery and evaluation

  • Personalise your experience, adjust difficulty and progression, and tailor feedback and insights

  • Process your work through structured AI evaluation systems

  • Improve the Platform by using anonymised and aggregated data to refine systems

  • Communicate with you

  • Enforce our Terms of Use and protect against fraud, abuse, and unauthorised access.

  • Comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests from authorities.

Important

We do not use your data for fully automated decisions that have legal or significant effects. AI evaluations are guidance tools, not binding decisions.

Hourze uses AI-supported systems to evaluate submissions.

When you submit work:

  • Your content is processed to generate structured evaluations

  • We minimise the use of direct identifiers wherever possible

Key points:

  • AI outputs are probabilistic

  • Evaluations are not certifications

  • Results should be used as guidance

We may use trusted third-party providers to support this processing under strict data protection agreements.

4. AI processing

We do not sell your personal data.

We only share data in the following cases:

Service providers

  • Infrastructure, analytics, and processing providers

  • Bound by strict contractual obligations

Public Proof Profile

If you choose to share it:

  • Selected profile information becomes visible via your link

  • You control what is shared and can revoke access

Legal requirements

Where required by law or to protect rights and safety

Business changes

In case of merger or acquisition:

  • You will be notified

  • You can delete your data beforehand

With your consent

For any additional use not listed above

5. How we share data

We retain data only as long as necessary.

  • Account data: duration of account + up to 90 days after deletion

  • Submissions & evaluations: until account deletion

  • Deleted accounts: permanently removed within 30 days

  • Usage data: up to 12 months

  • Support records: up to 3 years

Anonymised data may be retained longer as it no longer identifies you.

6. Data retention

Hourze operates from the United Kingdom.

If data is transferred internationally, we use appropriate safeguards (e.g. contractual protections), and ensure compliance with applicable laws

Contact us for details: legal@hourze.com

7. International transfers

We implement appropriate security measures, including:

  • Encryption in TLS 1.2+ encryption in transit and at rest

  • Secure password storage

  • Access controls

  • Monitoring and incident response

8. Security

You must be 18 years or older to use Hourze.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from a person under 18, we will take immediate steps to delete such data.

9. Age requirements

Hourze is built on the principles of ownership, transparency, and long-term capability.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Hourze Technology Ltd
Email: legal@hourze.com

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