Hurrbee is a privacy-first search engine that pays users for their attention. We collect the minimum data required to run our service, and we never sell your personal information. This document explains what we do collect, why, and the rights you have over your data.
When you create an account, we collect: username, first and last name, email address, and (optionally at signup) phone number and mailing address. A mailing address is required before subscribing to a paid tier because our payment processor requires billing address verification.
We also generate an account number for referral tracking. We do not require government ID, date of birth, or any other government-linked identifier.
Every search you run is logged so we can enforce subscription quotas, credit you for the reward, and let you review your history. The search log includes: your query text, the timestamp, and the general geographic region derived from your IP address (city-level, not exact GPS).
You can disable search history logging at any time from your account settings (Wooden tier and up). You can also delete past history entries individually or in bulk.
We do not build behavioral profiles from your search history. We do not use it to target ads. We do not share it with third parties.
On your Rewards Settings page you can voluntarily provide demographic details (age bracket, sex, household income bracket, housing status, and freeform interests). This is strictly optional — you can use Hurrbee's full search and rewards features without providing any of it.
If you choose to share this data, we use it only to match higher-value ads to your searches, which earns you a larger rewards payout per ad view. Explicit consent is required to store any of this data; consent is timestamped and logged separately with your IP address, user agent, and the policy version at the time of consent.
You can also opt out of specific ad categories (e.g. Financial Services, Health & Wellness) from the same page. Opt-outs are stored as simple preferences and do not require consent.
Ads on Hurrbee are matched to your query keywords, not to your browsing history or long-term behavior. If you've filled out a Shopper Profile, ads may additionally be filtered to match your demographics — but only within the categories you haven't opted out of.
We share no personally identifying information with advertisers. Advertisers see aggregated impression and click counts for their own ads only.
If you subscribe to the Fun tier or higher, you receive a @hurrbee.com mailbox.
Mail sent to and from that address is stored on our mail server for as long as your account exists.
We do not read, scan, or analyze the content of your emails for advertising, machine learning, or any other purpose.
Account records and search history are retained for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, all personally identifying data is deleted within 30 days. Financial records (subscription payments, referral payouts) are retained for 7 years to meet US tax reporting requirements.
Consent records are never deleted, even after consent revocation. They are stored as an audit trail with the timestamp of grant and revocation. This is required for CCPA / GDPR compliance.
You must be 18 or older to create a Hurrbee account. We do not knowingly collect data from users under 18. If we discover an account belongs to someone under 18, we delete it promptly.
All traffic to hurrbee.com uses HTTPS (TLS 1.2+). Passwords are hashed with bcrypt. API secrets and third-party credentials are stored in server environment variables, not in our codebase. We do not store credit card numbers.
If we make material changes to how we collect or use data, we will notify you by email and require re-consent for the affected features. The policy version at the top of this page reflects the current effective version.
Questions about this policy? Email us at privacy@hurrbee.com.