Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

BeingNex ("we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our platform.

Identity Verification (Clients)

To reduce fraud and illegal activity, clients must complete hosted identity verification before publishing projects. We use Stripe Identity (or an equivalent provider) to verify that you are a real person. This process may include document verification and biometric matching (such as a selfie compared to your ID photo).

Verification is performed entirely by the provider. BeingNex stores your verification status and a provider session reference only — we do not store copies of your identity documents, selfies, or raw biometric data.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly:

• Account Information: Email address, password, name, phone number, and location (clients)
• Profile Data: Skills, experience, certifications, work preferences
• Assessment Data: Personality assessment responses, aptitude test results
• Project Data: Project descriptions, task details, deliverables
• Communication Data: Messages exchanged through the platform
• Payment Information: Billing details (processed by third-party providers)

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

• Provide and maintain the Service
• Match contractors with suitable projects based on skills and personality
• Process transactions and send related information
• Send administrative messages, updates, and security alerts
• Respond to comments, questions, and support requests
• Improve and optimize the Service
• Detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraud

4. Automated Analysis and Processing

Our platform uses automated systems to analyze project requirements and match contractors. This includes processing your assessment and skills data to generate compatibility scores. You have the right to request human review of automated decisions that significantly affect you.

5. Data Sharing

We may share your information with:

• Project Owners: When you are matched to a project, relevant profile information is shared
• Other Beings: Limited information for team collaboration purposes
• Service Providers: Third parties who assist in operating the platform
• Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect rights

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including encryption, secure servers, and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services. We may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate data
• Delete your data
• Object to processing
• Data portability
• Withdraw consent

To exercise these rights, contact us at the email below.

9. Cookies

We use essential cookies for authentication and session management. We may use analytics cookies to understand how users interact with the Service. You can control cookie settings through your browser.

10. Public Discourse (About Page)

The About page hosts a public discussion section where anyone, including people without a BeingNex account, can post an opinion. Anything you submit there is public: it is displayed on the page, can be reacted to, and can be shared by others. Please do not include personal information in a post.

• What we store: the display name you type, your opinion text, the optional location you type, and the category and stance you select.
• Approximate region: we derive a country-level code from your connection so the page can show how views differ by region. We do not store your IP address — only a one-way hashed value used to prevent spam and duplicate voting.
• Aggregate statistics: regional figures are only ever shown in aggregate, and a region is not displayed at all until enough people from it have posted.
• Moderation: submissions are automatically screened. Posts indicating a threat, abuse, or a person in crisis are withheld for human review before publication.
• Removal: contact us to have a post you made removed.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

12. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy@black7white.com