Image Collection

The Hivemapper Network is designed to protect people's privacy while collecting imagery to build and update a global map. Your personal information and location data are not the product being monetized. The Hivemapper Network is building a private mapping network that offers contributors anonymity. Note: devices that opt into Beekeeper fleet management tools are subject to different terms — fleet data (including trip history, driver identity, and AI Event video) is not anonymized, as fleet owners require this data to manage their operations. See the Beekeeper section below for details.

What Is Collected?

The Hivemapper Dashcam is an open-source product that collects information in a privacy-centric manner. The primary pieces of data it collects includes:

Randomly Generated Usernames + Location Data + Imagery collected

Each Contributor’s username is randomly generated to ensure anonymity, and contributors’ location data and imagery collected is never publicly tied to a username or Hivemapper profile.

Automatically blurs faces and license plates from the imagery on the edge - dashcam mapping device - prior to uploading imagery.

The Hivemapper Dashcam automatically privacy blurs images and detects objects (e.g., speed limit signs) on the edge.

Personal and network level privacy zones where all data collection is automatically paused.

When contributors collect imagery, faces and license plates are automatically blurred on their Hivemapper Dashcams, to ensure the imagery we receive does not include personally identifiable information of road users (bystanders). Unblurred imagery is never shared with the Hivemapper App and Hivemapper has no access to unblurred imagery.

Each Contributor’s username is randomly generated to ensure anonymity, and contributors’ location data and imagery collected is never publicly tied to a username or Hivemapper profile.

In certain countries we require you to display a placard on your vehicle indicating that you are collecting for a map. See here for the countries and placards.

Beekeeper is a fleet management software platform that enables fleet owners to track vehicles, monitor driver behavior, review trip history, and access AI-powered driving event detection. If you opt your Bee device into Beekeeper, Hivemapper Inc. (dba Bee Maps) owns all trip history data, location history, AI Event video data, and other data generated through your use of the platform.

Driver data within Beekeeper is not anonymized. Anonymizing driver identity would render the fleet management tools ineffective, as fleet owners need to know which drivers are associated with specific trips, routes, and driving events in order to manage their operations.

For full details, please refer to the Privacy Policy, the Bee Terms of Service, and the Bee Membership Terms of Service.

Request Takedown

Hivemapper can assist with further blurring or deleting of imagery an individual considers sensitive or their personal information (e.g. a face, body, vehicle, license plate or home). If you would like to request this, please complete this form or send us a message to [email protected].

Active Imagery Collection

As of Q2 2024, imagery is being actively collected at these locations. You can also view map coverage here.