HAGE Enterprise Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 8, 2026
At HAGE Enterprise, we believe that transparency is the foundation of trust in regulated environments. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and handle your personal data when you use our website (https://www.hageenterprise.com) and the measures we take to ensure your technical sovereignty and data control.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.hageenterprise.com. HAGE Enterprise provides a “Human-in-the-loop” application generation engine designed for government, energy, and environmental agencies.
2. Information Collection and Use
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it (policy available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/).
- Media: If you upload images to the website, please ensure they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract this data from images on the site.
- Contact Forms & Surveys: If you complete a survey or contact form to begin a consultation regarding legacy system modernization, we collect the professional information provided to facilitate our service to your agency or organization.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
To provide a seamless experience for our users, we use the following cookies:
- User Convenience: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies so you do not have to re-fill these details (lasts one year).
- Session & Authentication: If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie determines if your browser accepts cookies (discarded upon closing). Upon login, we set cookies to save login information (lasts two days) and screen display choices (lasts one year). If “Remember Me” is selected, login persists for two weeks.
- Article Editing: If you publish or edit an article, an additional cookie indicating the post ID of your article is saved (expires after 1 day).
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website directly. These third-party sites may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to those websites.
5. Data Sharing and Technical Sovereignty
We do not sell your personal data. A core pillar of HAGE Enterprise is eliminating vendor lock-in.
- Operational Sharing: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
6. Data Retention
- Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- User Profiles: For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also access this information.
7. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold, with the exception of data we are legally or administratively obligated to keep for oversight and audit purposes.
8. Commitment to Security and Auditability
Consistent with our “Audit-Ready by Design” philosophy, we maintain strict standards for data integrity. While we provide tools for your agency to maintain technical control of your code, we also protect the personal data of our website visitors with the same commitment to transparency we bring to our software development.