Privacy Policy
Effective Date: May 12, 2026
Last Updated: May 12, 2026
1. Introduction
Hiring great engineers has always been hard. In the age of AI-generated code, it has become harder in a way that most platforms have not caught up with yet. A candidate can submit working, well-structured code without writing a single line of it themselves. Existing assessment tools have no way to tell the difference. Hirecode does.
Hirecode is an AI-powered coding assessment platform that evaluates not just what a candidate submits, but how they built it. We analyze the entire process including edit patterns, behavioral signals, explanation depth, and code quality together to give hiring companies a clear and confident signal about real engineering ability.
Because our platform captures a significant amount of data about both companies and candidates, we take our responsibility around that data with complete seriousness. This Privacy Policy explains exactly what we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and what rights you have over it.
This policy applies to everyone who interacts with Hirecode, including company administrators, hiring team members, and candidates who take assessments through our platform. It also governs how we handle data collected through payment transactions processed via authorized third-party payment providers.
If you have questions after reading this, you can reach us at hello@hirecode.live.
2. Who We Are
Hirecode is an AI-powered technical hiring and coding assessment platform that helps startups and enterprises evaluate real engineering ability through intelligent assessment workflows and behavioral analysis systems.
When this Privacy Policy refers to “Hirecode,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” it means the services and platform available through hirecode.live and related subdomains.
Hirecode serves customers globally, including users in the United States and other international markets.
For privacy-related questions or requests, you may contact us at hello@hirecode.live.
3. Who This Policy Applies To
Company Users
Company Users are individuals who create or manage a Hirecode account on behalf of a business. This includes CTOs, engineering leads, talent teams, and any team member added to a company workspace on the platform.
Candidates
Candidates are individuals who receive an invitation to complete a technical assessment through Hirecode. Candidates interact with the platform directly but their assessment is always initiated and overseen by a company user.
Visitors
Visitors are anyone who browses our website or marketing pages at hirecode.live without creating an account or taking an assessment.
Paying Customers
Paying Customers are company users who have subscribed to a paid plan and whose billing and payment data is processed through our payment service providers.
4. What Our Platform Does
Hirecode provides companies with a structured and AI-powered way to assess the genuine engineering ability of candidates during technical hiring. Companies create assessments through our platform, invite candidates to complete them, and receive detailed evaluation reports that cover code quality, behavioral signals, process analysis, and post-submission micro-interview responses.
The platform is delivered entirely as a web-based software service accessible at hirecode.live. No physical goods are sold or shipped. Access to the platform is granted digitally upon successful subscription and payment confirmation.
5. Data We Collect
5.1 Data Collected from Company Users and Paying Customers
When a company registers on Hirecode, we collect the full name and work email of the account holder, the company name and size, and communication history with our support team. We also collect product usage data including how frequently assessments are created, which features are accessed, and how reports are reviewed.
For paying customers, we collect billing-related information including the name on the account, billing email address, and invoicing details. Payment card information and bank details are never collected or stored directly by Hirecode. All payment data is collected and processed exclusively by authorized payment service providers that maintain their own security and compliance standards. We receive only a transaction confirmation and a masked payment reference after a successful payment.
5.2 Data Collected from Candidates
Candidate data is collected at the point of assessment. This includes the candidate's full name and email address provided during identity verification, one-time password verification records used to confirm identity before the test begins, and explicit consent records capturing when and how the candidate agreed to data collection before starting their session.
We collect all code written during the session including every keystroke, edit, deletion, and revision in the exact sequence they occurred. We collect paste events including the content and timing of anything pasted into the code editor, tab switch events, idle periods, and overall session timing.
If the candidate uses the planning scratchpad provided within the test environment, that content is also collected. We record time spent on each section of the assessment and the free-text responses a candidate submits during the post-submission micro-interview.
Standard technical identifiers including IP address, browser type, operating system, and device metadata are collected during the session for security and compatibility purposes.
5.3 Behavioral and Analytical Data
Hirecode's core capability is evaluating how a candidate wrote their code, not just what they submitted. To do this, we generate derived analytical data from each session.
This includes edit timeline reconstructions showing the pace and sequence of code development, paste pattern classifications identifying the nature and frequency of pasted content, idle period correlations mapped against code complexity at each stage, refactoring depth scores reflecting how substantially a candidate revised their own work, authorship confidence scores between 0 and 100 representing our AI model's assessment of genuine code ownership, behavioral highlights flagged as significant by our analysis engine, and skill dimension scores across areas relevant to the role being assessed.
5.4 Payment and Transaction Data
When a company subscribes to Hirecode, the payment transaction is processed through authorized third-party payment service providers.
We collect and retain transaction identifiers, payment status, subscription start and renewal dates, invoicing details, and records of failed or disputed payments.
We do not store credit card numbers, CVV codes, banking credentials, or other sensitive payment authentication data on our servers.
5.5 Automatically Collected Data
When anyone uses our platform or visits our website, we automatically collect standard technical data including IP addresses, browser type and version, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs.
This data helps us keep the platform running reliably and understand how it is being used.
6. How We Collect Data
We collect data directly when users and candidates enter it into the platform. We collect behavioral data automatically through our live test environment, which uses WebSocket connections and background processes that capture session activity without interrupting the candidate experience.
Payment data is collected and handled entirely by authorized third-party payment service providers.
We do not purchase data from third-party data brokers. We do not collect data from candidates' social media profiles or public code repositories unless a user explicitly connects such accounts.
7. Why We Collect Data and How We Use It
7.1 To Deliver the Core Service
We use collected data to generate unique assessment problems for each candidate, run the live coding environment, capture behavioral signals during the session, produce micro-interview questions after submission, generate the evaluation report, and deliver that report to the hiring company.
7.2 To Process Payments and Manage Subscriptions
We use billing and transaction data to process subscription payments, issue invoices, manage renewals, handle failed payment retries, respond to billing disputes, and maintain accurate financial records.
7.3 To Improve Our AI Models
Hirecode's evaluation engine becomes more accurate over time as more sessions are processed. We use anonymized and aggregated session data to refine our authorship confidence model, improve our behavioral analysis systems, and improve the relevance and quality of AI-generated problems and interview questions.
We do not use individually identifiable candidate data to train our models without separate, explicit consent.
7.4 To Operate Our Business
We use company user data to manage accounts, process billing, provide customer support, send product and service notifications, and analyze usage trends to improve the product experience.
7.5 To Ensure Platform Integrity
We use session metadata and behavioral signals to detect misuse, prevent unauthorized access, enforce our Terms and Conditions, and maintain the reliability and fairness of the assessment environment.
7.6 To Communicate with You
We send candidates transactional emails related to their assessment such as invitation confirmations and session reminders.
We send company users billing notifications, payment receipts, product updates, and support communications.
We do not send candidates marketing emails.
8. Legal Basis for Processing
Where applicable, we process personal data on the basis of consent, contract performance, legitimate interests, legal obligations, and other lawful bases permitted under applicable privacy and data protection laws.
For users located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process personal data in accordance with GDPR requirements.
9. Candidate Consent
Before any candidate begins an assessment on Hirecode, they are shown a clear and plain-language explanation of what data will be collected during their session.
This includes the fact that keystrokes, paste events, idle periods, tab switches, and post-submission responses will be recorded and analyzed by our platform.
Candidates must provide explicit consent before the assessment begins.
Candidates who do not consent cannot complete the assessment and Hirecode will not process their data without a valid consent record.
10. Payment Processing
Hirecode uses authorized third-party payment service providers to process subscription payments securely.
When you make a payment through our platform, payment information is processed directly by the payment provider through their secure infrastructure and is subject to their terms and privacy policies.
Hirecode does not store or directly process sensitive payment authentication information including complete card numbers, CVV codes, banking credentials, or payment account passwords.
We receive limited transaction-related information such as payment status, subscription activation details, and transaction reference identifiers necessary to manage subscriptions, billing, and customer support.
11. Data Sharing
11.1 With Hiring Companies
Candidate assessment data including code submissions, behavioral analysis, authorship scores, micro-interview transcripts, and evaluation reports is shared with the company that initiated the assessment.
11.2 With Service Providers
We share data with third-party service providers who help us operate the platform. These include cloud infrastructure providers, payment providers, email delivery providers, and AI model API providers.
11.3 With AI Model Providers
Our micro-interview engine and problem generation systems may transmit candidate code and interview responses to AI model providers for processing. We use agreements that restrict providers from using submitted content to train their own public models.
11.4 For Legal and Regulatory Reasons
We may disclose personal data if required by law, court order, government authority, or other lawful legal process.
11.5 Business Transfers
If Hirecode is involved in a merger, acquisition, or transfer of assets, personal data may form part of that transaction.
We do not sell personal data.
12. Data Retention
Company account data is retained for as long as the account remains active and for a reasonable period after closure.
Candidate session data including keystrokes, behavioral signals, and micro-interview transcripts is retained for a reasonable period necessary to support hiring workflows, analytics, platform integrity, legal compliance, and customer support.
Anonymized and aggregated data derived from candidate sessions may be retained indefinitely because it cannot reasonably identify any individual.
13. Data Security
We implement technical and organizational measures to protect the data we hold.
These measures include encryption of data in transit, encryption of data at rest, role-based access controls, audit logging, and regular security reviews.
Payment data is never stored on Hirecode servers.
14. International Data Transfers
Hirecode may process or store data in jurisdictions outside your country of residence through international infrastructure and service providers.
Where required, we implement appropriate safeguards for international data transfers consistent with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
15. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection, and withdrawal of consent regarding your personal data.
Requests regarding personal data may be submitted to hello@hirecode.live.
16. Contact and Privacy Requests
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or want to raise a concern regarding data handling or billing matters, you may contact us at:
- Email: hello@hirecode.live
- Website: hirecode.live
We aim to acknowledge privacy-related requests within 48 hours and resolve most valid requests within 30 days.
18. Children and Minors
Hirecode is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.
19. Third-Party Links
Our platform may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties.
20. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our platform, legal obligations, or operational practices.
The updated policy will include a revised effective date.
Continued use of the platform after updates become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
21. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, billing matters, privacy rights, or platform-related concerns, please contact us at: