DRA-v1.0 · Legally Binding

Data Release Agreement

Effective Date: April 2026 · Version 1.0 · DataHive Platform

Plain English Summary: By contributing to DataHive, you give us permission to use your voice recordings, text, and related data to build AI training datasets that we sell to companies and researchers. You still own your identity — we just have the right to use what you submit. You can withdraw future contributions at any time, and you'll be paid for every approved submission.

1. Who This Agreement Is Between

This Data Release Agreement ("Agreement") is between DataHive ("Platform", "we", "us") and you, the individual contributor ("Contributor", "you") who registers and submits data through the DataHive platform.

By checking the consent box and creating an account, you enter into this legally binding agreement.

2. What Data You Are Contributing

When you complete tasks on DataHive, you may submit:

Voice recordings — audio files of your speech, spoken language, slang, and dialect
Text submissions — written answers, translations, slang definitions, and descriptions
Images — photos you take or upload as part of tasks
Metadata — your language, dialect, region, country, age group, and gender (if provided)
Transcripts — auto-generated or manually written text derived from your audio

      ⚠️ Do not submit recordings or text that contain the personal information of others (names, phone numbers, financial details) without their explicit consent.
    

3. Rights You Grant to DataHive

By submitting data to the platform, you grant DataHive a:

Worldwide license to use your submitted data
Royalty-free (beyond the points/cash you are paid per submission)
Perpetual license for data that has already been approved and sold
Sublicensable — DataHive may sell or license your data to AI companies, researchers, and other third parties
Non-exclusive — you still own your voice and can record the same things for other platforms

This means once a submission is approved, DataHive can include it in datasets sold to AI companies without additional permission or payment from you beyond what you were already paid.

4. How Your Data Will Be Used

Your submissions will be used to:

Build African language AI training datasets (speech recognition, NLP, language models)
Train, test, and improve AI and machine learning systems
Conduct academic and commercial research on African languages
Create speech synthesis and voice cloning models (in aggregate, not individual voice profiles)
Power AI products in healthcare, legal, financial, and educational sectors

      🔒 Your name and personal contact details are never sold. Only the content of your submissions and demographic metadata (language, region, age group) are included in datasets sold to third parties.
    

5. Compensation

You will be paid in DataHive points for each approved submission. Points convert to real money (400 points = $1 USD) and can be withdrawn via M-Pesa, cryptocurrency, or bank transfer once you reach the minimum withdrawal threshold.

This payment is your complete compensation for the rights granted in this Agreement. DataHive may earn additional revenue from selling your data to third parties — this is disclosed here and you accept it by signing this agreement.

6. Your Rights

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Right to Stop

You can stop contributing at any time. This does not affect data already submitted and approved.

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Right to Know

You can ask us what data we hold about you and how it has been used.

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Right to Delete

You can request deletion of your account and future-use data. Data already sold to third parties cannot be recalled.

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Right to a Copy

You can request a copy of all submissions you have made on the platform.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the admin email on the About page.

7. What You Warrant (Promise)

By contributing, you confirm that:

You are at least 18 years old (or have parental consent if permitted by your local law)
You own or have the right to submit what you are recording or writing
Your submissions do not infringe any copyright, trademark, or third-party rights
You are not recording conversations or audio from other people without their knowledge
Your submissions do not contain illegal content, hate speech, or content that violates DataHive's Terms of Service

8. Consent Verification

When you check the consent box and create your account, DataHive records:

Your IP address at the time of consent
The exact date and time of your consent (UTC)
The version of this agreement you agreed to (DRA-v1.0)
Your browser/device information (User-Agent)

This record is stored permanently and constitutes proof of your informed consent for legal purposes.

9. Changes to This Agreement

If we make material changes to this agreement, we will notify you by email or in-app message and ask for your renewed consent before you can submit further data. Your existing approved submissions remain governed by the version you agreed to.

10. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by applicable data protection and commercial laws. For disputes, we will first attempt resolution through direct communication.