Privacy Policy
Hermes ("the app", "we", "us") is a networking app published by Pantheon Technologies that helps you exchange contact information, manage the people you meet, and follow up with them. This Privacy Policy explains what information Hermes collects, how it is used, and the choices you have regarding your information.
Information We Collect
Account and Profile Information
When you create an account, we collect information you choose to provide, including your name, email address, phone number, job title, company, website, address, meeting link, biography, and profile photo.
Contacts You Add
Hermes stores the contact information you choose to add or import, including names, job titles, companies, email addresses, phone numbers, websites, addresses, tags, and private notes. This information remains private to your account unless you intentionally share it.
Business Card Scans
When you scan a paper business card, the image is processed to extract contact information using Google Gemini AI. The scanned information is processed solely to identify and organize contact details. We do not use your business cards or contact information to train our own AI models.
Calendar Data
If you choose to connect your Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook Calendar, Hermes securely stores the authorization tokens required to check your availability and create calendar events on your behalf. We use only the permissions necessary to provide scheduling features and do not access or use calendar information beyond what is required for those features.
Notifications and Diagnostics
We collect device push notification tokens so we can send notifications you have enabled. We also collect crash reports and basic diagnostic information through Google Firebase to improve the reliability and performance of the app.
Your Public Contact Card
Hermes creates a public contact card webpage that you can share with others using a QR code or link. This page contains only the profile information you choose to publish. It never includes your contacts, private notes, tags, tasks, or other private information.
How We Use and Share Information
We use your information to:
- Provide and operate Hermes.
- Synchronize your information across your devices.
- Generate your public contact card.
- Deliver notifications.
- Check scheduling availability and create calendar events when you connect a calendar.
Sharing You Control
You control when your information is shared. Hermes shares information only when you choose to:
- Share your contact card.
- Share a contact with another Hermes user.
- Export a contact to your phone or CRM.
- Invite someone to connect with you.
When another Hermes user shares your contact card with someone else, we notify you.
Invitations
If you invite someone, Hermes may send an email through SendGrid or a text message through Twilio on your behalf containing your name and your public contact card link.
Company Information
Hermes may retrieve publicly available company information, such as logos or company descriptions, using a company's public website based on a contact's email domain or website. No personal information is used for this process.
Third-Party Services
We use trusted service providers to operate Hermes, including:
- Google Firebase (authentication, data storage, notifications, analytics, diagnostics)
- Railway (application hosting)
- Google Gemini (business card text extraction)
- SendGrid (email delivery)
- Twilio (SMS delivery)
- Google Calendar (when connected by you)
- Microsoft Outlook Calendar (when connected by you)
These providers process information only as necessary to provide the services you request. We do not sell your personal information or share it for advertising purposes.
Third-Party Account Connections
If you choose to connect your Google or Microsoft account, Hermes accesses only the permissions you authorize during the connection process. You may revoke Hermes' access at any time through your Google Account, Microsoft Account, or within Hermes if the feature is available.
Data Retention and Deletion
Your information is retained while your account remains active.
You may delete your account at any time from Settings → Account → Delete Account, which removes your profile, public contact card, contacts, tasks, and notifications associated with your account.
You may also request deletion by contacting us.
Security
We use industry-standard security measures to protect your information, including encryption in transit, secure authentication, and access controls designed to limit access to your data to authorized users and services.
Children's Privacy
Hermes is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will update this page and revise the "Last updated" date above.
Contact
Pantheon Technologies
For questions, privacy requests, or data deletion requests, contact: