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PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy explains how HOTDCDEALS.COM (“HOTDCDEALS.COM,” “we” and “us”) obtains, utilizes, shares and safeguards information collected from users and members to this website.
By visiting our Website or by becoming a registered member, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your personal data pursuant to the terms of this privacy policy.
The personal data we collect from you
HOTDCDEALS.COM collects personal data that you choose to provide to us on this Website (including information referenced in the “The Use of Cookies” section of this Privacy Policy), through email, over the phone and otherwise, including your name, contact information, work address, email address and phone number, we do not keep nor store any bank or payment information but rather may the payment processor do so to keep your subscription working.
HOTDCDEALS.COM has in place – as most renown websites worldwide- small files called “cookies” on your computer when you visit our Website. Cookies are a basic but necessary piece of information that facilitates proper browsing and utilization of the Website, enabling to track activity and customize your website experience. If you do not wish to receive a cookie from HOTDCDEALS.COM, you may set your Internet browser settings to decline or disable the cookies.
How your personal data is used
We utilize personal data you willingly provide to market our services to you and other data center sellers and buyers.
HOTDCDEALS.COM does not sell or share your personal data with third parties for their marketing or solicitation purposes. We do not use IP addresses or web page request information to try and identify you (nor do we disclose that information to third parties for them to use for their own purposes—although we do use third parties for our internal analytics purposes and retargeting for marketing). HOTDCDEALS.COM and trusted third parties utilize personal data only for the purposes for it was input and accepted by you.
How your personal data is disclosed
Personal data provided to HOTDCDEALS.COM will be processed and stored as mentioned above by us inside datacenters that could be located in the United States and will be accessed by our staff for the purposes of creating your account and any other purposes set forth in this policy. Your personal data also may be held, processed and accessed inside the European Economic Area and/or Asia.
HOTDCDEALS.COM may disclose the fact that you are a seller or a buyer. Personal data collected about you in response to a valid order or request by a court or other governmental body or as otherwise required by law, legal process or for the prevention or detection of a crime.
Third parties, including your current employer, may request that limitations be placed on your participation in the community arising from contract termination or other proven reasons. HOTDCDEALS.COM will comply with limitations requested by an employer, through an authorized staff member. HOTDCDEALS.COM does this to comply with law and professional, best practices. HOTDCDEALS.COM also reserves the right to abide by any limitations requested by a third party for the same reason, on a case-by-case basis. HOTDCDEALS.COM for the purpose of verifying any factual information you provide to us or any consents or approvals that may be needed.
Information security
We trust and have in place technological security measures on our website to protect your information both online and offline from unauthorized access and against illegal manipulation and processing, accidental loss and damage. We may store your information for a reasonable period of time or as required by law.
Opting Out
You may elect to opt-out of membership in the community at any time by providing HOTDCDEALS.COM with written or electronic notice. Upon receipt of such notice, we will cease contacting you and cease sending information to you.
Updates to the policy
HOTDCDEALS.COM may update this policy from time to time. To the extent permitted by law, any changes to our privacy policy will be posted to the Websites and will become effective upon posting. Your continued use of the Websites and failure to opt out of membership in the Network will indicate your agreement to such changes.
Contact us
We welcome all requests, suggestions and questions concerning our use of your personal data. All such communication should be directed to [email protected].
SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES FOR THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
(This section is effective on May 25, 2018)
This section applies to data processing activities of data subjects residing in the European Economic Area as well as, regardless of residence, the processing of any Personal Data in the European Economic Area. In the event there is a conflict between this section and other parts of the Privacy Policy, this section shall control with respect to residents of the European Economic Area.
“Personal Data,” for purposes of this section, means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
“Services” means any of our products, services, or deliverables.
Pursuant to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we function in the capacity of a “controller” both for sellers and buyers through our platform. The scope of applicable data protections and processing for those Services are set forth in contractual agreements covering the relevant data processing function.
Controller versus Processor. We may process certain Personal Data in order to maintain and provide the Services to you, such as names, addresses, email addresses, and other contact information for designated to maintain your member or user profile. In addition, we may send marketing materials or communications to you (“Marketing Activities”). For purposes of Client Relationship Data and Marketing Activities, we function as a “data processor” under GDPR. Our disclosures with respect to our processing of data as a data processor are set forth in this Privacy Policy.
1. HOW WE COLLECT AND USE PERSONAL DATA
We describe how we collect and use Personal Data in the “The Personal Data We Collect from You” section of this Privacy Policy.
2. HOW WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL DATA
Our disclosure is limited to circumstances where we are permitted to do so under applicable European and national data protection laws and regulations. We share data with certain types of companies, for purposes of providing Services to you and marketing our Services to potential and existing members, such as cloud computing companies, cloud communications platform as a service (PaaS), web analytics services, social networking services, and mailing and emailing services.
3. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
We collect and process your Personal Data for a variety of different purposes which are set out in further detail in this section.
Legitimate Interests.
To operate our business and provide our Services (other than in performing our contractual obligations to you) for our “legitimate interests” and for the purposes of applicable law, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data. Legitimate interests may include:
a) To communicate with you regarding the Services, including to provide you important notices regarding changes to our operations and to address and respond to your reports, inquiries, and complaints.
b) For our direct marketing purposes.
c) To send you surveys in connection with the community posts.
d) To assist in the investigation of suspected illegal or wrongful activity, and to protect and defend our rights and property, or the rights or safety of third parties.
e) To develop, provide, and improve our Services.
f) To enforce our Terms of Use, License Agreements, or this Privacy Notice, or agreements with third parties.
3.2. CONSENT FOR PROCESSING
In cases where we are not already authorized to process the Personal Data under applicable law, we may ask for your consent to process your Personal Data, including:
Marketing
We may ask for your consent for HOTDCDEALS.COM or our partners or vendors to contact you by telephone, SMS, post and/or email about other offers, products, promotions, developments or Services which we think may be of interest to you and for other marketing purposes.
Use of Cookies
Our Site uses cookies and similar technologies to improve user experience and for analytics. We also use cookies and similar technologies for purposes of including social network sharing capabilities on our main site, analytics, marketing, and session control.
A “cookie” is a small text file that a web server stores in your computer volatile memory through a browser or software/application. A browser sends cookies to a server when the browser makes a connection to the server (for example, when requesting a web page from the same domain that created the cookie). The purpose of cookies is to remember the browser over time and distinguish one browser instance (or user) from all others. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to track Personal Data previously entered by a web user on our site. Most browsers allow visitors to the website to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them, and how to remove them. Cookies stored in your device or your browser cache can remember login information, preferences, and similar information.
Cookies, as well as other tracking technologies such as HTML5 local storage, and Local Shared Objects (such as “Flash” cookies), and similar mechanisms, may record information such as a unique identifier, information visitors to the website enter in a form, IP address, and other categories of data.
We also use web beacons or “pixels,” and in certain circumstances may collect IP address, screen resolution and browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; dates and times that our site is accessed, and other categories of data as most of Internet providers do.
If visitors to the Site want to block the use and saving of cookies from the Site on to their computers hard drive, he or she should take the necessary steps within your web browser’s or device settings to block all cookies from the Site and its external serving vendors, or use the cookie control system, if available upon first visit. Please note that if visitors to the website choose to erase or block your cookies, certain parts of our Site may not function correctly. For information on how to disable cookies, refer to your browser’s or device documentation.
4. INTEREST-BASED ADVERTISING
Interest-based advertising is advertising that is targeted to you based on your web browsing and app usage over time and across websites or devices. You have the option to restrict the use of information for interest-based advertising and to opt-out of receiving interest-based ads. Depending on from where you access our Site, you may also be asked to consent to our use of cookies, including advertising cookies.
The opt-outs for interest-based advertising require that strictly necessary cookies are not blocked by the settings in your web browser or device. We support the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising of the Digital Advertising Alliance in the U.S., the Canadian Digital Advertising Alliance in Canada, and the European Digital Advertising Alliance in the EU. If you live in the United States, Canada, or the European Union, you can visit Ad Choices (US), Your Ad Choices (Canada), or Your Online Choices (EU) to find a convenient place to opt-out of interest-based advertising with participating entities for each region. These websites also provide detailed information about how interest-based advertising works. Opting out does not mean that you will no longer receive advertising from us, or when you use the Internet. It just means that the data collected from our website will not be used for interest-based advertising and that the advertising you see displayed on websites will not be customized to your interests.
5. WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT
You may at any time withdraw the consent you provide for the processing of your Personal Data for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Notice by contacting us at [email protected] provided that we are not required by applicable law or professional standards to retain such information for any legal dispute.
6. DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
You have the right in certain circumstances to request confirmation from us as to whether or not we are processing your Personal Data in our capacity as a Controller. Where we are processing your Personal Data as a Controller, you also have the right to request access to, modification of, or deletion of such Personal Data.
You also have the right in certain circumstances to receive the Personal Data concerning you that you provided to us, to restrict processing of your Personal Data.
7. DATA RETENTION
We will retain your Personal Data for as long as you remain a member or user. We will also retain your Personal Data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, comply with applicable industry standards, and in accordance with disaster recovery procedures.
8. RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH A SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY
You may have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
9. CONTACT US
For questions regarding this Privacy Notice, please contact us at: [email protected]
