The Hotlist is an online directory and geo-social aggregator that connects people in social networks and lists information about venues and events. By using The Hotlist, you consent to practices as described in this Privacy Policy.
The information we collect about you in the course of our relationship is used to provide our services to you and optimize your experience. For example, even as we endeavor to protect your privacy, we may use your demographic information to create a database of user profiles, and select advertisements based on your information and for marketing analysis. Again, user specific information is not sold to anyone, and the collected information is all running by an automated computer process in order to better your experience. In addition, we look at technical information to diagnose problems with our server, to administer The Hotlist.com site, to enhance our products and to provide our service to you.
All search results in The Hotlist are personally generated for you based not only on what is popular, but also on the interests that you indicated in your profile, groups you connect to, and what your friends connect to. Data about searches and search results may be maintained by The Hotlist to help in continually improving the service.
If you invite another person to join The Hotlist, we will ask for that person's name and email. We store this information and use it to contact and inform that person that he or she has been invited to join TheHotlist.com.
The Hotlist's computers store user account information, and may cache user profile information for backup and optimization purposes. The Hotlist employs the following industry standard security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control:
We may share personally identifiable information about our users with third parties, including: (1) with your consent or following the opportunity to opt-in or opt-out for specific programs or features, or (2) when we have a good faith belief it is necessary pursuant to a subpoena or other judicial or administrative order; (3) as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy; (4) where required by law; or (5) at our sole discretion, where we deem necessary to respond to claims, to protect the safety of any individual or the public, or to protect the rights, property or personal safety of The Hotlist or any third party. We also may share non-personally-identifiable information such as user statistics with accredited academic institutions for study and research.
The Hotlist may provide links to third party websites or allow other companies, called third-party ad servers, to display advertisements to users. Ad server companies can write and read their own cookies on your computer, just as if you had requested a web page from their website. The Hotlist is not responsible for, and does not have any control over, the privacy practices or the content of such third parties. We encourage users to read the privacy policies of any website visited.
Please note that information stored or cached on other users' computers is subject to those users security practices, which are beyond The Hotlist's control. Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected or stored by The Hotlist in a secure manner, we cannot guarantee complete security. Information held by The Hotlist will be maintained for a length of time appropriate to our site's needs.
Your user profile contains information about you that you may want to share with friends. Protecting the privacy of your profile is your responsibility. We caution you not to share sensitive information (such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, or driver's license numbers) with other users whom you do not know or place such information in your profile.
To maintain privacy it is also important not to share your password with anyone. Selecting a longer password with a mix of letters, numbers and symbols makes it more difficult for others to guess your password. It is also helpful to change passwords on a regular basis.
Identity theft is a serious concern to all of us. To help protect yourself against identity theft, please remember that The Hotlist will NEVER ask for your password in either a non-secure or unsolicited email communication.
It is your responsibility to select the desired privacy settings on our site. You may choose to correct or update the information you have submitted to us by editing your profile or account information.
The Hotlist's Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Your use of the website or The Hotlist software after the changes constitutes your agreement with regard to information collected from you in the past and in the future.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at .