• You have control of your privacy
• You have control and ownership of your information
• To foster a safe community, there will always be a '.edu' email requirement at sign up
• We will never sell private information such as your name or email to anyone
• You will always have a voice at Hotlist and the direction we take. Fill us in on your thoughts at

• User Provided Information : For visitors to our website and registered users, we log standard technical information, such as your IP address. If you choose to register with us, Hotlist requires you to provide your .edu email address, real name, and birth date. In addition, Hotlist may optionally ask you to provide your physical address and other demographic information, such as gender or interests. All of these requirements are intended to make your site experience as great as possible.
• Cookies Information : Hotlist uses cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters - to administer its website and provide a more tailored and user friendly service to you. For example, we may use cookies to count the number of unique users accessing our website. These numbers are important to us from a research and development perspective, as they give us insights into what our future needs may be to keep the site running optimally. Hotlist uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of Hotlist may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
• Log File Information : When you use Hotlist, our servers automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, content play information, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser. Again, this information helps us in figuring out how you - our users - are using the site, so that we can make adjustments that will best suit you.

The information we collect about you in the course of our relationship is used to provide our services to you. For example, even as we endeavor to protect your privacy, we may use your demographic information to create a database of user profiles, 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 TheHotlist.com site, to enhance our products and to provide our service to you.

All search results in 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 Hotlist to help in continually improving the service.

If you invite another person to join 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.

Hotlist's computers store user account information, and may cache user profile information for backup and optimization purposes. Hotlist employs the following industry standard security measures to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control:

• Use of security controls to restrict access to databases housing personally identifying information
• Use of encryption for sensitive personal information, such as email addresses and user names
• Restrict internal access to databases containing personal information and impose confidentiality requirements upon administrators when access to sensitive files is needed
• Bind subcontractors with contractual, technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information

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 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.

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. 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 Hotlist's control. Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected or stored by Hotlist in a secure manner, we cannot guarantee complete security. Information held by 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 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.

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 .