MegriSoft,which owns the Hotdak Service "Hotdak". Hotdak.com is responible for maintaining the
privacy of its users.MegriSoft's information gathering
and dissemination policy is common to all its sites and is disclosed below:
The Contents
of User Email Communications. Hotdak.com, will not monitor the contents
of User email communications unless a) required to do so by law; or b)
in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to protect and defend
Hotdak.com's rights or property; or c) when necessary to protect the personal
safety of Users or the public. Hotdak.com will not disclose the contents
of User email communications to any party unless required to do so by law.
User email accounts are password protected and Users are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of the passwords.
Personally Identifiable Information
- When visiting Hotdak.com's or any Partner's web site and signing up for
or using Hotdak.com services through a web page hosted by us, you may choose
to supply Hotdak.com with information that identifies you personally. For
end-users, this information may include your name and contact information,
gender, age group, occupation and industry, and user-comments and opt-in
preference; we intend to
collect shipping and billing information,
which may, in the future, include credit card numbers, and other payment
types of information. We also intend to collect behavior patterns, which
may include recording frequency of use of our services, which and when
items were purchased, at which site and page, and other information related
to behavior patterns. We collect prospect information, which may include
name, and contact information of individual(s) you think would be interested
in our services. For Partners, the information we collect may include your
name and contact information, your site's category, your web site information
(URL, visitors per day,description of services offered at web site), and
user-comments.
When Partners add our services to
their web site, end-user information collected is stored in our database.
Thus,our database has information collected on our site as well as on Partner
sites. As stated in the Partner and End-User agreements, watchmail.com
and each Partner both have access to the information specific to their
site only;The Way We Use Information We use the information you provide
about yourself or others to complete the transaction for which it is intended.
This may include administering a service such as email, search, community,
e-commerce, etc., completing an order, shipping a product, or contacting
you if you have indicated your permission to do so. We do not share this
information with outside parties without your permission except to the
extent that is necessary to administer the services we offer our Partners
and end-users.
When we receive subscribed email
addresses or get messages posted on our support forum, we use the return
email addresses to reply with the information requested. For subscribed
email addresses, we will email with service announcements and updates as
requested. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not
shared with outside parties.
For end-users, when supplying name
and contact information, shipping information, prospect information, and
user-comments to Hotdak.com, we will use it to answer your questions, ship
your products, or provide you with the requested services. When supplying
name and contact information to watchmail.com you can indicate your preference
if you would like to be contacted to receive information and updates about
Hotdak.com's
In addition, when indicating your
age, gender, occupation and industry, and contact information, we will
extract non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our
web site and services, and to share the aggregate data with advertisers.
For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited
a certain area on our web site, or that Y number of men and Z number of
women use a certain service. Hotdak.com services may also utilize personally
identifiable end-user information to provide targeted content and commerce
opportunities to end-users based on their demographic and behavioral information.
Also, we may use this information to gather aggregate behavioral patterns
such as frequency of use of our services, interests, types of items purchased,
how many items purchased, etc., to administer and improve our services
accordingly.
Registration
Information. The registration form for the Hotdak.com
Service requires certain contact information (like a User email address,
address and zip code) and demographic information (like a User's gender,
age, and occupation) ("Registration Information"). Hotdak.com
provides Registration Information to the party with which Mail.com has
partnered to provide the Hotdak.com Service.
Registration information is also used by Hotdak.com
as follows:
a) Custom WebMail
Experience, Advertising and Promotions. Hotdak.com's
Service is advertising supported. Hotdak.com
uses Registration Information to tailor the webmail experience and advertising
to the interests of individual Users, and to send Users promotional information
from Hotdak.com sponsors when requested by
individual Users. Hotdak.com provides Registration
Information to certain companies for analysis, modeling and comparison
to enable Hotdak.com to display advertisements
which are available and suitable for individual Users; for fulfilling promotions
requested by Users; and for displaying advertisements not served directly
by Hotdak.com. All such companies are required
to sign confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements prohibiting them
from contacting Users directly; using Users Registration Information in
any way other than specified by Hotdak.com;
and from disclosing User Registration Information to any party other than
Hotdak.com-approved
parties providing other services to Hotdak.com,
which parties are also required to sign confidentiality and non-disclosure
agreements.
b) Hotdak.com
Communication. Hotdak.com uses Registration
Information to contact Users if necessary regarding User accounts or other
User service issues; to send Users Hotdak.com
newsletters containing information on Hotdak.com
developments, new features, and member benefits. Users may opt-out of receiving
Hotdak.com
newsletters and other promotions.
c) Third-Party
Promotions. Hotdak.com provides Registration
Information to third parties to enable them to send Users promotions when
requested by Users. Hotdak.com has no control
over, and is not responsible for, the use of Registration Information provided
to such third parties. Users are advised to refer to the privacy policies
of the applicable third parties. Users may opt-out of third-party promotional
programs which they have previously authorized.
Children under
13. Children under 13 ("Child" or "Children") may sign up for the Hotdak.com
Service only with the consent of their parent or guardian . Registration
Information for Children under 13 is not disclosed to third parties in
connection with promotional programs, even if Children under 13 authorize
such disclosure.
What about Cookies?
Cookies are pieces of information
that a Web site transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping
purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about
your preferences on a particular site. The use of cookies is an industry
standard, and many major Web sites
use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies in and
of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify
a user's computer. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies.
If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, you may
not be able to take full advantage of a Web site if you do so.
In addition to directly providing
information to Hotdak.com, you might also provide Profile Information through
chat sessions, e-mail exchanges or bulletin board use made available to
you on other sites, including other MegriSoft sites. Chat sessions and
bulletin board
or newsgroup use is considered public
and you are responsible for your actions in these areas. The Hotdak.com
Privacy Statement does not cover this type of transfer of your Profile
Information. You should always be careful when distributing your Profile
Information in this manner.
Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access,
maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information,
we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures
reasonably designed to safeguard and secure the information we collect
online.
