Hootsy Privacy Statement

We at Hootsy know you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we are privacy advocates ourselves - your data should be in your control. Please read the following to learn more about our Privacy Policy. By using or accessing the Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent that we collect and share your information in the following ways.

Remember that your use of Hootsy’s Services is at all times subject to the Terms of Use, which incorporates this Privacy Policy. Any terms we use in this Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Use.

What information do we collect?

Device Information

We collect information about the device you use to personalize and improve your experience.

Information we obtain from these devices includes:

  • Device attributes: information such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, battery level, signal strength, available storage space, and browser type.
  • Identifiers: unique identifiers, device IDs, and other identifiers.
  • Data from device settings: information you allow us to receive through device settings you turn on, such as access to your GPS location.
  • Network and connections: information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language, time zone, IP address, connection speed.

Information provided by you

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: Email address, First name and last name, Cookies and Usage Data

We may collect information you provide to us through your use of Customer Sites, such as contact information or feedback, chats conducted through Hootsy's services (including text, audio and video chats) and survey responses.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience.
  • Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
  • To improve our website.
  • We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • To improve customer service.
  • Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
  • To send periodic emails.

The email address you provide for profile updates will be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your settings. To adjust your settings go to the profile edit page.

If you decide to opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you access your personal information.

Do we use cookies?

Yes, cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits.

Service Providers

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

We also encourage you to review Google's policy for safeguarding your data.

Stripe

We use stripe to provide payment processing. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 13 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Children under 13. If you become aware that a Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

See Hootsy's GDPR Policy

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on July 1, 2022

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us via email at info@hootsy.com