HotDeals is firmly committed to maintaining your privacy by dealing with your personal information in strict accordance with all applicable laws. References in this Privacy Policy to the Site mean the website located at http://www.hotdeals.com.au (this site).
The following Privacy Policy outlines the type of information that we collect from you, how we may use that information, whether we may disclose such information to a third party and your ability to correct such information.
Scope of Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies solely to this Site, and does not apply to third party websites that are linked to or from this Site. You should endeavour to read the privacy policies of each third party site linked to our website.
Your Consent to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy in addition to and to be read in conjuction with this Site's Terms and Conditions of Use which can be found at http://www.hotdeals.com.au/terms. If you do not agree to any of the terms of our Privacy Policy, please leave this Site immediately.
Non-Personal Information
HotDeals collects certain anonymous information about visitors to the Site, such as which areas of the site, which deals and which links are most popular, how long they are viewed for and how often.
Importantly, this data is collected in such a way that it is in an aggregated, non-personal format.
HotDeals uses the information gathered from users on the Site to improve and enhance services offered on the Site. We may also share this non-personal aggregated information with our partners to provide them with a broad overview of how HotDeals visitors are using the Site. We only do this for the purpose of delivering our users the best possible deals.
IP Addresses
The server(s) where this Site is located may gather information about your IP address to help diagnose and technical issues our services may be facing. We do not share this information with any third party websites, and is also collected in an aggregated format.
Cookies
HotDeals uses certain cookies to help serve you more relevant deals and to track the popularity of the deals shown on this Site.
In addition, we use cookies to track sales that occur on third party websites where the sale process has been initiated on this Site. This is part of our commission process.
If you do not wish to receive cookies from this Site you can block them by instructing your web browser to refuse them. Note that this may alter the number of features offered by the Site.
Third party advertising vendors, such as Google, also use cookies to serve up targeted advertisements based on your prior interactions with the Site. You can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page. This can also be done by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Third Party Measurement
To gain a greater understanding of the way that users browser the Site, HotDeals utilises third party measurement tools such as Google Analytics to gather information and generate reports relating to Site usage and traffic.
A tracking code is embedded in the Site and used to collect anonymous non-personal information about average user usage of HotDeals, including (but not limited to) the following:
- the number of page views
- the number of visitors
- the average time spend on the site and each page
- entry sources
- exit sources
Personal Information
We only collect personal information from you on this Site when we ask for certain information to identify you, such as your email address and location. This information is collected on a voluntary basis.
Once you have volunteered your personal information to us via the Site, you are permitting us to use that information in accordance with the terms outlined within this Privacy Policy.
We reasonable measures to ensure that your personal information is stored in the secure manner.
Third Party Transactions
If your purchase a deal from one of our partners via a link on this website all personal information collected about you in relation in held by the merchant website and not controlled or passed onto HotDeals.
Any information you provide merchant websites is out of HotDeals control, and as previously stated within this policy you should read the privacy policies of such websites before submitting any personal information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to periodically review and update this Privacy Policy to ensure that we are complying with any relevant legislation and laws and to protect the privacy of our users.
Concerns and problems
If you have any complaints, questions, concerns or problems relating to your online privacy please contact HotDeals using the contact form.
For further information, please visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's site at www.privacy.gov.au.
