hootSMS Privacy Policy

 

Use of Your Information by hootSMS

 

We use the information we gather on the web site whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purposes of administering and managing your registration, responding to any queries you may have, operating and improving the web site, fostering a positive user experience and delivering the products and services that we offer to our end users.

If you have so agreed when registering with hootSMS or subsequently or if permitted by applicable law, we may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding updates at the web site, such as new hootSMS opportunities and additional listings which may be of interest to you. In addition, via the contact page on hootsms.com, you have the opportunity to sign up to receive free informational newsletters from hootSMS relating to topics that may be of special interest to you. If you have so consented or if permitted by applicable law, we may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or services available from hootSMS or its affiliated companies (as defined below) or to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered.

We have an area where you can contact us and submit feedback. We may use such feedback (such as success stories) for promotional purposes or to contact you for further information.

 

Disclosure of Information to Others

 

We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of the web site (such as the areas you visit or the services you access), except as set forth below:

1. We may disclose such information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you make your profile available (if the feature exists), then all parties with access to our user database (or copies thereof) will have access to that information. You may make your profile unsearchable (private) at any time by logging in to your account and deleting it.
2. We may disclose such information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf including data processors and including companies and individuals located outside the European Economic Area. The functions performed on our behalf include hosting our web servers, analysing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party or use that data for any other purpose. We will retain control of and be responsible for any information shared in this way.
3. We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or regulatory authority or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of hootSMS or its affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
4. We may disclose and transfer such information to a third party who acquires all or a substantial portion of hootSMS's business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event hootSMS becomes the subject of an insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, hootSMS or its liquidator, administrator, receiver or administrative receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the court. You will be notified of sale of all or a substantial portion of our business to a third party by email or through a prominent notice posted on the hootSMS site.

 

Use of Javascript

 

hootSMS use JavaScript on certain key pages. JavaScript is a script language that enhaces the functionality of websites, particularly in respect to navigation, display and pictures. You may deactivate JavaScript via your browser settings or activate it the same way. If you disable JavaScript you will not be able to use many of the core functions of the website.

 

Security

 

hootSMS has implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorised access, use, alteration or disclosure. In particular, all account and password data is encrypted within our database and access is restricted using industry-standard password authentication. Notwithstanding such measures, the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You should be aware that nominations or other hootSMS activity you undertake at your current place of work may be monitored by your current employer.

 

Legal and Contact Information

 

If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please feel free to email us at privacy [@] hootsms.com. We will use reasonable efforts to promptly answer your question or resolve your problem.

 

Use of Cookies Statement

 

The hootSMS website predominately uses “session” cookies which are not stored on your hard drive. Session cookies expire after you close your browser. We use session cookies to ensure that a user is correctly logged in and to ascertain whether the page they are viewing has any 'special' significance, i.e., whether it is their own profile page or a page they have already visited.

You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies at any time. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you choose to decline cookies, however, it may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on the web site.