HOTBAR COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW AND THE DATA YOU ENTER IN SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FIELDS WHILE USING THE SOFTWARE. HOTBAR USES THIS INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ADS AND BUTTONS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR HOTBAR TOOLBAR AND WHICH ADS TO SHOW YOUR BROWSER. HOWEVER, HOTBAR DOES NOT (A) ASSOCIATE OR STORE SUCH WEB USAGE DATA OR SEARCH INFORMATION WITH ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SUCH AS NAME OR EMAIL ADDRESS OR (B) ANALYZE SUCH WEB USAGE DATA OR SEARCH INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF ANY HOTBAR USER. SOME INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE HOTBAR SOFTWARE IS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE, SUCH AS NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS STORED SEPARATELY FROM THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW AND THE DATA YOU ENTER IN SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FIELDS AND THE TWO TYPES OF INFORMATION CANNOT BE CORRELATED OR LINKED. FURTHERMORE, HOTBAR DOES NOT USE THIS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ADS AND BUTTONS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR HOTBAR TOOLBAR OR WHICH ADS TO SHOW YOUR BROWSER. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT AND PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING AND USING THIS SOFTWARE. IF YOU DOWNLOAD AND USE THIS SOFTWARE, YOU WILL BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE PRIVACY POLICY.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
THIS AGREEMENT GOVERNS YOUR USE OF HOTBAR'S SOFTWARE
Any person who wishes to use Hotbar's Service must agree to the terms and conditions of this Terms of Use and End User License Agreement, which includes the Hotbar Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Agreement"), as well as all other policies and guidelines incorporated by reference in this Agreement. The Agreement is a binding agreement between you and Hotbar.
BY DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING, REGISTERING FOR, OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL POLICIES AND GUIDELINES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT INDICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, AND DO NOT USE HOTBAR'S SERVICE.
License. Hotbar.com, Inc. ("Hotbar") hereby grants to you ("Licensee") a personal, non-exclusive, non transferable and royalty-free license to use the accompanying software product, in machine executable object code form (the "Software") subject to the terms and conditions set forth below. For the sole purpose of using the Software, the Licensee is granted with a limited non-exclusive non transferable and royalty-free license to access the skin images ("Skins") and other information provided by Hotbar on the Hotbar web site (the "Service"), subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.
The Software and Service. The Software and the Service are intended to enable downloading and installing of Skins as the background of your Browser toolbar to enhance your Browser functionality by adding dynamic services to your toolbar and enabling it to receive various information and services including data, links, software and images from the Hotbar and third parties' servers on an ongoing basis.
Scope of License.
(a) Licensee may use the Software on any computer under his/her full control, provided however that any copy of the Software must contain all of the original Software's proprietary notices and this Agreement.
(b) Licensee may not use the Service and/or the Software to: (i) perform any activity which is or may be, directly or indirectly unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; (ii) perform any activity which will or may breach the rights of any third party (iii) engage in commercial activities including, but not limited to, offering for sale any products or services, soliciting for advertisers or sponsors or selling, licensing or granting public access to any Skins or other information offered on the Service.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing section, Licensee acknowledges that the Service may contain features enabling users to transmit various types of communications (e.g. Skins) to other users; provided, however, that Licensee shall not use the Service to engage in spamming, junk mail, any form of harassing activities, imposturing or activities which are intended or may result in invasion of privacy or damages to other users. The Licensee shall refrain from such activities and shall be solely liable for any consequence of the referenced forbidden actions.
(d) All services and features offered at the Hotbar web site for use with the Software (such as Skin download or offering Skins by email) are part of the Service and the use of such services/features is governed by this Agreement. Such services/features however may be subject to additional specific Terms of Use posted on the page in which such features are offered. Such Terms of Use shall supplement to the terms set forth herein. In the event of a conflict, the terms provided under this License Agreement shall govern. The Licensee agrees that his/her use of such feature/service also constitutes his/her consent to its applicable Terms of Use.
Change of License. Hotbar is permitted, at any time and for whatever reason, to limit, deny, create different priorities to different users, modify, or cancel some or all of the functionality or content of the Software or the Service without prior notice. Hotbar may elect in its sole discretion to condition the continuation of this license on the Licensee accepting software improvements, corrections, adaptations, conversions to more recent Software versions or any other changes to the Software or the Service.
Protection of Proprietary Rights.
(a) Complete title, ownership rights, intellectual property rights and all other proprietary rights in and to the Software and the Service shall remain at all times in Hotbar and/or its licensors and suppliers and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed as a grant of any such rights to Licensee. Licensee may not modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Software, Service or information on the Service, create derivative works based on the Software, the Service or information on the Service, copy the Software (except as specified above), export, sell, license, rent, lease, transfer or otherwise transfer rights to the Software, the Service, or information on the Service, or remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Software.
(b) If you believe that your information or any other material has been used on the Service in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide our Copyright Agent with a written notice (e-mail is sufficient) that includes the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site;
your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
a statement by you that have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Our Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on this Site is Oren Dobronsky, and all questions regarding copyright should be directed to Legal@Hotbar.com.
Disclaimer of Warranties. Licensee's acknowledgments relating to Software and the Service. Licensee expressly acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) By using the Internet and/or the Software and/or the Service, Licensee may be exposed to contaminated files, computer viruses, eavesdropping, harassment, electronic trespassing, hacking and other harmful acts or consequences that might lead to unauthorized invasion of privacy, loss of data and other damages. Furthermore, by installing the Software on Licensee's computer, Licensee understands that: (i) certain system non-personally identifiable information, including Statistical Data, stored on Licensee's computer will be made available and transmittable to Hotbar servers; (ii) other information available now or in the future on the Service including, links, services, messages advertisements, cookies and the like may be installed on Licensee's computer and; (iii) Hotbar may automatically transmit to and install on Licensee's computer, Software improvements, corrections, adaptations, conversions to more recent Software versions or any other changes to the Software.
(b) The functionality of the Software and/or the Service depends, among other things, on the availability of Internet connectivity, information by Hotbar servers, net congestion and other factors. Hotbar makes no warranties or guarantees as to the availability or reliability of the Service or the information provided to Licensee or to any other user nor makes any commitment to provide Licensee with any information or to provide an on-going operational Service. Hotbar at any time may suspend or cancel the Service for any reason without prior notice.
(c) The Software or the Service is not specifically licensed for use in circumstances in which the malfunction of the Software or the Service or the unavailability of information by Hotbar servers, may causepersonal injury or death or damage to property. Neither Hotbar nor its licensors or suppliers shall be liable for any claims or damages arising from such events.
(d) The Software and the Service is in a pre-release beta state only and may contain errors or inaccuracies that could cause failures or loss of data. Hotbar does not guarantee or assume responsibility for any consequence of using the product. Licensee agrees that due to the experimental nature of the Software and the Service as a beta product, the Licensee will not rely on the Software or the Service for any reason.
(e) THE SOFTWARE AND THE SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. HOTBAR AND ITS LICENSORS AND SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON INFRINGEMENT, REGARDING THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICE. NEITHER HOTBAR NOR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT, GUARANTEE OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICE IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR CURRENCY OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE.
Licensee's acknowledgments relating to Information and Skins. Licensee expressly acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) The information Licensee will be exposed to, or receives, or uses with the Software and/or the Service, including images, Skins, links, bookmarks, WWW sites, advertisements, products, goods or services, is not reviewed, controlled, examined, verified or endorsed by Hotbar in any way (even if Hotbar receives remuneration for such information) and are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such information originated. Licensee will be entirely responsible for all information that Licensee downloads, uploads, sends or otherwise accesses via the Service. Licensee will responsible for securing adequate legal rights to store, link to, browse in, or otherwise make use of such information and for ensuring that such information complies with any legal rule, including but not limited to, rules of copyright, secrecy, defamation, decency, privacy, security and export laws. Hotbar will not be liable for any such information available through the Software and/or the Service and cannot provide any guarantee as to the accuracy, integrity or quality of such information nor, any guarantee that such information is not subject to damage, deletion, erasure or other change of such information for any reason whatsoever.
(b) Participation in promotions or advertising of products and services found on the Service, including order, purchase, payment and delivery of any related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between the Licensee and the specific advertiser or merchant. Licensee agrees that Hotbar will not liable in any way for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings with a specific advertiser or merchant or as the result of the presence of such promotion or advertising materials on the Service.
Limitation Of Liability.
(a) HOTBAR'S LIABILITY TO LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE WILL NOT EXCEED $100 (ONE-HUNDRED DOLLARS) OR THE FEE, IF ANY, PAID BY LICENSEE FOR THE SOFTWARE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
(b) IN NO EVENT SHALL HOTBAR BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR ANY UNAVAILABILITY, DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANY INFORMATION USED RECEIVED OR TRANSMITTED BY THE SOFTWARE AND/OR SERVICE, OR FOR ANY DAMAGE ARISING THEREFROM OR OCCASIONED THEREBY, OR FOR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SUCH INFORMATION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY RISK OF THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTER VIRUSES, INVASION OF PRIVACY AND ANY RISK ARISING OUT OF ANY CONTENT TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICE. LICENSEE ASSUMES THE ENTIRE RISK FOR THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, VALIDITY AND QUALITY OF ANY INFORMATION.
(c) IN NO EVENT WILL HOTBAR OR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR COST OF OBTAINING SUBSTITUTE GOODS, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF DATA AND EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER SUCH DAMAGE OR LOSS), HOWEVER CAUSED (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LOSS CAUSED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR CONTENT TRANSMITTED OR RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR THE SERVICE) AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF HOTBAR OR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
System Integrity.
(a) You may not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Service or any transaction conducted on our site. You may not take any action which imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure. You may not disclose or share your password with any third parties or use your password for any unauthorized purpose.
(b) The site contains robot exclusion headers and you agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy our Web pages or the content contained herein without our prior written permission. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site.
Termination. Hotbar and Licensee shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason whatsoever and without any obligation to specify the reasons for such termination. Without limiting the foregoing, the Agreement, including all of Licensee's right to use the Software and the Service, will terminate automatically and immediately if (i) Licensee fails to comply with the provisions of this agreement; (ii) Licensee uses the Software or the Service for illegal unlawful or abusive purposes; or (iii) Licensee's Hotbar account is not used at least once in the preceding six (6) month period. Upon termination, Licensee agrees to immediately stop using the Software and/or the Service and destroy all copies of the Software.
Export Law Assurances. Licensee agrees not to export the Software outside the country in which the Software was downloaded except as permitted by the laws and regulations of such country.
Changes of License Terms. Hotbar may change any of the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, including the Privacy Policy and other policies and guidelines governing the Service, at any time in its sole discretion. Notice of material changes to this agreement will be posted on Hotbar's web site or on the service . You are responsible for reviewing the notice and any applicable changes.
You agree that your continued use of the Service following any changes to this agreement and after the changes take effect will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
If you do not agree to future changes to this agreement, do not continue to use the service after the effective date of such changes and uninstall all Hotbar software.
Miscellaneous. This Agreement represents the complete agreement between Licensee and Hotbar concerning the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and representations between them. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed to the extent necessary to make it enforceable to the highest extent. Except as specifically set forth herein, this Agreement cannot be amended, modified, or waived, unless the change is written and signed by an authorized Hotbar representative. Hotbar may transfer, assign sublicense or pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of its rights and obligations under this agreement to any third party whatsoever, without notice and without the need to receive Licensee's consent. Licensee shall not transfer, assign, sublicense nor pledge in any manner whatsoever, any of Licensee's rights or obligations under this agreement. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law principles and the exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute arising hereunder shall be submitted to the competent courts in New York. Any questions concerning this Agreement may be directed by email to 'legal@Hotbar.com'.
Children 13 and Under.
If you are thirteen years old or younger, we will not collect, store or use your personally identifiable information. In addition, parents or guardians of children over the age of thirteen should be aware that the Service is designed to appeal to a broad audience. Accordingly, it is your responsibility to determine whether any portion of the Service is inappropriate for your child.
Privacy Policy
Hotbar is committed to your privacy!
This confirms that Hotbar.com, Inc. ("Hotbar") is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program.
TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the principles of fair information practices. Because Hotbar is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy, we have agreed to disclose our information practices and have our privacy practices reviewed and audited for compliance by a third-party auditor at the direction of TRUSTe. These TRUSTe principles apply to personally identifiable information gathered on Hotbar Web site. This privacy statement will inform all visitors to our Web site regarding:
What personally identifiable information we collect/use about you on this Web site
What we do with personally identifiable information we collect/use on this Web site
Whether any of your personally identifiable information will be shared with any third party
Questions regarding this statement should be directed to the Hotbar site coordinator at privacy@Hotbar.com, or TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/users/users_watchdog.html for clarification. To return to the site, please use the "Back" button on your browser.
HOTBAR COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW AND THE DATA YOU ENTER IN SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FIELDS WHILE USING THE SOFTWARE. HOTBAR USES THIS INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ADS AND BUTTONS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR HOTBAR TOOLBAR AND WHICH ADS TO SHOW YOUR BROWSER. HOWEVER, HOTBAR DOES NOT (A) ASSOCIATE OR STORE SUCH WEB USAGE DATA OR SEARCH INFORMATION WITH ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SUCH AS NAME OR EMAIL ADDRESS OR (B) ANALYZE SUCH WEB USAGE DATA OR SEARCH INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY OF ANY HOTBAR USER. SOME INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE HOTBAR SOFTWARE IS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE, SUCH AS NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS STORED SEPARATELY FROM THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW AND THE DATA YOU ENTER IN SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH FIELDS AND THE TWO TYPES OF INFORMATION CANNOT BE CORRELATED OR LINKED. FURTHERMORE, HOTBAR DOES NOT USE THIS PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE WHICH ADS AND BUTTONS TO DISPLAY ON YOUR HOTBAR TOOLBAR OR WHICH ADS TO SHOW YOUR BROWSER.
HOTBAR AND YOUR PRIVACY
Hotbar is committed to your privacy. We will ask you for your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) only when it is required to provide you with a specific service. We will never sell, rent or disclose your personally identifiable information to outside parties without your express consent unless we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to comply with law or enforce or apply the terms of our user agreement.
Hotbar is constantly evolving. New features are continuously being added to the site and Software. With these improvements, our privacy statement may evolve. If this should happen, we will inform you through our site's homepage and this privacy statement. Regardless of the aforementioned, we will never disclose your personally identifiable information to outside parties without your consent.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT
If you are only visiting the Hotbar Web site (www.Hotbar.com), we collect the following information: the full Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") of the Web page from which you came to www.Hotbar.com; your Internet Protocol ("IP") Address, which may include a domain name; the date and time for each page you view; the name of and information about any advertisement that brought you to the Hotbar Web site; Computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform. We also transmit cookies to your computer so we can track the pages of our Web site that you view and the order in which you view them. If you download and install the Hotbar toolbar software (the "Software"), we collect any information voluntarily provided by you during the installation and registration process, which can include your email address as well as demographic information such as gender, age, occupation, household income, zip code and country. We also collect the name of and information about any advertisement that brought you to the Hotbar Web site or download. Non-personally identifiable demographic information is correlated to Web usage information collected during use of the Service, but we do not attempt to determine your identity by analyzing this information. When you download the Software, and at times during your use of the Service, we transmit Hotbar cookies to the hard drive of your computer. These cookies assign your Web browser a unique series of numbers, letters, or characters (your "User ID") that enable Hotbar's servers to recognize and identify your Web browser when you are using the Service. They also enable Hotbar to track and store information about your Web usage path.
When you visit Web sites with the Software installed (the "Service"), we collect information about the Web sites you visit and the pages you view. This information allows us to display toolbar buttons that are related to the Web site you are currently visiting. For every Web page you view while using the Service, the Hotbar software transmits and stores the following information from your computer to Hotbar: Your IP Address, which may include a domain name; the full URL of the Web page you are visiting; general information about your browser; general information about your computer's operating system; your Hotbar cookie number(and through registry) and the date and time the above information is logged. When you type search terms into a search engine site while using the Service, the search term ("Search Term") you entered is transmitted from your computer and stored by Hotbar. This allows us to display buttons on the Hotbar toolbar that are related to the search term you entered. We also collect and store the following Hotbar Toolbar usage statistics: what Toolbar buttons you click on; what links within the Toolbar buttons you click on; the amount of time you have used the Software during each session; what browser skins you have downloaded during any given session.
Personally Identifiable Information
In general, we do not gather from you without your specific permission any personally identifiable information when you visit this site and download or use the Software. In any event, we will not knowingly collect any personal information from children 13 years old and under.
We ask you to provide personally identifiable information in specific events, in which it is essential in order to provide you with one of the following services:
1. When you wish to obtain services offered through the Software or our site that require the completion of a registration form, either on this site or on one of our Affiliate Sites. In no event will we use the personally identifiable information entered into these registration forms without your consent.
2. When you wish to send a message ("tell a friend") or ("send a skin") by email from our site to your acquaintance(s). Each such message will be sent only once. We will never use your personally identifiable information gathered this way without your consent. In any event, we will never use the recipients' personally identifiable information.
3. When you wish to become a Hotbar Affiliate Site and integrate certain elements of our technology into your Web site (e.g. the ability to post skins on your site). We will use the personally identifiable information gathered this way (your name, email and site's URL address) to contact you with information and updates addressing Affiliate Sites. You may opt-out of this mailing list; see the "Opt-out" section below. It is not required to become a Hotbar Affiliate Site in order to use this site and the Software.
4. When you wish to participate in contests that we conduct on this site, we ask you for your email so we can contact you when necessary. We will never use your personally identifiable information gathered this way for other purposes without your consent.
5. When you opt-in to one or more of our mailing lists to receive direct emails from us, that may include some information regarding our sponsors. We will send you direct emails (newsletters, updates etc.) every once in a while. You can always opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the "Opt-out" section below.
Hotbar analyzes its logs of usage paths and stored Search Terms, collected from users to determine Web usage of users in the aggregate and to build anonymous web usage profiles. However, because Hotbar stores this Usage Path and Search Term information separately from users' personally identifiable registration information Hotbar cannot correlate or link a user's usage path/Search Term information and such personally identifiable information to each other. Hotbar uses these anonymous web usage profiles and stored Search Terms to determine which ads and buttons to display on your Hotbar Toolbar and which ads to show your browser.
In addition, the URLs we collect sometimes contain personal information about you. For example, when you enter information on a Web page (e.g., when you complete an online registration form or sign up for a contest), the operator of the Web site may insert that information into its URL for that or the next page. This information often appears after a question mark ("?") in the URL, although it can appear in other places. This means that your name, your address, your email address, or similar information you might consider private or personally identifiable which you enter into a Web page sometimes becomes part of a URL that is then transmitted to Hotbar and automatically stored in Hotbar's databases. This can also occur with words, topics, products, or phrases you enter into search engines - whether those engines are provided by the Service itself or found elsewhere on the Web - while using the Service. Hotbar has no control over what information third party Web sites put into their URLs or where they put it, but any information in each URL is collected and stored by Hotbar when you are using the Service. Other than by Storing Search terms as described above, Hotbar does not attempt to analyze or dissemble these URLs in any way. In addition, Hotbar does not attempt to determine the identity of any Hotbar user by analyzing these URLs. These URLs are only stored as a part of your Web usage path, which is stored separately from, and cannot be linked to, the personally identifiable information you have provided to Hotbar.
WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER AND TRACK
When we gather personally identifiable information, it is for the main purpose of providing you with a quality service. In addition to the use of the personally identifiable information when providing the service itself as described above, this information may be used to identify broad demographic trends and generate aggregated statistics of usage and popularity of the services, so we can improve them. We will not share your personal information with third parties unless we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to comply with law or enforce or apply the terms of our user agreement.
Hotbar also gathers certain non-personally identifiable demographic and other information from its users such as zip code and age. The non-personal information gathered and tracked through our system will not be used by us to attempt to identify you personally.
We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf, such as technical support services. To perform those functions, it may be necessary for them to obtain access to Hotbar's databases and servers, which may contain personally identifying information about users. They may not use such access or information for any purpose other than that for which they are retained.
In the event that Hotbar or substantially all of its assets are sold or acquired, the Service and all information collected by the Service would be transferred to the acquiring party. In any such transfer, however, such information would remain subject to any terms and conditions applicable to the Service at the time the information was collected, including the terms of this Privacy Policy and any amendment thereto.
THIRD PARTY SITES AND SERVICES
This site may contain links or services to other sites not maintained by us. Hotbar is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites and recommend that you review such sites' privacy statements and terms of use.
These sites and services include:
1. The "Click for more prices" feature of the Service provides comparative shopping information from www.clickthebutton.com. Please review the clickthebutton.com terms of use and privacy statement to learn about clickthebutton.com's data collection and data use practices. When you click the "Click for more prices" button on the Hotbar toolbar, Hotbar logs the fact that you selected the button and a new browser is launched that sends you to the clickthebutton.com website
2. Hotbar works with third parties that serve ads to this site and to the toolbar. Two of these third parties are DoubleClick and Engage. To find out more about how DoubleClick manages the privacy of information in conjunction with serving ads on this site, please go to www.doubleclick.net/privacy_policy/. Hotbar also uses the services of Engage for the serving and/or targeting of ads, promotions and other marketing messages. To do this, Engage collects anonymous data through the use of cookies. To learn more about Engage, including your ability to opt out of the Engage system, go to http://www.engage.com/privacy/.
3. Hotbar works with the email direct marketer Netcreations to offer users the opportunity to subscribe to various email newsletters subscriptions. Please review the Netcreations privacy statement before entering your email address into the "Newsletter Subscription" window.
SOFTWARE UPDATE
The Software is designed to check for the availability of software updates to ensure that you enjoy the latest improvements of the Software. When the Software checks for the availability of software update, anonymous information about the Software version and installed components are sent to our Web server. The information is used to determine whether new free Software is available for download and is not associated with your personally identifiable information.
CHOICES/OPT-OUT
Our site provides you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about you. To remove your email from our mailing lists, click here.
If you would like to remove the cookie installed on your computer by this site and Software, you need to uninstall the Software using the complete uninstaller. click here to download the complete uninstaller.
SECURITY
This site and Software have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. A limited number of senior employees have a password-protected access to the database that contains personal information. Such employees are instructed and trained to maintain the database while keeping the privacy of the users.
If you have any questions regarding the specific security measures in place, please contact us at privacy@Hotbar.com.
CHANGES
This site gives users the option of changing and modifying information previously provided. Email us at changes@Hotbar.com or opt-out and then opt-in with your updated information.
CONTACTING US ABOUT PRIVACY
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us at:
Privacy Team Hotbar.com, Inc. 226 West 37th St. New York, NY 10018 Or email us at: privacy@Hotbar.com
Internet Protocol Address
An Internet Protocol ("IP") address is a set of numbers that is automatically assigned to your computer each time you connect to the Internet. When you use your Web browser to request a Web page from another computer on the Internet, your Web browser automatically gives that computer your IP address so that the data you request can be sent to your computer. For many users who access the Internet from a dial-up Internet service provider (ISP), the IP address will be different every time they log on ("dynamic" IP addresses); others may be assigned only one IP address that remains the same from session to session ("static" IP addresses) (more common with broadband ISPs).
Uniform Resource Locator
A URL (or uniform resource locator) is the full Web address of a file or document you view when browsing the Internet. With most browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, the URL of every Web page that you view is displayed in a window near the top of the screen. Typically, a URL consists of four parts: protocol, server (or domain) where the file is located, path, and filename. However, some URLs have no path or filename.
A usage path is the trail of requests automatically transmitted to and logged by Hotbar as a user surfs the Internet with the Software installed. Usage paths consist of the following data for each Web page visited by an Hotbar user: (a) the IP address assigned to the user; (b) the date and time the Web page is visited by the user; (c) the user's browser type and version; (d) the user's operating system and version; (e) the user's User ID; and (f) the full URL that the site assigns to the Web page.
These terms and conditions and privacy policy were last updated on August 7th, 2001.
