HotPop Productions, LLC’S PRIVACY POLICY

If you have questions about our privacy policy, please click here to contact us.  Or, send a letter to: HotPop Productions, LLC, PO Box 1877, New York, NY 10156-1877

Welcome to HotPop Productions, LLC’s privacy policy!!! HotPop Productions, LLC (we call ourselves "HotPop" for short) is glad that you have taken this moment to check it out because we think it is important for our visitors to understand what kind of personal information HotPop collects from you, how we collect it and how we use it. Read on!!!

1. Is HotPop membership necessary?
HotPop membership is necessary only if you want to participate in HotPop’s interactive activities which includes chatting in our chat rooms, posting messages on our message boards, qualifying for giveaways and more. Nevertheless, you do not need to be a HotPop member to enjoy the website. Non-members can still surf the website, read the articles, listen to the radio station, get their horoscope and more.

2. What kind of personal information does HotPop collect from members?
The kind of personal information we collect from you includes stuff like your name, postal mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, age, birth date, gender, hobbies, interests, what you like to buy and how you prefer to pay for things (like by credit card or cash). Basically, the kind of information that lets HotPop know who visits our website, how to communicate with them and what kind of things they might want to know about. During registration we will ask you for your birth date, age, e-mail address, username and password (and if you are under 13, we will ask for some contact information for your parent or legal guardian). We may seek to collect more personal information while you use our website (like when you enter a HotPop sweepstakes or participate in one of our promotions or chats). Likewise, if you (or your parent or legal guardian) contact us, we will probably keep a record of that correspondence.

3. What is a "cookie" and what does HotPop’s do with them?
A cookie is a small data file that a website can write to your hard drive for internal reporting and record keeping purposes. Generally, HotPop uses cookies to measure activity on the website (how many people entered a sweepstakes or visited an area on the website). Cookies also allow us to make improvements and updates to the website based on which sweepstakes, promotions or subject areas are popular and which are not. In addition, cookies allow HotPop to store and retrieve login information such as "remembering" your login name (even if you don’t), identifying the websites you visit and assisting us in processing your purchase orders. As part of offering and providing tailored and personal service, HotPop may use cookies to store and track information about you in order to send you bulletins that correspond to your interests.

We may match information obtained from cookies with data provided by you or collected by third parties and analyze this data in the aggregate (to learn broad statistics about our members) and individually (which page you visit the most). This information lets us further personalize our services to you. We also provide aggregate analysis of our users (only as a group) to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties. We do this to help us bring you first-rate, personalized services, free of charge.

You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers (as explained in Section 7), which is standard in the Internet industry. HotPop does not control these cookies, and these cookies are NOT subject to HotPop’s privacy policy.

Remember that you can disable cookies on your computer by indicating that you do not want your computer to accept them in the preferences or options menus in your web browser.

4. What type of information does HotPop share with advertisers, sponsors or any other third party?
Aggregated personal information is the type of information that HotPop supplies to third parties and even then, it will only be supplied in a format where individual users are not personally identified see Section 5. Because we do not share specific personal information with our sponsors, partners or advertisers, they may affix a link to their site or an option box within a HotPop sweepstakes, article or advertisement, whereby double-clicking will entitle you to "more information" or a "special offer" (or something of the like) and entitle them to your e-mail address or other information. It is important for you to note that any information you supply them by "opting in" this way is not subject to HotPop’s privacy policy. This subject is further addressed in Section 7.

EXAMPLE: We may tell our advertisers statistics like 14,926 teens watched our webcast or that 2,962 of our visitors clicked on your advertisement. These sort of statistics might include information about your likes and dislikes but we don’t give anyone outside the HotPop family any information about you personally.

5. What is aggregated information and what does HotPop do with it?
Aggregated information is personal information about you that we combine with personal information about everyone else that visits our website so that we know generally what you (and people like you) like about our website. When you visit HotPop, we collect some information about you either via cookies (explained in Section 3) or by asking you directly. We do this so that we can try to improve your overall experience when you visit us the next time. We also collect information about traffic patterns on the website, like how many people log on and at what times, which page is most frequently visited, and what type of events you (and people like you) think are cool and interesting.

HotPop may also use your personal information to match the advertisements and content to your specific interests. However, the advertisers on the HotPop website will not see or have access to your individual account information. In fact, except for the very specific circumstances provided in Section 6 of this privacy policy, HotPop will not disclose, sell or rent any of the personally identifying information on any individual user provided to us to any third party (including our advertisers, sponsors or other partners) without your "OK." This issue is discussed in Section 4 of this privacy policy, but the following is an example of how HotPop uses aggregated information.

EXAMPLE: HotPop may tell a music magazine that advertises on our site a statistic like 65% of our members age 13-18 think electronic music is really cool. We would not tell the magazine that you in particular like or dislike electronic music. However, if you do like electronic music, we may e-mail you some information about where to buy, see, hear or talk about this music but you’ll never get any of this information from any other company based on the information you give us Get it? If you don’t get it click here and e-mail us).

6. Are there ANY circumstances where HotPop may use my personal information without my consent?
There are a limited number of circumstances that HotPop will disclose your personal information. HotPop will disclose your personal information if it is necessary to protect your safety (or the safety of other HotPop’s visitors), necessary to protect the security or integrity of the HotPop website or if we are required to do so by law. HotPop will take reasonable steps to limit the scope of any of these disclosures. If you or your parent (or legal guardian) do not understand this concept click here for further explanation.

7. What about the privacy policies and the use of cookies by links or advertisers?
When you visit the HotPop website you will be exposed to all kinds of opportunities to link to other websites. Links can be from advertisers, content providers and/or partners who may use HotPop’s logo and/or style because of a co-branding agreement but which may not follow the same privacy policies as HotPop. Advertisements can be placed on any page, in any configuration and in any region on the website. If you click on an advertisement or other link, you will be transported outside of HotPop’s service to an entirely different website.

HotPop may contain links to other content providers’ websites. These websites are also not under the control of HotPop and HotPop is not responsible for any content on a linked website nor for their privacy policies. Links provided by HotPop are for your convenience only and the inclusion of links does not mean that HotPop endorses the website.

It is important that you are careful about where you go on the web and advisable to check the terms of use and privacy policy of all the websites that you visit. If you are unsure as to where you are on the web, check the URL address. But remember if the URL is not www.HotPop.biz then HotPop cannot control how these other websites use cookies, collect and disclose personal information or implement their privacy policies.

If you do not want your personal information collected and used inappropriately, do not disclose personal information and/or participate in the promotion, contest or sweepstakes. For your own information and protection, keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on message boards, through e-mail, or in chat areas, that information can be collected and used by others (and that there are people out there that actually collect and use it). For instance, if you post personal information in public places, you may receive unsolicited e-mail messages. Please think before you post any information online.

8. HotPop’s Special Rules, Procedures and Policies for Visitors under 13.
Individuals under 13 can visit our website but will be restricted and blocked from any page that requires personal information to enter unless you follow the procedures adopted by HotPop (explained below).

HotPop is Compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (we call it "COPPA" for short). HotPop has implemented all kinds of processes and procedures so that we can proudly call ourselves compliant with COPPA. So if you are under 13 years of age this stuff applies to you! COPPA is a law that makes it illegal for HotPop to collect information or communicate with kids under the age of 13 without their parent’s (or legal guardian’s) written consent. Your participation in chats, focus groups, sweepstakes, promotions, contests or other things that require you to submit personal information on the HotPop website are "off limits" unless we get the "OK" from your parent (or legal guardian). HotPop does not want to leave you out of all the fun, we just need you to help us get permission from your folks. It’s pretty easy just Click here and give us your parent’s (or legal guardian’s) home postal address and e-mail address (if they have one). We will send them a copy of this privacy policy, a registration form and an authorization form. The authorization form is for your parent (or legal guardian) to fill out and sign, the registration form is for you to fill out and sign, the privacy policy is for you and your parents (or legal guardian) to keep. Once we receive the completed forms via First Class Mail (also known as snail mail), we will put it in a safe file, register you as an official HotPop member and send you a friendly e-mail to let you know you’re in the club.

If you are under 13, HotPop will not require you to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary for you to participate in an activity.

It’s for your own good. This might seem like a bit of a drag but it is the only way we can legally allow you membership to HotPop. Besides, it is really important that your parent or (or legal guardian) know and consent to you being a member of this website (as well as any other website). There are a lot of strange and unscrupulous people out there in cyberspace who use the information you give them in ways you (or your parents or legal guardian) would not want them to. HotPop does not want to use your personal information in any way you (or your parents or legal guardian) do not want us to, and that is why we seek authorization and consent in two ways (via e-mail and postal mail). We want to be doubly sure that your parent (or legal guardian) know that you want to be a member of this website and that they are OK with that. See, if they are OK with you being a member of this website (and they tell us so) then you’ll be able to chat about your favorite things, watch premier webcasts, listen to cool music and read smart articles. We think that if your parents or (or legal guardian) know that we are concerned about your safety and privacy and that you really want to be a part of the HotPop club, they’ll feel more comfortable about you visiting our website in particular and surfing the net generally.

Your parents (or legal guardian), upon verification, also have the right to review your personal information, ask to have it deleted and refuse to allow collection or use of your personal information, just send a letter to: HotPop Productions, LLC, PO Box 1877, New York, NY 10156-1877

9. HotPop’s Tips To Protect Your Personal Information.
Your HotPop profile is password-protected. The best way to keep your personal information secure is to keep your password secret--do not give your password to anyone. If you share your computer with other people, we recommend that you sign out of your HotPop account and close your browser window when you are done. Further, do not allow cookies to remember your ID name and password as "cookies" will enable someone else to sign on as you.

We make every effort to ensure that your information is secure on our system. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

By using this website, you signify your assent to HotPop’s privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our website. HotPop’s privacy policy might change from time to time and your continued visits to HotPop after such a change signifies that you agree to abide by the new privacy policy. So, you should check out the privacy policy often to make sure you assent to it.

If you have questions about our privacy policy, please click here to contact us or, send a letter to: HotPop Productions, LLC, PO Box 1877, New York, NY 10156-1877