CoolerHotter.com Privacy Policy
Last Revised June 1, 2008
CoolerHotter.com is a Website owned and operated by Cooler Hotter, LLC (“Cooler Hotter, LLC” or “we”) that allows Users to submit videos, to create a profile, to view videos and profiles of other users, to rate videos and view the cumulative ratings for videos, and to interact with other users.
The term “Member” refers to individuals who have registered with CoolerHotter.com. The term “Visitor” refers to an individual that simply browses the CoolerHotter.com Website without registering. The term “User” refers to a Visitor or a Member.
This Privacy Policy describes Cooler Hotter, LLC’s use and sharing of personally identifiable information (“PII”-- your full name, email address, mailing address, telephone number) that Members (which refers to individuals who have registered with CoolerHotter.com) voluntarily provide to Cooler Hotter, LLC. This Privacy Policy also describes Cooler Hotter, LLC’s use and sharing of aggregate usage information collected from the activities of Users.
This Privacy Policy applies to the services offered by Cooler Hotter, LLC which include the CoolerHotter.com website, messaging service, and all features, content, and/or applications offered from time to time by CoolerHotter.com in connection with the CoolerHotter.com website (collectively, the “CoolerHotter.com Services”).
The CoolerHotter.com Website is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect PII from children under 13 years of age.
From time to time Cooler Hotter, LLC may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect industry initiatives or changes in the law, our PII collection and use practices, the features of the CoolerHotter.com Services, or technology, and such modifications shall be effective upon posting by Cooler Hotter, LLC on the CoolerHotter.com Website. Your continued use of the CoolerHotter.com Services after Cooler Hotter, LLC posts a revised Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes.
1. Cooler Hotter, LLC collects non-PII including IP address, aggregate user data such as what pages consumers access or visit, and browser type. This data is used to manage and improve the CoolerHotter.com Services, track usage, and for security purposes.
2. We do not collect PII of Visitors to our Web site who have not registered with CoolerHotter.com Services.
3. For Members who have registered with CoolerHotter.com Services, we collect the PII that those Members have voluntarily provided. We will not provide this PII to other companies. We will never sell our Members’ PII.
4. The PII we collect is used to provide CoolerHotter.com Services, to provide Members with information about CoolerHotter.com Services, and for marketing purposes.
5. In order to locate other CoolerHotter.com Members that you may already know in the physical world, Cooler Hotter, LLC allows Users to search for Members using PII (i.e., email address). Cooler Hotter, LLC also allows Users to browse for certain Profile Information in order to help connect with Members (i.e., keywords/tags entered by the Member to describe him or herself). Cooler Hotter, LLC may also allow Members to publicly display some PII as an element of their Profile Information (in the Member’s self description in “About Me”) if they choose to do so. Search engines may index the portion of a Member’s profile (including the Profile Information it contains) that is publicly displayed.
6. Members are free to change their PII and Profile Information at any time by logging into their account on the CoolerHotter.com Website and visiting the “Edit Profile” portion of their profile.
7. Members can control how they are informed of incoming messages, incoming nudges, and other relevant activity of other CoolerHotter.com Members. To edit these settings, log into your account on the CoolerHotter.com Website and use the “My Account” link found at the top of your profile page.
8. We use cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record session information, such as items that Users add to their shopping cart or to record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit.
9. CoolerHotter.com Services may be linked to Internet sites operated by other companies. CoolerHotter.com Services may also carry advertisements from other companies. Cooler Hotter, LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices of websites or other services operated by third parties that are linked to or integrated with the CoolerHotter.com Services or for the privacy practices of third party Internet advertising companies. Once you leave CoolerHotter.com Services via such a link, access a third party application (such as widgets) or click on an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser site to determine, among other things, how they will handle any PII they collect from you.
10. There may be instances when Cooler Hotter, LLC may access or disclose PII, Profile Information or non-PII without providing you a choice in order to: (i) protect or defend the legal rights or property of Cooler Hotter, LLC, our Affiliated Companies or their employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements); (ii) protect the safety and security of Users of the CoolerHotter.com Services or members of the public including acting in urgent circumstances; (iii) protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or (iv) comply with the law or legal process. In addition, if Cooler Hotter, LLC sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of all or a material part of its assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or transfer of all or a material part of its business, Cooler Hotter, LLC may transfer your PII to the party or parties involved in the transaction as part of that transaction.
11. Members may review the PII we maintain about them in our records. We will take reasonable steps to correct any PII a Member informs us is incorrect. If you are a Member, you can view and change your PII, Member preferences and Profile Information by logging into your account and accessing features such as “Edit Profile” and “My Account” from your profile page.
12. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please log into your account on the CoolerHotter.com Website and update your preferences under the “My Account” link found on your profile page.
13. Members who provide their postal address may receive mailings with information on CoolerHotter.com Services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by sending us e-mail at Privacy@CoolerHotter.com with the Subject: Unsubscribe from snail mail. Please provide us with your exact name and address.
14. Members who provide their telephone number may receive telephone contact with information on CoolerHotter.com Services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such telephone contact, please let us know by sending us e-mail at Privacy@CoolerHotter.com with the Subject: Do not call. Please provide us with your name and phone number.
15. If you ask Cooler Hotter, LLC to stop using your PII, we will honor that request while retaining any record of your PII that is necessary to comply with applicable federal, state or local law.
16. If you would like to communicate with us about this Privacy Policy or Cooler Hotter, LLC’s collection and use of your PII please contact us at via mail at Privacy Department, Cooler Hotter LLC, 60 Pine Grove Ave, Asheville NC 28801 or via email at Privacy@CoolerHotter.com.