Privacy Policy

Hot HK Deals Privacy Policy

hothkdeals.com (referred to as “we”, “us” and “our” in this privacy policy) values your privacy and is dedicated to safeguarding and preserving your privacy when using our website or communicating electronically with us. By using hothkdeals.com you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms please do not continue using hothkdeals.com.

What types of personal information we collect

Depending upon the way in which you use our website and the individual products and services you are looking to buy, we may obtain the following:

  • Personal information so that we can identify who you are. For example, this information may include your name and date of birth;
  • Personal information so that we can contact you. For example, this information may include your home address, your email address and your contact telephone numbers;
  • Behavioural and/or technical personal information. For example, this information may include details about how you browse our website and the devices and technology you use to browse our website.

How we collect personal data

We collect information about you in the following ways:

  • Directly from you by email, phone, the Website or otherwise:
    • if you submit forms on the Website.
    • if you share a code or other promotion.
    • if you contact us for any reason.
    • if you enter one of our competitions.
    • if you complete our surveys.
    • if you otherwise interact with our services.
  • Automatically as you interact with the Website, App, Browser Extension and Emails by using cookies, tags and similar automatic data collection technologies.
  • You can read more about our use of cookies and your choices in respect of them below in the “Cookies and similar technologies” section.
  • Automatically from location data transmitted by your mobile device. Please note mobile apps may collect this type of information even when they are not open. Please see the “Your rights and choices” section as to how you can limit or prevent the location information we may collect.
  • From third parties: some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may also use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. They may associate the information collected with your personal data or they may collect information, including personal data, about your online activities over time and across different websites or other online services. We do not control how these third party tracking technologies operate or how they may use the collected data. We also collect some data about you from third parties including other companies who have obtained your permission to share data with us, such as companies whose websites you have browsed or have bought products or services from.
  • You can read about your choices in respect of these, including how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers below in the “Cookies and similar technologies” section.

How we use personal data

To optimise our content: One of the main ways we use your redemption information is to monitor which offers are being used so we can optimise our offers.

Directly communicating with hothkdeals.com: When you send email or other communication to hothkdeals.com, we may retain the communication in order to serve you.

To personalise the content you receive: By collecting data on your activities on our website we’ll be able to better understand the types of offers that you’re interested. We’ll then present the most relevant offers for you on our website.

To provide a better experience: Our use of cookies and other similar technologies enables us to remember information about you when you visit our site. We use this to improve your experience by doing things like showing you adverts for offers that you’ve previously searched. We also use your data for the improvement and maintenance of our website and to provide technical support for our website. We also use your data to evaluate your visit to the website and prepare reports or compile statistics to understand the type of people who use our website, how they use our website and to make our website more intuitive. Such details will be anonymised as far as reasonably possible and you will not be identifiable from the information collected.

To provide insight: Our use of technologies, including Google Analytics enables us to gather statistical information about how people use our site and application. As well as using this to improve what we do, we also share it with the brands we work with to give them feedback. The information we share will not identify you personally, it is statistical data and does not identify any personal details whatsoever.

Disclosure of personal data

We may share your personal data with the third parties set out below for the purposes set out in this privacy notice:

  • Service provider who provide IT and system administration services (Google, Inc)
  • Ad technology providers (including Google and other ad networks and vendors).
  • Merchants who we promote on the Website.
  • Affiliate networks to track sales originating from our service.

Cookies and similar technologies

Some pages on our website use cookies, which are small files placed on your internet browser when you visit our website. We use cookies in order to offer you a more tailored experience in the future, by understanding and remembering your particular browsing preferences.

Where we do use cookies on your website, you may block these at any time. To do so, you can activate the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our website or to use all the functionality provided through our website.

What cookies do we use?

Functional Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website and those that personalise your experience on the site.

Analytical/performance cookies: They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Advertising cookies: these cookies are used to display tailored advertisements on this Website or on those of third parties. They may collect a de-identified, non-human readable version of your email address for matching to other data about you to improve the relevance of online advertising and may also collect information such as your IP address, browser or operating system type.

Affiliate cookies: these cookies are used by affiliate networks to track a transaction you may make after using an offer or promotion on our website or app. In some circumstances, this allows us to be paid a small commission.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies, affiliate/advertising cookies or targeting cookies.

How do I change my cookie settings?

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

To opt-out of personalised advertising provided by Google visit https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Please note that if you disable all cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our (or other) websites. You may continue to see advertising on other websites.

Changes to this Policy

hothkdeals.com reserves the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy. Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

Contacting Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us.

The practices described in this Privacy Policy statement are current as of 30/12/2019.