Privacy Policy

HOT DISH ADVERTISING –PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: May 13, 2024

Hot Dish Advertising (“Hot Dish,” “we,” or “us”) understands the importance of your privacy and we take our responsibility to protect your information seriously. This privacy policy (the “Policy”) describes the types of information that we may collect from you through our website (www.hotdishad.com) and when you otherwise communicate with us or engage us to provide you our services (collectively, the “Services”), how we use and share that information, and certain choices you may have regarding your information.

Please read this Policy carefully. By providing us with personal information or otherwise using our website, including any customer services or chat features available on our website, you expressly consent to the information-handling practices described in this Policy and our collection, use, and disclosure of information as described below. If you do not agree with the practices described in this Policy, please do not use the website or provide us with requested information. Your use of our website is also subject to any applicable Terms and Conditions or other agreements we may have with you.

Important Information About This Policy

While we always aim to provide complete and transparent information about how we process your personal information, we reserve the right to amend or update this Policy from time to time or to create additional policies in order to accurately reflect changed circumstances or new legal requirements. As a result, it is important that you read this Policy closely so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your personal information.

To assist us in ensuring that we can provide the most accurate information possible, we ask that you check this Policy for updates. We also ask that where we have an ongoing relationship with you and any of the data you have provided becomes no longer accurate that you keep us informed of this so we can amend our records accordingly.

Personal Information We May Collect About You
For the purposes of this Policy, “personal information” is any information that identifies you or can be used to contact you. Hot Dish is a business-to-business advertising company and, as such, the personal information we collect is typically limited to the types of information reflected on a business card—name, address, email address, phone number, employer, and position. Specifically, the types of personal information we collect can be grouped as follows:

Contact information – name, business email address, business mailing address, business telephone number, and (in certain circumstances) company name and company details.
Employment information – name of your employer and position/title at your employer.
Transactional information – details about your company’s transactions with us, including method of payment, payments received, payment details, transaction history, and other information relating to the services purchased by your company.
Marketing information – details regarding informational and promotional materials you have requested or received from us, your subscription to receive promotional communications from us, the services you are interested in, and information on your marketing or communication preferences.
Inquiry information – copies of communications and inquiries you have submitted to us, including through email, calls, and features available on our website (such as chat or chatbot features).
Device and usage information – details regarding how and when you use our website, including the device used to connect to our website, your IP address or device identifier, the frequency and duration of your visits, and information about your interaction with our website.
Job applicant information – If you apply for a job using our website, contact information, information regarding your qualifications and background, educational information, and any other information you provide as part of your application.

We collect this information from you when you fill out forms or navigate our website, subscribe to receive promotional communications from us, download information from our website, communicate with us (including by email, phone, chat, and otherwise), interact with any chatbot or similar features available on our website, visit or engage with our social media pages, apply for a job, or otherwise provide us with personal information. Please note that we may aggregate or anonymize the foregoing types of data such that they are no longer capable of identifying you, in which case they are no longer considered “personal information.”

Automatically Collected Device and Usage Information
Like most website operators, we use various technologies to automatically collect information about you, including the following:

Log Files and Device Identifiers. We use log files to track actions occurring on the website and collect data about visitors, including IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, and device identifiers. This information is used for security purposes and to detect and prevent fraud.
Cookies. Cookies are small text files that a website transfers to a visitor’s device or browser for recordkeeping purposes. Our website uses different types of cookies to, among other things, automatically recognize you when you return to our website, store information regarding your preferences, personalize content for you, provide social media functionality, and analyze our website traffic. For further information about cookies, including how to refuse cookies, please visit allaboutcookies.org. Likewise, to learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. Please note that if cookies are disabled, you may not be able to enjoy certain features of our website.

Pixels, tags, web beacons and similar technologies. Our website may use other tracking tools, including pixels, tags, and web beacons, which are small electronic images embedded in web content and email messages that are not ordinarily visible to users. These technologies are small pieces of code that run when a website page or email is loaded. They are used to monitor the behavior of the visitor or email recipient—such as what icons were clicked or whether links in an email were opened—and gather analytics. Web beacons allow us to track pages and content accessed and viewed by users, as well as to monitor email readership. We may also use pixels to track visitors. Pixels work in conjunction with cookies to let us know what portions of our website are of interest to you and to help us provide you with tailored information from our website. If you turn off cookies, the pixels, tags, and web beacons we use may still detect certain information about your interaction with our website and disregard any cookie-prohibitive markers or signals. Note, the vendors that supply us these pixels, tags, web beacons, or similar tracking technologies collect your personal information instantaneously and simultaneous to our collection of such information and they may use the information for their own purposes.

Analytics. Our website may also use third party analytics vendors such as Google Analytics. Please click here for more information about how data is collected and processed in connection with the Google Analytics service: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en. We use analytics data for a variety of purposes, including to analyze use of our website and improve its design and content.

The information collected through these technologies may be combined with other personal information or aggregated with other information on website visits. We may share information about your use of our website with our advertising and analytics partners, who may combine it with other information that you previously provided to them.

Information from Social Media

If you interact with us on any social media platform: (i) depending on your social media privacy settings, the personal information that you submit on the social media platform may be read, collected, or used by us as described in this Policy, and (ii) where we respond to any interaction with you on social media, your account name/handle may be viewable by any and all members or users of our social media accounts. Social media platforms operate independently from us and we are not responsible for the personal information that you choose to submit or link on any social media platform. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings of any social media platform with which you interact to help you understand their privacy practices.

How We Use Your Information
We (or the service providers acting on our behalf) use the personal information identified above for the following purposes:

Negotiating, entering into, and managing our business relationship and agreements with your company, including providing our Services to your company and processing payments from your company.
To communicate with you and provide you with information you have requested;
To register you to receive promotional and informational communications from us, provide you with such communications, track your marketing preferences, and for our internal marketing purposes;
Developing, updating, and improving our services, customer service, and customer experience, and otherwise improving our knowledge and insights regarding clients;
To respond to inquiries from you regarding our business or services;
To optimize your experience on our website and ensure that our content is presented to you in the most effective manner;
If you are a job applicant, to process your application and perform related Human Resources functions;
To notify you about changes to our website, including material changes to this Policy;
Preventing and detecting fraud, financial crime, hacking activities, security breaches, and other unlawful activities in connection with our Services or use of our website;
Enforcing our agreements with you or our organizational partners and clients, complying with our legal or regulatory obligations, and defending or advancing legal claims;
To perform other functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection or that you otherwise consent to.

For more information about your options relating to your personal information and your communication preferences, see “Your Choices About Your Information” below.

Our Marketing Efforts

We may send you direct marketing communications from time to time including news, updates, offers, and other announcements relating to our business. We will only send marketing messages where the law allows us to do so and, in the event that you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, then you can always unsubscribe using the option provided in the communication you have received (e.g., in the footer of the email) or by contacting us using the information below.

Disclosure Of Your Information
When the information we collect about you is aggregated, anonymized, or otherwise does not identify you, it is no longer considered “personal information.” We may use that information for any purpose or disclose it to third parties, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

In addition, we may disclose your information to the following entities:

Service providers and third-party vendors that we use to support our business, including companies that perform work necessary for us to provide services to you, or that assist us in improving our business operations and services. For example, our service providers include (i) IT and system administration providers, (ii) data storage providers, and (iii) vendors to facilitate payments and payment processing.
Our media partners that may assist us with services we provide or co-marketing to potential clients.
Our affiliates and related entities, investors, and operational partners.
Website analytics vendors in order to understand our website traffic and usage patterns, optimize our website, and identify potential new clients. Note, the technology vendors we use to make the website available to you via the internet may collect your personal information instantaneously and simultaneous with us collecting your personal information.
For job applicants, third-party vendors necessary for us to evaluate your application, verify your credentials and representations, and assess your suitability for employment with us.
Buyers or other successors prior to or in the event of a merger, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as a part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, where the information is among the assets being transferred.
Regulatory and governmental authorities, law enforcement agencies, and courts.
Our professional advisors, such as lawyers, accountants, and other similar advisors.
Other parties for any purpose we disclose at the time you provide the information.

We reserve the right to disclose your information as necessary to comply with a subpoena or investigative demand, court order, request for cooperation from law enforcement or other governmental agency, to exercise our legal rights, to defend against legal claims, or as otherwise required by law.

Your Choices About Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding your personal information. When using our website, you may choose whether you want to receive promotional information from us. To the extent we ever send you promotional emails, you can stop receiving those emails by clicking the “unsubscribe link” in the email. We endeavor to promptly process any unsubscribe requests. You can also choose not to provide us with information we request, which may result in you being unable to use certain features of our website or receive certain information about our business and services or initiate transactions with us.

Links To Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. These websites have separate privacy policies that you should review. While we make efforts to choose the links on our website carefully, we cannot take responsibility for the content of linked websites or those companies’ data-handling practices.

Protection Of Your Information
We understand the importance of safeguarding your information and take appropriate administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect your personal information from loss, theft, and unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification. Please be aware, however, that no security measures or data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warranty the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Non-U.S. Visitors
Hot Dish is located in the United States. Our website is intended for use by individuals in United States. We do not seek personal information about individuals outside of the United States. Accordingly, our collection of personal information and other data through our website and subsequent use and disclosure of that data is subject only to the laws of the United States, as applicable.

Children’s Privacy
Our website is a general audience site and is not directed at, or intended for use by, children under the age of 13 years. Accordingly, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under age 13.

Do-Not-Track Disclosure
Please note that Hot Dish does not honor “Do Not Track” signals and such signals will not impact the operation of our website.

Rights Afforded to California Residents

California Civil Code § 1798.83 (California’s Shine the Light Act) permits California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident, you may ask us to refrain from sharing your personal information with certain of our affiliates and other third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Please tell us your preference by contacting us at the contact information below.

Notice for Nevada Residents

Under Nevada law, Nevada “consumers” may request that “operators” of internet sites and online services refrain from the “sale” of their “covered information” to third parties (as such terms are defined under Nevada law). We do not believe that our disclosures of your information to third parties (as described above) would qualify as a sale under Nevada law.

Changes To This Privacy Policy
Please note that we may change this Policy from time to time. We will post changes here and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document. Continued use of this website after any changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes. We encourage you to check the Policy periodically for updates.

How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy or our information-handling practices, please contact us at:

Hot Dish Advertising
800 Washington Ave. N
Suite 205
Minneapolis, MN 55401

Tel. 612.341.3100
Fax. 612.341.0555
info@hotdishad.com