Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This privacy policy ("Policy") pertains to Hotland AI, the HotlandAI.com website, and the Hotland AI image generation platform (collectively, the "Services"). Hotland AI is a communications technology incubator offering image generation services to enhance human creativity and promote social interaction.

In this Policy, "personal data" refers to any information that can be used to identify an individual, either directly or indirectly.

Applicability: This Policy is applicable to personal data collected, used, and disclosed by Hotland AI, which may include: (i) data collected through the Services, (ii) data collected during the training of Hotland AI machine learning algorithms, (iii) data collected through Hotland AI websites, and (iv) data collected from third-party sources. Third-party sources can include public databases, commercial data sources, and the public internet. When making purchases, we use third-party payment processors to collect credit card or other financial information. Hotland AI does not store the credit card or payment information you provide, only confirmation that payment was made.

This Policy does not apply to:

  • Personal Data about Hotland AI employees and candidates, and certain contractors and agents acting in similar roles.

Changes: We may periodically update this Policy to reflect changes in legal, regulatory, operational requirements, our practices, and other factors. Please check this Policy regularly for updates. If any of the changes are unacceptable to you, you should cease interacting with us. When required under applicable law, we will notify you of any changes to this Policy.

Definitions: In this Policy, You, or Your refers to the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Hotland AI. Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

2. Collection and Use of Your Personal Data

2.1 Types of Data Collected

2.1.1 Personal Data

While interacting with the Services, you may provide certain personally identifiable information that could be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Your username for the Services
  • Text or image prompts you input into the Services, or public chats you maintain on the service
  • Your IP address
  • Usage Data
  • Tracking Technologies and Cookies
  • Contact Information
  • Organizational Information like your company title
  • Your Email
  • Cookies
  • Other data that you choose to send to Hotland AI

2.2 Use of Your Personal Data

Hotland AI may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide, maintain, and improve our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your account: to manage your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Service available to you as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance, and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items, or services you have purchased or any other contract with us through the Service.
  • To contact You: To contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage your requests to us.
  • For business transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: We may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing such as emails (but never spam), and your experience.

2.3 Sharing of Your Personal Data

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers, Third Party Vendors, Consultants, and other Business Partners: We may share your personal information with these parties in order to provide services on our behalf, monitor and analyze the use of our services, contact you, and for the reasons stated in the Agreement. Service Providers may be engaged to monitor and analyze the use of our Service and to contact you.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • With your consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
  • With law enforcement: Under certain circumstances, Hotland AI may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency). To the extent we receive a request from law enforcement for your personal data, we will promptly notify you and provide you with a copy of the request, unless we are legally prohibited from doing so.
  • With other parties in order to:
    • Comply with a legal obligation
    • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
    • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
    • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
    • Protect against legal liability

2.4 Retention of Your Personal Data The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

2.5 Transfer of Your Personal Data Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

2.6 Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

3. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.

4. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

5. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

6. Supplemental Terms and Conditions for Certain Regions

Europe If you are located in the European Economic Area (the "EEA"), Switzerland, or the United Kingdom (the "UK"), you have certain rights and protections under the law regarding the processing of your Personal Data. This section provides additional information relevant to users in these regions.

6.1 Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are located in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK, our legal basis for collecting and using the Personal Data described in this Privacy Policy will depend on the Personal Data concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.

We will normally collect Personal Data from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the Personal Data to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect Personal Data from you or may otherwise need the Personal Data to protect your vital interests or those of another person.

If we ask you to provide Personal Data to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your Personal Data is mandatory or not (as well as the possible consequences if you do not provide your Personal Data).

6.2 Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you. You can access, update, or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
  • The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
  • The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Hotland AI relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, or the United Kingdom (UK).

6.3 Data Transfers

Your Personal Data may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

If you are located in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK and your Personal Data is transferred outside of these regions, we will take steps to ensure that your Personal Data receives an adequate level of protection, as required under applicable data protection laws. This may include the use of Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or another appropriate safeguard.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to reach out to us through the provided contact methods. Our team is committed to addressing your inquiries in a timely and efficient manner.

We value your privacy and are dedicated to maintaining a transparent and secure environment for your personal data. Your trust is important to us, and we are committed to addressing any concerns you may have.