Privacy Policy

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HostBit, Inc. and HostBit.com Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

At www.hostbit.com we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information is collected and recorded by www.hostbit.com and how we use it.

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website, or app?

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information, or Bank Checking Account Information or any other available payment information or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, Use Live Chat, Open a Support Ticket, or enter information on our site. Provide us with feedback on our products or services.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

      • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
      • To improve our website in order to better serve you.
      • To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
      • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
      • To quickly process your transactions.
      • To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products.
      • To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries).

We collect your information for the following purposes:

* For billing and support purposes.
* For domain registration account establishment.
* For website administration purposes.
* To customize the website for the user on multiple visits to the site.

How do we protect your information?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

We use regular Malware Scanning.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

For your convenience, we may store your credit card information longer than 30 days in order to expedite future orders and to automate the billing process.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, www.hostbit.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We use cookies to:

      • Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
      • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
      • Keep track of advertisements.
      • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies.

You do this through your browser settings. Since the browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If users disable cookies in their browser:
If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly. Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.

Cookies and Web Beacons:

www.hostbit.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

→ Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.hostbit.com.
→ Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to www.hostbit.com and other sites on the Internet.
→ Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

While each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site, an updated and hyperlinked resource is maintained here: Privacy Policies.

Third Party Privacy Policies:

You may consult this listing to find the privacy policy for each of the advertising partners of www.hostbit.com.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on www.hostbit.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
www.hostbit.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third-party disclosure:

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise, transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.

Third-party links:

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google:

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. To learn more about Google’s Advertising Principles Click here.

We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

We have implemented the following:
      • Remarketing with Google AdSense
      • Google Display Network Impression Reporting
      • Demographics and Interest Reporting
      • DoubleClick Platform Integration

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

California Online Privacy Protection Act:
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at California online Privacy Protection Act. ( http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf )

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our homepage or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:
      • On our Privacy Policy Page
Can change your personal information:
      • By emailing us
      • By logging into your account
      • By chatting with us or by sending us a support ticket
      • by submitting a web-based online submission form

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does Our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act):
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online. To learn more about COPPA, please visit the COPPA website. ( https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule )

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

We do not knowingly allow third-parties, including ad networks or plug-ins, collect PII from children under the age of 13 years old.

Fair Information Practices:

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email
• Within 30 days

And/or
We will notify you via Email
• Within 30 days

And/or
We will notify you via letter
• Within 30 days

And/or
We will notify the users via in-site notification
• Within 21 business days

CAN-SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:
      • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
      • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
      • Send you additional information related to your product and/or service.
      • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to the following:
      • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
      • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
      • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
      • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
      • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
      • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at
unsubscribe@hostbit.com and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Children’s Information:

We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. www.hostbit.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that www.hostbit.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only:

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

HostBit.com Privacy Policy:

HostBit, Inc. and/or HostBit.com and/or billing.hostbit.com and/or support.hostbit.com and/or myhostbit.hostbit.com have developed this privacy statement so you are aware of the types of information collected on this website, who may receive that information, and for how long we keep it. While we have made every attempt to make this statement as clear as possible, you are very welcome to contact us if you need any further information.

Consent:

By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.
Privacy Policy Online Approved Site

Update:

This Privacy Policy was last updated on Thursday, September 21st, 2017.
Should we update, amend, or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.

Contacting Us:

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

HostBit.com
8484 Wilshire Blvd,
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Mail: privacy@HostBit.com USA

Last Edited on Sept 01, 2017 ( 01 September, 2017 )

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[vc_toggle title=”How do you use my information?” color=”green” open=”true”]We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

* For billing and support purposes.
* For domain registration account establishment.
* For website administration purposes.
* To customize the website for the user on multiple visits to the site.

[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”How do you protect my information?” color=”green” el_id=”1507316902689-25680557-c4b2″]Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

We use regular Malware Scanning.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

For your convenience, we may store your credit card information longer than 30 days in order to expedite future orders and to automate the billing process.[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Do you use Cookies? ” color=”green”]Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”How, where, and when do you use cookies? ” color=”green” custom_font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18|text_align:left” custom_use_theme_fonts=”yes” use_custom_heading=”true”]

We use cookies to:
      • Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.
      • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
      • Keep track of advertisements.
      • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since the browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If users disable cookies in their browser:

If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly. Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.

Cookies and Web Beacons
www.hostbit.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie:

[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What is California Online Privacy Protection Act or CalOPPA?” color=”green”]California Online Privacy Protection Act:

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at ( http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf )

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our homepage or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:

• On our Privacy Policy Page

Can change your personal information:
      • By emailing us
      • By logging into your account
      • By chatting with us or by sending us a support ticket
      • by submitting a web-based online submission form[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Tell me about your Fair Information Practices.” color=”green”]

Fair Information Practices:

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email
• Within 30 days

And/or
We will notify you via Email
• Within 30 days

And/or
We will notify you via letter
• Within 30 days

And/or
We will notify the users via in-site notification
• Within 21 business days

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”How can I contact you for the Privacy Policy matters? ” color=”green”]If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

Best way to contact us via eMail at: privacy@HostBit.com

However, you can contact us at our corporate legal department at the follwoing address:

HostBit.com
8484 Wilshire Blvd,
Beverly Hills, CA 90211, USA[/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”When did you last updated your Privacy Policy? ” color=”green” el_id=”1507317308367-c4b6fb85-363c”]This Privacy Policy was last updated on
Thursday, September 1st, 2017 <br>( 01 September, 2017).

Should we update, amend, or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.[/vc_toggle][/vc_column][/vc_row]

HostBit, Inc. and HostBit.com Privacy Policy

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website, or app?

How do we use your information?

We collect your information for the following purposes:

How do we protect your information?

Log Files

Do we use ‘cookies’?

We use cookies to:

Cookies and Web Beacons:

DoubleClick DART Cookie

Our Advertising Partners:

Third Party Privacy Policies:

Third-party disclosure:

Third-party links:

Google:

Fair Information Practices:

Children’s Information:

Online Privacy Policy Only:

HostBit.com Privacy Policy:

Consent:

Update:

Contacting Us:

Last Edited on Sept 01, 2017 ( 01 September, 2017 )

Fair Information Practices: