Terms of Service

These terms apply between HottestData ("we", "us") and the business entity licensing data or using this site ("you"). Orders are agreed by email at hottestdata@proton.me. The order confirmation defines the audience, volume, geography, channels and price; these terms cover everything else. Where the two conflict, the order confirmation prevails for that order only.

Data is licensed to businesses, not individuals. You confirm that you are ordering for a legitimate commercial marketing programme, that the person placing the order is authorised to bind your company, and that you are not acting on behalf of an undisclosed third party. We may decline or cancel any order at our discretion, including where the intended use appears unlawful, deceptive or harmful to consumers.

Each delivered file is supplied under a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence for your own internal marketing use, for the channels and campaign purpose stated in the order. We retain all rights in the data and in our compilations. The licence is for use, not ownership.

Unless your order says otherwise in writing, you must not:

• Resell, sublicense, syndicate, broker, trade, publish or otherwise redistribute the data, in whole or in part.
• Share the file with agencies, affiliates or partners other than a processor acting solely on your behalf and bound to these restrictions.
• Append the data to, or use it to enrich, any product you sell to third parties.
• Use the data to train machine-learning models, build identity graphs, or reverse-engineer our sources.
• Use the data for credit, insurance, employment, tenancy or other decisions covered by consumer-reporting law. Our files are marketing data and are not consumer reports.

Records are collected with express written opt-in for contact by the sponsor and its marketing partners. That consent defines the boundary of your outreach. You agree to:

• Market only in a way that is consistent with the consent given and with the channels licensed in your order.
• Identify your business honestly in every message and never imply the recipient has won a prize or is required to respond.
• Include a working, prominent opt-out in every message and process opt-outs promptly.
• Observe channel rules that apply to you, including CAN-SPAM, TCPA and state telemarketing law, calling-time and consent-to-call requirements, SMS carrier rules, and GDPR or UK PECR where relevant.
• Screen against your own suppression lists and applicable do-not-call registries before deploying.
• Retain the consent evidence we supply with a record for as long as you market to it.

You remain the independent controller of your campaigns and are solely responsible for their legality, content and delivery.

If a contact asks you to stop, honour it immediately across every channel, and notify us so the record is suppressed at source and not supplied to anyone again. You must forward any consumer complaint, regulatory enquiry or litigation threat relating to a licensed record to hottestdata@proton.me without undue delay so we can process removals and investigate provenance.

Pricing is quoted per order and depends on volume, geography, vertical, exclusivity and enrichment. Availability is confirmed at the time of quoting and quotes expire if not accepted. Files are delivered by expiring secure link after payment clears, unless agreed otherwise in writing. Because data is delivered digitally and cannot be returned, orders are non-refundable once the download link has been issued, except where a replacement credit is due under section 7.

Files are de-duplicated, validated and screened before delivery, and we stand behind the opt-in evidence attached to each record. We do not warrant that any record will respond, convert or remain reachable, or that a contact's circumstances have not changed since entry. If a materially higher-than-agreed share of a file is undeliverable or lacks the consent evidence we described, raise it within seven days of delivery with the affected records and we will replace those records or issue a proportionate credit. Replacement or credit is your exclusive remedy for data-quality issues.

Keep delivered files confidential and protected with access controls at least as strong as those you use for your own customer data. Do not post files to public storage, shared drives or email chains beyond the people who need them. Notify us promptly if a file is exposed, lost or accessed without authorisation. Delete or securely destroy a file when the licensed campaign ends, keeping only what you need for compliance evidence.

The site and its content are provided for information only and do not constitute legal advice. Except as expressly stated in these terms, data is supplied "as is" and we disclaim all other warranties, including fitness for a particular purpose and any warranty about the outcome or legality of your specific campaign, which depends on choices only you control.

To the extent permitted by law, neither party is liable for indirect, incidental or consequential loss, or for lost profits, revenue or goodwill. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with an order is limited to the fees you paid for that order.

You will indemnify us against claims, penalties and costs arising from your use of licensed data in breach of these terms, from the content or delivery of your own campaigns, or from your failure to honour opt-out and suppression obligations.

We may suspend deliveries or terminate a licence immediately if you breach these terms, misuse a file, resell data or generate complaint volumes that put consumers or our sources at risk. On termination you must stop using the affected data and destroy it, other than evidence retained for compliance. Sections on consent obligations, suppression, confidentiality, disclaimers, liability and indemnity survive termination.

We may update these terms; the version in force at the date of your order applies to that order, and the date above shows the current version. Notices are given by email to the addresses used for the order. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. These terms are the entire agreement between us for the supply of data, together with the order confirmation and our Privacy Policy.