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Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 29 April 2026
Website: https://markethotspot.com/
Contact Email: support@markethotspot.com
1. Introduction
Market Hotspot is an online marketplace that allows users to buy, sell, promote, search, save, and communicate about listings across different categories.
This Privacy Policy explains how Market Hotspot collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects your personal information when you use our website, mobile applications, seller tools, listing services, messaging features, premium packages, advertising tools, login systems, and other related services.
By using Market Hotspot, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Account Information
When you register, log in, or manage your account, we may collect your name, username, email address, phone number, password, profile details, location, and other information you provide.
Listing Information
When you post or manage an advert, we may collect listing titles, descriptions, prices, images, videos, location, category, seller details, delivery options, promotion status, and other listing-related information.
Communication Information
When you contact another user, use our messaging features, contact support, or submit forms, we may collect message content, contact details, support requests, and communication history.
Payment and Promotion Information
When you purchase premium packages, promote ads, use membership features, or make payments, we may collect transaction references, package details, billing information, payment status, and related records. Payment card details may be processed by third-party payment providers and may not be stored directly by Market Hotspot.
Device and Usage Information
We may collect information about your device, browser, IP address, operating system, app version, pages viewed, search activity, clicks, referral source, crash logs, and performance data.
Login and Social Sign-In Information
If you use Google, Facebook, or any other supported social login method, we may receive information such as your name, email address, profile image, and authentication identifier, depending on the permissions you approve.
Location Information
We may collect location information that you provide manually, such as state, city, town, or listing location. Where supported by the app or browser, we may request device-based location permission only when necessary for marketplace features.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Allow users to post, edit, promote, and manage listings.
- Show relevant listings, categories, search results, and location-based content.
- Enable buyer and seller communication.
- Process premium packages, promotions, memberships, and payments.
- Improve marketplace safety, fraud prevention, moderation, and trust features.
- Provide customer support and respond to enquiries.
- Send account, listing, payment, security, and service notifications.
- Improve website and mobile app performance.
- Personalize your experience.
- Comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and security obligations.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Where applicable, we process personal information based on one or more of the following lawful bases:
- Your consent.
- Performance of a contract with you.
- Compliance with legal obligations.
- Legitimate interests, including marketplace safety, fraud prevention, service improvement, and business operations.
- Protection of users, the platform, or the public from harmful or unlawful activity.
5. Marketplace Visibility
Some information you provide may be visible to other users or the public. This may include your listing title, listing description, price, images, seller name, location, profile details, store information, and publicly available listing activity.
Do not include sensitive personal information in public listings, listing images, descriptions, profile names, or messages unless you are comfortable sharing it.
6. Messages Between Users
Market Hotspot may provide messaging or contact tools to allow buyers and sellers to communicate. We may process messages to deliver them, prevent abuse, investigate fraud, enforce our terms, improve safety, and comply with lawful requests.
Users should not share passwords, financial card details, verification codes, or highly sensitive personal information through marketplace messages.
7. Payments, Packages, and Promotions
If you purchase a premium package, membership, ad boost, promoted listing, banner advertising, or other paid service, your transaction may be processed by third-party payment providers.
We may retain transaction records, payment references, package history, invoice details, billing status, and related account information for business, support, fraud prevention, and legal compliance purposes.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Market Hotspot may use cookies, pixels, local storage, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:
- Keep you logged in.
- Remember your preferences.
- Improve site and app performance.
- Understand how users interact with our platform.
- Support advertising, analytics, fraud prevention, and security.
- Improve search, listing, and marketplace experience.
You may control cookies through your browser settings. Some features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
9. Analytics and Advertising
We may use analytics and advertising tools to understand usage, measure performance, improve our services, and promote Market Hotspot. These tools may collect device information, page views, clicks, conversions, approximate location, and other usage data.
Where required, we will request your consent before using certain advertising or tracking technologies.
10. Fraud Prevention, Safety, and Moderation
To protect users and maintain trust, we may process personal information, listing content, images, device data, account activity, payment records, reports, and communication patterns to detect or prevent fraud, scams, spam, harmful listings, impersonation, prohibited goods, policy violations, and other unsafe activity.
We may remove listings, restrict accounts, suspend access, or request additional verification where necessary.
11. When We Share Information
We may share personal information with:
- Service providers who help operate our website, app, hosting, analytics, payments, communication, support, security, and marketplace features.
- Payment processors and financial service providers.
- Delivery, verification, anti-fraud, or safety partners where applicable.
- Law enforcement, regulators, courts, or government authorities where required by law.
- Professional advisers, auditors, or legal representatives.
- Other users where necessary for marketplace transactions, such as public listing details or seller contact information.
We do not sell your personal information to advertisers.
12. Third-Party Links and Services
Market Hotspot may contain links to third-party websites, payment platforms, social networks, app stores, seller pages, or external services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites or services.
You should review the privacy policies of any third-party service you use.
13. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, enforce our terms, and support business records.
When information is no longer needed, we may delete, anonymize, or securely archive it.
14. Data Security
We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no online platform, website, app, or transmission method is completely secure. Users are responsible for keeping their login details confidential and reporting suspicious activity promptly.
15. Your Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal information.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of your information.
- Object to certain processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Request restriction of processing.
- Request data portability where applicable.
- Lodge a complaint with a relevant data protection authority.
To exercise your rights, contact us at:
We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.
16. Children’s Privacy
Market Hotspot is not intended for children under the age required by applicable law to use online marketplace services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate consent.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
17. International Data Transfers
Your information may be processed or stored in countries outside your location, depending on the hosting, technical, payment, analytics, and service providers we use.
Where required, we take appropriate steps to protect personal information transferred across borders.
18. Mobile App Privacy
If you use the Market Hotspot mobile app, we may collect app-related information such as device type, app version, crash reports, login status, saved listings, messages, listing activity, and performance data.
The app may request permissions such as camera, photos, notifications, or location only where needed for features such as uploading listing images, receiving alerts, or improving location-based marketplace services. You can control app permissions through your device settings.
19. Account Deletion
You may request deletion of your account by contacting:
Some information may be retained where required for legal, safety, fraud prevention, accounting, dispute resolution, or legitimate business purposes.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we may update the effective date above and publish the revised version on our website or app.
Your continued use of Market Hotspot after changes are published means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.
21. Contact Us
For privacy questions, complaints, data requests, or account deletion requests, contact:
Market Hotspot
Website: https://markethotspot.com/
Email: support@markethotspot.com