1. Who we are
HotInfo is a Slovak news aggregator that automatically collects and categorizes articles from public RSS sources. The goal is to provide up-to-date information from multiple media outlets in one place.
2. What data we collect
Automatically:
- Technical data (IP address, browser type, operating system) — only for security logs.
- Traffic (visited pages, visit time, referrer) — anonymized via Google Analytics 4 (with your consent).
- Preferences (theme, language) — stored only locally in your browser.
Essential:
- Session cookies for proper site functionality.
- Security logs (IP, user-agent) for protection against attacks and bots.
3. Cookies
We use cookies in three categories:
Essential
Session, language, cookie consent. Cannot be disabled — the site does not work without them.
Analytics (Google Analytics 4)
Anonymized traffic measurement. Activated only with your explicit consent (Google consent banner).
Advertising (Google AdSense)
We display Google ads on hotinfo.eu. Google and its partners, as third parties, place and read cookies in your browser and process your IP address in order to serve and measure those ads. They are activated only with your consent.
How Google uses data on partner sitesYou can revoke consent at any time by clearing cookies in your browser.
4. How we protect your data
- All communication is encrypted via HTTPS (TLS 1.2+).
- Servers in the EU (Forpsi, Slovakia), access restricted by SSH keys and fail2ban.
- Minimization principle — we collect only data necessary for operation.
5. Your rights (GDPR)
Under GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679), you have the following rights:
- Right of access — To know what data we hold about you.
- Right to erasure — To request deletion of your personal data.
- Right to data portability — To receive your data in a structured format.
- Right to object — To object to processing of personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at admin@hotinfo.eu. We respond within 30 days.
6. Contact
For questions regarding privacy and GDPR, please contact us at admin@hotinfo.eu
These policies comply with GDPR, Slovak Act No. 18/2018 Z.z. and Czech Act No. 110/2019 Sb.
