Current as of 10/28/2025
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us at HintHint. We respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website.
This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how Hint Hint, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, or “Hint Hint”) collects, uses, stores, discloses, and protects personal information (“Personal Data”) when you use our website, browser extension, mobile application, and other services (collectively, the “Services”). By accessing or using the Services, you consent to the practices described in this Policy.
1. Who we are
Hint Hint, Inc. is a company incorporated in Delaware, whose primary address is 12 E 49th St, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017. You can contact us via email at privacy@hinthint.com or postal mail at the address above.
2. What information we collect
We collect several types of Personal Data, including but not limited to:
2.1 Directly provided information
- Name, email address, username, password, billing or payment information (if applicable)
- Profile information you provide (e.g., preferences, saved items, wishlist metadata)
- Content you create, upload or manage in connection with Hint Hint (e.g., saved product lists, social feed entries)
2.2 Automatically collected information
- Log data: IP address, browser type and version, OS, device identifiers, timestamps, pages visited, referrer URL
- Usage data: interactions with our Services (e.g., what you save, share, organize), analytics data
- Cookies and similar technologies (see Section 7)
2.3 Information from third parties
- We may receive information from third-party service providers (e.g., analytics providers, payment processors, social login providers)
- Publicly available sources
3. How we use the information
We use the Personal Data we collect for the following purposes:
- To provide, operate, maintain and improve our Services
- To enable account creation, authentication and administration
- To process payments and manage billing (if applicable)
- To personalize and tailor the Services (e.g., product discovery, recommendation, wishlist feed)
- To send you newsletters, updates, marketing communications (you may opt out)
- To respond to your comments, questions, and provide customer support
- To detect, prevent and address fraud, security issues or violations of our terms
- To comply with legal obligations
4. Legal basis for processing (where applicable)
If you are a resident of a jurisdiction (such as the EU) that requires a legal basis for processing your personal data, our legal bases include:
- Your consent (e.g., you opt in to certain features or communications)
- Performance of a contract (e.g., delivering the Services you request)
- Legitimate interests (e.g., monitoring activity to detect fraud, improving our Services)
- Compliance with legal obligations
5. Sharing and disclosure of information
We do not sell your Personal Data. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- With service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting providers, payment processors, analytics, email providers) under contract and restricted to specified purposes
- With affiliates, in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or asset sale (you will be notified)
- To comply with legal process, respond to lawful requests or protect the rights, property or safety of Hint Hint, our users or the public
- With your consent or direction
6. Data retention
We retain your Personal Data as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy (or as required by law). After that, we will either delete the data or anonymize it so that it cannot be associated with you.
7. Cookies and tracking technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts and similar technologies to collect usage information. Cookies help us remember your preferences, measure usage, and tailor content. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may limit some functionality of the Services.
8. International transfers
Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than the country in which you live—these countries may have different data protection laws. When we transfer Personal Data outside your home jurisdiction, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (such as contractual safeguards, standard contractual clauses, approved frameworks) to protect your rights.
9. Your rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights including:
- Accessing the Personal Data we hold about you
- Correcting or updating inaccurate or incomplete information
- Deleting or requesting erasure of your Personal Data
- Objecting to or restricting our processing of your Personal Data
- Portability of your Personal Data
- Withdrawing consent (where the processing is based on consent)
To exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@hinthint.com.
10. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access. However, no system is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Children’s privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the age applicable in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect or maintain Personal Data from children under that age. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected such data, we will take steps to delete it.
12. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version on our website and update the “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically. If any material changes are made, we will notify you (for example via email or in-app notice) before the changes become effective.
13. Contact us
If you have questions, concerns or requests regarding this Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: Hint Hint, Inc. 12 E 49th St, 11th Floor New York, NY 10017 Email: privacy@hinthint.com
14. Additional region-specific disclosures
Depending on your users’ locations, you may want to include a section specific to certain jurisdictions (e.g., EU/EEA, UK, California). For example:
- For EU/EEA residents: the data controller, legal basis of processing, supervisory authority contact info
- For California residents: California Consumer Privacy Act / CPRA disclosures
- For other jurisdictions as relevant