A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_URI::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/URI.php

Line Number: 101

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Router::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Router.php

Line Number: 127

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$benchmark is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$hooks is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$log is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$utf8 is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$exceptions is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$router is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$output is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$security is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$input is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$lang is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 75

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$load is deprecated

Filename: core/Controller.php

Line Number: 78

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$db is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 390

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_DB_mysqli_driver::$failover is deprecated

Filename: database/DB_driver.php

Line Number: 371

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$upload is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1279

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$email is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1279

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::open($save_path, $name) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::open(string $path, string $name): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 132

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::close() should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::close(): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 290

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::read($session_id) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::read(string $id): string|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 164

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::write($session_id, $session_data) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::write(string $id, string $data): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 233

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::destroy($session_id) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::destroy(string $id): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 313

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Return type of CI_Session_files_driver::gc($maxlifetime) should either be compatible with SessionHandlerInterface::gc(int $max_lifetime): int|false, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice

Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php

Line Number: 354

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 284

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_set_cookie_params(): Session cookie parameters cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 291

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 306

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 316

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 317

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 318

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 319

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: ini_set(): Session ini settings cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 377

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_set_save_handler(): Session save handler cannot be changed after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 110

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: session_start(): Session cannot be started after headers have already been sent

Filename: Session/Session.php

Line Number: 143

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$session is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1279

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$form_validation is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 1279

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 8
Function: __construct

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Common_model::$prefix is deprecated

Filename: models/Common_model.php

Line Number: 8

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/models/Common_model.php
Line: 8
Function: _error_handler

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Common_model::$userTbl is deprecated

Filename: models/Common_model.php

Line Number: 9

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/models/Common_model.php
Line: 9
Function: _error_handler

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Common_model::$loginTbl is deprecated

Filename: models/Common_model.php

Line Number: 10

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/models/Common_model.php
Line: 10
Function: _error_handler

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Common_model::$programorderitemsTbl is deprecated

Filename: models/Common_model.php

Line Number: 11

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/models/Common_model.php
Line: 11
Function: _error_handler

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Common_model::$manageconsultantTbl is deprecated

Filename: models/Common_model.php

Line Number: 12

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/models/Common_model.php
Line: 12
Function: _error_handler

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$common is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 353

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 9
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Setting_model::$prefix is deprecated

Filename: models/Setting_model.php

Line Number: 8

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/models/Setting_model.php
Line: 8
Function: _error_handler

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 10
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property Home::$Setting_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 353

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 10
Function: model

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$benchmark is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$hooks is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$config is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$log is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$utf8 is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$uri is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$exceptions is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$router is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$output is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$security is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$input is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$lang is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$load is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$db is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$upload is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$email is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$session is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$form_validation is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$common is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: 8192

Message: Creation of dynamic property CI_Loader::$Setting_model is deprecated

Filename: core/Loader.php

Line Number: 925

Backtrace:

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/application/controllers/Home.php
Line: 370
Function: view

File: /home1/hotspec/public_html/index.php
Line: 325
Function: require_once

HotSpec Group

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 25, 2018

Here at HotSpec Group we do value your privacy, so we are committed to transparently explain what information we may collect and how we protect your data when you use our website (www.hotspecgroup.com) or when you subscribe to our Virtual Workplace Platform. This document intends to provide you with information on how we treat the personal data we may collect about you and therefore you should read this Privacy Policy in full prior to using the Site and to usage of the Platform as the Privacy Policy shall always apply to any of such uses.

You’re just six steps away from getting familiar with this Privacy Policy which covers:

  • Overview of basic data protection principles
  • The information we collect
  • The ways and purposes we use your data for and grounds for data processing
  • Situations when the information may be disclosed
  • Your rights, data security, changes to the policy & other matters
  • Cookie policy

1. Overview

We want to explain the basic Privacy Policy principles as simply as possible and according to binding data protection laws please find the vital information first:

  • HotSpec Group is the controller of all the personal data you provide when you use our websites and virtual workplace (the "Platform”) website located at https://www.hotspecgroup.com (the "Site”), HotSpec Academy and HotSpec Consulting are subsidiaries of HotSpec Group Ltd., a U.K. company with a Registered office: 15 Thornlea, Droylsden, Manchester M43 B6WZ. Registered company number: 10245624
  • You may contact us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com ;
  • The ways and purposes we use your data for and grounds for data processing
  • SWhenever you sign up to any functionalities of the Site, in particular to the trial period, newsletter, download e-books, enrol a webinar or programme etc. we may collect in particular your email address and other given data such as: first name, last name, job position, company name, phone number or other submitted data; you provide all of your personal data voluntarily but we may point some of them to be obligatory to supply you at least with basic functions of the Platform or other functionalities accessible via the Site;
  • HotSpec Group minimizes the scope of gathered data, so we don’t collect data we believe to be unnecessary to achieve purposes they are collected for;
  • We may also use the collected data for marketing purposes of our platform and to let you know about upcoming webinars and training due to our legitimate interests and/or upon your consent which may be withdrawn any time; we won’t send you any other third-party marketing messages;
  • You may unsubscribe any time or explicitly object to be addressed in any marketing communication by contacting us or using the unsubscribe link in our marketing emails;
  • We encourage you to test and subscribe to the HotSpec Group Platform; if you do so, please mind that we may need to process further personal data (such as identity information), numbers (contact phone numbers), billing address and payment information) – we will use them to supply our services and to process payments i.e. to perform the contract in accordance with the Terms of Service;
  • Your data may be disclosed to the trusted third-party recipients who supply HotSpec Group with auxiliary payment processing or marketing services, etc. (PayPal)
  • To secure high standards of data protection we won’t transfer your personal data to any third-party entities outside the company other than our partners or those located in European Union and which are subject to GDPR – EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 or other entities securing adequate data protection standards, unless you expressly consent or demand to do so;
  • We will store your personal information only for the necessary period required due to the purpose of their processing, depending on the circumstances, i.e. for instance until full settlement of payments for your subscription or until you decide to unsubscribe from our mailing lists;
  • HotSpec Group provides that you may access, rectify or erase your personal data, restrict the processing and object to processing of your data at any time – particularly upon login to your profile or by contacting us; please note that this may involve cancelling subscription of our newsletter, revoking access to our training materials, or may be subject to cancelling your paid subscription of Service, full settlement of payments or be limited by respective laws;
  • HotSpec Group also enables you to have the copy of your data downloaded in a machine-readable format. To get the copy of your data, email us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com; you can find more comprehensive list of your rights and ways to exercise them in sec. 5 of this Privacy Policy;
  • We may use cookies and collect other metadata – depending on the settings of your web browser and according to our Cookie Policy; such data may be used to personalize the content of the Site, for marketing purposes, for statistics and to learn where did you discover HotSpec Group, which sites have you visited prior to our Site, how you use the Site and the Platforms so that we can develop and improve our products more efficiently; this data will never be shared with any third-parties other than trusted third-parties as described in this document, used solely for the purposes the information were collected for;
  • We may practice profiling to assess if you have already subscribed to our Platform and target relevant advertisements of HotSpec Group services or the Platforms features but we don’t make material decisions upon the profiling results;
  • If you have any privacy related complaints or suggestions, you may contact us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com; it’s best to contact HotSpec Group as the first step; you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority relevant for your country (for EU individuals see this link);

Each of the above principles may be further explained below. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy – please be advised that you can also contact us any time at privacy@hotspecgroup.com .

2. The information we collect

When You use the HotSpec Group Site and Platform we may collect various information necessary to provide You the best experience and HotSpec Group features, such as:

2.1. Submitted Information.

When registering for an account with HotSpec Group, we will collect the following information:

  • your full name
  • your email address
  • your location
  • your contact phone number and
  • a unique password

We may also collect information regarding your current employment status. You submit all the data voluntarily but some of them may be obligatory to use certain functionalities of the Site.

When paying to use the Site, we may collect further information from you including: evidential numbers (tax identity number, registration number in relevant court, administrative or commercial registers – in case of corporate entities), personal data (such as identity information), billing address and payment information. If you submit payment information, we do not store credit card numbers you may use to make payments on the Site. Payment information is passed on to, and may be stored by, our third-party payment processor; PayPal.

It is your responsibility to give us current, complete, truthful and accurate information, and to keep such information up to date. HotSpec Group will not be responsible for any problems or liability related to inaccurate or incomplete personal information, whether due to your failure to update such personal information or otherwise.

Nevertheless, please note that HotSpec Group does not gather sensitive information (i.e., personal information specifying medical or health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or information specifying the sex life of the individual). Please refrain from supplying any of such information to HotSpec Group in any communications.

2.2. Automatically Collected Information.

When you use the Site, we gather certain non-personally identifiable information from you, and this information can be associated with your Site account. This includes, but is not limited to, usage information, such as information on when, how often and for how long you use the Site, records of the way you use the Site as well as server log data such as a computer’s IP address, browser type, device information or the webpage you were visiting before you came to our Site.

2.3. Cookies

"Cookies” are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters that are downloaded by your web browser when you visit a website. The use of cookies is very common. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies when you access and use the Site. Cookies are used to remember your Site account information and your preferences, to customize the interface of the Site for you and to assist us in measuring and analysing Site traffic, usage and performance. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Site. Persistent cookies can be removed. Please review your browser’s documentation to learn the best way to modify your cookie settings.

2.4. Tracking and Third-Party Cookies.

Like many websites, the Site does not respond to "do not track” browser headers. But you can take steps to limit tracking by erasing cookies from your computer’s hard drive and by setting your browser to block all cookies or warn you before a cookie is stored.

For more information about cookies – please see our Cookie Policy.

3. The ways and purposes we use your data for and grounds for data processing

3.1. Performance of services.

We need the data you submit to supply you with the HotSpec Group Platform and fully enable you to take advantage of all the Site’s features hence the reason to process this information is to fulfil the contract and our legitimate interests such as performing our legal and contractual duties and commercial interest to provide you with a good service. We may also need this data to verify your identity to protect against fraud, comply with respective laws and to confirm your eligibility to use our products and services.

3.2. Account Maintenance.

We may use the collected information for the purposes for which you provided the information including, for example, to create and maintain a Site account for you or to respond to a question that you email to us. We also use the collected information as necessary to help us better understand your ways of using the HotSpec Group products and behaviour so that we may make decisions about how we manage your account, offer discounts and provide the features and functionality of the Site to you.

3.3. Updates and Troubleshooting.

We may also use the collected information to contact you regarding updates or modifications to the Platform, to help troubleshoot problems, for data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes or to alert you to changes in our policies or agreements that may affect your use of the Platform.

3.4. Personalized Content and Enhancing HotSpec Group Product.

We may use the collected information to personalize the content that you and others see based on personal characteristics or preferences and to allow you to participate in interactive features of our Platform, when you choose to do so. We may also analyse collected information relating to your use of the Platform to help us improve the Platform and develop and improve other products and services, i.e. to help market and provide new products and services that interest you.

3.5. Promotional Offers and Other Training Related Communication.

We may use the collected information to provide you with promotional materials, personalize advertisements and offers or information that we feel may interest you such as digital news, success stories, webinars, etc. or other projects that HotSpec Group is engaged in.

However, we will give you the ability to opt out of receiving such emails in accordance with applicable law. If you do not want to receive email or other mail from us, please notify us by email at privacy@hotspecgroup.com and include sufficient information for us to identify your account, including your name, e-mail address and the specifics of your request, or you can use the "unsubscribe” or "change your email preferences” link at the bottom of an e-mail message. However, after you unsubscribe to cease receiving emails, depending on the chosen setting or continuation of your subscription to the Platform, we may still contact you via email for administrative or informational purposes, including messages regarding the administration of your account (if you have one). We never provide your personally identifiable information to third parties for their own marketing purposes without your consent, which shall be voluntary – the absence of such consent shall in no way limit your ability to use the Platform.

3.6. Third-Party Web Analytics.

HotSpec Group may use third-party analytics providers and products to obtain, compile and analyse Information about how users are using and interacting with HotSpec Group and/or the Services and about devices used. These analytics providers may use a variety of established or new tracking technologies or tools (including, without limitation, cookies, pixels, web beacons, HTTP cache, local shared objects and persistent identifiers) to recognize your computer or device and/or to collect or compile this information. We may use this information to improve your experience of using the HotSpec Group Service and to improve the overall quality of our Service, as well for our own marketing purposes and practices such as to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you. We may also use this data to make suggestions and recommendations to you about HotSpec Group programmes or features of the Platform or Site that may interest you as well as for other purposes described in sec. 3.1.-3.5. above. HotSpec Group has no control over the technologies, tools or practices of the third parties that provide analytics products and services to HotSpec Group.

Third-party web analytics service providers we engage, may use cookies to provide analytics services for the Site to us. You can find them listed here:

  • Google Analytics
  • HubSpot

3.7. Legal grounds for data processing

The legal grounds to process the information is mostly to provide you with the Platform (fulfil the contract), enable you to use the Site and its features as well our legitimate commercial interests such as performing our legal and contractual duties (i.e. supplying you with HotSpec Group training via the Site) and commercial interest to provide you with a good service and enable the marketing communication so that we can stay in touch. Therefore, your data may be processed on more than one legal ground such as your explicit consent, contract fulfilment or our legitimate interest. Please note that in some cases we don’t need explicit consent to process the other data than those you submit to supply you with our services via the Site. We may also process your data on the grounds of our legitimate interest like to conduct and manage HotSpec Group, to ensure our systems security. When we don’t process your data upon your consent or to supply your services via the Site (to fulfil contract) before we process such data we always consider and balance any positive or negative potential impact on you and your rights before we process your personal data for such legitimate interests and if the negatives would prevail – we would never process such data (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted by law).

Therefore – please find the reasons and legal ground for processing your data listed below:

  • When we use your information or third-party web analytics to provide the HotSpec Group Service or functionalities of the Site, manage your account, for updates and troubleshooting or for personalizing the content we use information submitted by you to fulfil the contract, for our legitimate interest to provide you with a best quality service and market our products or design-related events and based on our legal obligations
  • When we use your information to protect against frauds such as information submitted by you and from third-party web analytics – we do it for our legitimate interest to develop and improve how we deal with unwanted situations such doubling accounts, using one account by many users and starting many free trial periods by single user
  • When we use submitted information and third-party web analytics to provide you personalized advertisements, promotional offers, other design related communication or to improve HotSpec Group product, we do it do perform our obligation to provide you a newsletter or contents of the Site or on the grounds of our legitimate commercial interest to develop our products and services, prepare new offers for customers, to define types of customers for future services or functionalities and to fulfil our legal and contractual duties efficiently
  • When we use your information, device data or third-party web analytics to manage your account, for updates and troubleshooting and to keep HotSpec Group services running we do it to fulfil the contract and for our legitimate interest – to provide you with a good service, to fulfil our legal and contractual duties efficiently.

4.0. Disclosure of information

We share and disclose the information we collect about you as follows:

4.1. Third-Party Service Providers

We use consultants, contractors and third-party service providers who may collaborate with us on development or maintenance of the Site or Service and such third-party contractors or service providers may obtain access to the information you provide, including personally identifiable information. The third-party contractors or service providers are required to protect this information and must not use the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for us, in a way described in their privacy policies.

As you can see we are really into transparency of data processing here at HotSpec Group. Therefore, please find the categories of service providers we may share your data with:

  • Payment services providers. Please note processing of payments will be subject to the terms, conditions and privacy policies of such third-party payment processors.
  • Web analytics services providers – we may use cookies to provide analytics services for the Site to us. Please see the Cookie Policy for more information about usage
  • Email services providers – we may disclose your email address to third-party email services providers for purposes of managing our email communications with you.
  • Advertising services providers – for instance, we may use third-party services to serve you ads across the web after you leave the Site. These are common advertising practices often called tracking or retargeting. As such, when you visit the Site, you may receive a cookie from a service provider so that these services can recognize your browser on third party websites for purposes of showing you an advertisement that we have selected. We may also learn more publicly available information on you from third-party service providers.
  • Customer Support and general services providers – we use customer support platforms in connection with your submitted information to help you troubleshoot problems relating to HotSpec Group, facilitate our communication via diverse means and other suppliers of general services like accountants, consultants, etc.
  • Hosting and cloud computing services providers.
  • You may request the actual list of Third-Party Service Providers and their Privacy Policies by getting in touch with us.

4.2. Business Arrangements

We may disclose non-personally identifiable information to third-party partners in furtherance of our business arrangements with them, including without limitation to jointly offer a product or service to you or create interoperability between our products and services and the products and services of such partners.

4.3. Legal or Contractual Requirement.

We will use and disclose information where we, in good faith, believe that the law or legal process (such as a court order, search warrant, subpoena or other lawful requests by public authorities) requires us to do so, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. We will use and disclose information in other circumstances where we believe it is necessary to protect the rights or property of HotSpec Group, our customers and/or third parties.

We may also disclose the information, enforce or apply the Terms of Service and/or any other agreements between you and us or to investigate potential breaches and to protect the rights, property or safety of HotSpec Group, our customers or others.

4.4. Affiliates. Reorganization.

We may disclose this information to our affiliates for use as described in this Policy nevertheless such affiliates never determine the purposes and means of the processing of personal data but may solely supply auxiliary services to HotSpec Group Inc. In the event of a merger, sale of capital stock or assets, reorganization, consolidation or similar transaction involving HotSpec Group, the information we possess, including personally identifiable information, shall be transferred as a corporate asset to the acquiring entity, provided that such entity will continue to handle such information in accordance with this Policy.

5.0. Your rights, data security, changes to the policy & other matters

You are entitled to benefit from protection deriving from the applicable laws of the "GDPR” – The EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (General Data Protection Regulation). Therefore, notwithstanding the particular information pointed out particularly in the Overview above, please be advised as follows.

Please note once again that HotSpec Group shall be the administrator of any personal data that you may share with us or HotSpec Group gathers when you use the Site. Please be informed that if you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to supply you with our services via the Site. In this case, we may have to cancel your use of your HotSpec Group account, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

We shall cease to process your personal data after your subscription to use the Services elapses or is terminated. After your subscription to use the Services elapses or is terminated, we may only process your personal data as required for: i) calculation of the Service and submitting any possible claims for payments for the Service that may be due to us; ii) determinations regarding any forbidden or unlawful use of the Service; iii) fulfil any particular obligations or entitlements deriving from applicable laws; iv) marketing, promotion and market or consumer preference research or for business or Service development – in this last example – with your separate consent (unless such consent is withdrawn) or until you explicitly opt out, which you are entitled to do at any time.

You can log into your account and view or amend your account information at any time. To the extent you decline to share certain information with us, we may not be able to provide some of the features and functionalities found on the Site. Please note that while changes to your profile information are reflected promptly in active customer databases, we may retain all of your information.

You are fully entitled to access, modify and even delete any personal data you have provided us with – in order to do so please communicate your request with an email sent to: privacy@hotspecgroup.com or send us a letter to the business address of our Company indicated above.

When you want to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you or when you want to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected or wish to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it (object to processing) please contact us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com Please note however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request. Please note that some legitimate interests such as full settlement of remuneration, HotSpec Group security reasons or other legal retention requirements may supersede any right to erasure requests under data protection laws.

You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it. If you wish to exercise this right please contact us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com

Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. Please note however that it does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. You may exercise this right by using in-app functionalities, unsubscribe link or other similar features we provide you with and – as always – by contacting us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com

Please note that when you withdraw consent, any requests in relation to the modification, deletion or restriction of the processing of your data means that we may not be able to fulfil the agreement to supply Service or other Platform functionalities.

In such a case we may have to cancel your use of the HotSpec Group services, but at the time we will notify you if this is the case.

You have the right to transfer your personal data to you or to a third party. If you wish to exercise the right we will provide to you your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format, which you can then transfer to an applicable third party. Please consider that this right only applies to automatically processed information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you. If you require this then please contact us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com

Minding the above, at any time, you also have an opportunity to choose whether your personal information is (i) to be disclosed to a third party or (ii) to be used for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you – using settings accessible to you via the Site or by contacting us by email at privacy@hotspecgroup.com and including sufficient information for us to identify your account, including your name, email address and the specifics of your request.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

Sometimes we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

We do our best to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In such cases you will be notified, and we will keep you updated.

You have the right to file a complaint regarding the processing of your personal data at privacy@hotspecgroup.com. When we receive formal complaints, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up. We may work with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities or Privacy Shield dispute resolution panels, to resolve any complaints regarding the processing and transfer of personal data that we cannot resolve with our users directly. If you are an EU citizen or resident please contact the Information Commissioner.

5.1. Security of information

The information we collect about you is stored in limited access servers. We will maintain reasonable safeguards to protect the security of these servers and your personally identifiable information. We have implemented and continue to ensure that any personal data that you may share with us is secured with Secure Socket Layers ("SSL”) encryption, which aims to prevent any unauthorized third party from obtaining or modifying any electronically transmitted personal data. We review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures, to guard against unauthorised access to systems. We restrict access to personal information to HotSpec Group employees, affiliates, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us and who are subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations. They will be disciplined, or their contract terminated if they fail to meet these obligations.

However, no security measures are 100% effective and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal data or other personally identifiable information. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. Any transmission is at your own risk. Therefore we must expressly disclaim any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to ensuring, guaranteeing or otherwise offering any definitive promise of security in connection with the transmissions made when you use the Site but once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to secure your data.

5.2. Transfer to Other Countries

HotSpec Group uses facilities in the United Kingdom and Nigeria. Your information will be stored and processed in the United Kingdom, or other countries where HotSpec Group has facilities. When you use the Site, you consent to the transfer of information outside of your country, even if your country has more rigorous data protection standards. HotSpec Group ensures that data is safely stored within the EU but may need to provide secure access to freelance staff who are based overseas, for processing.

5.3. Children Under 13.

We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 and the Site is not directed at children under 18. If you are a parent and believe your child under the age of 13 has used the Site and provided personally identifiable information to us through the Site, without your express permission to do so, please contact us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com and we will work to delete that Site account.

5.4. Effective Date. Changes. Cookie Policy & Third-party Services Information.

This Policy applies to all information collected by or provided to us on and after the Effective Date. When we make any material changes to this Policy, we will change the Effective Date and post any Privacy Policy changes on this page. If the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including in-app or e-mail notification of changes). We will treat your continued use of the Site and HotSpec Group services following such change as your acceptance of the changes. However, we will seek your affirmative consent prior to applying any material change to this Policy on how we use or disclose personally identifiable information to information we collected or received prior to the date of the change.

Please note that the Cookie Policy and Third-party Services Information we provide constitute an integral part of this Privacy Policy. Nevertheless please note that we may change third-party service providers so this information may change from time to time and this shall not be considered as a significant change to the Privacy Policy.

5.5. How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at privacy@hotspecgroup.com or at the business address of our Company indicated above in the Overview part.

5.6. Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies? As is common practice with almost all professional websites the Site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the Sites functionality. For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy to learn How We Use Cookies.

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