Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3/8/2025

1. Introduction

Deal Guides (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us when you:

  • Register for an account
  • Create or modify your profile
  • Post deals or comments
  • Communicate with us

Personal Information

The personal information we may collect includes:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Username
  • Profile picture
  • Password (stored in encrypted form)
  • Any other information you choose to provide

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Operating system
  • Referring URLs
  • Time spent on pages
  • Pages visited
  • Links clicked
  • Information collected through cookies and similar technologies

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our services
  • Create and manage your account
  • Process your requests and transactions
  • Communicate with you about our services, updates, and other information
  • Personalize your experience
  • Monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends
  • Detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or other illegal activities
  • Comply with legal obligations

4. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

  • With Your Consent: We may share your information when you give us explicit permission to do so.
  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
  • Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
  • Public Information: Information you post publicly on our site (such as deals, comments, and profile information) will be visible to other users.

5. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you
  • The right of rectification - the right to have your information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete
  • The right to object to our processing of your personal data
  • The right of restriction - the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information
  • The right to data portability - the right to receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@dealguides.com.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: Required for the operation of our website.
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website.
  • Functionality Cookies: Enable us to personalize content and remember your preferences.
  • Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed.

9. Third-Party Links

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@dealguides.com.