Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Love Those Deals ("we," "our," "us") operates the website www.lovethosedeals.com, a deal and coupon aggregation service. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data responsibly.

2. Information We Collect

Account data: If you create a free member account, we collect your email address, name, and password (stored as a one-way hash). You may optionally provide this via Google OAuth.

Usage data: We collect information about how you interact with our site, including pages visited, deals clicked, and stores followed. This data is used to personalize your experience and improve our service.

Device and technical data: We collect your IP address (hashed for analytics), browser type, and referring URL when you visit our site.

Cookies: We use session cookies for authentication and analytics cookies to understand traffic patterns. See our Cookie Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To provide and personalize the Love Those Deals service
• To send deal alerts and newsletters (with your consent)
• To improve our deal curation and site performance
• To detect and prevent fraud or abuse
• To comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We do not share your data with advertisers for targeted advertising.

4. Data Retention

Account data is retained for as long as your account is active. Click logs and usage data are retained for up to 13 months for analytics purposes. You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time.

5. Your Rights (CCPA & GDPR)

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

• Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
• Portability: Request your data in a portable format.
• Opt-out: Opt out of marketing emails at any time via the unsubscribe link.
• Do Not Sell (CCPA): We do not sell personal information. California residents may still submit a do-not-sell request via our contact form.

6. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

• Cloudflare (infrastructure, DDoS protection)
• Google Analytics 4 (anonymized traffic analytics)
• Resend / Loops (transactional and marketing email)
• Affiliate networks (Impact, Awin, CJ, Rakuten, ShareASale, Amazon) — receive click tracking data when you click affiliate links

7. Security

We use industry-standard security practices including HTTPS encryption, hashed password storage, and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be notified via email or a prominent notice on our site.

9. Contact

For privacy-related requests or questions, please contact us.