Privacy Policy Statement
This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") explains how Shoppirate.com collects and uses information when you interact with us through our site. This Privacy Policy applies to all users of Shoppirate.com’s website (or any other website with Shoppirate branding) as well as to our applications on mobile-devices that are branded ‘Shoppirate’ and link or reference this Privacy Policy (the “Services”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree to our practises, do not register, create and account or interact with our Services. Please not that your use of any Services is subject to our Terms of Use.
Types of Personal Information we collect
Any information which is used to identify, locate or contact any individual is personal information. We may collect the following types of personal information.
Contact Information may include name, postal address, email address, social media account names, phone numbers or any other information which allows communication with you.
Relationship information which helps us understand what type of products, advertisements and stores you might like. It includes any preferences, lifestyles, coupons that might interest you, information from social media sites and demographic information (age, location, etc.)
Location information includes locating your geolocation, with respect to nearby stores, state/province or neighbourhood. This type of information may also be collected by Shoppirate from the Services operating on a mobile device.
Transaction information about how you interact with the Services such as the coupons you see and redeem, gift cards you may purchase via our Services, any cash backs you may claim, financial details which are required to register in some of our programs, any payment card numbers, how to interact with our merchants, service providers and business partners and the items you may purchase.
Analytics Information which may include such info as your IP address, access time, device ID or other unique identifier, domain name, language information, device name and model, and activities on our Services.
How Shoppirate collects your Personal Information
• We may ask for your Personal Information when you register, subscribe, create an account, or interact with the Services or contact Shoppirate.
• We also collect personal information when you use our Services on one or more devices which interact with the services.
• We may track the coupons you might use or view, any gift cards and any comments you make on your forums. We use cookies and any related technologies to collect information about your interaction with our partner websites or Services.
• We also collect Personal Information when you contact us via postal mail, telephone, email, social media interaction or any customer support.
• If you use a social media platform or any third party method of communication, check for the Privacy Policy related to that particular platform.
• If you use any of the Services via a mobile device, we may collect information for your personal device. E.g. location data. From time to time, we may collect personal information from third parties like information of your interests and any such similar information. This will help us provide you with targeted advertising and enhance our services for you.
How Shoppirate.com Uses Personal Information
Shoppirate.com uses Personal Information to:
Operate and improve our services;
Provide users with relevant advertisements as well as content across devices including coupons based on user interest, preferences, and location;
Evaluate the eligibility of users for certain coupons;
Evaluate the types of coupons which may be of interest to users;
Track redemption of coupons and perform analytics;
Fulfil requests for Shoppirate services;
Communicate additional information of interest to you like reminders, notifications, security alerts, updates and marketing related;
Provide notifications when you arrive or leave places;
Provide advertisements through the Services, third-party sites, email messages, or other methods of communication to you;
Administer surveys, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored by us or any of our partners;
To help verify accounts for security purposes of our Services;
When you apply for a job, or sign up offers from third parties through our Services;
If you agree to participate in Rewards Programs;
In addition, enrolling your credit card, debit card or other payment methods in order to earn cash back;
Shoppirate will require to use transaction data collected to confirm a qualifying purchase or return to confirm whether you qualify for an offer or credit;
In the case of a participating merchant to share transaction data to confirm if a specific transaction occurred
Provide participating merchants aggregated and anonymized information relating to card activity to assess results of their campaigns;
To help verify accounts for security purposes of our Services;
When you apply for a job, or sign up offers from third parties through our Services;
If you agree to participate in Rewards Programs;
In addition, enrolling your credit card, debit card or other payment methods in order to earn cash back;
Shoppirate will require to use transaction data collected to confirm a qualifying purchase or return to confirm whether you qualify for an offer or credit;
In the case of a participating merchant to share transaction data to confirm if a specific transaction occurred;
Provide participating merchants aggregated and anonymized information relating to card activity to assess results of their campaigns;
Provide general customer service and respond to your queries and provide information in order to respond to legal, audit requests.
Cookies and Related Technologies
As and when you use Shoppirate or related Services, we collected information by automated means such as cookies, browser analysis tools as well as web server logs. The browser and your device of operation communicate with our servers and service providers to record for interactivity and requests for services and information.
The cookies aid us in providing you a more personal and interactive experience on our website. We may also be using the cookies for some of our data analytics purposes. Basically, a "cookie" is a small amount of information that is sent to your browser by a web server to store information about your preferences, use of services etc.
You can choose to opt out of certain tracking features from our site.
The information from cookies and any related technology is stored in our web server logs. All the cookies are managed by us and our service providers.
For e.g. when you access our services, we may place cookies on your devices or computers. These cookies can help track your transaction information and also tracking technology from third-party affiliate-network operators like Commission Junction. Cookies allow us to recognize you when you return, and track and target your interests in order to provide a customized experience.
The types of cookies used include:
Session Cookies - Temporary cookies to manage things like page view. Erased when you exit the browser
Persistent Cookies -More permanent cookies stay even after you exit. We use Persistent cookies for purposes like retrieving certain information you have previously provided and storing your preferences.
Others include pixel tags and web beacons which helps determine whether you have performed a specific action. In many cases, the information we collect using cookies and other tools is used in non-identifiable ways. In such cases the Privacy Policy governs how we use it.
When Shoppirate Discloses Personal Information
We try to protect all your information as much as possible and may share them only when required or permitted by the law as described below:
• With affiliated companies
• With our service providers
• Information and related data on servers in the United States
• Shoppirate business partners or advertisers
We encourage our business partners to post their own Privacy Policies. We may disclose non identifiable information statistical data about our users.
Your Choices
We feel you may benefit from a personalized experience when we know about the types of coupons you like. You may limit this information you provide and also limit the information Shoppirate sends you.
Email
You may choose to subscribe to our messages if you wish. You may manage cookies related and other security settings from your browser settings. You can opt-out of being targeted by advertising companies by visiting the links like Digital Advertising Alliance, Privacy Choice, Google Analytics etc.
Connecting through Social Networks
You can manage sharing of personal information when you register with us via a social media platform. Please refer to the privacy settings of the social media platform or application to determine how you may adjust our permissions and manage the interactivity between Shoppirate and your social media account.
Security of Personal Information
Shoppirate.com is committed to protecting whatever information you provide by usage of reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards. This helps to preserve the integrity and security of the information you provide. We safeguard guest information from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or usage. We also review our security procedures on a regular basis to consider new technology. However, please be aware that, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable despite utmost care.
Privacy Practices of Third Parties
This Privacy Policy is addressed to the use and disclosure of information by Shoppirate when you interact with Services. Any third parties or other websites that may be accessible through links from our site may have their own Privacy Policies and we encourage yourself to familiarize with the same.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The privacy policy may be revised periodically and it will be reflected here and also when we add new features to our Services. For revisions, we will attempt to gain your consent before the implementation of any revisions. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information about our privacy practices.
Children’s Privacy Policy
We, at Shoppirate do not intend that any portion of the services will be used by children under the age of 13 and we prohibit such use. When you use our services, you represent that you are atleast 13 years old. You must be thirteen to create an account and purchase goods or services advertised through us. If we have any knowledge that a registered user is not thirteen years of age we will promptly delete information associated with that account.
Feedback
We welcome queries or doubts you may have on the above Privacy Policy. For any queries on Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us.
You may contact us at [email protected] to clear your doubts.