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Who we are
This policy covers Deals Finder, operating dealsfinder.io (our US site), uk.dealsfinder.io (our UK site), our iOS and Android apps and our Discord server. It explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.
Deals Finder is operated by a UK-registered company, which is the data controller for the personal data described here. For company details, a data request or any privacy question, use our contact page.
Information we collect
Information you give us:
- Account details: email address, username, password, country, and an optional profile photo
- Sign in with Google, Apple or X: your name, email address (where the provider shares one) and a provider account ID
- Comments, votes and deal reports you post
- Messages sent through our contact form
- Seller submissions: contact name, email, brand and deal details, if you submit promo codes to us as a seller
Information collected automatically:
- Device and browser information, IP address, and approximate location (country level)
- Usage data such as pages visited and deals clicked
- In our mobile apps: a device identifier (UUID) and a push notification token. These are needed to deliver deal alerts to your device and to let you comment without an account. Our Android app also sends a one-way hash of the phone's Android ID, which we use only to stop one phone counting more than once for invite rewards and draw entries.
- The IP address a comment was posted from, kept for moderation and abuse prevention
Moderation and blocking
When you report a comment or a member, or block someone, we record it. A block stores who you blocked, the name they were using at the time, a copy of the comment you blocked them over, which deal it was on, and any private note you choose to add. Notes are visible only to you and to our moderation team, never to the person you blocked. You can read, edit or delete your notes and unblock anyone at any time from your account settings or in the app. Guests are identified for this purpose by their device identifier, since they have no account.
Reports and blocks are handled entirely inside our own admin system, where our moderation team reviews them. They are not sent to any third party.
Discord
If you link your Deals Finder account to Discord, we store your Discord user ID, username and avatar, and the access token Discord gives us so we can add you to our server and give you the role that matches your Aura tier.
Our Discord bot reads messages in our server only to check whether they qualify for Aura. It does not store or log what you write. For each message it sends our server the word count, whether the message was only emoji, the character length, and a one-way SHA-256 hash that is used only to spot repeated messages and cannot be turned back into your words. We also record the reactions you add to deal posts: 🔥 and 🧊 count as your vote on that deal, and ❌ reports it as out of stock.
This data is used only to calculate Aura, apply daily limits, work out monthly draw entries, and rate deals. If you delete a message, the Aura it earned is taken back and its record is marked as withdrawn. Messages from people who have not linked an account are not recorded.
If you react to a deal post without a linked account, your reaction does not count as a vote. We keep your Discord user ID and that reaction for up to 7 days so it is not processed twice, and our bot may send you one direct message asking whether you want to link, at most once a week. We keep the date of that message for 30 days so we do not send it more often.
How we use your information
- Provide and improve the site and apps
- Send deal alerts and push notifications, where you have turned them on. You can turn these off any time in your device or account settings.
- Show the right country's deals and prices
- Run community features such as comments, votes, Aura points and the monthly prize draw
- Review and respond to seller promo code submissions
- Prevent fraud, spam and abuse
- Comply with legal obligations
Analytics, cookies and affiliate links
We use Google Analytics on the website and Firebase (a Google service) in our apps for analytics and push notification delivery. These tools collect usage and device data on our behalf, subject to Google's privacy policy.
We use affiliate links from Amazon.com and other retailers. When you click these links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Retailers may set their own cookies to record the referral.
See our Cookies Policy for the cookies we use and how to manage them. On this US site, analytics cookies are set when you visit; the Cookies Policy says how to block them.
We do not respond to "Do Not Track" browser signals.
International transfers
Deals Finder is run from the UK, and our US and UK sites share infrastructure, so your data may be processed in the UK as well as in the United States.
Data retention
We keep your data while your account is active. If you request deletion, your account enters a 30-day grace period (so you can change your mind), after which your personal data is permanently deleted. Some records may be kept longer where the law requires it, for example fraud prevention or tax records.
During that grace period your likes stop counting publicly straight away, but the underlying records are kept so our moderation team can still review the account if it has been reported. They are deleted with everything else at the end of the 30 days. If you change your mind and sign back in, your likes count again.
Your blocks and any notes you wrote are deleted with your account, as are blocks other people made against you.
Unlinking Discord deletes the link and its access token straight away and stops any further collection. The records of Aura you already earned there are kept with your account, because they are part of your Aura history and your monthly draw entries. Deleting your account deletes all of your Discord data.
Your rights
You can:
- Access a copy of your personal data
- Correct inaccurate data
- Delete your account and data
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Opt out of marketing emails and push notifications
US state privacy rights. Depending on the state you live in (for example California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia or Texas), you may have the right to know what personal information we hold about you, to get a copy of it, to have it corrected or deleted, and to opt out of its sale. We do not sell personal information, so there is nothing to opt out of there. We will not treat you differently for using any of these rights.
To make a request, use our contact page. We may need to confirm it is really you before acting on it, and you can ask someone to make the request on your behalf.
Account deletion
You can request deletion of your account and all associated data at any time by:
- Going to your account settings (web or app) and selecting "Delete Account"
- Sending a request via our contact page
Deletion covers your profile, comments, votes, Aura history, linked Discord data, and notification preferences, and completes within 30 days of the request.
Children
The service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy from time to time; the date at the top shows the latest revision. For privacy questions or data requests, contact us.