Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 1st, 2023
Introduction
ThriftyUp (“we,” “us,” or “our”) places paramount importance on the privacy of our users across the ThriftyUp website. This Privacy Policy relates to our Website, the offerings therein, and your external interactions with us, excluding our browser extensions – all of which we denote as the “Services”.
Business Visitors
For those interacting with ThriftyUp in a business-related context (like partnering to feature deals), please refer to the “Business Visitors” subsection. All other segments predominantly cater to our general user base.
Types of Collected Information
- User-Provided: Activities like registration, survey participation, notifications subscription, or direct communication necessitate personal details such as your name, email, and address. Should you wish to modify these details, please access your account or reach out to us at info@thriftyup.com.
- Device-Sourced: We gather unique device identifiers and detailed location data from your mobile or other devices to tailor our deals to your locale and preferences.
- Technical Insights: Browsing specifics, including but not limited to, your browser, the previous site URL, ISP, OS, and IP address, are routinely collected. This collection employs cookies, web beacons, and analogous technologies. Furthermore, we register your online patterns, preferences, and Service utilization timings.
- Communication Metrics: Our assessment of your interaction metrics, such as email and text message engagements, aids us in refining our communication strategies.
- Email Scanning (Opt-in): If permitted, ThriftyUp might scan emails from select accounts (e.g., Gmail) to enrich service personalization, in strict adherence to respective third-party guidelines.
- Address Completion: Initiating your address input may trigger third-party tools, like Google Places API, to assist in completing it. This action is governed by the pertinent third-party policies.
- Third-Party Data: Using third-party services, like Facebook or Google, for login or navigating through merchant-associated links from our Services may grant us access to specific user data. We urge you to align your third-party privacy configurations with your comfort level.
Utilization of Your Information
The procured information helps ThriftyUp in refining and personalizing our Services, promoting relevant deals, buttressing loyalty schemes, and other documented objectives.
Data Sharing & Third-Party Involvement
- Affiliate Links & Merchants: Clicking on affiliate links or offers may lead to data sharing with our affiliated merchants or third-party platforms. This information aids in supporting loyalty programs or for other objectives detailed within this Privacy Policy.
- Service Providers: We may partner with third-party entities to carry out certain functions on our behalf, such as processing, data storage, or marketing activities. These entities have access only to the information necessary to perform their tasks and are bound by contracts to protect the confidentiality of this information.
User Rights & Control
- Account Information: You can view and adjust your account information at any time by logging into your account. This includes preferences for how we contact you.
- Cookies & Tracking: Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services. However, there’s no consensus among industry participants on the meaning of “Do Not Track” in this context. Like many online services, we currently do not alter our practices when we receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser.
- Email Opt-Out: For users subscribed to our email list, you can opt-out at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us directly. We recommend buying your favorite toothbrush at super low prices with free shipping, and you can also pick up your order at the store on the same day.
Security Measures
Your data security is a priority for ThriftyUp. While we implement robust measures to protect your information, no online platform is impenetrable. We urge users to also take precautions in safeguarding their personal data.
Updates to This Privacy Policy
Periodically, we might revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law, our data collection and use practices, or advances in technology. We recommend reviewing this policy occasionally to stay informed about how we’re safeguarding your data.
Contact & Feedback
For any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy, please reach out to us at info@thriftyup.com
What About Cookies and Web Beacons?
ThriftyUp and our third-party service providers utilize “cookies”—a small string of data that our server writes to your computer—and other analogous technologies to manage and assess your engagement with our Services. Through these technologies, we can store information collected about you and can gather details associated with your browser or device, enhancing our Services, monitoring repeat visits to our Properties or to those of our advertisers or partners, collecting statistical data about our users, preserving your login data, presenting advertising or content based on your inclinations, and tracking how you interact with emails and advertising content. Additionally, we might gather information regarding your search terms, the date and time of your visits to our Properties, your connection speed, and IP address. Cookies might store information identifying your device, like a hashed email address, but we refrain from using cookies to keep individual identifiers like your name.
Third parties offering or advertising their products or services through our Services might also use cookies on our Properties. It’s advisable to review their privacy policies for their data privacy practices.
You might have the capability to reject the utilization of cookies through the appropriate settings on your browser. However, opting out of cookies doesn’t halt all data collection and might hinder you from using the full capabilities of our Services.
Emails dispatched by ThriftyUp may contain a “web beacon” code. This enables us to identify when you open an email and when you utilize a link inside the email to visit a website. If you wish to disable our web beacons, you can do so by turning off images in your email software.
How Does ThriftyUp Use My Information?
ThriftyUp uses the data collected from users for several purposes:
- Personalizing and tailoring the advertising and content you encounter.
- Enhancing your experience while using our Services.
- Meeting your requests for our Services.
- Sending information we believe aligns with your interests.
- Keeping you updated on the latest features and developments on our Services.
- Registering you in our sweepstakes upon your request and distributing prizes.
- Operating, maintaining, and refining our Services.
- Communicating with you about your registration or use of our Services.
- Research, recordkeeping, and reporting.
- Monitoring our Services for compliance with our terms and policies.
When Will ThriftyUp Disclose My Information to Third Parties?
There might be occasions where we share your personal data:
- Publicly, through community and social networking features on our Services.
- With participating merchants for purchase processing.
- Upon your consent or as disclosed during data collection.
- With our agents, contractors, service providers, and partners who support us in areas like payment processing and hosting.
- In the event of mergers, acquisitions, asset transfers, or in bankruptcy scenarios.
Online Identifiers
We may share identifiers (like device or online identifiers) and other personal information that has been hashed or obfuscated with third-party companies for purposes like interest-based advertising.
Deidentified and Aggregated Information
We might also utilize and share deidentified and aggregated data with third parties for our business purposes. This data is kept in deidentified form.
Do Third Parties Collect My Information?
We utilize third-party analytic services, including Google and Flurry. When you use third-party features or interact with ads, deals, and links on our Services or in communications from ThriftyUp, the third parties may collect your information. Our Privacy Policy doesn’t cover these third-party practices.
Marketing Choices
If you opt-in for text messages from ThriftyUp, be aware that standard message and data rates might apply. You can always opt out of recurring text messages by replying “STOP” or by emailing us at info@thriftyup.com.
We might also email you with offers we believe you’ll find interesting. You can unsubscribe from these at any time via the link in the email. However, we’ll still send you emails related to your interactions with ThriftyUp.
Interest-Based Advertising Choices
ThriftyUp adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Principles. We partner with third-party advertisers to display ads when you engage with our Services or receive our emails and texts. These advertisers might use cookies or other technologies to gather data about your interactions on our Services, other platforms, and email campaigns over various browsers and devices. This data assists in presenting ads that align with your interests, a method termed as interest-based advertising. This information might include device-specific data, browser details, or hashed personal information.
To learn more about interest-based advertising or to opt out of this type of advertising on web browsers by companies in the DAA and Network Advertising Initiative programs, visit https://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
For opting out of interest-based ads on mobile apps, download the DAA’s AppChoices app:
Alternatively, use your mobile device’s settings to limit this kind of data collection.
Note: Opting out won’t remove ads but may make them less relevant. Renew your choices if you change browsers, clear cookies, reset device IDs, or switch devices. Browser settings blocking cookies might not prevent non-cookie technologies.
ThriftyUp shares hashed email data with LiveRamp to support our interest-based advertising. To opt-out of LiveRamp’s data use, visit their opt-out page.
Security and Information Retention
ThriftyUp employs various measures to protect your personal information. We have protocols in place to limit the retention of personal data. We assess our data retention periods based on business needs and legal considerations. When the data is no longer needed, we deidentify, aggregate, or legally delete it.
Business Visitors
Sections of the ThriftyUp website cater to business users, such as partner companies offering deals. Interactions in a business context might lead to data collection, either provided by you or sourced from third parties. This can range from contact details to billing information.
When interacting with us, we might automatically collect browser details, prior web page visits, device IDs, and more. We use technologies like cookies and beacons to gather this data and employ analytics for website activity insights.
We use the collected data for:
- Communication
- Strengthening our business relationship
- Offering deals to ThriftyUp users
- Enhancing our Services
This information might be shared with third parties, like our service providers, during business transitions, for legal defenses, or to abide by the law.
International Visitors
ThriftyUp doesn’t provide services in Switzerland, the UK, or the European Economic Area. Non-US users should understand that we manage data in the United States. Using our services from outside the US means you agree to this data handling.
Children’s Privacy
Our Services aren’t designed for children. We don’t knowingly collect data from minors. If such data collection is discovered, we take corrective action. Parents or guardians who believe their child has shared data with ThriftyUp can contact us at info@thriftyup.com for removal.
State Privacy Rights
Residents of certain states, like California and Colorado, have specific privacy rights concerning personal data. If you’re from these states, be informed that specific sections of this Privacy Policy cater to the regulations of your state. Similarly, business interactions with ThriftyUp by California residents have particular legal implications outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Why We Collect, Use, and Disclose Personal Information
- For ThriftyUp Users: We gather, utilize, and disclose your personal details to deliver you an enriched and personalized experience, ensuring that your interactions with our services are efficient and relevant. The specifics on why and how we handle your information are elaborated in the sections titled “How Does ThriftyUp Use My Information” and “When Will ThriftyUp Disclose My Information to Third Parties?”
- For Business Interactions: When you engage with ThriftyUp in a business context, we process your personal information in line with our business requirements. Details on this can be found in the “Business Visitors” section of this Privacy Policy.
Your Rights
Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia have particular rights concerning personal information that businesses like ThriftyUp gather. If you belong to these states, you might have the ability to exercise the rights listed below regarding the data ThriftyUp has collected about you, bearing in mind certain conditions and limitations:
- Confirm if we are processing data about you.
- Understand the kinds of personal information we collect, its sources, the purposes behind collecting or selling it, and to whom it’s been sold, shared, or disclosed.
- Access a copy of your specific personal details maintained by us.
- Request deletion of your personal details.
- Opt-out of selling or sharing your information, especially for targeted advertising.
- Request correction of any inaccuracies in your collected data.
California residents have additional rights concerning sensitive personal data. ThriftyUp processes sensitive data as outlined by the California Privacy Rights Act, adhering to the stipulated permissible purposes.
Furthermore, you are entitled to nondiscriminatory treatment after exercising the above rights.
To action any of the above rights, please click on the relevant links provided, enter your name, email address, and additional required details. For rectifying inaccuracies in the data we’ve collected about you, reach out to us at info@thriftyup.com. If you believe we haven’t addressed your request adequately, appeal to us with the subject “Appeal” at info@thriftyup.com.
Verification: Prior to processing your request, we must confirm your identity. This entails matching the information in your request to the data we have on file. Sometimes, we may need more details from you to validate your identity or clarify your request. Note, you’re not mandated to set up an account with us to submit or get a request processed.
Authorized Agent: You’re at liberty to assign an authorized representative to lodge a request for you. For further details, contact us at info@thriftyup.com.
Minors: We are committed to protecting the privacy of minors. We neither knowingly sell nor share personal details of those below 16 for targeted advertising.
Does ThriftyUp Update Its Privacy Policy?
ThriftyUp continually evolves to serve its users better, and as a result, our Privacy Policy might undergo changes occasionally. Whenever we update our Privacy Policy, we will ensure the revised policy is available online, and a link will be prominently displayed across our platforms. We strongly recommend that you periodically revisit our Privacy Policy to stay informed about our latest privacy protocols.
Reach Out to Us
Should you have any queries or feedback concerning our Privacy Policy, please feel free to connect with ThriftyUp at info@thriftyup.com.