Privacy Policy

Dealsaround.com is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to dealsaround.com and governs data collection and usage including Dealsaround website and email services. This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance in registration for new registering members, and is otherwise effective on June 6, 2005 for all Dealsaround members.

We firmly believe that both our Members and our clients benefit because we market only to people who have given us express permission to do so.

While the word "privacy" may mean different things to different people, we believe that once you understand how we use your information; the steps we take to protect it, and the resulting benefit to you, you will not only feel confident when sharing information with us, but will also find your participation in the Program a most rewarding experience.

Collection of Information

Dealsaround collects both personal and non-personal information using the methods listed below. Our primary purpose in collecting such information is to provide you with a personalized dealsaround experience by displaying content and delivering offers that are likely to be of interest to you according to your preferences.

Information Collected at Registration

To take advantage of the offers available at Dealsaround you must register for our service and become a Dealsaround Member. Dealsaround collects personal information when you register with us and when you use Dealsaround services. Dealsaround may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or companies. During registration, we require Members to give us basic contact information (such as your first name, last name and e-mail address) and demographic information (such as your zip code, age and gender). The registration form information requests may change from time to time. Although additional demographic information may be requested at the time of registration, only information marked "required" is necessary for registration and utilization of our services. Once you register with Dealsaround, you are not anonymous to us.

MINORS: We do not accept registrations from persons under the age of eighteen. The Dealsaround Program is available only to persons who are eighteen years of age and over. The site will automatically block enrollment of any person once they indicate they are under the age of eighteen. If we later learn that a user is under the age of eighteen, we will terminate the account and delete the user's information. Inherent in the Program is the responsibility of parents and/or guardians to ensure that their children's privacy is protected. Dealsaround.com will not be liable for any content or advertisements viewed by minor children in violation of the terms of this agreement.

Information Collected though participation in the Dealsaround Program:

When you sign in to the Dealsaround® website, the server automatically recognizes you by your cookie. This cookie acts as a unique identifier, which allows us to personalize the website to your specified interests and allows you to access your personal information. It also allows us to keep track of your activity on our site and allows us to properly credit Points to your account. This information may be added to your personal profile and used to deliver offers and advertisements that are most relevant to your interests.

Images:

All sites listed in the Dealsaround Directory are accompanied by a product picture, project picture or logo. This has been done to help invite visitors of Dealsaround to in turn visit the sites we advertise. By submitting to Dealsaround, you are granting us permission to use one of your pictures. Owners retain all copyrights to pictures used on Dealsaround. To ensure availability and a common format, all pictures will reside on our server. Your pictures may be resized to suit its need.

The Program makes active use of third-party cookies; therefore, full participation in the Program is dependent upon you setting your browser configuration to accept 3rd party cookies. We also use cookies to tailor the Program to your interests, and most importantly, to ensure that only you can access your account. We also review "log-file" data to monitor site performance and analyze traffic patterns and usage of our site.

Dealsaround also retrieves the following information from your browser:

Your browser type (e.g., Netscape 7.0)

Platform-dependent information (e.g., Win 2002)

Requested document (the page you're looking at)

Referrer URL (the page you came from if within the dealsaround.com site)

Date and Time of your visit

Your registered Dealsaround® account information

Purchase transaction detail (from merchants on the dealsaround.com site)

IP address associated with Member transaction in the system

Additionally, for each visitor to our website, our server automatically recognizes the following:

Host origin of the request (your IP address or that of your ISP if using proxy servers)

Requested document (the page you're looking at)

Referrer URL (the page you came from if within the dealsaround.com site)

Your registered Dealsaround. account information

Date and time of your visit

This information, sometimes called log-file or clickstream data, is used to monitor site performance and ensure the Program functions properly. It may also be appended to your personal profile so that we may further tailor the Program to your interests.

Many of Dealsaround advertisers, shopping affiliates and merchants also utilize third-party cookies to identify you as a Dealsaround member. This enables them to report your purchases back to Dealsaround so we are able to credit your account with Points.

We and our advertisers currently use third-party cookies and clear pixel GIF's (also referred to as "web beacons") to measure page views on both Dealsaround and advertisers' web sites and email responses. These devices allow us to identify unique visitors to Dealsaround's site, member visits to advertisers' sites, and act as a counter for ongoing monitoring of site, email and corresponding future transaction activity related to a specific offer for both dealsaround.com and its advertisers. These commonly used counters collect absolutely no personal information and as always, this technology is only used to enhance the Program and make it more relevant to your personal interests.

Third-party cookies are also used to count unique page views, email responses and future transaction activity corresponding to specific offers. Dealsaround will also capture and store your transaction details which may include the items and quantities purchased, purchase price, date and time of purchase. This information is used to credit Points for purchases and to adjust your account balance in the event of returns and exchanges. This information is also used by the Member Services department while assisting you in resolving account inquiries. We may also use your transaction information to provide you more timely relevant offers, products and services.