This Privacy Policy describes how DealsFalcon ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website at dealsfalcon.com (the "Service").
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your email address for authentication purposes.
- User Content: When you post comments on deals, we collect and store that content along with your username.
- Communications: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you.
Information Collected Automatically
- Log Data: Our servers automatically record information when you access the Service, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and pages visited.
- Cookies: We use session cookies to maintain your authentication state. See our Cookie Policy for more details.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve the Service
- Authenticate your account and maintain your session
- Send you one-time passwords (OTPs) for secure login
- Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the Service
- Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
How We Share Your Information
We may share information about you as follows:
- Service Providers: We work with third-party service providers who need access to your information to provide services to us, including:
- Cloudflare (hosting and security)
- Amazon Web Services (email delivery via SES)
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal process.
- Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
Sale and Sharing of Personal Information
Under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and similar state laws, "selling" personal information includes disclosing it to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration. "Sharing" includes disclosing it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
When you click on a deal link and are redirected to a retailer through our affiliate links, certain identifiers (such as click IDs or visitor IDs) may be transmitted to affiliate networks for the purpose of tracking and attributing any resulting purchases. This data sharing enables us to earn commissions that support our free service. Under CPRA, this may constitute "sharing" of personal information.
You have the right to opt out of this sharing. To exercise this right, please visit our "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the website footer, or contact us at privacy@dealsfalcon.com.
Global Privacy Control (GPC)
We recognize and honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. If your browser sends a GPC signal, we will automatically treat this as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. No further action is required on your part.
To enable GPC in your browser, visit globalprivacycontrol.org for instructions.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your state of residence, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. We extend these rights to all users regardless of location.
California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:
- Right to Know: Request information about the personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you.
- Right to Delete: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
- Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Information: Limit our use of sensitive personal information (we do not collect sensitive personal information).
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
Delaware Residents (DPDPA)
If you are a Delaware resident, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access: Confirm whether we are processing your personal data and access such data.
- Right to Delete: Request deletion of your personal data.
- Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: Obtain a copy of your personal data in a portable format.
- Right to Opt-Out: Opt out of targeted advertising, sale of personal data, or profiling.
Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Tennessee, and Other States
Residents of these states have similar rights including:
- Right to access and confirm processing of personal data
- Right to delete personal data
- Right to correct inaccurate personal data
- Right to data portability
- Right to opt out of targeted advertising, sale of personal data, or profiling
Exercising Your Rights
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@dealsfalcon.com. We will respond to verifiable requests within 45 days (or as otherwise required by applicable law). We may request additional information to verify your identity.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may have the right to appeal. Appeals can be submitted to privacy@dealsfalcon.com with "Privacy Rights Appeal" in the subject line.
Account Information
You may delete your account at any time by contacting us. Upon deletion, we will remove your personal information in accordance with our data retention schedule below.
Data Minimization
We collect only the personal information that is reasonably necessary and proportionate to provide our services. We do not collect more information than we need, and we do not use your information for purposes incompatible with those described in this policy.
Data Retention
We retain different categories of personal information for different periods based on legal requirements and business necessity:
| Data Category | Retention Period |
|---|---|
| Account information (email) | Duration of account + 30 days after deletion |
| Session cookies | 7 days |
| User comments | Duration of account (deleted with account) |
| Server logs (IP address, browser info) | 90 days |
| Support communications | 2 years |
After the retention period expires, we will securely delete or anonymize your personal information. We may retain certain information longer if required by law (e.g., for tax or legal compliance purposes).
Security
We take reasonable measures to help protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We use passwordless authentication (email OTP) to reduce the risk of credential theft.
Third-Party Links
The Service contains links to third-party websites (retailers). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each website you visit.
Children's Privacy
The Service is not directed to children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.
If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will:
- Promptly delete that information from our systems
- Notify the parent or guardian if contact information is available
- Take steps to prevent future collection from the same source
If you believe we have collected personal information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately at privacy@dealsfalcon.com.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@dealsfalcon.com