1. Personally Identifiable Information
Personally Identifiable Information refers to any information that identifies, or can be used to identify, contact, or locate a person. This may include name, address, phone number, email address, payment-related information, or other details associated with an identifiable individual. It does not include information that is collected anonymously or demographic information that is not connected to an identified individual.
2. What Information We Collect
2.1 Information from Visitors
We may collect basic information from Visitors, such as browser type, device type, IP address, approximate location, pages viewed, and interaction data used to analyze Site traffic and improve the Service.
2.2 Information from Registered Users
When you register for and use Price Squad App, we may collect additional information such as your name, email address, account credentials, preferred language, country, currency context, selected or suggested shops, alert preferences, favorites, shopping list data, product scans, user-submitted product details, price reports, confirmations, photos, and flags.
2.3 Payment and Subscription Information
If you purchase a subscription, payment processing may be handled by third-party app stores or payment processors. We may receive limited transaction-related information such as subscription status, renewal status, product tier, and transaction reference information, but we do not necessarily receive your full payment card details directly.
3. Who Collects the Information
In addition to information collected directly by Price Squad App, certain third-party service providers may collect information when they provide services such as hosting, analytics, authentication, cloud storage, push notifications, subscriptions, payment processing, customer support, or barcode/product data lookup. We do not control how those third parties use information they collect on their own behalf, but we expect them to handle personal data in accordance with applicable laws and their own privacy policies.
4. How We Use Information
We use Personally Identifiable Information and related usage data to operate, maintain, and improve the Service. This may include:
- creating and managing user accounts;
- providing scanning, price comparison, product creation, shopping list, and alert features;
- personalizing the Service based on language, location, store, and product preferences;
- sending service-related communications, support responses, and requested information;
- delivering price alerts and push notifications;
- detecting abuse, fraud, suspicious activity, and low-quality or misleading submissions;
- analyzing usage trends and improving product quality, trust systems, and community moderation;
- administering subscriptions and access to premium features.
5. How Information May Be Shared
We may share information in the following circumstances:
- with service providers who help us operate the Service;
- with analytics, infrastructure, notification, and payment partners as needed to provide the Service;
- with other users only to the extent necessary for community features, such as displaying contributor identity or reputation context alongside alerts or confirmations if your product design uses that functionality;
- in aggregated or de-identified form for analytics, research, or operational reporting;
- to comply with legal obligations, court orders, subpoenas, or lawful requests from authorities;
- to protect the rights, safety, security, and integrity of our users, the Service, or the public;
- in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of all or part of our business.
We do not sell your personal information in the ordinary meaning of that term unless explicitly stated otherwise in a future update to this Privacy Policy.
6. Storage and Security
6.1 How Information Is Stored
Personally Identifiable Information collected by Price Squad App is stored using commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards. Access is limited to authorized personnel and contractors who need the information to perform their duties.
6.2 Security Measures
We review our security systems and processes regularly. Sensitive information is protected using encryption and other appropriate safeguards where applicable. However, no transmission over the Internet and no electronic storage method is fully secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
6.3 Retention
We retain personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain security, and preserve legitimate business records. Because backups and deletion logs may persist for some period of time, residual copies may remain even after deletion requests are processed.
7. Your Choices and Rights
7.1 General Choices
You may opt out of receiving certain non-essential communications by following unsubscribe instructions in those communications or by contacting us using the details below.
7.2 Accessing and Correcting Your Data
You may contact us to request access to the personal data we hold about you, or to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
7.3 Deleting or Deactivating Your Data
You may request deletion or deactivation of your personal data by contacting us at info@pricesquad.io. While we will take reasonable steps to honor such requests, backups, archived records, fraud-prevention records, and legal retention requirements may mean that some residual information is retained for a limited period.
7.4 Data Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights:
- the right to know why your personal data is needed, what happens to it, and how long it is retained;
- the right of access to personal data known to us;
- the right to rectification, correction, deletion, or restriction of your personal data;
- the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- the right to data portability, meaning you can request your personal data and transfer it to another controller where applicable;
- the right to object to certain forms of processing, where provided by law.
Please make sure to clearly state who you are when contacting us, so we can verify that we are modifying or deleting data for the correct person.
8. Cookies and Login Information
8.1 Cookies
Cookies may be used on the Site for a variety of reasons, including security, session handling, analytics, performance monitoring, and understanding how users interact with the Service. Cookies may also help remember preferences and improve usability.
8.2 Login Information
We may use login-related information, including IP addresses, browser types, operating system information, device identifiers, and usage logs, to analyze trends, administer the Site and app, track movement through the Service, detect fraud or abuse, and gather broad demographic information.
9. Service Providers and Legal Disclosure
Price Squad App may work with partners and service providers that have access to certain information on a need-to-know basis in order to provide infrastructure, analytics, notifications, support, moderation, or service eligibility evaluation. Our Privacy Policy does not govern how independent third parties use information collected under their own policies.
We may disclose Personally Identifiable Information when required to comply with applicable law, a court order, subpoena, or lawful law-enforcement request, or when reasonably necessary to protect the safety, rights, or property of our users, our business, or others.
10. Policy Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we may notify users by posting the updated policy on the Site or within the app, or by other reasonable means. Continued use of the Service after such updates take effect means you acknowledge the revised Privacy Policy.
11. External Links
The Site and app may contain links to other websites or services. When you click on one of those links, you may leave our Service and move to another website or platform. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third-party sites and services, as their privacy practices may differ from ours.