Welcome to Brands Discounts (“Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our website.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, require more information about our privacy practices, or wish to file a complaint, please reach out to us:
- Email: info@brandsdiscounts.com
- Phone: +1 (347) 618-2707
- Mailing Address: 8 The Green, Dover, DE 19901, USA
You can also visit our Contact Page for more ways to get in touch.
Information We Collect
When you interact with our Site, we gather various types of information to enhance your experience and facilitate transactions.
1. Device Information
- Purpose: To accurately load the Site for you and analyze Site usage for optimization.
- Collection Method: Automatically collected via cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
- Shared With: Our payment processor, Stripe.
- Details Collected: Web browser version, IP address, time zone, cookie data, pages or products viewed, search terms, and interaction patterns on the Site.
2. Order Information
- Purpose: To provide products or services, process payments, arrange shipping, send invoices or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen orders for fraud, and offer related information or advertising based on your preferences.
- Collection Method: Directly from you during the purchase process.
- Shared With: Stripe, our payment processor.
- Details Collected: Name, billing and shipping addresses, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.
3. Additional Information
- Purpose: To assist with customer support inquiries.
- Collection Method: Provided by you when contacting customer support.
- Details Collected: Any additional personal information you choose to provide.
4. Minors
Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of [INSERT AGE]. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us to request its deletion.
How We Use Your Information
We utilize your personal information to deliver our services, which include:
- Offering products for sale
- Processing payments (see our Payment Policy)
- Shipping and fulfilling orders (see our Shipping Policy)
- Updating you on new products, services, and special offers
- Managing your account and providing customer support
- Ensuring the security and integrity of our Site
Sharing Your Personal Information
We share your personal information with trusted service providers to help us operate our business and fulfill our contracts with you. For example:
- Payment Processing: We use Stripe to handle transactions. Stripe has its own privacy policies, which you can review here.
Additionally, we may disclose your information to comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, or protect our rights.
Behavioral Advertising
We use your personal information to deliver targeted advertisements and marketing communications that may interest you. This includes:
- Analytics: We utilize tools like Google Analytics to understand how customers use our Site. You can opt out of Google Analytics here.
- Advertising Partners: We share information about your Site usage, purchases, and interactions with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. This may involve the use of cookies or similar technologies, depending on your location and consent.
For more details on how targeted advertising works, visit the Network Advertising Initiative.
Opt-Out Options:
- Facebook: Ad Settings
- Google: Ad Personalization
- Bing: Personalized Ads
- Digital Advertising Alliance: Opt-Out Portal
Cookies
Cookies are small data files stored on your device when you visit our Site. We use various types of cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze usage, and support our services.
Types of Cookies We Use:
- Necessary Cookies: Essential for the functioning of the Site (e.g., managing your shopping cart, checkout process).
- Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Advertising Cookies: Used to deliver relevant advertisements to you based on your interests.
Managing Cookies:
Most browsers accept cookies by default, but you can adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Be aware that disabling cookies may impact your experience on our Site.
For more information on managing cookies, visit All About Cookies.
Note: Blocking cookies does not prevent us from sharing information with third parties, such as advertising partners. To opt out of certain uses of your information by these parties, refer to the “Behavioral Advertising” section above.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. If you wish to request the deletion of your personal information, please contact us using the details provided above. For more information on your right of erasure, see the Your Rights section below.
Lawful Basis for Processing (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal information based on the following lawful grounds:
- Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data.
- Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
- Legal Obligation: Compliance with legal requirements.
- Vital Interests: Protection of your vital interests or those of another person.
- Public Task: Performance of a task carried out in the public interest.
- Legitimate Interests: Our legitimate business interests, provided they do not override your rights and freedoms.
Automated Decision-Making
For EEA residents, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making, including profiling, which has a legal or significant effect on you.
We utilize limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud, which does not significantly affect you. Examples include:
- Temporary IP Blacklisting: Prevents access from IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions for a few hours.
- Credit Card Blacklisting: Blocks credit cards linked to blacklisted IP addresses for a few days.
Your Rights
GDPR Rights (EEA Residents):
- Access: Right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- Portability: Right to transfer your data to another service.
- Correction: Right to correct or update your personal information.
- Erasure: Right to request deletion of your personal information.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided above. Your data may be processed in Ireland and transferred outside of Europe to countries like Canada and the United States in compliance with GDPR. For more details, refer to our Terms of Service.
CCPA Rights (California Residents):
- Right to Know: Access the personal information we collect about you.
- Right to Delete: Request the deletion of your personal information.
- Right to Opt-Out: Opt out of the sale of your personal information.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided above. You may also designate an authorized agent to submit these requests on your behalf by contacting us at the address above.
Do Not Track Signals
Currently, there is no standardized industry approach to responding to “Do Not Track” signals. Therefore, we do not modify our data collection and usage practices when such a signal is detected from your browser.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or other operational needs. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Filing a Complaint
If you believe that our processing of your personal information violates applicable laws, please contact us using the details provided under Contact Us. We are committed to resolving any concerns you may have.