Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 10, 2021

This website (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Verified Coupons (hereinafter referred to as “Verified Coupons” or “we,” “us” or “our”).  The Site is provided to you to provide coupons and offers to you (the “Services”).  This Privacy Policy explains what information Verified Coupons collects, shares, and uses in connection with the Site.  Please read this Privacy Policy carefully so that you can understand our policies and practices regarding how your information is treated. 

The Site contains many third-party links to other sites for which you can use various coupons or offers.  We do not have control over the information that is collected once you visit these third-party sites.  The third parties may have different information practices than Verified Coupons and we suggest that you read the privacy policy of these third-party sites to understand your privacy rights on such sites.

CATEGORIES AND COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

We collect certain information from you when you visit the Site, including personal information and non-personal information.  “Personal Information” is defined as information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household.  “Non-Personal Information” is defined as information that does not identify a particular individual and is not reasonably capable of being associated with an individual or household.  

We may collect the following categories of Personal Information and Non-Personal Information about you: 

  • Identification Information – information that you provide to us, such as your name and/or email address when you sign up for our newsletter;
  • User-Provided Information – information that you provide to us when you contact us, such as feedback, questions, or comments;
  • Internet Activity Information – this includes: 
    • Information about how you use and interact with the Site, an advertisement, an offer, or coupon;
    • Information about your browsing and shopping tendencies, along with inferences drawn from any of the information collected;
    • Information about how you arrived at our Site, including referring and exit pages, access dates and times, and engagement data;
  • Geolocation Information – information regarding your location
  • Browser Information – information about your browser, such as your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), unique device identifiers, connection type, geo-IP data, operating system, clickstream data, and the type of mobile device you use

COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES 

We may also collect and process information from you by utilizing Cookies or similar technologies via the Site. Cookies are small, often encrypted, data files that are placed in your browser to help websites perform certain functions such as to recognize you, gather information, and to serve you with offers that are more related to your interests.  Along with similar technologies, cookies store information about your browsing, use, and download activity.  We may set cookies on your web browser (or use other technologies like clear gifs, web beacons, or similar devices, including devices that function in the mobile environment) when you interact with the Site, coupons, or advertisements on our Site. 

The cookies we use include session cookies, (i.e., cookies that will persist only until you end your session on our Services), and persistent cookies, (i.e., cookies that persist even after you end your session on our Services). The cookies and similar technologies contain a unique identifier that can be used to track your activity, including the coupons or offers you viewed on the Site. Information collected through the use of cookies and similar technologies is used by us for various purposes, including to track the web pages, applications, advertisements, and products viewed by you for statistical analysis and to serve targeted advertising content to you on behalf of our advertisers. To learn more about cookies visit: www.iab-performance-marketing-explained.net or www.allaboutcookies.org.

We use different types of cookies and some cookies are put into the following categories: 

  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize a return visitor to the Site.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to the Site. This enables us to personalize advertising content for you, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the Site, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make the advertising displayed to you more relevant to your interests. 

Most Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies.  You can set your browser to refuse cookies from the Site or remove cookies from your browser, but this may affect your browsing experience, and may be unable to access some portions of the Site.  You can learn how to opt-out of cookies below in the opt-out section. 

PURPOSES OF PROCESSING INFORMATION

Verified Coupons hopes to create an enjoyable experience for visitors.  In order to create an efficient Site, we may process your Personal and Non-Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • Providing the Services – in order to provide the Services to you, Verified Coupons may need to process your information to serve you with offers or coupons that may be the best suited for your interests;
  • Operating and Improving the Site – we may process some information to improve the Site and to ensure that it is operating as it should be. This could include conducting internal analysis to perform and to improve the effectiveness of the Services and associated technologies, improving site user interface, performing A/B testing, and optimizing content; 
  • Communicating and contacting you – if you sign up to receive emails or if you contact us with questions or concerns, we may use your information to respond or to send you emails;
  • Resolving disputes and/or troubleshooting problems – if there are any issues with the Site or your experience with the Site, we may use your information to resolve such issues;
  • Marketing and Advertising – as a coupon site, we provide the coupons of third parties to you so that you can receive discounts on items.  To do so, we may process some of your information and data to serve you advertisements;
  • Analyzing our engagement with visitors – to determine how well certain parts of the Site perform, we will need to process your information to determine engagement with visitors and to improve the Site; 
  • Security – we may process your personal information to create security measures for the Site; and 
  • Complying with applicable law – we may process your information in response to legal proceedings, investigations, or as required by applicable law.

The legal basis for this processing is based on your consent (if you provide us with your information so that we can contact you) and legitimate interests of providing you with the Services and to better understand how visitors interact with the Site.  

USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION

We use information, which may include personal information, held about you to perform the Services and for the purposes outlined above. The Site’s main purpose is to provide you with coupons and offers.  We do not generally receive Personal Information from you unless you sign up to receive emails from us.  However, there are some types of Personal and Non-Personal Information that may be shared with third parties when you click on the coupons for such third parties.  The categories of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for a business purpose are Internet activity information, identification information, and browser information.  

When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter into agreements with the recipients that requires the recipient to keep the information confidential.  We may share your information with: 

  • Affiliates – information may be shared with the brands that you see on the Site for the purpose of directing you to the affiliate’s website for purchasing a product with the coupon code provided on our Site.  We work with various affiliated and unaffiliated companies, marketers, advertisers, and brands.  They may receive your information when you show interest in their offer.  Once you visit the site of another party, such as an affiliate, the collection and use of information is no longer governed by this Privacy Policy and is instead controlled by the privacy policy and terms of the new website you are visiting.  
  • Third-Party Advertisers – you may see advertisements or offers on our site in addition to the coupons for affiliates.  We may share some of your information with third-party advertisers so that you will be provided with the best deals and offers of interest to you. For example, if you are searching for information on a particular product, we may cause an advertisement to appear on other websites or applications you view with information on that product. We believe that such advertising is helpful because you will see advertisements that are relevant to your interests. We may use Ad Networks to deliver advertisements and related services to you on behalf of our advertisers.
  • Service Providers – we may use various service providers to respond to customer inquiries, send emails, track engagement, or to otherwise provide you the Services.  We may share your information with service providers to provide the Services to you. 
  • Governmental Agencies – we may share information in response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, court order, or other similar request for cooperation from a law enforcement or governmental agency.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, Verified Coupons has not sold any personal information and will not sell your personal information. 

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES (OPT-OUTS AND WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT)

If you are located in the EU and we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent, or to learn more about your rights as a data subject, please see send an email to [email protected] with your request. Regardless of whether you are located in the EU or elsewhere, you may exercise the applicable opt-out options below.

Web Browser/Cookie-Based Opt-Out

You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer or remove them from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences. There are also many programs that allow you to manually delete your cookies.

The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt-out of receiving targeted ads/interest-based advertising from us, our data partners and our other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You may use the NAI opt-out tool at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/, which will allow you to opt-out of seeing targeted ads from us and other members. The DAA’s opt-out tool can be found at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/. EU users who have provided their consent to our use of cookies and similar technologies to process their personal information (see the paragraph titled RIGHTS FOR EU USERS below) can use the EDAA’s opt-out tool which can be found at http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

To be clear, the opt-out from targeted ads must be performed on each device and browser that you wish to have opted out. For example, if you have opted out on your computer browser, that opt-out will not be effective on your mobile device. You must separately opt-out on each device. However, once you have opted out on one device (“Opted-Out Device”), we will not use any new data from the Opted-Out Device to identify you on another device for interest-based advertising purposes, and will not use data from another device for interest-based advertising purposes on the Opted-Out Device.

If you erase or otherwise alter your cookie/device settings (including upgrading certain browsers or devices) you may need to perform each opt-out process again, unless we can match the device as outlined above.

Even if you opt-out of targeted ads based on cookies, you may still see ads based on other general factors such as webpage context or browser type.

Do Not Track

There is currently no universally recognized standard for Do Not Track signals. Accordingly, at this time, cookies used on our website and used in providing our services do not respond to any Do Not Track signals or browser settings. 

Mobile Application-Based Opt-Outs

Cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on mobile applications. Users may opt-out of certain advertisements on mobile applications or reset advertising identifiers via their device settings. To learn how to limit ad tracking or to reset the advertising identifier on your iOS and Android device, click on the following links:

iOS – https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074

Android – https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en

You may also download and set your preferences on the App Choices mobile application(s) available in Google Play or the Apple App stores.

Email Marketing Opt-Out

If you sign up for our newsletter and decide that you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you can opt-out or unsubscribe by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in the email you receive.  Please allow up to ten (10) business days for us to process your unsubscribe request.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

This Section is applicable for those who reside in the State of California.  Under the California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), we are required to provide you with specific rights relating to your personal information in addition to the rights listed within this Privacy Policy.  Verified Coupons will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.  Verified Coupons does not currently sell your personal information.

Right to Request Personal Information – Under the CCPA, California residents are given the right to receive information regarding the preceding twelve (12) months about the categories of personal information we collect and how it is used, the specific pieces of personal information collected, the categories of sources we share information to, and the business or commercial purpose for selling the information.  The first Section of this Privacy Policy, titled “Categories and Collection of Information” provides you with the categories of personal information collected and how the information is shared. 

Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information – The CCPA gives California consumers the right to request the deletion of any personal information collected and retained by Verified Coupons, subject to certain exceptions.  Upon receiving your request, Verified Coupons will verify that such request is accurate and complete.  Upon verifying your identity, Verified Coupons will delete your personal information from its records, unless an exception applies.  

Exercising Rights – In order to exercise your rights listed above, you must make a verifiable consumer request to [email protected].  In your request, please include “CCPA Request” or similar language in the subject line so that Verified Coupons can better and more efferently aid you in your request.   In order for your request to be a verifiable request, you must provide: (a) sufficient information, including your first and last name and email address, in order to identify you are the person or an authorized representative of the person in the deletion request; and (b) a description of your request in sufficient detail for us to understand and respond to your request.  Verified Coupons cannot respond to incomplete or unverifiable requests.  

Verified Coupons will make its best efforts to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of receiving the request.  If Verified Coupons needs more time to complete the request, it will confirm with you in writing.  Disclosures will only cover the twelve (12) month period preceding your request. 

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to participate in and monitor their online activity. Verified Coupons does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13 (or such other age as may be restricted under local law). If a parent or guardian believes that Verified Coupons has in its database the personal information of a child under the age of 13 (or such other age as may be restricted under local law), please contact [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to remove the information from our records.

SECURITY

We take appropriate reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of personal information. This includes the necessary physical, electronic and managerial procedures designed to protect data integrity, access, and use. Please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. As a result, we strive to protect your personal information but cannot ensure or warrant the security of your information against any possible loss or unauthorized access.

CHANGE IN CONTROL

Verified Coupons reserves the right in any of the following circumstances to transfer or assign the information we have collected. This includes Verified Coupons selling or transferring ownership, operation or control; is acquired by or merged with a third-party entity; has an unlikely event of claiming bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’ rights generally. The information transferred or assigned to these aforementioned events includes any personal information, if any, as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, reorganization, or other change of control. Any entity acquiring assets comprising or consisting of your information shall agree to handle such information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

We use reasonable processes to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and periodically verify that the policy is accurate. We encourage you to raise any concerns using the contact information provided below and we will investigate and attempt to resolve any complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of information.

For any questions about our privacy practices, you may contact us by email at [email protected].

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Verified Coupons reserves the right to change or replace this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes or replacement will be noted through indications on our website related to this Privacy Policy, or by other notice to you, and located at https://VerifiedCoupons.com/privacy_policy. You will be deemed to have been made aware of and will be subject to, the changes to the Privacy Policy after such notice has been posted. We will state the date this Privacy Policy was last updated. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy on a regular basis.