Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

PriceDrop Alert ("we", "us", or "our") operates the price tracking platform located at pricedropalert.in. This Privacy Policy details how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal and non-personal data when you use our website and web application services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in several ways to provide smart price tracking services:

• Account Information: When you register an account or set up a price drop alert, we collect your email address, password hash, and preferences.
• Tracked Products: URLs, target prices, store names, and product names that you submit for price monitoring.
• Automatically Collected Data: When visiting our site, our servers log standard technical information, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, device type, referring/exit pages, operating system, timestamp, and clickstream data.
• Browser Notifications Data: If you opt-in to web push notifications, we store anonymous push subscription tokens assigned by your browser.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following legitimate business purposes:

• To monitor product prices across online stores and send instant email or push notifications when prices drop to your target threshold.
• To maintain, protect, troubleshoot, and enhance our web application functionality.
• To process affiliate referral links when users navigate from our site to merchant product pages.
• To detect, prevent, and respond to cyber threats, fraud, spam, or security vulnerabilities.
• To serve non-intrusive, relevant advertisements and analyze overall site usage traffic.

4. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Disclosures

• DART Cookie Usage: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites.
• Advertising Cookies: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Opting Out: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

5. Google Analytics & Cookies

We use Google Analytics (gtag.js) to understand visitor engagement, traffic sources, and popular price drop trends. Google Analytics collects first-party cookies and anonymous IP information. For more information on how Google collects and processes data, please visit Google's Privacy Policy.

6. Data Storage & Security

We employ robust technical and organizational security measures, including HTTPS encryption, salted password hashing, Content Security Policy (CSP), and secure database configurations to guard your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

7. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the following data rights:

• Access & Export: You can request a copy of the personal data we store about you.
• Rectification: You can update or correct your profile data at any time via your account dashboard.
• Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can delete your account and all associated price alerts directly from your profile settings or by contacting support.
• Consent Withdrawal: You can unsubscribe from newsletter emails or push notifications at any time.

8. Children's Information

PriceDrop Alert does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has provided personal information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will promptly remove such information from our records.

9. Contacting Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer: