Privacy > Our Privacy Policy

This policy explains and describes buyers’ and sellers’ rights, recommendations, responsibilities, agreements and obligations in accordance with our Rules for buyers, Rules for sellers, Terms and conditionsand applicable laws.

 

Initial statement

Collecting personal data on Dealstocker enables us to improve our services and products for you. We will use your personal information to promote your business, provide best possible selling and buying services for our users, provide great costumer support services, customize and adopt our services, ads and security against fraud.

 

What information we collect

There are two types of information we collect:

 

• Information you give us: This is provided when you sign up or register on Dealstocker. This is your personal information and contains your name, address, financial information, contact information etc. For our sharing purposes, some of your personal information will be publically exposed and visible.
• Information we get: This is provided from your use of our services when browsing our taking advantage of our website. This information includes your device information with which you browse our, site server log information (IP address, cookies etc.), Location information (according to your IP address), cookies etc.

 

How we use information we collect

We use collected information to provide you the best possible service and to improve it further in terms of better user experience and relevant content tailored to your interests and needs.

 

We use your location information to determine if you are able to join a deal or not, depending on where your delivery address is located. Because of different laws and tax rates in different countries, Dealstocker operates regionally. Some sellers only ship to specific countries. With information we collect, we are able to determine whether or not you can join this deal or not and are able to inform you about how to proceed.

 

Browsing the site

You can browse Dealstocker anonymously (without registering as buyer or seller) and without revealing who you are. Once you have registered on Dealstocker, you agree to store your personal information on our servers.

 

Registering on Dealstocker

When registering on Dealstocker, you are legally obliged to provide valid business and contact information. For this purpose we might collect and store:

 

• Your valid and verified email address,
• Physical address,
• Financial information (VAT number, bank account number…),
• Credit card number information, to authenticate yourself in a case of violation of our policies (or other personal verification information in a case of violation)
• Contact information,
• Billing information,
• Shipping information,
• Your IP address and other information from your interaction with our sites,
• Other information we need and can obtain by law in a case of violation.

 

Selling your information

We will not sell, rent or disclose your personal information to third party for any purposes without your personal consent, except in a case of violation of Dealstocker policies and for the purposes of legal investigation.

 

Disclosing your information

In some cases we may disclose your personal information:

 

• Some personal information are and must be public for the purpose of providing our services, such as sharing you deals, presenting your company in your channel etc.
• cooperate with the police,
• respond to different claims form our sellers and/or buyers,
• protect anyone’s right
• sellers, to provide all the necessary information about joined buyers (such as delivery address, contact information, billing information, telephone number, email etc.,
• buyers, to provide all the necessary information about sellers (such as, payment information, company address, postal information, contact information, email, etc.,
• for legal reasons in response to a request for information related to violation of Dealstocker polices and criminal investigation (all your personal information and activities on Dealstocker)

 

We will only disclose your personal information if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary and with legally valid request or protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Dealstocker.

 

Sharing your information

Dealstocker is based on sharing the good word. That is what word of mouth is all about. Therefore, some of your personal information, such as your name, company name, delivery address, company address, email, telephone number etc., will be publically displayed and automatically shared with others.

 

Information you share as a seller

You have to share your personal information in order to complete transactions.

Your email, deals, company information, contact information, profile image, items, channels, ratings and comments etc. will be publically displayed on Dealstocker to all registered and not registered users and buyer. Some of your personal information will also be shared by email along with your deals to all your subscribed buyers, when publishing a new deal and by buyers and other users, when joining and sharing your deal with others. Business sellers are required by the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 to display their contact details. Other information will not be shared publically. Dealstocker provides different options on sharing and removing your content, like social information, interests etc.

 

As a seller you agree that your personal information is disclosed and shared with others.

 

Information you share as a buyer

You will have to share your personal information in order to complete transactions.

Your email, delivery address and contact information will only be shared with sellers after your deal closes successfully. If the deal fails, no personal information will be shared with sellers. You also share some of your personal information like your first and last name when sharing the deal (you joined to or from the product page) with your friends. Your name will appear in the heading of an email, recipient receives. Your personal information will not be otherwise displayed publically. Dealstocker provides different options on sharing and removing your content.

 

 

Information we share

We do not share any of your information with third party companies, organizations and/or individuals outside Dealstocker unless:

 

• With your explicit consent,
• With domain administrators,
• For external processing,
• For legal reasons.

 

According to our Mutual respect policy, you should respect the privacy of other users. Although we will not disclose any personal information, neither buyers’ nor sellers’ unless absolutely necessary, Dealstocker is designed based on an idea of sharing information with others. By registering on Dealstocker and using our services you agree to share your personal information with others.

 

• Dealstocker cannot and will not guarantee and take any responsibilities in any abuse of personal data by either party (seller or buyer).
• As a seller or buyer you alone must evaluate the privacy and security risks with your trading partner before entering into a transaction.
• As a seller you must comply with data protection laws and give buyers a chance to remove themselves from your database and a chance to review information you have collected about them.

 

Using personal information – seller:

You agree that as a seller, you will use buyer’s personal information only for Dealstocker selling related purposes, which include:

 

• Transactions,
• Invoicing,
• Complaints,
• Returns and refunds,
• Delivery and shipping,
• Deal related communication,
• Sharing with subscribed buyers,

 

Using personal information – buyer:

You agree that as a buyer, you will use seller’s personal information only for Dealstocker selling related purposes, which include:

 

• Transactions,
• Complaints,
• Returns and refunds,
• Delivery and shipping,
• Deal related communication,
• Sharing seller’s information with your friends.

 

Changing your personal information

You can always review and change your personal information. You should update your personal information if it changes. For example: If you move with your family from one city to another, you should change and update your delivery address in your profile settings. If you should choose to close and/or remove account, please contact us personally. We will however, retain information of your closed account to comply with law and take other actions permitted by law.

 

Payments and credit card information

We do not collect and store any information of your credit cards on our servers. Every transaction made on Dealstocker is processed through secured gateway provided by certificated, verified and authenticated third party partner. Although it may appear to you that way, when entering your credit card information on our site, you are actually redirected through a secured connection, to another secured webpage, where your payment is processed.

Please note that only 1 cent donation and credits (ads and exposed products) are charged by Dealstocker.

All other transactions are arranged by seller and buyer individually and are therefore not a subject of this privacy policy.

 

Dealstocker however encourages sellers and buyers never to disclose credit card number, CVC code and expiration date to each other (in an email or by phone). Instead use verified third party payment processing solutions.

 

Cookies and anonymous identifiers

A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information.

 

We collect and store some information when you visit our website, and this may include sending one or more cookies or anonymous identifiers to your device. We do so to improve our services and customize them to fit your needs. We use cookies to keep you signed in and to store some of your personal information like your name, company name, email, id etc. and display them in your profile, seller’s channel etc.

 

Most cookies on Dealstocker are automatically and permanently deleted when you leave our service or close the web browser.

If you choose to block or disable cookies, you can do so within your web browser. Note however, that some of our services might not work properly. 

 

Information security

We work hard and are doing our best to protect us and our users from unauthorized access that might disclose or otherwise exploit personal information. Information we store on our servers are encrypted. We do not collect and store any information of your credit cards on our servers. Every transaction made on Dealstocker is processed through secured gateway provided by certificated, verified and authenticated third party partner.

While we are doing everything to keep you and your information safe, you too must take caution to protect your information. Do not ever disclose your credit card number, CVC number and expiration date to anyone. Also protect your account by keeping your password safe. Do not disclose it to anyone. If you do so, you alone will be responsible for possible abuse. By disclosing your password you may lose control over your personal information or someone else may join the deal on your behalf. So change your password regularly in your profile settings.

 

Because our websites are hosted by third party providers that may or may not unlawfully abuse your personal information, we cannot 100% guarantee your private information will remain private.

 

Application

This privacy policy applies only for services offered by Dealstocker (disclosure of information we collect from you). This privacy policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals.

 

Changes

This privacy policy may be change once in a while, so keep checking it. If the changes are significant, you will receive a notification in the notification bar. We will also keep track of all previous versions of this policy.