What information is being collected?

If you sign up as a member of BiggerBargains.co.uk, we will store your email address and chosen username so we can get in touch. If you register via Facebook, you’ll have an option to choose what information you provide us. By default, Facebook sends us what is referred to as your “public profile” information. This can include your email address, full name, profile picture, gender and age range. Whilst signing up, you can choose what information is shared with us and opt out if you would prefer.

We also store your IP address. We do this to help prevent abuse of the BiggerBargains.co.uk community and its guidelines. For example, we may use the IP address to detect retailers who sign up for multiple accounts to try and unscrupulously promote their own services.

For the purpose of creating new features and functionality in the future (e.g. personalised deals feed), we store information about some purchases made through the BiggerBargains.co.uk website. This may include products purchased, the amount spent and other associated information.

If you choose to sign up for our WhatsApp notifications, your mobile number is stored so that we can send you messages. Similarly, if you choose to sign up for our Facebook Messenger notifications, your public Facebook profile information may be stored. For clarity: you have to actively opt-in to these services.

Who is collecting the data, and who is it shared with?

We (BiggerBargains.co.uk) hold your data and do not share it with any third parties other than set out below:

• Our website uses Google Analytics to analyse how users interact with the site. This is fairly standard practise amongst websites, and we assure you nothing untoward is going on! It helps us keep track of the number of visitors to BiggerBargains.co.uk and spot popular deals and trends. We anonymise your IP address before sending it to Google Analytics.
• We use a service called MailChimp to manage our email newsletter subscriptions. We share your email address and, if you provided it to us, your full name with MailChimp. This allows us to send you personalised emails. We also use MailChimp to let us know how people interact with our emails – e.g. if/when they’re opened and what links are clicked. We use this information to try and improve our emails, so they’re as helpful as possible.

For full information about how any third party processes and handles information, please refer to their respective privacy policy and terms.

Why is the data collected?

We ask for your email address so that we can get in touch with you. As outlined above, your IP address is stored to help prevent the abuse of BiggerBargains.co.uk. Any other information is used to help improve BiggerBargains.co.uk and tailor our content to our visitors.

For full details of why data is collected by the third-party services we use, please review their privacy policies from the website links above.

Getting a copy of your personal information

You’re welcome to contact us if you would like a copy of the personal information that we hold.

What if my personal information is incorrect?

If you believe any of the information that we hold (e.g. your email address) is incorrect, you can contact us to let us know, and we’ll make sure it’s up to date.

How can I delete my account and/or personal information?

If you would like to delete your BiggerBargains.co.uk account and remove all personal data stored, go to the Contact Us page and let us know.

Cookies

We use cookies on BiggerBargains.co.uk. Find out more: BiggerBargains.co.uk/cookies

Third-party websites

We do not sell anything ourselves at BiggerBargains.co.uk – we are a community that links to deals and offers at various retailers (e.g. Amazon, Tesco or eBay). As these are third party websites not under our control, we encourage you to check their privacy policy before providing any personal data. You can tell when you have left BiggerBargains.co.uk as the URL will no longer be BiggerBargains.co.uk.

Sharing deals & commenting

If you share a deal or comment on our website, then you are free – within reason – to say or do what you like. However, to be on the cautious side, we would recommend that you avoid sharing any personal information. If you see something on our site that you’re not happy about, drop us a line, and we’ll look into it for you.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We, therefore, recommend that you review this page periodically for any changes. Any such changes are effective as soon as they are published on this page.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us, and we’ll do our best to help.