Last Updated: July 11, 2025
Your privacy is a top priority for us at Savvy Local (“we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application (the “App”), our website (http://mysavvylocal.com), and our services. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the platform.
1. Who We Are
We are Savvy Local, a platform dedicated to connecting communities with great local businesses. Our website address is: http://mysavvylocal.com.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Platform includes:
A. Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us when you create an account, become a business partner, redeem a deal, or communicate with us. This includes:
- Account Information: When you create a Savvy Local account, we collect your name, email address, and password.
- Business Partner Information: If you are a business owner creating a partner account, we collect your name, business name, address, phone number, email address, and other information related to your business listing.
- Communications: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, the contents of the message, and any other information you may choose to provide.
B. Information We Collect Automatically When You Use Our Services
- Transactional Information: When you redeem a deal, we collect information about the transaction, such as the deal details, the date and time of redemption, and the amount saved. This helps power features like your personal savings tracker.
- Location Information: With your permission, we may collect your device’s precise geolocation to show you deals and businesses near you. You can disable this at any time through your device’s settings.
- Usage Data & Cookies: Like most online services, we use cookies and similar technologies. We log usage data when you visit or use our services, such as when you view or click on content or deals. We collect data shown in comment forms, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
3. How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you to:
- Create and manage your account.
- Display a curated feed of deals and content relevant to you.
- Email you regarding your account, purchases, or to send you the QR codes for your redeemed deals.
- Fulfill and manage deals, payments, and other transactions.
- Power our gamified rewards system and track your savings.
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience.
- Notify you of updates to the App and website.
- Partner with business owners to help them understand the performance of their deals in an aggregated, non-personally identifiable way.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
- By Law or to Protect Rights: We may share your information if we believe the release of information is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.
- With Our Business Partners: We do not share your personal, identifiable information with our business partners. We may share aggregated, anonymous data regarding the performance of a deal (e.g., “This deal was redeemed 50 times this month”).
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties for any other purpose with your consent.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. For users that register on our website or app, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
6. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
You have certain rights regarding the personal information we maintain about you.
- Access: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
- Correction: You can log in to your account to see and edit your personal information at any time.
- Deletion: You can request that we erase your personal data. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
- Manage Communications: You may opt out of receiving marketing or promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe link in those emails.
7. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: support@mysavvylocal.com