Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Consumer Quest LLC ("Dealophant," "We," "Us") respects Your privacy. This Policy describes the types of information We may collect from You when You visit Dealophant.

2. Information We Collect

We prioritize data minimalism. We collect only what is necessary to operate the search engine.

A. Information You Provide

• Search Queries: We process the text you type into the search bar to fetch results from Amazon.
• Correspondence: If you email us, we keep records of that correspondence to assist you.
• Email Address: If you sign up for the weekly digest or a price-drop alert, we store your email address, what you asked to hear about, and the IP address and browser type used to sign up. We email you only to confirm the sign-up and to send what you signed up for. Every digest and alert email has an unsubscribe link.

B. Information Collected Automatically

• Usage Details: We use privacy-focused analytics tools to track traffic patterns, page views, and performance metrics.
• IP Addresses: We may log IP addresses for security purposes, rate limiting, and to prevent abuse of our API quotas.
• Cookies and Browser Storage: We keep simple preferences, saved searches and your comparison list in your own browser. Google Analytics sets its own cookies (see section 4).

Browser extension: The Dealophant for Amazon extension sends only the ASIN (Amazon product ID) of the product page you are viewing to dealophant.com, to look up its price per unit. On Amazon search pages it sends nothing. It collects no personal data, browsing history or account details.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To Provide the Service: We use your search queries to fetch data from the Amazon Product Advertising API.
• To Improve the Engine: We analyze failed searches or incorrect regex parses to improve our algorithms.
• Caching: To improve speed and reduce costs, we cache search results for up to 15 minutes. This cache does not contain personal information, only product data.

4. Third-Party Services & Data Sharing

Dealophant relies on third-party services to function.

• Amazon: When you click a product link, you are redirected to Amazon.com. Amazon will drop their own cookies to track that you came from Dealophant (for affiliate attribution). Amazon's Privacy Policy governs your activity once you leave our site.
• Affiliate Links: We participate in the Amazon Associates Program. When you click a product link, we record the click (the product identifier, the page or search it came from, your country and IP address) to measure which results are useful and to track commissions. If you are outside the US, a click may pass through GeniusLink, a link service that sends you to your local Amazon store.
• Analytics: We use Umami, a privacy-focused analytics tool that does not use cookies, and Google Analytics 4, which uses cookies, to measure page views, searches and clicks. Google Analytics is not loaded when your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal. We do not use advertising trackers.
• Hosting: Our site is self-hosted. System logs may be collected for performance and security.
• Cloudflare: We use Cloudflare Turnstile to block automated sign-ups, and Cloudflare Email Sending to deliver sign-up confirmations, digests and alerts.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

5. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and unauthorized access. However, no transmission of information via the internet is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to our Website.

6. Children Under 18

Our Service is not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

7. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We will post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, including California under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect about you, where it comes from, why we use it and who receives it, and get a copy of it.
• Correct personal information that is inaccurate.
• Delete personal information we hold about you.
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, and limit the use of sensitive personal information. We do not sell or share personal information, and we do not collect sensitive personal information.
• Not be treated differently for using any of these rights.

Categories sold or shared. In the past 12 months we have not sold or shared any category of personal information. The categories we collect are identifiers (your email address if you sign up, and IP address), internet activity (pages viewed, searches and clicks on our site) and general location inferred from IP address. We disclose these only to the service providers named in section 4, for the purposes described there.

Global Privacy Control. We treat a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal from your browser as a request to opt out of the sale and sharing of your personal information. When your browser sends one, Google Analytics is not loaded on our pages.

How to make a request. Email [email protected] with the subject "Privacy request" and tell us which right you want to use. To stop our emails, use the unsubscribe link in any digest or alert email.

Verification. To protect your information, we verify a request by matching it to information we already hold, usually by confirming the request from the email address it concerns. We will not ask for more information than we need, and we respond within 45 days.

Authorized agents. You may use an authorized agent to make a request for you. We will ask for your signed written permission and may ask you to confirm your identity with us directly.

9. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy, contact Us at: [email protected]