Last updated: October 9, 2026

This policy explains what personal information JoinTheDeal (“we”) collects through jointhedeal.com, how we use it, and the choices and rights you have, including under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).

Information we collect

  • Order and account information: name, email, phone, billing and shipping address, order history.
  • Payment information: card and wallet payments are processed by Stripe. We do not receive or store your full card number.
  • Messages and sign-ups: what you send through our forms, including deal-alert email sign-ups and partner applications.
  • Usage data: pages visited, device and browser information, collected through cookies and analytics tools.

How we use it

To process and deliver orders, issue refunds, answer questions, send deal alerts you asked for, prevent fraud, and improve the Site.

Who we share it with

Service providers who help us run the store — payment processing (Stripe), shipping carriers, the brand or distributor fulfilling your deal (name, shipping address and phone only), web hosting, email and analytics — and authorities when required by law. We do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Your California privacy rights

California residents may request to know what personal information we hold about them, to correct it, or to delete it, and may opt out of any sale or sharing (we do not sell or share). We will not discriminate against you for using these rights. To make a request, email sales@jointhedeal.com with the subject “Privacy request”. We will verify your request using the email on your order or account.

Retention and security

We keep order records as long as needed for accounting, tax and legal obligations, and other data only as long as it is useful for the purposes above. We use HTTPS and limit access to personal information.

Cookies and email

You can control cookies in your browser settings. Every marketing email includes an unsubscribe option.

Children

The Site is not directed to children under 16 and we do not knowingly collect their information.

Contact

JoinTheDeal, Orange County, California — sales@jointhedeal.com

Deal requests and deal alerts

When you send a deal request or sign up for deal alerts, we collect your email address and what you tell us: the product, model, target price, quantity, ZIP code and timing. We use this to decide which group deals to negotiate and to email you about your request and related group deals. We share only totals with vendors (for example, the number of requests for an item by ZIP area), never your email or name. You can unsubscribe from any email, or ask us to delete your request, by writing to sales@jointhedeal.com.

A deal request also creates a public “requested deal” page so other shoppers can join its waitlist. That page shows only the product name, model, category, the date and the number of people and units waiting. It never shows your email address, ZIP code or target price. When you join a waitlist we collect your email address, ZIP code and quantity and use them the same way as a deal request. We may hold a request for review before it is shown, and we may remove any request.

AI connector (MCP)

Our AI connector at https://jointhedeal.com/mcp lets AI assistants search our deals. It does not ask for or accept personal information and does not use cookies. For each request it logs only the date and time, the request type, the tool name and the app name the AI client reports. It does not log search words or chat content. We keep this log for up to 13 months to count usage. Like any page on this site, requests also appear in our web host’s standard server logs.

Deal and advertising submissions

When a business sends us a deal or an advertising question on our Advertise page, the name, email, phone, company and message go to our internal customer system so we can review the deal and reply. We do not sell or share them.