Ditum Privacy Statement
Last updated March 20, 2023
Introducing the Privacy Statement
This privacy statement (“Privacy Statement”) explains how Ditum.co (“Ditum” or “we”) collects and processes information from members and users of the website, software applications, and other online services we provide (collectively “Ditum’s products”). Ditum's products include, but are not limited to, the Ditum extension for web browsers (the “Extension”), the Ditum mobile application (the “Mobile App”), and the website located at www.ditum.co (the “Website”)
To the extent that Ditum has links to other websites (like retailers), please note that we do not own, operate, or control them, and they have their own controlling privacy policies that you should review.
What data we collect and why
In order to provide our services, Ditum collects information that you share directly with us when you use our website, extension, or Mobile App. Though you don't have to, you can choose to provide your email to set up an account with us. You can also set up your profile with your name and other info for a more personalized experience.
Ditum also collects technical information about your device and use of Ditum to make sure that our products are working correctly. The information we collect is geared to providing Ditum members with a better way to shop online and to help us develop, improve, and market our services.
Ditum does not track your search engine history, emails, or your browsing on any site that is not a retail website (a site where you can shop and make a purchase). When you are on a pre-approved retail site, to help you save money, Ditum will collect information about that site that lets us know which coupons and promos to find for you. We may also collect information about pricing and availability of items, which we can share with the rest of the Ditum community.
Shopping and Usage Data
On retail sites, Ditum collects the name of the retailer, page views, and in some cases, product information that allows us to track price changes and update our product catalog. We may also collect information regarding your purchases on a retail site while using Ditum (for example, the transaction value, and the fact that an order was completed or returned) for purposes including internal analytics, commission collection. The information you share, and we collect, enables us to improve our products and gives us insights about coupons, deals, pricing, and availability of retail items, which we can share with the rest of the Ditum community. We may also use this information to understand your shopping history, merchant and shopping preferences to provide you with a more tailored, relevant experience or show sponsored product offers that may interest you.
Aggregate and Anonymized Data
We may also use the information we collect in aggregate or otherwise anonymized form. This lets us look at interactions with our site and products generally and does not identify you or any specific person. We use this general data for research, development, marketing, analytics, and to enhance the shopping experience for the Ditum community.
What data we do not collect
We collect information that we believe can help us save our users time and money. This does not include, and we do not collect, any information from your search engine history, emails, or from websites that are not retail sites.
We also do not collect bank or credit card information (unless you expressly provide those to us when you make a purchase through Ditum).
How we share your data
We know how important your personal data is to you, so we will never sell it without your express permission first. We'll only share your personal data with your consent or in ways you'd expect (as we explain here). That means we will share your data if needed to complete your purchase, with businesses who help us operate Ditum, or if we are legally required to do so.
We may share information with our service providers (businesses that work for and with us) for the purpose of running Ditum and fulfilling our commitments to you. These include businesses that perform services on our behalf, including to help us maintain our products, to provide support for legal, banking, security protection, payment processing, our own marketing, and customer service. Please know that when we share information with our service providers, it's for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement and not for their independent use.
We may also share information in the following cases:
- with your express consent
- in an aggregate or anonymized format that does not identify any specific person;
- as required by law, or to comply or respond to a valid government request;
- when we believe in good faith that it's necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, or investigate fraud;
How we use cookies and similar technologies
Like most other online services, Ditum uses cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and other markers (we'll just call them “cookies”) to collect some of the data discussed in this Privacy Statement. These help us operate our products, analyze engagement and usage, and provide a relevant and personalized shopping experience. See below to learn how you can manage your cookie preferences.
Some cookies can be temporary (“session cookies” like those used for navigating your browser) and disappear once you close it. Others last longer (“persistent cookies,” like when you ask a site to remember your login) and are saved to your computer until you delete them.
Our uses of cookies and similar technologies fall into the following general categories:
Essential: We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies that are necessary to the operation of our sites, services, applications, and tools. This includes technologies that allow you access to our sites, services, applications, and tools; that are required to identify irregular site behavior, prevent fraudulent activity and improve security; or that allow you to make use of our functions such as shopping-carts, saved search, or similar functions;
Performance: We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies to assess the performance of our websites, applications, services, and tools, including as part of our analytic practices to help us understand how our visitors use our websites, determine if you have interacted with our messaging, determine whether you have viewed an item or link, or to improve our website content, applications, services, or tools;
Functionality: We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our sites, services, applications, or tools. This may include identifying you when you sign into our sites or keeping track of your specified preferences, interests, or past items viewed so that we may enhance the presentation of content on our sites;
Marketing: We may use first-party or third-party cookies and web beacons to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests, on our sites or on third party sites. This includes using technologies to understand the usefulness to you of the advertisements and content that have been delivered to you, such as whether you have clicked on an advertisement.
If you want to disable cookies entirely, your browser or mobile device might have an option to do that.
Additional rights regarding your data
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights as to the personal information that you share and Ditum collects.
Minors
We created Ditum for the exclusive use of adults (18 and older). We don't knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children. If you are a child under 18, please do not attempt to use or register for Ditum's products or send any personal information to us.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
We will continue to update our policies and practices as needed. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Statement by posting any changes here. If we do, you'll see that the date at the top of this Privacy Statement has changed.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policies and practice, please contact us at privacy@ditum.co