Privacy Policy
How YourGuruz handles your information when you browse offers, subscribe to our newsletter, or head off to a retailer — written in plain language.
Your privacy in simple terms
- You can use YourGuruz without an account — we don’t run shopper sign-ups.
- We collect an email address if you subscribe to the newsletter, and your details if you comment on a post or contact us.
- Like most sites, we use cookies and Google’s analytics and tag tools to understand traffic, plus an advertising service on some pages.
- Follow an offer and you may land on a retailer’s own website — from that point, their privacy policy applies, not ours.
- We don’t sell your personal information. We do use services like Google and Mailchimp that process some data for us.
What information we collect
YourGuruz is a website for finding coupons, deals and offers. You can browse most of it without giving us anything. Here is what we may collect, and when.
Information you give us
- Newsletter: if you subscribe to our email newsletter, we collect the email address you enter. That is the only field on the form.
- Comments: if you leave a comment on a blog post, we collect the name, email address and (optional) website you type in, plus your comment. WordPress also records the IP address and browser used to post it, which helps with spam.
- Messages: if you email us or use a contact form, we receive whatever you choose to include — usually your name, email address and your message.
Information collected automatically
Like almost every website, when you visit YourGuruz our hosting and analytics tools record standard technical details: your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view, the site or search that referred you, and the date and time. We use this to keep the site working, understand which content is useful, and spot abuse.
We do not try to build a detailed profile of you, and our tag setup does not pass your name, email or an account ID into analytics.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. YourGuruz and some of the services we use set cookies to:
- keep the site running smoothly and remember basic preferences;
- measure visits and traffic (see “Analytics and measurement” below);
- support advertising on some pages (see “Advertising” below);
- remember your details if you tick “save my name and email” when commenting.
You can control or delete cookies in your browser settings, and you can browse in a private or incognito window. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the site work.
YourGuruz does not currently display a cookie consent banner. Where your consent is required for certain cookies under the law that applies to you, please use your browser controls to manage them.
Analytics and measurement
We use Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager to see how many people visit YourGuruz, which pages they read, and how they found us. This is reported to us in aggregate — trends and totals, not individuals.
Google processes this data under its own privacy and analytics terms. Analytics is switched off for logged-in site staff. We also use Google’s PageSpeed Insights to check performance; that is a tool for us and does not track visitors.
You can opt out of Google Analytics across websites using Google’s browser add-on, or by blocking analytics cookies.
Coupon, deal and affiliate links
Many offers on YourGuruz link out to a retailer. Some of those are affiliate links, which let a retailer know the visit came from us so we may earn a small amount if you buy. Our Affiliate Disclosure explains this in full.
From a privacy point of view: when you click an offer, the retailer — and any affiliate or advertising service involved — may receive standard information such as your IP address, browser, the page you came from and the time. That is the same kind of detail any website sees when you click a link to it. Some of these services may set their own cookies.
When you leave YourGuruz for a retailer
Once you follow an offer link and arrive on a retailer’s website, you are on their platform — not ours.
Anything you do there — browsing, creating an account, entering payment or delivery details, buying — is handled by that retailer under its own privacy policy and terms. YourGuruz has no control over, and no access to, the information you give a retailer. We would encourage you to read the privacy policy of any site you shop on.
How we use information
We use the information above to:
- run YourGuruz, keep it secure and fix problems;
- understand which coupons, deals and articles are useful, and improve them;
- send our newsletter, if you have asked for it;
- reply to your messages;
- show and support advertising on some pages;
- meet legal and record-keeping obligations.
We do not use your information to make automated decisions that significantly affect you.
Sharing and third-party services
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not hand it over for other companies to run their own marketing to you.
We do rely on trusted service providers that process limited information so YourGuruz can function:
- Hosting (Hostinger)
- stores the website and its database and keeps standard server logs.
- Google (Analytics, Tag Manager, Fonts)
- traffic measurement, tag delivery and web-font delivery. Loading Google Fonts means Google receives your IP address.
- Mailchimp (Intuit)
- stores newsletter subscriber email addresses and sends the newsletter, if you have subscribed.
- Advertising service
- helps show ads on some pages and may process click and page information (see “Advertising” below).
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect our rights or the safety of users, or as part of a business transfer such as a merger or sale.
Advertising
Some pages on YourGuruz show ads served through a third-party advertising service, which uses Google Ad Manager to display them. To do this, the service and its partners may read your IP address and page context and set advertising cookies to limit how often you see the same ad and to measure performance.
We do not build our own ad-targeting profiles, and we do not give advertisers your name or email. You can manage ad personalisation through Google’s Ads Settings and your browser’s cookie controls.
Newsletter emails and unsubscribing
If you subscribe, we use your email address only to send the YourGuruz newsletter — deals, guides and updates. It is managed through Mailchimp.
Every newsletter has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Clicking it stops the emails. You can also ask us to remove you (see “Contact us about privacy”).
Data security
We take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold — for example, serving the site over HTTPS, keeping software updated, and limiting who can reach the admin area.
No website or internet transmission is ever completely secure, so we cannot promise absolute security. If something does go wrong with data we are responsible for, we will act promptly and notify you and the authorities where the law requires it.
How long we keep information
- Newsletter: your email stays on our list until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove it.
- Comments: kept with the post unless you ask us to delete them, or we remove them under our rules.
- Messages: kept for as long as needed to deal with your query, and a reasonable period afterwards.
- Analytics: retained by Google for the period set on the account; aggregated reports may be kept longer.
- Server logs: kept for a short period for security and troubleshooting.
When we no longer need information, we delete it or remove the parts that identify you.
Your privacy rights and choices
Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may have the right to:
- ask what personal information we hold about you and how we use it;
- ask us to correct or update it;
- ask us to delete it;
- withdraw consent you have given — for example, unsubscribe from the newsletter;
- object to, or ask us to limit, certain uses.
If you are in India, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 gives you rights to access a summary of your personal data and its processing, to seek correction and erasure, to nominate someone to act for you, and to have a grievance addressed. We aim to handle your information in line with that law as it and its rules come into effect.
To exercise any of these, contact us using the details in section 16. We may need to confirm your identity first. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can raise it with the Data Protection Board of India once it is operational, or with your local data-protection authority.
Children’s privacy
YourGuruz is meant for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18.
If you believe a child has given us personal information — for example, in a comment or the newsletter form — please contact us and we will remove it.
Where your information is processed
YourGuruz is operated from India. Some of the services we use are based in other countries — for example, Mailchimp stores newsletter emails in the United States, and Google’s services operate globally.
This means your information may be processed or stored outside India. We only use providers we consider reasonable for the purpose, and we rely on the protections those providers put in place.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this policy as YourGuruz changes or the law does. When we make a significant change, we will update the date at the top of this page and, where it matters, make the change more visible on the site.
Continuing to use YourGuruz after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Contact us about privacy
For any question about this policy or your information — including requests to access, correct or delete data — please get in touch. We will do our best to help and to respond within a reasonable time.