Privacy Policy
At Lowpi, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our price comparison service.
1. Information We Collect
At Lowpi, we collect different types of information to provide and improve our price comparison service:
- Voluntarily Provided Information: When you register, contact us, or participate in our surveys, we may collect your name, email address, and other contact information.
- Usage Information: We collect data about how you interact with our site, including the pages you visit, the products you search for and compare, and your browsing patterns.
- Technical Information: We automatically collect your IP address, browser type, operating system, Internet service provider, and other technical data.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, remember your preferences, and analyze site traffic.
Important: We do not collect or store credit card information or banking data, as we do not process payments directly. All transactions are conducted on the sellers’ websites.
2. How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our price comparison service.
- To personalize your experience and show you relevant products based on your interests and previous searches.
- To improve our website, products, and services.
- To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide support.
- To send you updates, price alerts, and marketing communications (if you have given your consent).
- To analyze usage trends and optimize our functionalities.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical or security issues.
Transparency: We only use your information for the specific purposes for which it was collected, unless we obtain your consent for other uses.
3. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal information under the following legal bases:
- Consent: When you have given us explicit permission to process your information for a specific purpose.
- Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and your fundamental rights do not override those interests.
- Contractual Necessity: When processing is necessary to fulfill our terms of service.
- Legal Obligations: When we must process your information to comply with the law.
4. Sharing Your Information
We may share your personal information in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We share information with third parties who help us operate our website, such as analytics providers, email services, and marketing platforms.
- Business Partners: As a price comparison service, we may share anonymous and aggregated data with the stores and brands featured on our platform.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose information when required by law or in response to valid legal processes.
- Protection of Rights: We may share information to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or violations of our terms of service.
Commitment: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personally identifiable information to third parties without your explicit consent.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our site:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the basic functioning of the site.
- Preference Cookies: Allow us to remember your preferences and personalize your experience.
- Analytical Cookies: Help us understand how you interact with our site to improve it.
- Marketing Cookies: Used to show you relevant ads and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns.
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our site.
Control: We offer you the option to accept or reject non-essential cookies when you first visit our site.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including compliance with legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider:
- The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information.
- The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure.
- The purposes for which we process the information.
- If we can achieve those purposes through other means.
- The applicable legal requirements.
7. Information Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure:
- We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption to protect data transmission.
- We store information with AES-256 encryption.
- We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards related to the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal information.
- We limit access to personal information to employees and contractors who need to know it.
Warning: Although we implement robust security measures, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
8. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: The right to request copies of your personal information.
- Rectification: The right to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion: The right to request that we delete your personal information.
- Restriction: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your information.
- Portability: The right to request that we transfer your information to another organization or to you.
- Objection: The right to object to our processing of your personal information.
- Withdraw Consent: The right to withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contacto@lowpi.com. We will respond to all requests within the timeframes established by applicable laws.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our service is not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not intentionally collect personal information from minors. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take the necessary measures.
Statement: By using our site, you declare that you are at least 18 years old or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, or that you have parental consent to use our services.
10. Links to Third-Party Sites
As a price comparison service, our site contains links to online stores and other third-party websites. This privacy policy does not apply to those external sites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any site you visit from our links.
We have no control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party sites or services and assume no responsibility for them.
11. International Data Transfers
We may process, store, and transfer your personal information on servers located outside your country of residence, where data protection laws may differ.
By using our service, you consent to this transfer, storage, or processing. We will take all reasonable measures to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update our privacy policy periodically. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will send you a notification.
We recommend reviewing this privacy policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Effectiveness: Changes will take effect immediately after their publication on the website. Your continued use of our service after the publication of changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes.
13. Affiliate Information
As an Amazon affiliate and other stores, Lowpi may earn commissions on purchases made through links on our platform, at no additional cost to the user.
This means that when you click on a product link and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission. This affiliate relationship does not affect the prices we display or influence our impartiality in comparing products.
14. Contact
If you have questions, comments, or requests related to this privacy policy or how we handle your personal information, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Email: contacto@lowpi.com
We are committed to addressing any inquiries or concerns you may have regarding the use of your personal information. If you have questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us at any time.