Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 15, 2025

Introduction
Information We Collect
How We Use Your Information
Information Sharing and Disclosure
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Google AdSense and Advertising
Amazon Associates Program
API Data Collection and Usage
Data Security
Your Rights and Choices
GDPR Compliance
CCPA Compliance
Children's Privacy
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Contact Information

1. Introduction

Welcome to StudentSaver AI ("we," "our," or "us"). We understand the importance of your personal information and are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website studentsaviorai.org (the "Site"), including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto.

We use advanced artificial intelligence systems to discover and present the best deals for students across the internet. Our autonomous systems operate 24/7 to find, validate, and deliver valuable savings opportunities specifically tailored to student needs and budgets.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site. By accessing the site and using our services, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of information in accordance with this policy.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

Register for an account
Sign up for our newsletter
Request deal alerts
Submit a contact form
Participate in promotions or surveys
Provide feedback or contact us

The personal information we collect may include:

First and last name
Email address
School or university affiliation
Areas of study or interest
Deal preferences
Any other information you choose to provide

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you access our Site, our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your web browser. This may include:

Your computer's IP address
Your browser type and version
The pages you visit
The time and date of your visits
The time spent on each page
Referring website addresses
Device information (type, operating system, screen resolution)
Language preferences

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies to help customize the Site and improve your experience. For more information about how we use cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy section below.

2.4 Deal Interaction Data

Our AI systems collect anonymized data about how users interact with deals, including:

Which deals are viewed most frequently
Click-through rates on specific product categories
Time spent viewing particular deals
Deal conversion rates
Search queries and filtering preferences

This information helps our AI systems improve deal recommendations and discover more relevant savings opportunities for students.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

3.1 Provide and Maintain Our Services

Present personalized deal recommendations
Send deal alerts based on your preferences
Maintain your account and preferences
Process transactions and send related information
Respond to your comments, questions, and requests

3.2 Improve Our Services

Understand how users interact with our Site
Develop new features, products, and services
Monitor and analyze usage and trends
Train and improve our AI deal discovery systems
Debug and fix technical issues

3.3 Communications

Send administrative emails (e.g., confirmation, changes to services)
Deliver newsletters, if you have subscribed
Send marketing communications about new deals, features, or offers (with opt-out options)
Respond to your inquiries and support requests
Send survey or feedback requests

3.4 Security and Protection

Protect the security and integrity of our Site
Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents
Enforce our Terms of Service and other legal rights
Comply with applicable laws and regulations

3.5 Personalization

Tailor content and deal recommendations to your interests
Remember your preferences and settings
Provide location-specific deals when relevant
Customize your experience based on your educational focus

We process your information for these purposes based on our legitimate business interests, to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed above.

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may share information in the following situations:

4.1 Business Partners and Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with business partners and third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as:

Payment processors
Email service providers
Analytics providers
Advertising partners
Customer service providers
Hosting and cloud storage providers

These service providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us and are contractually obligated to keep your information secure.

4.2 Affiliates and Retailers

When you click on affiliate links to retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, or Target, certain information may be shared with these retailers as part of the affiliate tracking process. This typically includes:

The fact that you came from our website
Any affiliate identifiers associated with the link
The specific product or deal you were interested in

Once you navigate to a retailer's website, their privacy policy governs the information they collect from you.

4.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

4.4 Vital Interests and Legal Rights

We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

4.5 Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.

4.6 With Your Consent

We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

4.7 Aggregated or Anonymized Data

We may use and share aggregated or anonymized data (that does not identify any individual) with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling, marketing, analytics, and other business purposes.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

5.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

5.2 Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

5.3 Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. These may include:

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here.
Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to serve personalized advertisements. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
Social Media Cookies: These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Affiliate Tracking Cookies: These cookies help us track affiliate referrals and compensate our partners appropriately when you make a purchase after clicking an affiliate link.

5.4 Cookie Management

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" ("DNT") signal where you can indicate your preference regarding tracking and cross-site tracking. Although we do not currently employ technology that recognizes DNT signals, we will only process your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Amazon Associates Program

StudentSaver AI is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

7.1 How Amazon Affiliate Links Work

When you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our Site, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any purchases you make on Amazon during that session or within a specific timeframe (usually 24 hours). This allows Amazon to credit our account with a small commission on qualifying purchases you make, at no additional cost to you.

7.2 Information Shared with Amazon

When you click on an Amazon affiliate link, the following information may be shared with Amazon:

The fact that you came from our website
Our unique Amazon Associates ID
The specific product you were interested in
Your IP address and browser information

Once you navigate to Amazon's website, Amazon's privacy policy governs the information they collect from you. We encourage you to review Amazon's Privacy Notice.

7.3 Affiliate Disclosure

In accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines, we disclose our participation in the Amazon Associates Program throughout our Site. This disclosure is included on pages containing Amazon affiliate links and in our Terms of Service.

7.4 Other Affiliate Programs

In addition to the Amazon Associates Program, we may participate in other affiliate marketing programs, including those offered by retailers such as Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and others. The same principles described above apply to these affiliate relationships.

8. API Data Collection and Usage

8.1 Our Autonomous Deal Discovery System

StudentSaver AI uses advanced artificial intelligence systems to discover, validate, and present student deals across the internet. Our autonomous systems operate 24/7 to find the best savings opportunities specifically tailored to student needs and budgets.

8.2 API Data Collection

Our API systems collect the following types of data:

Product Information: Names, descriptions, prices, discounts, images, specifications, and availability of products from various retailers
Price History: Historical pricing data to validate genuine discounts and predict future price movements
Retailer Information: Store policies, shipping options, return policies, and student-specific programs
User Interaction Data: Anonymized data about how users interact with deals on our platform
Search Queries: The terms and filters users apply when searching for deals

8.3 How We Use API Data

We use the collected API data to:

Discover and validate genuine deals for students
Calculate actual savings compared to historical prices
Score deals based on student relevance and value
Generate deal descriptions and recommendations
Predict future price movements and optimal purchase timing
Improve our AI systems through machine learning

8.4 API Data Retention

We retain API data as follows:

Active Deal Data: Retained while deals are active and for a reasonable period afterward for reference
Price History Data: Retained indefinitely in anonymized form for historical analysis
User Interaction Data: Retained in anonymized form for up to 24 months
Search Query Data: Retained in anonymized form for up to 12 months

8.5 API Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect API data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our API systems operate with strict access controls, encryption, and regular security audits.

9. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

9.1 Security Measures

Our security measures include:

Encryption: We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged with our site.
Secure Servers: We store all provided information on servers with appropriate security features.
Access Controls: We limit access to personal information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information to operate, develop, or improve our services.
Regular Audits: We conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing of our systems.
Staff Training: Our team members are trained on privacy and security best practices.

9.2 Data Breach Procedures

In the event of a data breach, we will:

Notify affected users promptly
Provide specific information about what occurred
Outline the measures we are taking to address the breach
Offer advice on protecting yourself after a data breach
Comply with all applicable laws regarding data breach notifications

9.3 Your Role in Security

While we implement safeguards to protect your information, you also play a role in maintaining the security of your information. If you have an account with us, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account password and for any activities that occur under your account.

10. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

10.1 Access and Information

You have the right to request information about the personal data we hold about you. We will provide this information within 30 days of your request.

10.2 Correction

If you believe that any information we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

10.3 Deletion

You have the right to request that we delete your personal information from our systems. We will comply with such requests unless we have a legitimate ground to not delete the information, such as if we are required to retain it to comply with legal obligations.

10.4 Data Portability

You have the right to receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

10.5 Objection and Restriction

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data. You also have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.

10.6 Email Communications

If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:

Clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email you receive from us
Contacting us using the contact information provided below
Updating your preferences in your account settings if you have an account

Note that even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you service-related communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

10.7 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site.

12. CCPA Compliance

If you are a resident of California, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

12.1 Categories of Personal Information We Collect

In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

Identifiers (e.g., name, email address, IP address)
Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute
Commercial information (e.g., products or services purchased, deal interactions)
Internet or other electronic network activity information (e.g., browsing history, search history)
Geolocation data
Inferences drawn from other personal information to create a profile about preferences and characteristics

12.2 Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following sources:

Directly from you (e.g., forms you complete, products and services you purchase)
Indirectly from you (e.g., from observing your actions on our Site)
From third-party service providers (e.g., analytics providers)

12.3 Your Rights Under CCPA

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. These include:

Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of Sales: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. Note that we do not sell personal information in the traditional sense. However, the CCPA's definition of "sale" is broad and may include certain data sharing practices for advertising purposes.
Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

12.4 Exercising Your CCPA Rights

To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by contacting us using the information provided in the Contact Information section. Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information.

12.5 Response Timing and Format

We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

13. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Site or on or through any of its features.

If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Information section.

For residents of the European Union, we do not knowingly process data of EU children under 16 without parental consent. If we learn that we have processed any such data, we will delete it.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: privacy@studentsaviorai.org
By visiting this page on our website: Contact Us
By mail: StudentSaver AI, 123 Tech Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94301, United States

For data protection matters, you can contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@studentsaviorai.org.