Last updated 17 September 2026. Written to meet South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
We never see or store your card number or banking details — payments are handled entirely by Paystack (see below). We don't run ads or sell your data to advertisers.
We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used (which pages are visited, and roughly from where and on what device). It sets cookies in your browser and sends Google anonymised usage data such as pages viewed and approximate location. We don't send it your name, email address or account details. You can block it with your browser's privacy settings or a tracking blocker, or opt out with Google's opt-out add-on; the site works the same either way.
We advertise MyDealDrop through Google Ads. To measure whether our ads work, Google Analytics shares two events with Google Ads: that an account was created, and that a paid plan was bought (with the plan and amount). We share no names, email addresses or other account details for this. Google may also use its cookies to show our ads to people who have visited this site. You can turn that off in Google's ad settings, or with the opt-out add-on above.
To run your account and watchlist, send the price alerts you've asked for, process subscription billing, and keep the service secure and working. This is necessary to provide the service you've signed up for, which is our lawful basis for processing it under POPIA.
MyDealDrop keeps you signed in using your browser's own local storage, not a tracking cookie — your login token is stored on your device and sent only to our own API to authenticate your requests. It never leaves your device otherwise, and clearing your browser's site data signs you out.
Emails about your account and your price alerts (verification, password reset, an alert when a target is hit) are part of the service. Separately, and only if you tick the box when you sign up or on your account page, we send a weekly roundup of the biggest price drops and occasional news. It is off unless you turn it on, it comes from a different address (news.mydealdrop.co.za) so it can never affect your alerts, and every one has an unsubscribe link that works in one click.
If you choose to turn on notifications, your browser gives us an address for sending to that browser (a push subscription), which we store with your account and use only to tell you when a price you track hits your target. You can turn them off at any time on your account page or in your browser's settings, and the subscription is deleted with your account.
You can create an account or log in with your Google account instead of a password. When you do, Google tells us your email address, name and a Google account identifier, and confirms the email is yours. We use that to create or find your MyDealDrop account; we never see your Google password and we do not read anything else from your Google account. An account created this way has no password unless you choose one with "Forgot your password?". We link a Google sign-in to an existing account with the same email address.
Three processors, each receiving only what they need to do their specific job, under their own privacy and security terms:
We do not sell your personal information to anyone, for any purpose.
For as long as your account is active. Email [email protected] to request a copy of your data or to have your account and its data deleted, and we'll act on it within a reasonable time.
You can ask us to access, correct, or delete your personal information, or object to how we're processing it, at any time via the email above. If you're not satisfied with how we've handled a request, you can escalate a complaint to South Africa's Information Regulator (inforegulator.org.za).
MyDealDrop is not directed at children and we don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.
We may update this page from time to time; the date above reflects the latest revision.
Any question about this policy or your data: [email protected].