# 🛡️ About Privacy and What ShopSavvy Collects

> ShopSavvy is built to do the job without selling you out. Here is what we collect, why, and what we don't.

*Published: 2026-05-06 | Updated: 2026-05-06 | Source: https://shopsavvy.com/help/about-privacy-and-data-collection*

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ShopSavvy has been around since 2008, and from the start it has been a tool that works *for* shoppers, not retailers. Privacy is a real part of that — not a marketing line.

## What We Don't Do

- We do **not** sell your shopping habits to data brokers.
- We do **not** require an account to use the app. You can scan, search, and compare prices fully anonymously.
- We do **not** prioritize a retailer because they paid us. Results are sorted by price, full stop.
- We do **not** track you across other apps or websites for advertising profiles.

## What We Do Collect

When you use the app **with an account**, we keep:

- The products and searches you choose to watch (so we can send you alerts).
- Your alert thresholds and notification preferences.
- Optional retailer preferences (preferred / excluded).
- Anonymous usage data on first launch — only with your permission, and only to fix crashes and figure out which features people actually use.

When you use the app **without an account**, we keep none of the above. Scans and searches are local to your device.

## Why We Need What We Need

- Watching a product means we have to keep checking that product's price for you. That's the whole feature — and it requires storing what you're watching.
- Anonymous crash reports help us fix the app faster. If you'd rather not contribute, turn it off in **Settings → Privacy** any time.
- Account data syncs across iPhone, Android, web, desktop, and the browser extension. Without an account, each device starts fresh.

## What You Can Do

- **Use ShopSavvy without signing in** — most features (scan, search, compare, deals feed) work with no account at all.
- **Turn off anonymous usage** — Settings → Privacy on iOS and Android.
- **Delete your account at any time** — see the help article on deleting your account. We delete watched products, searches, and any analytics tied to that account.
- **Read the full privacy policy** at shopsavvy.com/privacy if you want the legal-language version.

## Tips

- If you only need a quick price check, you don't need an account. The barcode scanner and search both work anonymously.
- If you do create an account, sign in once on every device you want to share watches with — that's it.
- We're a small, private company (Monolith Technologies, Inc.) — there's no parent ad-tech business profiting from your data on the side.

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