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Groupon knows -- and tells -- a lot about you

"We're not turning around and selling the information, but we need to let you know that there are other parties that have access to it," Groupon spokeswoman Julie Mossler said.

Its definition of "personal information," for example, now includes "interests and habits" that it collects through a variety of automated and electronic means, including what you feed it.

But the company, like many other social sites such as Facebook and Google , said it also stores information from cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, browser-analyst tools and web-server logs kept on your computers or mobile devices. Even if you unsubscribe from the site, Groupon will keep that information stored.

Like lots of other sites, including news, travel and shopping sites, it reads your Internet addresses and can track where you’ve been before and after you visit the Groupon site, if you open an email or if you surf to certain sites.

If you use the mobile app, Groupon Now , the company automatically tracks where you are and alerts you to deals nearby.

"In short, if you use a Groupon mobile app and you allow sharing through your device, Groupon may collect geo-location information from the device and use it for marketing deals to you," the company said.

Mossler said it's fairly intuitive. "As we are rolling out more innovative products we require more information from consumers so we can provide them more relevant deals," she said. Post continues after video.

Consider this: If you subscribe to the new Groupon travel deals through Expedia, your personal information will be shared with Expedia. That covers a wide range of information such as your birth date, gender, where you live, what kinds of Groupons you buy and even look at, how you pay for them -- yes, perhaps even your credit- or debit-card number, expiration date and verification number -- and nearly everything you’ve ever put on other social media sites that you’ve linked to through Groupon.

But Expedia already has much of that information if you're a member there. 

If you're still looking to better protect your privacy, learn how to better manage your Groupon account.

Facebook Login Email

Log in to your facebook account and click setting at the top right side of the page. Under your name and user name, you'll see the email option. Click 'change' on the right side. You'll be asked to add any other email if you wish. Add the email you want to. You will be send an email to the account you added. Confirm it. Then, go to your settings again. Come to the option of email and click change again. This time you will be asked to change your contact email. Change it. The page will load and this time you will have an option to remove your old account. Remove it if you wish but remember that if you don't remove it, you can log in to your facebook account by both email addresses.

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