Two different ways to find a code
There are broadly two ways to bring a voucher code or coupon code into a checkout: install a browser extension that tries codes automatically, or check a page like ours before you pay and copy a code in by hand. Both aim at the same result, a working discount, but they work in technically different ways, and it is worth understanding what an extension actually needs access to in order to do its job.
What a browser extension technically requires
To try codes automatically at checkout, an extension needs permission to read and sometimes modify the content of the page you are on, at the moment you are on it. In practical terms this usually means the extension can see the page you are viewing, including a shopping cart or checkout page, in order to detect that a code field exists and insert text into it. Depending on how broad the requested permissions are, this can extend to seeing the pages you visit more generally, not only checkout pages, since browsers do not usually grant access limited to one specific type of page.
Why this matters for privacy
None of this means every extension misuses that access. It means the access itself is broad by necessity, and the actual behaviour depends entirely on how the specific extension is built and what its provider does with what it can see. Reading an extension's permissions before installing it, and understanding that "can access this site" is functionally close to "can read what is on this site", is a reasonable habit regardless of which extension is under consideration.
What replacing a code in your basket would mean
A separate, more specific concern with some browser extensions in this category is the ability to detect and change an existing affiliate tracking link in a page, effectively substituting a different one at the last moment before checkout. This is a known mechanic in the industry rather than something specific to any single extension, and it is one of the reasons some retailers are cautious about extensions that operate this way. It does not usually change the price a shopper pays. It can change which site receives credit for the sale.
How a listing site like ours works differently
A page that simply lists codes, rather than a tool running inside your browser, works without needing any of that access. Checking the codes on daily-coupons.info means opening a page, copying a code, and pasting it into the checkout of a retailer's own site, a manual step that does not require reading or modifying the checkout page itself. We do not operate a browser extension. The trade off is that copying a code takes a few seconds of manual effort, compared with an extension that tries automatically, in exchange for not needing broad access to the pages you visit while shopping.
What we do and do not do with what we see
On our own pages, we do not set cookies to track visitors, and there is no account or login, so there is no profile being built of what you browsed or bought. The only point where tracking exists at all in this model is the moment you click through to a retailer, described in more detail on our how it works page, which is a standard affiliate mechanism rather than something specific to how we operate the listing itself.
A practical way to weigh the choice
Neither approach is wrong on its own. An extension can save time across many small purchases if it comes from a provider whose permissions and behaviour you have checked. A listing you check manually gives up that convenience in exchange for not granting any browser level access at all. Knowing which trade off applies before installing anything is the useful part, more than choosing one approach as universally better than the other.
Frequently asked questions
Can a coupon extension see what I am buying?
Often yes, because it needs to read the page to detect a code field and a cart total. The exact scope depends on the permissions the specific extension requests, which is worth checking before installing it.
Does daily-coupons.info have a browser extension?
No. We list codes on the site itself, and you copy and paste a code into the shop's checkout manually, which does not require any browser extension or access to the checkout page.
Can an extension change which site gets credit for my purchase?
Some extensions in this category can replace an existing tracking link with their own at the last moment. This is a known industry mechanic, generally does not change the price paid, but can change which site the retailer credits for the sale.
Do you use cookies to track what I look at on the site?
No. The portal itself does not set cookies to track visitors. Tracking only comes into play at the point you click through to a retailer, through the standard affiliate mechanism used across the industry.
