Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 27, 2025

1. Introduction

At GiftCat, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our gift recommendation services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:

  • Personal Information: When you use our gift recommendation service, we may collect information you provide such as recipient interests, age ranges, occasions, and your relationship to the recipient.
  • Usage Information: Details of your visits to our website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data, along with the resources that you access and use on the website.
  • Device Information: Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our site. For more information, please see the "Cookies and Tracking Technologies" section below.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:

  • To provide and improve our gift recommendation service
  • To personalize your experience on our website
  • To improve our website and services
  • To process transactions if applicable
  • To send periodic emails (if you've opted in)
  • To protect against fraudulent or unauthorized activity
  • To comply with any legal obligations

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

We use different types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function properly
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Allow us to recognize and count visitors and see how they move around our website
  • Functionality Cookies: Used to recognize you when you return to our website
  • Targeting Cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our website, conduct our business, or administer activities on our behalf. These may include:

  • Google Analytics (for website analytics)
  • Google reCAPTCHA (for website security)
  • OpenAI (for AI-based gift recommendations)
  • Payment processors (if applicable)

These third parties may have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, and as required by law. When we no longer need personal information, we will delete or anonymize it.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can delete such information.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right to access your personal information
  • Right to rectify inaccurate information
  • Right to erasure ('right to be forgotten')
  • Right to restrict processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object to processing
  • Right to withdraw consent

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section.

10. 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. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

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

Email: privacy@giftcat.co.uk
Address: 123 Gift Street, London, UK