Privacy Policy

Seasonal Gift Ideas (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates a gift-idea recommendation website. We are committed to protecting your personal information and being transparent about what we collect and why.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website and any related services. By using our site you agree to the collection and use of information as described here.

Information you provide voluntarily

• Account & profile data — if you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from Google.
• Wishlists — product IDs you save to personal wishlists are stored in our database tied to your account.
• Newsletter sign-ups — your email address if you choose to subscribe.

Information collected automatically

• Usage data — pages visited, products viewed, and time spent on pages, collected via Google Analytics.
• Click data — which affiliate product links you click, to help us understand which recommendations are most useful.
• Device & browser data — browser type, operating system, screen size, and general location (country/region) via analytics.
• Cookies & local storage — see Section 4 for details.

We use collected information to:

• Provide and improve our gift recommendation service.
• Personalise your experience (e.g. saved wishlists, recently viewed products).
• Understand which content and products are most popular.
• Display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense.
• Send newsletters if you have opted in (you can unsubscribe at any time).
• Detect and prevent fraud or abuse.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We and our third-party partners use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some site functionality such as staying signed in.

Seasonal Gift Ideas participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. When you click a product link and visit Amazon, Amazon may set their own cookies to track the referral. Any purchases made on Amazon are subject to Amazon's Privacy Policy.

We receive aggregate commission data from Amazon but do not receive any personally identifiable information about your Amazon account or purchases.

We use several Google products on this site:

• Google Analytics — anonymised traffic analysis. You can opt out via the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
• Google AdSense — interest-based advertising. You can manage ad personalisation at adssettings.google.com.
• Google Sign-In — optional account authentication.

Google's use of data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy.

We share data with third parties only in the following circumstances:

• Service providers — infrastructure services like MongoDB Atlas (database hosting) that process data on our behalf under data processing agreements.
• Analytics & advertising — Google Analytics and Google AdSense as described above.
• Legal obligations — if required by law or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our users or the public.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.

Anonymised analytics data (e.g. page view counts) may be retained indefinitely as it cannot be used to identify you.

Depending on your location you may have rights regarding your personal data, including:

• Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction — ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Deletion — ask us to delete your personal data.
• Opt-out of marketing — unsubscribe from any newsletter at any time via the link in each email.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@seasonalgiftidea.com.

Our site is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the revised policy on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out: