Privacy Policy for Have a Gift Day (haveagiftday.com)
Effective Date: November 1, 2024

Welcome to Have a Gift Day! Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit https://haveagiftday.com.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

  • Automatically Collected Information: This includes data about your device and browsing activity, such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This information helps us analyze site traffic and improve user experience. We retain this usage data for 3 months for analytical purposes.
  • Cookies: Cookies support website functionality, performance analysis, and affiliate marketing activities. You can manage cookie preferences through the consent banner on our site (see Section 10 for details).
  • Personal Information: We collect personal information, like your name and email address, only when voluntarily provided, such as during newsletter signup.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • Enhancing User Experience: We use data to improve site content, personalize your experience, and understand reader preferences.
  • Email Communications: When you subscribe to our newsletter via the footer signup form, we use your email to send gift ideas, tips, and offers. You can unsubscribe anytime via the link in each email or by contacting us.

3. Affiliate and Advertising Disclosures

  • Affiliate Links: Have a Gift Day participates in the Amazon Associates Program and other affiliate programs, earning commissions from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. We recommend only products we believe offer value.

4. How We Share Your Information

  • Third-Party Service Providers: We may share data with trusted providers (hosting, analytics) to operate our website. Additionally, we may share aggregated, anonymized data that does not personally identify users. This aggregated data helps us improve our services without compromising user privacy.

5. Data Security

  • Protection Measures: We use HTTPS encryption to protect data during transmission. However, no online transmission method is entirely secure.

6. Your Rights

  • Data Access and Control: You can access, correct, or delete your personal data upon request. Contact us at haveagiftday@gmail.com to exercise these rights.

7. Rights of EU/UK Visitors (GDPR Compliance)

If you are located in the European Union or United Kingdom, GDPR and UK data protection laws grant specific rights:

  • Access, Rectification, Erasure, and Restriction: Control the processing of your data.
  • Data Portability and Objection: Obtain and reuse your data, and object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing. We process website usage data based on legitimate interest while newsletter subscriptions are based on consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
  • Right to Lodge a Complaint: You may lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority if you believe your rights are infringed.

8. Rights of California Residents (CCPA/CPRA Compliance)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) grant the following rights:

  • Right to Know/Access: Request details about the personal data collected and its use.
  • Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal information, subject to exceptions.
  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. Note: We do not currently sell or share personal information as defined by CCPA/CPRA.
  • Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: Restrict sensitive information use to necessary services.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at haveagiftday@gmail.com

9. International Data Protection Compliance

We strive to comply with all applicable international data protection laws. If you are in a jurisdiction with specific data protection laws, please contact us if you wish to exercise your data rights.

10. Cookie Management

  • Cookie Consent: We use a cookie consent banner where you can manage cookie preferences.
  • Types of Cookies: Essential cookies support functionality, performance cookies improve analytics, and marketing cookies support affiliate programs.

11. International Data Transfers

To provide our services, some user data may be processed outside of Poland or the European Economic Area (EEA), in compliance with relevant data protection laws and standards. For example, data may be processed on Amazon AWS servers.

12. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to external sites. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of these sites. Visiting them is at your discretion.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Effective Date” will reflect the latest version.

Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: haveagiftday@gmail.com
Postal Address: Jarosław Grzelak, os. Jana III Sobieskiego 22/100, 60-688, Poznań, Poland