Privacy Policy for Affordable Gift

Last Updated: June 4, 2022

Affordable Gift (“us,” “we,” or “our”) operates the affordable-gift.com website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”). This document outlines our policies concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you engage with our Service, and the choices available to you regarding that data.

We utilize your data to provide and enhance the Service. By using the Service, you consent to the collection and use of information as described in this policy. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

1. Information We Collect and How We Use It

To provide and improve our Service, we collect various types of information for several purposes.

Types of Data Collected:

a. Personal Data

While you use our Service, we may request certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Shipping and billing address (Street, City, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code)
Cookies and Usage Data
Payment information (please note: payment details are processed securely by our third-party payment gateways and are not stored by us)

b. Usage Data

We may also gather information about how the Service is accessed and utilized (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data can include details such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the specific pages of our Service you visit, the time and date of your visit, duration spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

c. Tracking & Cookies Data

We employ cookies and similar tracking technologies (like beacons, tags, and scripts) to monitor activity on our Service and retain certain information. Cookies are small data files, possibly including an anonymous unique identifier, sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

You can configure your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. However, if you choose not to accept cookies, some portions of our Service may not function as intended.

Examples of Cookies we may use:

Session Cookies: Essential for operating our Service.
Preference Cookies: Used to remember your settings and various preferences.
Security Cookies: Deployed for security purposes.
Advertising Cookies (if applicable): May be used to present advertisements relevant to your interests.

2. How We Use Your Data

Affordable Gift uses the data we collect for a range of purposes, including:

To provide, maintain, and improve our Service
To inform you about modifications to our Service
To enable your participation in interactive features of our Service, should you choose to use them
To offer dedicated customer care and support
To gather analysis or valuable insights to enhance the Service
To monitor the usage patterns of the Service
To identify, prevent, and resolve technical issues
To process your orders efficiently and manage your account
To communicate with you regarding news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events similar to those you have previously purchased or shown interest in (unless you have opted out of receiving such communications)

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (e.g., under GDPR for EEA residents)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), Affordable Gift’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information detailed in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context of its collection.

Affordable Gift may process your Personal Data because:

We need to fulfill a contract with you (e.g., to process and deliver your order)
You have given us explicit consent to do so
The processing is within our legitimate interests and is not overridden by your fundamental rights
It’s necessary for payment processing
We need to comply with legal obligations

4. Data Retention Policies

Affordable Gift will retain your Personal Data only for the duration necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent required to comply with our legal obligations (for instance, if applicable laws mandate us to retain your data), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period for internal analysis, except when this data is essential to bolster security, improve Service functionality, or if we are legally mandated to retain it for extended periods.

5. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers situated outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those in your region.

If you are located outside [Your Country of Operation, e.g., the United States] and choose to provide information to us, please be aware that we transfer data, including Personal Data, to [Your Country of Operation] for processing.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by your submission of such information, signifies your agreement to that transfer.

Affordable Gift will take all reasonably necessary steps to ensure your data is treated securely and in line with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of your Personal Data will occur to an organization or country unless adequate controls, including data security measures, are in place.

6. Disclosure of Data

Under Legal Obligation

Affordable Gift may disclose your Personal Data if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation or judicial order
Protect and defend the rights or property of Affordable Gift
Prevent or investigate potential wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Safeguard the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

7. Security of Your Data

The security of your data is of paramount importance to us. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% infallible. While we are committed to using commercially acceptable measures to protect your Personal Data (such as SSL encryption for data in transit and partnering with secure, PCI-compliant payment processors), we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Your Data Protection Rights (e.g., under GDPR or CCPA)

Depending on your geographical location, you may possess certain data protection rights. Affordable Gift is committed to facilitating your ability to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to know what Personal Data we hold about you or want it removed from our systems, please contact us at [Your Data Protection Contact Email, e.g., [email protected]].

Under specific circumstances, you may have rights such as:

The right to access, update, or delete your information.
The right of rectification.
The right to object to processing.
The right of restriction of processing.
The right to data portability.
The right to withdraw consent at any time.

[This section requires careful review and expansion based on applicable laws like GDPR/CCPA. A legal professional or a robust privacy policy generator specific to your operational and customer regions is highly recommended.]

9. Engagement with Service Providers

We may engage third-party companies and individuals (“Service Providers”) to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related tasks, or assist us in analyzing Service usage.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these designated tasks on our behalf and are contractually obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. Examples include payment processors (e.g., Shopify Payments, PayPal, Stripe), shipping carriers, and email marketing platforms.

[Detail major types: “Payment Processors: We utilize third-party services for secure payment processing. We do not store or directly collect your payment card details. This information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors, whose use of your personal information is governed by their respective Privacy Policies.”]

10. Links to External Sites

Our Service may contain links to other websites not operated by us (e.g., affiliate product links, informational resources). Clicking on a third-party link will direct you to that site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every external site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

11. Children’s Privacy Protection

Our Service is not intended for individuals under the age of [e.g., 18 or 13 – specify based on legal requirements and target audience] (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under this specified age. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us immediately. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected Personal Data from children without verified parental consent, we will take prompt steps to remove that information from our servers.

12. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy periodically. We will inform you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will also notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service before the change becomes effective, and we will update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any modifications. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

13. How to Contact Us

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

By email: [email protected]
By visiting the Contact Us page on our website: affordable-gift.com/contact-us