Privacy Policy

Welcome to The Gifting Cove. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information when you visit our website. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about our data practices, including our use of Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services.

Information We Collect

    Information You Provide

    We may collect your name and email address if you subscribe to our newsletter, or if you contact us via the Site.

    Information That Is Collected Automatically

    When you visit our Site, we and our third-party partners automatically collect some information about you, such as your IP address, your browser type and version, your operating system, referring websites, your pages viewed, your time spent at the Site, and device information. This data is collected by using cookies, web beacons, pixel tags and similar tracking technologies.

    Cookies and Tracking Technologies

    We use cookies to run and make our Site better. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us and our advertising partners to provide a better experience.

    We use the following types of cookies:

    • Essential Cookies – Used for basic functionality of the Site. The Site cannot work properly without these.
    • Analytics Cookies – Used to understand the ways that the visitors engage with the Site. We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized data about traffic and usage patterns.
    • Advertising Cookies – Used to provide relevant advertisement based on your interest. These are put in place by our advertising partners including Google AdSense.
    • Affiliate Cookies – Used to track referrals and attribute commissions when you click on affiliate links on our Site.

    You can control or disable the cookie using your browser settings at any time. Please note that disabling cookies may impact on the functionality of some features on our Site.

    Google AdSense and Third Party Advertising

    Disclosure: The Gifting Cove uses Google AdSense for the display of advertisements. Google and its partners may also use cookies and similar technologies to deliver advertising based on your previous visits to our Site and to other sites on the internet.

    How Google AdSense Works?

    Google AdSense is a service provided by Google LLC that offers advertising services. When you visit our Site, Google may place or read cookies on your browser for the purpose of serving you personalized advertisements that are based on your interests and browsing history. These are called interest-based or personalised ads.

    What Data Google Collects?

    Through AdSense, Google may collect and use information such as your IP address, information about your browser and device, pages visited and browsing behavior across websites that use Google services. This data is collected according to Google’s own privacy policies and practices.

    How to Opt Out from Personalized Ads?

    You have total control of personalised advertising. You may opt out at any time by the following:

    Opting out of personalized ads doesn’t mean that you will not see advertisements – it simply means that the ads you are seeing will not be based on your interests.

    Google’s Privacy Policy

    For complete information about how Google gathers and uses information through AdSense, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

    Affiliate Disclosure

    Disclosure: The Gifting Cove is part of affiliate marketing programs. We may make a commission when you click on certain links on our Site and make a purchase, at no additional cost to you.

    What Is Affiliate Marketing?

    Affiliate marketing is a method for websites to earn a fee by being linked to products and services sold by other companies. When you click on an affiliate link on our Site and complete a qualifying purchase, we may earn a small commission for us from that retailer.

    Programs We Participate In

    We may join some programs like Amazon Associates, ShareASale, Commission Junction (CJ Affiliate), Impact Radius and other affiliate programs for retailers. This list is not exhaustive and may be updated from time to time.

    Our Editorial Independence

    All product recommendations and gift guides on The Gifting Cove reflect our actual research and editorial opinion. Affiliate relationships have no bearing on which products we recommend and how we rank them. We only feature items that we believe represent a real value to our readers.

    FTC Compliance

    In compliance with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials we transparently and prominently disclose our affiliate relationships. Where affiliate links are found on our Site, they are disclosed either in post or via a site-wide disclosure notice.

    Google Analytics

    We are using Google Analytics to help us to understand how visitors use our Site. Google Analytics collects information (anonymized data such as the pages visited, time on site, traffic sources, and general location [country/city level]). This information is aggregated and does not identify you personallyYou can choose not to be tracked by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which is available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

    How We Use Your Information?

      We use the information we collect to operate and maintain the Site, enhance the user experience, analyze traffic patterns and serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense, track affiliate referrals and commissions, respond to your inquiries, send newsletter or updates if you have opted in, and fulfill legal obligations.

      How We Share Your Information?

        We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third parties, for their own marketing purposes. We may share data in the following limited circumstances:

        with advertising partners to serve relevant ads on our Site, with analytics providers to understand how our Site is performing, with affiliate networks to understand and attribute sales commissions, with service providers to help run our Site under confidentiality agreements, in connection with a business merger, acquisition, or sale of assets where required by law or valid legal process, and

        Third-Party Links

          Our Site includes links to third party websites such as online retailers and affiliate partner sites. These are links provided for your convenience. We have no control over the content or the privacy practices of those sites and are not responsible for them. We urge you to read the privacy policy of any website that you visit.

          Children’s Privacy

            The Gifting Cove is not aimed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly obtain personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has given us personal information then we will delete immediately. If you think your child has provided information to us, please contact us immediately.

            Your Rights and Choices

              Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete personal data that we hold about you. You can unsubscribe from our marketing emails at any point in time by clicking on the unsubscribe link within any email. You may opt out of personalised advertising as described in Section 3. You can disable cookies in your browser settings.

              California Privacy Rights CCPA

                If you are a resident of California, you have the right to know what personal information we collect about you, a right to request deletion of your personal information, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA. To make a request, please contact us using the information in Section 14.

                Users of the European Economic Area (GDPR)

                  If you access our Site from the European Economic Area then you also have the additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict or object to processing of your personal data. Our legal basis for processing your data is our legitimate interest in running and running the Site, as well as your consent where necessary (for example, for cookies). To exercise your GDPR rights please get in touch with us directly.

                  Security

                    We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or loss. However, no data transmission across the internet and electronic storage system is 100 percent secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your information.

                    Modifications to This Privacy Policy

                      We may revise this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational or regulatory reasons. We will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page each time the changes are made. Your continued use of the Site after any update is acceptance of the revised policy. We encourage you to check this page on a regular basis.

                      Contact Us

                        If you have any questions, concerns or requests related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us.