Privacy & Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

GiftObserver.com uses cookies to improve your website experience. By using our website and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy.

About Cookies:

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.

The Cookies We Set

This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook and Twitter, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Analytics cookies:

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Our analytics service provider generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.

Blocking cookies:

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:

– in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and then “Advanced”;

– in Firefox (version 44) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options”, “Privacy”, selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and deselecting “Accept cookies from sites”; and

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

Deleting cookies:

You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:

– in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at https://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11);

– in Firefox (version 44), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, clicking “Show Cookies”, and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and

– in Chrome (version 48), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customize and control” menu, and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings” and “Clear browsing data”, and then selecting “Cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data”.

Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

Contact us for Privacy, Data, or Cookie Questions and Requests

Gift Observer does not collect or store any personal data, other than email addresses of people who have signed up for our newsletter. If you would like to contact us regarding our policies or to request disclosure or removal of any data that this website may use, you can email us at [email protected] or use our contact form.

Privacy Policy

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors. We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:

– information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths);

– information that you provide to us when registering with our website (including your email address);

– information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (including your name and email address);

– information that you post to our website for publication on the internet;

– information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us or send through our website (including [the communication content and metadata associated with the communication]); and

– any other personal information that you choose to send to us.

Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal information to:

– administer our website and business;

– personalize our website for you;

– enable your use of the services available on our website;

– send you non-marketing commercial communications;

– send you email notifications that you have specifically requested;

– send you our email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);

– send you marketing communications relating to our business [or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties] which we think may be of interest to you, by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);

– provide third parties with statistical information about our users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from that information);

– deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;

If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.

Disclose of your personal information:

– to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

– in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;

– in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

– to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are (or are contemplating) selling; and

– to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.

Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.

Security of personal information:

We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers. You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet. You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).

Amendments:

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

Your rights:

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information will be subject to the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity. You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

Third party websites:

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

Affiliate Earnings Disclaimer

GiftObserver.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. If you visit Amazon through a hyperlink found on our site, and continue on the complete a transaction, this website receives a small referral fee from Amazon. This sales commission is paid by Amazon and not the customer who is making the purchase – there is no additional cost to the customer. Amazon, the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.