GyftHint, Inc. Privacy Policy
Gyfthint, Inc. and related entities (“GyftHint”), the company that operates the GyftHint website, mobile applications and web app (“Service” or “Services”), is committed to protecting your privacy while providing you with a robust gift-buying and receiving experience. This Privacy Policy applies to the Service and describes:
- Why we collect personal and nonpersonal information
- What personal and nonpersonal information we collect
- When information is collected
- How your information is used and protected
- When and with whom your information is shared
- Your choices regarding your personal information
We will post updated versions of this Privacy Policy reflecting all changes that materially affect the way in which your personally identifiable information may be used or shared. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that GyftHint does not own or control (including any third-party merchant or service provider websites and other websites, products or services used for logging into the Service, that are integrated with the Service or linked to the Service, hyperlinked or otherwise), or to individuals that GyftHint does not employ or manage, including, but not limited to, merchants, retailers or service providers, their employees, and third-party vendors. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us through our Service or write to us at:
GyftHint, Inc.
9160 Forum Pkwy.
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Attn: Customer Service/Privacy
Email: [email protected]
Information We Collect
The information, including personally identifiable information, we learn from Users, as such term is defined our Terms of Use which you may find in the mobile app and web app menus or here, Terms of Use, helps us not only provide the Service but also to personalize and continually improve each user’s experience with the Service. Personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) may include, but is not limited to:
Information You Give Us or is Available to Us
When you create a member account (“Account”) with GyftHint, we may ask you for Personal Information such as:
- Name or User Name
- Birth date
- Mobile Telephone Number
- Email Address
- Shipping Address
- Family’s/Friends’ Mobile Telephone Numbers & Email Addresses (used to invite them to use our Service with you)
We may also collect profile information you supply to us regarding your personal preferences and interests, such as your gender, certain anniversaries or milestones and whether you celebrate certain holidays. Except for your name, birth date, mobile telephone number and email address, you can choose not to provide us with any or all of the information we specify or request, but then you may not be able to register with us, receive gifts from your network of gift buyers, or to take advantage of some or all of our features. There are also options to make your profile private or public (within the GyftHint platform).
If GyftHint permits you to register by logging into your account with certain third party social networking sites (“SNS”) (including, but not limited to, Google, Facebook and/or X) via our Service, and you use such SNS login method, we may extract the Personal Information you have provided to the SNS (such as your “real” name, email address and other information you make publicly available via the SNS) from the account you have with such SNS and use that information to create your Account; the information we extract may depend on the privacy settings you have with the SNS.
To avail yourself of these rights, please email us at [email protected] or mail us at:
GyftHint, Inc.
9160 Forum Pkwy.
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Attn: Privacy
Automatic Information
Like many other applications, we may also collect nonpersonal information through cookies and other automated means. Information of this sort includes:
Technical information about your browser and mobile device: This information is used in the aggregate to help us optimize the Service for common browsers and devices.
Product screen capture for Hint accuracy: This information is used from screen capture of product information when you visit third-party websites when adding merchant products or services (“Hints”) to your personal store for purchase yourself or by others for you or suggesting Hints to others via our Suggest-A-Hint feature.
Usage information, such as the pages you request, searches you conduct and the features and texts/emails from GyftHint that you interact with: This information is used in an aggregate form to generate statistics about how the Service is being used and to target communications but is never shared in any form that could be reasonably used to identify you personally.
IP address, cookies, tokens and device identifiers: These are alphanumeric identifiers that help us to distinguish between unique browsers and devices in order to avoid showing you the same information twice, keep you logged into GyftHint, prevent duplicate actions, prevent duplicate discounts/coupon redemptions and improve your experience. The information we collect from cookies may include your IP address, browser and device characteristics, referring URLs, and a record of your interactions with our Service. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our Service may not work properly for you if you do so. We will not allow third parties to place cookies on our Service.
Crashes and error reports: If you encounter a crash or error while using our Service, we may generate a crash report that includes technical, usage and, if you are logged in, your Account information so that we can diagnose and potentially prevent the problem in the future.
Third Party Information
We may receive information from third parties such as public demographic information to help analyze the use of our Services and expand our offering.
User Content
Any profile information you post on this Service may be read, collected, and used by us and others who access this Service. You should only upload profile information if you are comfortable with these terms. By doing so, you consent to such access.
How We Use and Share the Information We Collect
We use the information we collect for things like:
- Providing the Service and communicating with you
- Conducting research and analysis
- Establishing and managing your Account with us and tailoring information and offers to you based on your interactions with our Service
- Operating, evaluating and improving our business
- Providing general, and anonymized data as a service (DaaS)
Log Data
We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics. This provides us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Share
GyftHint does not sell, rent or trade your Personal Information to third parties except as necessary to perform the Service or unless it is shared profile information, as described above. In the normal course of business GyftHint shares Personal Information with individuals (such as employees, contractors and legal service providers) and companies (such as consultants and service providers such as a push notification delivery service) to perform tasks on our behalf and may need to share certain information with them in order to provide products or services to you. However, our agents do not have any right to use Personal Information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us in providing the service to you as described in this Privacy Policy.
While we encourage vendors to treat your Personal Information with the same level of care as we do, we cannot be responsible for the use by such vendors of your Personal Information.
While we collect and exclusively own all non-personal, anonymous usage data and demographic information, we never provide your Personal Information to partners or third parties that would identify you personally. We encourage our partners to adopt and post privacy policies as well. However, the use of this anonymous aggregate information by our partners or third parties, as well as any Personal Information you directly provide to service partners or advertisers, is governed by the privacy policies of those service partners or advertisers and is not subject to our control.
Sometimes we may be required to share Personal Information in response to a regulation, court order or subpoena. We may also share information when we believe it’s necessary to comply with the law. We also may share information to respond to a government request or when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of GyftHint, our customers, or others; to prevent harm or loss; or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual unlawful activity.
We may also share Personal Information in the event of a corporate sale, merger, acquisition, dissolution or similar event.
How We Protect the Information We Collect
GyftHint uses reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality of Personal Information under our control and appropriately limit access to it. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
To protect your Personal Information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
Payments
We do not collect your purchase transaction data as we do not execute any transactions on your behalf. All purchases facilitated through GyftHint are executed by third-party merchants at the point of purchase on their websites. Please contact any merchants you transact with regarding their privacy policies and terms of use/service of their websites. (See Section Third Party Services and Links to Other Websites below)
EUROPEAN UNION General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
While GyftHint does not currently operate in the E.U. or U.K., for those within the European Economic Area (EEA) or U.K., the GDPR affords your European Privacy Rights to your personal data are as follows:
- The right to access any personal information being held about you
- The right to have any personal information being held about you permanently deleted (provided that the information is not required to comply with a legal obligation or claim)
- The right to promptly rectify any inaccurate personal information
- The right to restrict processing of your personal information (provided that processing is not required to comply with a legal obligation or claim)
- The right to request transfer of your personal information directly to a third party if technically feasible, and
- The right to object to the processing of any personal data at any time.
For CANADIAN Residents
If you reside in Canada, this section explains how your personal information may be handled.
We may process your personal information if you provide explicit consent for a specific purpose, or if we determine that your consent can reasonably be inferred. You retain the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
In certain exceptional circumstances, Canadian law permits the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information without your consent. These situations may include:
- When the information is urgently needed to protect an individual’s health or safety, and obtaining consent is not feasible.
- For activities aimed at detecting or preventing fraud or conducting investigations.
- As part of a business transaction, provided that safeguards are in place to protect the information.
- If the information is part of a witness statement needed to evaluate or settle an insurance claim.
- For purposes of identifying an injured, ill, or deceased individual and contacting their family members.
- When there are reasonable grounds to suspect financial abuse, and acting without consent is appropriate.
- If seeking consent could compromise the availability or accuracy of the information, and the information is necessary for investigating breaches of agreements or violations of Canadian or provincial laws.
- To comply with legal requirements, such as a court order, warrant, or subpoena.
- When the information was created by an individual in a professional or work-related context and is used in alignment with its original purpose.
- If the collection or use is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary objectives.
- When the information is publicly available and listed as such under Canadian regulations.
We are dedicated to managing your Personal Information responsibly and in accordance with Canadian privacy laws, ensuring it is used only in ways that are appropriate and legally permitted.
Your Choices Regarding the Information We Collect
When you provide us with Personal Information to facilitate your use of the Service, we imply that you consent, or opt in, to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.
However, you may withdraw your consent by choosing to:
- Stop receiving marketing or promotional e-mails, direct mail, or other marketing communications
- Update and correct your Personal Information
- Delete your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you Services
- Control when and whether content posted to third party services, such as Google, Facebook or X, using both settings provided by GyftHint and settings provided by the third-party service
- Request removal of your Personal Information from our Service
To do any of these, simply notify us of this decision by one of these methods:
- Follow the “Unsubscribe” link in any marketing email or follow the directions included in any other promotional material received from GyftHint
- Send an email to us at [email protected]
- Write to us at:
GyftHint, Inc.
9160 Forum Pkwy.
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Attn: Customer Service/Privacy
Please note that any opt–out request sent via postal mail may take at least sixty (60) days to become effective. Once received by GyftHint and your User identity is verified, GyftHint must respond to and execute your request within thirty (30) days (forty-five (45) days for California residents). When an account is removed from our Service, all Personal Information associated with the account is permanently deleted.
Third Party Services and Links to Other Websites
Our app may contain links to other websites, many of which have their own privacy policies. Be sure to review the privacy policy on the site you’re visiting. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, terms of use/service, terms and conditions, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
We may employ third-party service providers and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use, and disclose your information, including Personal Information, to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.
Any hyperlinks to any merchant or service provider website you visit to execute a purchase are provided as a courtesy, as we neither maintain third-party websites nor do we guarantee the accuracy of their contents, as we do not monitor their websites for updates or policy changes.
Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or GyftHint. So, if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information, including Personal Information, may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your information, including Personal Information, used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Cookies
Additionally, we may integrate third party services into our Service in order to personalize your experience. This policy only covers the use of cookies by GyftHint. Cookies placed by third party services are governed by the third-party terms and privacy policies applicable to those services (which we encourage you to read).
Children’s Privacy
We restrict use of the website and apps to individuals age 13 and above, and do not knowingly seek or collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. By using this Service, you represent that you are at least age thirteen (13). If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child under the age of thirteen (13) has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personally identifiable information except to the extent a subaccount is hosted by a parent or guardian of such subaccount holder under the age of 13, we will immediately delete such information from our systems. By hosting a subaccount for a child under the age of 13, such parent or guardian host consents to the handling of such information consistent with and in the same manner as any accountholder age 13 and above.
Disclaimer, Warranty & Limitation of Liability
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED BY GYFTHINT ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. GYFTHINT MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, SECURITY, ACCURACY AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AS TO (1) THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE, (2) THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR VALIDITY OF ANY CONTENT ON THE SERVICE, OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICE, (3) WHETHER THE FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SOFTWARE OR SYSTEMS SUPPORTING AND DELIVERING THE SERVICE, CONTAINED ON THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, OR (4) ANY OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH GYFTHINT OR ANY OTHER USER OF THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT GYFTHINT HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
YOU AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL GYFTHINT, ITS AFFILIATES, JOINT VENTURERS, ASSIGNEES, LICENSEES, LICENSORS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR PARNTERS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, OR USE AND FOR ANY ACTUAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, DIRECT OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER LOSSESS THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICE OR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SERVICE, EVEN IF PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE ISSUED GYFTHINT, ITS AFFILIATES, JOINT VENTURERS, ASSIGNEES, LICENSEES, LICENSORS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR PARNTERS A GENERAL RELEASE FOR CLAIMS, DEMANDS, OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, DIRECT OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, REGARDING OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES.
NOTE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE §1542, STATES: “A GENERAL RELEASE does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”
ANY PERSON OR ENTITY WHO ENABLES A SUBACCOUNT FOR ANY PERSON OF ANY AGE OR FOR AN ANIMAL OR ENTITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AGREES THAT YOU, AS THE PERSON OR ENTITY ENABLING SUCH SUBACCOUNT ARE/IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITY ON SUCH SUBACCOUNT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PURCHASES, RETURNS, TRANSACTIONS, SHIPPING, TAX, FEES, ET CETERA AND ANY LIABILITY ARISING THEREFROM AND FURTHER AGREES THAT GYFTHINT IS NOT LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR SAME, AS GYFTHINT MERELY FACILITATES SUCH SUBACCOUNT FOR THE ENABLER HOST’S AND SUBACCOUNT HOLDER’S CONVENIENCE.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time and at any time, without notice, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website or apps and the posting of any such update shall be deemed to be notice. You are responsible for proactively checking for any changes. Each version of this Privacy Policy will be identified by its effective date found at the bottom of this page.
If our Service is acquired or merged with another company, your Personal Information may be transferred to the new company, entity or individual so that we may continue to provide the Service to you. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
While every effort has been made to ensure that the Service is helpful and accurate, due to the nature of consistent updating and links to third-party websites, we cannot guarantee the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of all content.
If you would like to: access, correct, amend, or delete any Personal Information we have about you, register a complaint, ask a question, or simply want more information, please feel free to contact us any time through this Service, email us at [email protected] or write to us at:
GyftHint, Inc.
9160 Forum Pkwy.
Fort Myers, FL 33905
Attn: Customer Service/Privacy
Last Updated: January 11, 2025