Plain-language policy

Privacy policy

Effective date: September 9, 2026

Silly Gift Guides is a static editorial website. The public site does not provide visitor accounts or comments. It uses Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity only when a visitor allows optional analytics, and it provides a contact form for messages visitors choose to submit.

Information visitors provide

If you contact Silly Gift Guides through the contact form, we receive the information you choose to submit, such as your name, email address, message, inquiry type, and optional company or product details.

Server logs and technical data

The web host may process standard server information such as IP addresses, browser details, device information, requested pages, referring pages, and timestamps for security, troubleshooting, and reliable delivery.

Analytics, cookies, and tracking

The site uses Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity only after optional analytics consent is given to understand page visits and site usability. Microsoft Clarity may provide aggregated analytics, heatmaps, and session recordings that help us understand how visitors interact with the site, such as pages viewed, clicks, scrolling behavior, and general navigation patterns. These insights are used to improve site usability. Rejecting optional analytics prevents these providers from loading. Affiliate networks, including CJ Affiliate where configured, and participating merchants may use referral cookies or similar tracking to attribute clicks and qualifying purchases. The site may also use normal technical data handled by the browser and web host to load pages.

Anonymous Gift List usage counts

A browser can be marked as a testing/admin browser using the usage dashboard. We store that preference on that browser, not a unique browser identifier. Future basic counts include an aggregate test-activity subtotal so reports can exclude or include them. These counts do not store IP addresses, and earlier counts cannot be attributed to individual visitors. Marked browsers do not load optional Google Analytics or Microsoft Clarity; changing this preference does not grant or change analytics consent.

To understand whether the site is useful, we count basic actions such as saving a gift, opening a shared list, choosing a sharing option, viewing a guide, and starting or finishing a Gift Lab activity. These are daily totals, collected without placing analytics cookies or storing visitor identities, the gifts on a list, email addresses, or phone numbers in our count records. Optional Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity remain subject to your analytics consent choice.

Affiliate links

Some outbound links may be affiliate links. When you click a tracked link, an affiliate network or merchant may receive information needed to attribute the visit or purchase, such as the referring page, click time, browser information, and purchase information if you buy something. Those third parties may use cookies, pixels, redirect tracking, or similar technologies according to their own policies.

Third-party merchant websites

When you follow a link to another website, that site's privacy policy applies. Silly Gift Guides does not control third-party merchant websites, checkout pages, payment systems, shipping systems, or customer-service tools.

Choices

You can use browser settings or privacy tools to block or delete cookies, limit tracking, or control how third-party websites handle your data. Blocking some third-party tracking may affect affiliate attribution.

Data retention

Silly Gift Guides does not currently maintain a visitor marketing database. Email messages may be retained as needed to respond, keep business records, or handle follow-up questions.

Security

Reasonable care is used to keep site systems and credentials secure, but no website or email exchange can be guaranteed completely secure.

Children's privacy

Silly Gift Guides is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. The site does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Policy updates

This policy may be updated when site features, vendors, or privacy practices change. The effective date will be updated when changes are published.

Contact

For privacy-related questions, contact contact@sillygiftguides.com.