GiftWave ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of everyone who visits our website at ziftinfoview.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights in relation to it.
1. Who We Are
GiftWave is an independent informational website about virtual gift cards. We are not a gift card issuer, retailer, financial institution, or e-commerce platform. We do not process payments or financial transactions of any kind.
2. What Data We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily
If you use our contact form, you may provide:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The subject and content of your message
We collect this information solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not use it for marketing, do not share it with third parties for commercial purposes, and retain it only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond and maintain a record of the exchange.
2.2 Information We Do NOT Collect
We explicitly do not collect, store, or process:
- Passwords or account login credentials
- Banking information, credit card numbers, or financial account details
- Gift card codes, PINs, or voucher numbers
- Government identification numbers
- Health information
- Biometric data
- Payment card data of any kind
- Any information from children under 13 years of age intentionally
2.3 Automatically Collected Technical Data
Like most websites, our hosting provider and analytics tools may automatically collect basic technical data when you visit, including:
- Your IP address (may be anonymised)
- Browser type and version
- Pages visited and duration of visit
- Referring URL
- Device type and operating system
This data is used in aggregate form for understanding how our Site is used and improving our content. It is not linked to your personal identity.
3. Cookie Policy
Our Site uses cookies — small text files stored on your device by your browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:
3.1 Essential Cookies
Cookies that are necessary for the Site to function correctly. These cannot be disabled.
3.2 Analytics Cookies
We may use analytics services (such as Google Analytics) that set cookies to help us understand how visitors use our Site. Analytics data is processed in aggregate and anonymised form wherever possible. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.
3.3 Advertising Cookies
This Site may display contextual advertising. Advertising partners may set cookies to serve relevant advertisements and measure the effectiveness of their campaigns. We do not control the cookies set by third-party advertisers. Please refer to those third parties' privacy policies for details.
3.4 Managing Cookies
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Site. Most modern browsers provide guidance on managing cookies in their help documentation.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the limited information we collect for the following purposes:
- To respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form
- To analyse Site usage in aggregate form to improve our content and user experience
- To comply with applicable laws and regulations
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties. We do not use personal information for automated decision-making or profiling.
5. Third-Party Services
Our Site may use the following categories of third-party services, each subject to their own privacy policies:
- Web hosting: Our hosting provider processes technical data as described in Section 2.3.
- Analytics: We may use Google Analytics or similar services to understand Site traffic.
- Advertising networks: We may display contextual advertising from third-party ad networks.
- Fonts: We use Google Fonts, which may log your IP address when fonts are loaded from Google's servers. See Google's Privacy Policy for details.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party services. We encourage you to review their policies directly.
6. Data Retention
Contact form data is retained only for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and maintain a record of the exchange — typically no longer than 12 months. Technical/analytics data is retained in accordance with our analytics provider's standard retention periods.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights in relation to any personal data we hold about you:
- Right of access: You can request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You can request that inaccurate data be corrected.
- Right to erasure: You can request that your data be deleted, subject to certain conditions.
- Right to restriction of processing: You can request that we limit how we process your data.
- Right to object: You can object to certain types of processing.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our Contact page.
8. Children's Privacy
Our Site is not directed at children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately so we can delete it.
9. Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect any personal information we hold. Our Site is served over HTTPS. However, no method of internet transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. We will note the date of the most recent update at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us via our Contact page.