Privacy

We've kept this as simple as possible.

1. Will will never share, sell, or reveal any personal information or data that you have entered on the Givfts.com website without your expressed permission. Period.
2. We are dedicated to the security of our website and servers and restrict access to Givfts.com administrators only. We vigilantly monitor access and install any security updates immediately.
3. If you feel your personal information has been compromised, please contact us.

Disclaimer

While we had made great efforts to protect and backup your data, and make the site intuitive and easy to use, Givfts.com can't be responsible for any loss of data, disruption of business, loss of profits, confusion, or frustration.

Givfts.com also can't be responsible for any loss of data, disruption of business, loss of profits if your account is compromised. Please make sure that you use a strong password.

Password tips:

• 12 characters minimum
• Use combination of numbers, symbols, upper and lower-case letters
• Don't use dictionary words or any word or number associated with you, e.g, your city
• Don’t use common substitutions, e.g. ! for 1

You can help:

If you experience any bugs, perceived or actual, or feel something is unituitive or have suggestions on how its use could be clearer or more intuitive, please contact us.

Complete Privacy Policy

Overview

Givfts.com (Givfts, “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. We understand your concerns with regard to how information about you is used and disclosed, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so sensibly and carefully. This notice (this “Privacy Policy”) describes what information we collect about you, how we collect it, how we use it, with whom we may share it, and what choices you have regarding it. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and forms part of the Terms of Use of our Web site (www.givfts.com), or any replacement site, the “Site”). We encourage you to become familiar with the terms and conditions of both this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. By accessing and using the Site, you agree that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and you accept and consent to the privacy practices (and any uses and disclosures of information about you) that are described in this Privacy Policy. Changes to Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may change our privacy practices, and this Privacy Policy, because of changes in our business or services, in relevant and applicable legal or regulatory requirements, or in our attempts to better serve the needs of our customers. In the event of any changes to our privacy practices, notice will be given in the manner described in the Terms of Use, and a revised Privacy Policy will be posted on the Site.

What Information Do We Collect?

1. The successful functionality of the the Givft's Site may require you to submit information about yourself, and related metadata, including your name, email address, date of birth, anniversary, and notes about your interests.
2. Certain aspects of the Site may allow you to voluntarily submit information to us or to request information from us. The information that you submit or provide in such a case may include personal or individually identifiable information, such as, for example, your name, address, telephone number, and other contact information. You should be mindful of the information that you choose to provide to us, and you should make sure that any information that you do provide is complete, truthful, and accurate.
3. We may also collect certain identifying information from or about you in connection with your use of the Site. For example, we may retain the content of, and metadata regarding, any correspondence you may have with us or our representatives, regardless of the subject matter or the mode of communication by which such correspondence is made. This information helps us to improve our capabilities and services, as well as the Site and the content, materials, and opportunities that we feature or describe on the Site, and to more effectively and efficiently respond to both current and future inquiries.
4. As with many other Web sites, the Web servers used to operate the Site may automatically collect certain data pertaining to you and the equipment and communications method that you use to access the Internet and the Site. Without combining these data with other sources of information, they do not readily or personally identify you. They may reveal such things as the Internet protocol (“IP”) address assigned to your computer, specific pages that you accessed on the Site or immediately prior to visiting the Site, and the length of time spent in a visit to the Site. The purposes for which this information is collected and used include facilitating Site operation and system administration, generating aggregated, non-identifiable statistical information, monitoring and analyzing Site traffic and usage patterns, and improving content and content delivery with regard to the Site and the materials, opportunities, and services that we describe or make available on the Site.

Cookies

We may also use “cookies” (small text files stored on your computer) to help track and customize your access to and use of the Site. Cookies store and retain information that makes it possible for a Site like Givfts to function, and helps us recognize you when you return to the Site following a previous visit. Most popular Internet browser packages allow you to configure the browser so as not to accept cookies. However, setting your browser to reject cookies may, in certain instances, prevent you from using the site or taking full advantage of the Site and the materials, products, and services that we make available on the Site.

How Do We Use The Information That We Collect?

We may use, disclose, and keep on file any information that you submit or provide to us (or that you cause to be submitted or provided to us) through or in connection with the Site, as necessary and appropriate for the purposes for which it was submitted. For example, if you request information or materials from us about our services, we may use the information that you provide to contact you and to deliver the requested materials to you. We will not use or disclose personally or individually identifiable information about you for other purposes, except as specifically provided in this Privacy Policy.

With regard to other information collected by or on the Site, in addition to the uses mentioned or described above or otherwise described in our Terms of Use, we may use the information that we collect to analyze and improve the content, features, materials, and opportunities that we make available on the Site, to notify you of changes made to the Site or new opportunities made available on or through the Site, to evaluate your needs and customize the Site content delivered to you according to those needs, to send you promotional materials that you request from us, and for other legitimate and lawful business purposes. If you contact us for support or assistance in connection with using the Site, we may use information about you or your system for purposes such as verifying whether your system meets the minimum requirements needed to use the Site and any capabilities or functionality that we make available on the Site. In addition, we may use information that we collect or obtain about you to, from time to time, send you announcements, newsletters, and notices about our services.

With Whom Do We Share Information That We Collect?

We may, in the course of conducting our business, and in addition to any other uses or disclosures mentioned or described above or otherwise described in our Terms of Use, share certain information about you that we collect or that you submit to us, whether solicited or unsolicited, to the trusted business partners and service providers that we utilize in operating, maintaining, and further developing the Site and in delivering the content, materials, opportunities, and services that we make available on or through the Site or otherwise as part of our business. The sharing of such information is only to the extent necessary and appropriate for the purposes for which the information was collected or submitted (such as, for example, as necessary for purposes of communicating with you or fulfilling your requests for materials or information about us). We may also produce reports on Site traffic or usage patterns and share these reports with our business partners and others, but the information contained in these reports is anonymous and does not allow identification of any specific individual or entity. Similarly, we may from time to time share aggregated information and data that do not identify any particular individual or entity with third parties. Please be assured, however, that other than as expressly provided in this Privacy Policy, any personal information that we obtain through the Site will not be shared with third parties in a manner that identifies or is attributable to any particular individual.

We may disclose information (including personal and individually identifiable information) about you if we become subject to a subpoena or court order or if we are otherwise legally required to disclose such information. We may also use and disclose information about you to establish, exercise, or protect our legal rights, to enforce the Terms of Use, to assert and defend against legal claims, or if we believe such disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding actual or suspected illegal or fraudulent activities or potential threats to the physical safety or well-being of any person.

As Givfts continues to grow and develop its business, it is possible that our organizational structure might change or that we might merge or otherwise combine with, or that Givfts or portions of its business might be acquired by, another company. In any such transactions, customer information generally is, will most probably be, and should be expected to be one of the transferred business assets.

What Choices Do You Have?

When corresponding with Givfts or our representatives, or when making a request for information or otherwise interacting with Givfts through the Site, you choose what information to supply, what questions to pose and comments to make, whether you wish to receive further information, and by what method of communication that information should be delivered to you. Please take care to share only such information as is needed or that you believe is appropriate, and please make sure that any information you submit or provide to us is complete, truthful, and accurate.

You must be at least 13 years old to use our services and the Site. If you are not 13, please do not continue to use the Site and please do not contact us about a subscriber agreement.

How Do We Protect Information Collected About You?

Givfts uses commercially reasonable measures to secure and protect information transmitted via or stored on the Site. However, we cannot and do not guarantee that any such transmissions or information will be totally secure. Unencrypted Internet communications are not secure, and no security measures are impenetrable. You agree to immediately notify us of any breach of Site security, this Privacy Policy, or the Terms of Use of which you become aware.

Site Subscribers

If you are a registered subscriber or registered user of the Site, or if you are accessing the Site on behalf of a registered subscriber, your access to and use of the Site for the purposes of accessing or using our services are subject to and governed solely by the terms of the separate agreement that you have (or that your organization has) entered into with Givfts, the terms of which prevail over this Privacy Policy for such purposes.

Linked Sites

ome hyperlinks may be posted on the Site that link to other Web sites not under our control. We are not responsible for, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to, the privacy practices of those sites or of any companies that we do not own or control. We encourage you to seek out and read the privacy policy of each Web site that you visit. In addition, if you submit information to or through, or otherwise initiate a transaction on, a Web site that our Site links to, even if you reached that site through our Site, the information that you submit becomes subject to the privacy practices of the operator of that linked site. You should read that site’s privacy policies to understand how personal information that is collected about you on that site is used and protected.

Who Can You Contact For More Information?

If you have any questions or suggestions about Givfts, the Site, or our products, services, or privacy practices, please contact us at the numbers or addresses given below.

Highgate Creative, LTD
Attn: Privacy Policy
P.O. Box 44
Wheaton IL 60187
Email: moc.liamg@dliwdaerb

Acknowledgement

BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND, AND CONSENT TO THE PRIVACY PRACTICES, AND TO THE USES AND DISCLOSURES OF INFORMATION WE OBTAIN ABOUT YOU, THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, AND YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF USE REFERENCED ABOVE.

A Little Help

Create a Group

All users need to be in a group, even if there is only one person in it...you. You can still invite people to view your wish list, they will just do it by joining your group with their email and a password.

Invite people

Whether you are just sharing your list with people, or you and your invitees are going to be in a gift-giving pool, everyone needs an invitation and to join.

• Click the "Edit Group & Invite" link to right of the group name (you'll only see this link if you created the group)
• Best way: On the Group screen, enter invitees by entering their emails and submitting. This method allows you to track pending invitations.
• Alternate: On the groups screen, select and copy the email link, and then paste into a regular email and send. You will not be able to track invitees, but they will eventually appear on your list as they sign up.
• In both cases, your invitees will have to create accounts, unless they already have one on givfts.com.

Add stuff to your wish list

Click on the menu link and fill out the form, giving as much detail as you can (this will help the people who may be checking it out). Especially helpful would be a web address to the item at an online store.

View other people's lists

Click on the View List link for the person you are interested in. If an item is something you want to give them, click the CLAIM link—don't worry, that person won't see this—and by the same token, you won't see if anyone has claimed an item on your list.

Managing lists for special members

Members would normally have an email address, but if you have children in your family, or a someone who doesn't use a computer, you can still create an account for them . You can then add gift ideas so people in our group can follow, view, and claim.

It's a tiny bit complicated, but here's how:

1. Log into your account and go to your list of groups
2. Click your name in the list
3. On the next screen, in the lower right, click the button to add a special member
4. On member sign up screen, all you need is their name. Go ahead and save the account
5. Back on the group list screen you'll see their name and "(Edit)". Click their name to log into their account. This will log you out, so you'll have to log back in when you are finished adding to their wish list.
6. BTW, if you click the Edit link, you will be able to edit their account

Let us know if run into a but or you think anything could be better.

About Givfts

My extended family had long had the tradition of drawing names and buying for a single person. But the hassle passing around lists, on paper or in emails, and having one person, my mother-in-law, handle all the logistics of who had who, and who had brought what for whom, was a painful and prone to duplicated or undesired gifts. So back in the mid-2000s I created a web application for the family that would relieve some of the burden.

Even after the first year of using the app, everyone in the family agreed the concept of a gift-pooling site like this was a winner. Urged me to take the application public so that anyone could use it. I resisted—the amount work to create an application that would be self-managing, allowing multiple groups and members to join, and then keeping them all separate and private would be considerable.

But finally, at the urging of my wife, I rolled up my selves and dove in. Its taken a couple of years to get it right (of course, software is never done) but as of fall of 2015 I feel the newly named "Givfts" (a mashup of 'give' and 'gifts') is a viable application that can be a big help for families and individuals.

The giving and receiving of gifts is one practice that all cultures have in common. It is universal and part of so many occasions and events. People love to receive gifts, but giving them can be equally satisfying. A site like Givfts can lessen some of the anxiety of giving...and receiving. I hope you enjoy using it.

—Brad