Privacy Policy & Cookies

At Gifts Through the Ages, your privacy matters to us. We’re committed to protecting your personal information and providing a safe, enjoyable shopping experience as you explore our store’s collection of gifts inspired by history, art, and imagination.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit our website (https://giftsthroughtheages.com), we automatically collect certain information about your device — including your IP address, browser type, time zone, and cookies stored on your device. As you browse, we also collect details about the pages or products you view, referral sources (like search engines or links), and how you interact with our site.

If you make a purchase or sign up for updates, we may also collect personal details you provide, such as your name, billing and shipping address, payment information, email, and phone number.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Process and fulfill your orders

  • Communicate with you about purchases, updates, and support

  • Improve and personalize your shopping experience

  • Screen orders for fraud or suspicious activity

  • Send marketing emails (only if you’ve opted in)

We never sell or rent your personal data to third parties.

3. Affiliate Links and Third-Party Partners

Gifts Through the Ages participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means that when you click on some product links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase. These commissions help support our site and allow us to keep sharing unique gifts and stories from the past.

Affiliate partners and their websites have their own privacy and cookie policies, and we encourage you to review those when redirected to complete a purchase. We do not have access to or control over data collected by those third-party sites.

4. Sharing Your Information

We may share information with service providers who help operate our business — such as payment processors, analytics providers, and email marketing platforms — but only as necessary to perform our services.
We may also disclose information to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights and security.

5. Data Retention

We retain your information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described above or as required by law. You can request deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting us.

6. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain privacy rights under laws like the GDPR (EU) or CCPA (California), including the right to:

  • Access or receive a copy of the data we hold about you

  • Request correction or deletion of your data

  • Withdraw consent for marketing communications

  • Opt out of cookie tracking

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [your email address].

7. Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience — for example, keeping your cart items saved, remembering preferences, and analyzing site traffic. You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.

By continuing to use our site, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy.

8. Embedded Content

Some pages may include embedded content (like videos, images, or articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited that site directly and may collect data or use cookies according to their own privacy policies.

9. Minors

Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.

10. Updates to This Policy

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The updated version will always include the effective date above.