1. Introduction

Welcome to WishfulGifting ("GiftIt", "we", "us", or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our application. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

Please note: This document provides an overview of our privacy practices. For legally binding terms, consult with a legal professional to ensure this policy meets all applicable regulations for your specific use case.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Application includes:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, birthdate, country, and any other information you voluntarily provide to us when you register with the Application or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Application.
• Wishlist and Gift Data: Information you provide about gifts you want, items you plan to give, event details, and connections you make with other users.
• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Application, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Application. (This is a common placeholder; specify if you actually collect this).
• AI Interaction Data: Inputs you provide to our AI features (e.g., for gift suggestions) and the outputs generated. We aim to anonymize or use this data in aggregate for service improvement.

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Application to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Enable user-to-user connections and wishlist sharing.
• Provide AI-powered gift suggestions and other features.
• Notify you of upcoming events or birthdays of your connections.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Application.
• Respond to product and customer service requests.
• (Add any other uses specific to your app)

4. Sharing Your Information

We are committed to protecting your privacy. We do not sell or share your personally identifiable information with third parties for their independent marketing or commercial purposes.

We may share information we have collected about you in certain limited situations, primarily to operate and improve the Application:

• With Other Users (As Per Your Settings): When you connect with other users, they will be able to see your name, shared wishlists (items not marked private), and potentially other profile information you make available. Your sharing settings control this visibility.
• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include:
  • Data hosting and storage (e.g., Firebase).
  • Account authentication services (e.g., Firebase Authentication).
  • AI model providers for features like gift suggestions (e.g., Google for Genkit). These providers process your input to generate outputs but do not use your data to train their models beyond providing the service to you or for general model improvement in an aggregated, anonymized way, as per their terms.
  These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the services they are providing to us.

5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Your Choices

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:

• Logging into your account settings and updating your account.
• Contacting us using the contact information provided below.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements. (Specify your actual data retention policies).

7. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13 (or other age as required by local law), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

(Remember to replace placeholder email and details with your actual contact information).