Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit Unforgotten Gift, why that information is used, how third-party services may process it, and the choices available to you.
Unforgotten Gift is an independent website about traditional Chinese crafts, tie dye and batik, Chinese paper cutting, cultural gift ideas, and practical beginner resources.
Who We Are
Unforgotten Gift operates unforgottengift.com, an independent website about traditional Chinese crafts, tie dye and batik, Chinese paper cutting, cultural gift ideas, and practical craft resources.
For privacy questions, email support@unforgottengift.com or visit our Contact page.
Information We Collect
We collect and process limited information needed to operate, protect, measure, and improve the website.
- Usage information, such as pages viewed, referring pages, clicks, scroll activity, session duration, and navigation paths.
- Technical information, such as browser type, device type, operating system, screen size, language, approximate location, IP address, and diagnostic data.
- Information you voluntarily provide by email, such as your name, email address, message, screenshots, order details, or information needed to answer an inquiry.
- Cookie and similar-technology data used for essential functions, analytics, advertising, security, preferences, or commercial attribution.
How We Use Information
Information may be used to:
- Operate, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot the website.
- Understand how visitors find and use pages and resources.
- Improve content, navigation, layout, accessibility, and technical performance.
- Respond to questions, corrections, support requests, or collaboration inquiries.
- Measure traffic from search engines, social platforms, and referral sources.
- Display, measure, and manage advertising where enabled.
- Support affiliate attribution, free downloads, and paid digital products where applicable.
- Comply with legal obligations and protect the website from fraud, abuse, or security threats.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. Similar technologies may include pixels, local storage, web beacons, tags, and device identifiers.
| Category | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Support security, website operation, preferences, and core functionality. | Session, security, or preference cookies. |
| Analytics | Measure traffic and understand how visitors interact with pages. | Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity. |
| Advertising | Deliver, limit, personalize, and measure ads where advertising is enabled. | Google AdSense and approved advertising partners. |
| Commercial or affiliate | Attribute referrals, downloads, or purchases where relevant. | Affiliate links, digital-product platforms, or payment providers. |
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Where a consent message is displayed, you can use that message to accept, reject, or manage available choices. Blocking some cookies may affect website features or measurement.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and interactions. Google Analytics may process page views, referral sources, device and browser information, approximate location, session information, and interaction data.
We do not intentionally send names, email addresses, or other directly identifying contact information to Google Analytics.
You can learn how Google processes data from partner websites in Google’s partner-sites information. You may also use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Microsoft Clarity
We use Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors interact with website pages. Clarity may provide heatmaps, session-interaction recordings, clicks, scroll activity, navigation behavior, device information, browser information, and related usage data.
We use this information to improve page structure, navigation, usability, and technical performance. Microsoft processes information according to its own privacy terms.
Learn more in the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies
Unforgotten Gift may display advertisements served by Google AdSense or other approved advertising partners.
Google and other third-party vendors may place or read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons, IP addresses, and similar identifiers, as a result of ad serving on this website. These technologies may be used to deliver, personalize, limit, and measure advertisements.
Google may use advertising cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Depending on your location, consent choices, and account settings, ads may be personalized or non-personalized.
You can manage Google ad-personalization choices through Google Ads Settings. You can also review Google’s advertising technology information.
Other advertising vendors or networks may also use cookies or similar technologies. Their data practices are governed by their own privacy policies and available opt-out mechanisms.
Consent and Regional Privacy Messages
Where required, visitors may be shown a consent or privacy message for analytics, advertising, cookies, or personal-data processing. Choices may vary by region, including the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and applicable U.S. states.
Consent choices may affect whether analytics storage, advertising storage, personalized advertising, or related processing is enabled.
Affiliate Links and Digital Products
Unforgotten Gift may include affiliate links, product recommendations, free downloads, and paid digital products. If you use an affiliate link or purchase a digital product, we may receive a commission or payment without increasing the price charged to you.
Purchases or downloads may be processed by third-party sales, payment, hosting, or delivery providers. Those providers process information under their own terms and privacy policies. Unforgotten Gift does not directly receive complete payment-card details when a third-party payment provider handles the transaction.
Sponsored, affiliate, and other commercial relationships will be disclosed on the relevant page where applicable.
Contact Messages
If you contact us, we may use the information you provide to respond, investigate a reported problem, maintain relevant correspondence, or complete a requested service. Please do not send sensitive personal, financial, health, or identification information unless it is necessary for the inquiry.
Embedded Content and External Links
Some pages may link to or embed content from third-party websites, such as videos, images, social platforms, educational sources, or commerce services. Embedded content may behave as if you visited the third-party website directly.
Third-party websites may collect data, use cookies, apply tracking technologies, or monitor interactions according to their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.
Data Retention
Contact correspondence and related records are retained only as long as reasonably necessary to respond, resolve issues, maintain appropriate records, protect the website, or comply with legal obligations.
Analytics, advertising, payment, and other third-party providers retain data according to their own settings, contracts, and privacy policies.
How We Protect Information
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information under our control. However, no internet transmission, email system, website, or electronic-storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or objection to certain processing of personal information. You may also have rights to withdraw consent or lodge a complaint with a relevant authority.
You can manage browser cookies, use available consent messages, adjust Google advertising preferences, or contact us about a privacy request. We may need enough information to verify and process a request.
Children’s Privacy
Unforgotten Gift does not knowingly request personal information directly from children under 13. Craft resources may be used by families, classrooms, or younger learners with appropriate parent, guardian, teacher, or adult supervision.
If you believe a child has provided personal information without appropriate authorization, please contact us so the matter can be reviewed.
International Visitors
Website services and third-party providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live. Privacy protections and legal requirements may differ between jurisdictions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when website features, service providers, advertising arrangements, legal requirements, or data practices change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, email support@unforgottengift.com or use our Contact page.