Privacy Policy

Gift it Up is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and complying with your choices. Both personal and non-personal information collected is safeguarded according to the highest privacy and data protection standards adopted worldwide. Gift it Up has put in place a robust and effective data protection program which complies with existing law.

This privacy policy addresses the following questions:

• How Gift it Up collects personal information about you.
• The types of personal information Gift it Up collects about you.
• How Gift it Up uses your personal information.
• How Gift it Up secures your personal information.
• How you can manage your personal information collected by Gift it Up.

Gift it Ups’ COMMITMENT

Gift it Up adheres to worldwide standards and practices for customer privacy and data protection. Gift it Up employs the following principles:

1. Gift it Up will only collect your personal information with your consent.
2. Gift it Up will not sell or give away your name, email address, phone number, or any other personal information about you to anyone outside of Gift it Up or its subsidiary companies, unless required to by law.
3. Gift it Up employs strong security measures to protect your information from unauthorized use.
4. Gift it Up gives you the possibility to control the information that you shared with us (opt-out).

1. NOTICE & CONSENT

Gift it Up will clearly inform you when information that personally identifies you (“personal information”) is asked for and you will have the choice to provide it or not. Gift it Up may ask you for information that personally identifies you, or allows us to contact you, for a variety of purposes pertaining to providing services to you. Generally, personal information about you is requested when you interact with Gift it Ups’ website in the following manners:

• When you complete an inquiry form.
• When you sign up to receive email subscriptions or notifications from Gift it Up.
• When you request to download information such as brochures, whitepapers and other information Gift it Up may publish from time to time.

If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use https://giftitup.ca/, but you will not be able to access or request information or services which require your personal information.

When you provide your personal information, you consent that it can be used for purposes listed in the “Usage” section of this policy, and that Gift it Up is an authorized holder of such information.

If you decide to provide your personal information to Gift it Up, you will be able to select the kinds of services you wish to receive from us by subscribing to specific services, for example electronic newsletters, product or service updates, information on upcoming events, and other services which Gift it Up may offer from time to time. You can discontinue receiving information from Gift it Up at any time by clicking on “unsubscribe” located at the bottom of all electronic correspondence from Gift it Up.

Gift it Up does not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 13 years of age. If Gift it Up learns that personal data from a child under 13 years of age has been collected, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 13 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact us.

2. THE TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION Gift it Up COLLECTS ABOUT YOU

The personal information Gift it Up may request from you when using https://giftitup.ca/ is very limited, and may include:

• First and Last Name.
• Email Address.
• Telephone number.
• Location.

3. USAGE

Gift it Up may use your personal Information for four primary purposes:

1. To improve and optimize the performance of the Gift it Up website.
2. To enable you to download specific content from Gift it Up or its subsidiaries.
3. To provide you with notification services you have chosen to subscribe to.
4. To facilitate contact with key members of Gift it Ups’ management team or its subsidiaries.

4. ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION

You are entitled to review the personal information you have provided us and ensure that it is accurate and current at all times. To review or update this information, email contact email for inquires and request that Gift it Up send you this information.

5. SECURITY OF INFORMATION

Gift it Up is strongly committed to protecting your information and ensuring that your choices are honoured. Gift it Up has taken strong security measures to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. All sensitive data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted employee access.

6. RETENTION OF INFORMATION

Gift it Up retains information as long as it is necessary to provide the services requested by you, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information. Information associated with your account will generally be kept until it is no longer necessary to provide the services or until you ask us to delete it or your account is deleted whichever comes first. Additionally, Gift it Up may retain information from deleted accounts to comply with the law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Terms of Use, and take other actions permitted by law. The information Gift it Up retains will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

7. WHAT Gift it Up DOES WITH THE INFORMATION YOU SHARE

Your information is never shared outside of Gift it Up without your permission. Inside the company, data is stored behind firewalls on secure servers with restricted user access.

Gift it Up will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Gift it Up or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Gift it Up and its subsidiaries, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Gift it Up, its websites, or the public.

8. HOW TO OPT-OUT

Gift it Up provides users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving from us updates on our products, newsletters and other communications. You can opt-out by clicking on the unsubscribe link provided in emails or by contacting us at the address at the bottom of this page.

9. DOES Gift it Ups’ PRIVACY POLICY APPLY TO LINKED WEBSITES?

Gift it Ups’ Privacy Policy applies to information collected on the website https://giftitup.ca/ or via Facebook contact form. Gift it Ups’  website may contain links to web sites of third parties. Gift it Up is not responsible for the actions of these third parties, including their privacy practices and any content posted on their web sites. Gift it Up encourages you to review their privacy policies to learn more about what, why and how they collect and use personal information. Gift it Up adheres to industry recognized standards to secure any personal information in  Gift it Ups’ possession, and to secure it from unauthorized access and tampering.

Gift it Up uses third-party website analytic services to understand how Gift it Ups’ website is used in order to better optimize the user experience. These third-party website analytics companies employ cookies to measure and track usage behavior on Gift it Ups’ website.  To do so, these companies may use anonymous information about your visits to Gift it Ups’ website and other websites but will not collect any information which can personally identify you or can be linked to you.

10. USE OF COOKIES

Cookies are small pieces of data which are created by website servers and are either temporarily or permanently stored on your computer.  These cookies allow the issuer to identify your computer and browsing activities when you are visiting a website.

Gift it Up does not create or issue cookies on https://giftitup.ca/, however you may be subject to cookies issued by the following third parties when visiting Gift it Ups’ website, in particular:

FACEBOOK

Gift it Up uses a Facebook pixel to serve with your advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests. The information may also be used for frequency capping purposes (i.e., to ensure we do not display the same advertisement to you repeatedly) and to help us regulate the advertisements you receive and measure their effectiveness.

GOOGLE

Gift it Up uses Google’s website analytics service to understand how visitors engage with Gift it Ups’ website soGift it Up can optimize it for better user experiences. There is no personal information associated with the site visitor cookie.

11. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

Gift it Up reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as it deems fit for its’ business and website operations. If Gift it Up makes changes to our Privacy Policy, Gift it Up will post these changes here so that you are always aware of what information Gift it Up collects, how Gift it Up uses it and under what circumstances, if any, Gift it Up discloses it. If at any point Gift it Up decides to use your information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, Gift it Up will notify you by email.

12. ENFORCEMENT OF POLICY

If for some reason you believe Gift it Up has not adhered to these principles, please notify us and Gift it Up will do its best to promptly make corrections.

13. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email Gift it Up at connie@giftitup.ca.

For more information about how to contact Gift it Up please visit the contact page of Gift it Ups’ website.

Effective date: April, 2025.