Last updated: May 16, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how The Gift Boutique (the "Site," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit diegeschenkboutique.ch (the "Site"), use our services, make a purchase there, or otherwise communicate with us regarding the Site (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" refer to you as a user of the Services, whether you are a customer, a website visitor, or any other person whose information we have collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last Updated" date, and take any other steps required by law.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we collect as listed below. The information we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses listed below, we may use the information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide or improve the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
The types of Personal Information we receive about you depend on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "Personal Information," we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of Personal Information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You
Information you provide to us directly through our Services may include:
Contact information – including your name, address, phone number, and email address.
Order information – including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, and phone number.
Account information – including your username, password, security questions, and other information used for account security.
Customer support information – including information you include in your communications with us, such as when you send a message through the Services.
Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide certain information about yourself to us. You can choose not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing those features.
Information We Collect About Your Usage
We may also automatically collect certain information about your interactions with the Services ("Usage Data"). For this purpose, we may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address, and other information about your interaction with the Services.
Information Received from Third Parties
Finally, we may receive information about you from third parties, including vendors and service providers who collect information on our behalf, such as:
Companies that support our Site and Services, such as Shopify.
Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment, fulfill your orders, and provide you with the products or services you've requested in order to fulfill our contract with you.
When you visit our site, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our services or ads, we or third parties we work with may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third-party libraries, and cookies.
Any information we receive from third parties will be processed in accordance with these
This is covered in our Privacy Policy. See also the section below, Third-Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Providing Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services and fulfill our contract with you, including processing your payments, fulfilling your orders, sending you notifications related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, creating, maintaining, and otherwise managing your account, arranging shipping, facilitating returns and exchanges, and other features and functionality related to your account. We may also enhance your shopping experience by enabling Shopify to match your account with other Shopify services you may choose to use. In this case, Shopify will process your information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and Consumer Privacy Policy.
Marketing and Advertising. We may use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes, such as sending marketing and promotional messages by email, text message, or regular mail, and displaying advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal data to better tailor the services and advertising on our site and other websites. If you are located in the EEA, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in selling our products in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Security and fraud prevention. We use your personal data to detect, investigate, or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activities. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for the security of your account credentials. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access credentials with third parties. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. If you are located in the EEA, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in ensuring the security of our website for you and other customers, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Communicating with you and improving our service. We use your personal data to provide you with customer support and improve our services. This is in our legitimate interest to respond to you, provide you with effective services, and maintain our business relationship with you, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use cookies on our site. Specific information about the cookies we use in connection with providing our store through Shopify can be found at https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use cookies to operate and improve our site and services (including remembering your actions and preferences), to perform analytics, and to better understand user interaction with the services (in our legitimate interest to administer, improve, and optimize the services). We may also allow third parties and service providers to use cookies on our site to better customize the services, products, and advertising on our site and other websites.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default. However, you can set your browser to remove or reject cookies using your browser controls. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may impact your user experience and may prevent some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, from working properly or becoming unavailable. In addition, blocking cookies may not completely prevent us from sharing information with third parties, such as our advertising partners.
How we share personal information
In certain circumstances, we may share your personal information with third parties for the purpose of fulfilling a contract, for legitimate purposes, and for other reasons subject to this Privacy Policy. These circumstances may include:
with vendors or other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, cloud storage, order fulfillment, and shipping).
with business and marketing partners to provide you with services and advertise to you. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
If you instruct, request, or otherwise provide us with your
Give your consent to share certain information with third parties, for example, to send you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.with our subsidiaries or otherwise within our group of companies, in our legitimate interest of operating a successful business.
In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy; to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests); to enforce any applicable terms of service; and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
We disclose the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information about users for the purposes identified above in "How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information" and "How We Share Personal Information."
Category Categories of Recipients
Identifiers such as basic contact information and certain order and account information
Commercial information such as order information, purchasing information, and customer support information
Internet or other similar network activity, such as usage data
Geolocation data, such as locations determined via an IP address or other technical means
Vendors and third parties who provide services on our behalf (such as internet service providers, payment processors, fulfillment partners, customer support partners, and data analytics providers)
Business and marketing partners
Affiliates
We do not use or disclose your personal information without your consent or for the purpose of inferring your personal information.
Third-party websites and links
Our site may contain links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites that are not affiliated with or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee or assume responsibility for the privacy or security of such websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information found on those websites. Information you provide in public or semi-public places, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewed by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms, without restriction as to their use by us or any third party. Our inclusion of such links does not automatically constitute an endorsement of the content of such platforms or their owners or operators, except as disclosed in the Services.
Children's Information
The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact information provided below and request that we delete that information.
As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we have no actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" (as those terms are defined under applicable law) personal information of anyone under the age of 16.
Security and Retention of Your Data
Please note that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." Furthermore, the information you send us may not be secure during transmission. We recommend that you do not use insecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information with us.
How long we retain your personal data depends on several factors, such as whether we need the data to administer your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below regarding your personal data. However, these rights are not absolute and only apply in limited circumstances. In certain cases, we may refuse your request to the extent permitted by law.
Right to Access/Information: You may have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, including details about how we use and share your data.
Right to Erasure: You may have
This Privacy Policy describes how The Gift Boutique (the "Site," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit diegeschenkboutique.ch (the "Site"), use our services, make a purchase there, or otherwise communicate with us regarding the Site (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" refer to you as a user of the Services, whether you are a customer, a website visitor, or any other person whose information we have collected in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last Updated" date, and take any other steps required by law.
How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information
To provide the Services, we collect as listed below. The information we collect and use varies depending on how you interact with us.
In addition to the specific uses listed below, we may use the information we collect about you to communicate with you, provide or improve the Services, comply with any applicable legal obligations, enforce any applicable terms of service, and protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
The types of Personal Information we receive about you depend on how you interact with our Site and use our Services. When we use the term "Personal Information," we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with you. The following sections describe the categories and specific types of Personal Information we collect.
Information We Collect Directly from You
Information you provide to us directly through our Services may include:
Contact information – including your name, address, phone number, and email address.
Order information – including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment confirmation, email address, and phone number.
Account information – including your username, password, security questions, and other information used for account security.
Customer support information – including information you include in your communications with us, such as when you send a message through the Services.
Some features of the Services may require you to directly provide certain information about yourself to us. You can choose not to provide this information, but doing so may prevent you from using or accessing those features.
Information We Collect About Your Usage
We may also automatically collect certain information about your interactions with the Services ("Usage Data"). For this purpose, we may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies ("Cookies"). Usage Data may include information about how you access and use our Site and your account, including device information, browser information, information about your network connection, your IP address, and other information about your interaction with the Services.
Information Received from Third Parties
Finally, we may receive information about you from third parties, including vendors and service providers who collect information on our behalf, such as:
Companies that support our Site and Services, such as Shopify.
Our payment processors, who collect payment information (e.g., bank account, credit or debit card information, billing address) to process your payment, fulfill your orders, and provide you with the products or services you've requested in order to fulfill our contract with you.
When you visit our site, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our services or ads, we or third parties we work with may automatically collect certain information using online tracking technologies such as pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third-party libraries, and cookies.
Any information we receive from third parties will be processed in accordance with these
This is covered in our Privacy Policy. See also the section below, Third-Party Websites and Links.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Providing Products and Services. We use your personal information to provide you with the Services and fulfill our contract with you, including processing your payments, fulfilling your orders, sending you notifications related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges, or other transactions, creating, maintaining, and otherwise managing your account, arranging shipping, facilitating returns and exchanges, and other features and functionality related to your account. We may also enhance your shopping experience by enabling Shopify to match your account with other Shopify services you may choose to use. In this case, Shopify will process your information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and Consumer Privacy Policy.
Marketing and Advertising. We may use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes, such as sending marketing and promotional messages by email, text message, or regular mail, and displaying advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal data to better tailor the services and advertising on our site and other websites. If you are located in the EEA, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in selling our products in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Security and fraud prevention. We use your personal data to detect, investigate, or take action regarding possible fraudulent, illegal, or malicious activities. If you choose to use the Services and register an account, you are responsible for the security of your account credentials. We strongly recommend that you do not share your username, password, or other access credentials with third parties. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately. If you are located in the EEA, the legal basis for these data processing activities is our legitimate interest in ensuring the security of our website for you and other customers, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Communicating with you and improving our service. We use your personal data to provide you with customer support and improve our services. This is in our legitimate interest to respond to you, provide you with effective services, and maintain our business relationship with you, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use cookies on our site. Specific information about the cookies we use in connection with providing our store through Shopify can be found at https://www.shopify.com/legal/cookies. We use cookies to operate and improve our site and services (including remembering your actions and preferences), to perform analytics, and to better understand user interaction with the services (in our legitimate interest to administer, improve, and optimize the services). We may also allow third parties and service providers to use cookies on our site to better customize the services, products, and advertising on our site and other websites.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default. However, you can set your browser to remove or reject cookies using your browser controls. Please note that removing or blocking cookies may impact your user experience and may prevent some of the Services, including certain features and general functionality, from working properly or becoming unavailable. In addition, blocking cookies may not completely prevent us from sharing information with third parties, such as our advertising partners.
How we share personal information
In certain circumstances, we may share your personal information with third parties for the purpose of fulfilling a contract, for legitimate purposes, and for other reasons subject to this Privacy Policy. These circumstances may include:
with vendors or other third parties who perform services on our behalf (e.g., IT management, payment processing, data analysis, customer support, cloud storage, order fulfillment, and shipping).
with business and marketing partners to provide you with services and advertise to you. Our business and marketing partners will use your information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
If you instruct, request, or otherwise provide us with your
Give your consent to share certain information with third parties, for example, to send you products or through your use of social media widgets or login integrations, with your consent.with our subsidiaries or otherwise within our group of companies, in our legitimate interest of operating a successful business.
In connection with a business transaction such as a merger or bankruptcy; to comply with any applicable legal obligations (including responding to subpoenas, search warrants, and similar requests); to enforce any applicable terms of service; and to protect or defend the Services, our rights, and the rights of our users or others.
We disclose the following categories of personal information and sensitive personal information about users for the purposes identified above in "How We Collect and Use Your Personal Information" and "How We Share Personal Information."
Category Categories of Recipients
Identifiers such as basic contact information and certain order and account information
Commercial information such as order information, purchasing information, and customer support information
Internet or other similar network activity, such as usage data
Geolocation data, such as locations determined via an IP address or other technical means
Vendors and third parties who provide services on our behalf (such as internet service providers, payment processors, fulfillment partners, customer support partners, and data analytics providers)
Business and marketing partners
Affiliates
We do not use or disclose your personal information without your consent or for the purpose of inferring your personal information.
Third-party websites and links
Our site may contain links to websites or other online platforms operated by third parties. If you follow links to websites that are not affiliated with or controlled by us, you should review their privacy and security policies and other terms and conditions. We do not guarantee or assume responsibility for the privacy or security of such websites, including the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information found on those websites. Information you provide in public or semi-public places, including information you share on third-party social networking platforms, may also be viewed by other users of the Services and/or users of those third-party platforms, without restriction as to their use by us or any third party. Our inclusion of such links does not automatically constitute an endorsement of the content of such platforms or their owners or operators, except as disclosed in the Services.
Children's Information
The Services are not intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with their personal information, you may contact us using the contact information provided below and request that we delete that information.
As of the effective date of this Privacy Policy, we have no actual knowledge that we "share" or "sell" (as those terms are defined under applicable law) personal information of anyone under the age of 16.
Security and Retention of Your Data
Please note that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security." Furthermore, the information you send us may not be secure during transmission. We recommend that you do not use insecure channels to communicate sensitive or confidential information with us.
How long we retain your personal data depends on several factors, such as whether we need the data to administer your account, provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce other applicable contracts and policies.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below regarding your personal data. However, these rights are not absolute and only apply in limited circumstances. In certain cases, we may refuse your request to the extent permitted by law.
Right to Access/Information: You may have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, including details about how we use and share your data.
Right to Erasure: You may have
