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Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2026

This policy explains what personal data Presently collects, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have. Presently is an independent gift-recommendation service operated by Mike Mobbs (“Presently”, “we”, “us”), who is the data controller. Questions or requests: hello@presently.cc.

What we collect

  • Account information — your name and email, and optionally a ZIP code and gender you choose to add.
  • Preference signals — Gift Profile quiz answers, notes you keep about the people you shop for, the items and feedback you record, and occasion/budget details you enter.
  • Recipient-provided data — when someone answers a quiz or question you share with them, their responses, used to improve recommendations for the people connected to them.
  • Usage analytics — aggregate, cookie-free analytics (via Vercel Web Analytics) about how the product is used.
  • Affiliate click data — when you click a product link we log the click and pass a per-click identifier to the affiliate network so a resulting purchase can be attributed to us (see “Affiliate links and your choices” below).

How we use it, and our legal bases

We use your data to provide the service — generating recommendations, surfacing upcoming occasions, and improving recommendation quality over time. Where the GDPR applies, we rely on: performance of our contract with you (running your account), and our legitimate interests (improving the product and attributing affiliate referrals that keep Presently free). We do not sell your personal data.

Who we share data with

We use a small set of service providers that process data on our behalf:

  • Supabase — database, authentication and hosting.
  • Vercel — application hosting and cookie-free web analytics.
  • Resend — transactional email (for example, occasion reminders).
  • Anthropic — we use Anthropic's Claude API to turn preference data into recommendations. Under Anthropic's commercial terms, the inputs and outputs are not used to train their models.
  • Affiliate networks — to attribute referrals and pay commissions, we work with affiliate networks including Amazon Associates, Impact.com, Rakuten Advertising, CJ Affiliate, Awin, eBay Partner Network, Florist One, and Ticketmaster. When you click a recommendation we pass a per-click identifier to the relevant network.

If we enable semantic search in future, product and preference text may also be processed by OpenAI to generate search embeddings; we will update this policy before that goes live.

Affiliate links and your choices

Presently is an independent affiliate: when you click a recommendation and buy something, a partner network may pay us a commission at no extra cost to you. To do that we pass a per-click identifier to the network so the purchase can be attributed. We do not sell your personal information for money, but this identifier is a form of “sharing” under some privacy laws (for example the California CPRA).

You can opt out of this sharing at any time from our Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information page — we'll stop attaching the identifier to your clicks and stop loading affiliate measurement, and we honor your browser's Global Privacy Control signal automatically. You can also email hello@presently.cc to apply it to your account. See our Cookie Policy and Affiliate Disclosure.

International transfers

Your data is processed in the United States. Where data is transferred from the EEA or UK, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or our providers' equivalent safeguards.

Retention and deletion

We keep your personal data while your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from the danger zone of your My Profile page. When you do, we delete or de-identify your personal data; some aggregate or click records may be retained in de-identified form for accounting, fraud-prevention and analytics.

Your rights

Deletion is self-serve (above), and the CCPA/CPRA right to opt out of sharing is self-serve on our Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information page. To access, correct, export, or object to or restrict processing of your data — including exercising other GDPR or CCPA rights — email hello@presently.cc and we will respond within the period required by law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.

Children

Presently is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal data.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date above. Questions about your data can be directed to hello@presently.cc.