Privacy policy

Last updated 21 October 2026 · usegimme.app

Gimme (“we”) helps families and friends share wishlists. This page explains what we store, why, and your rights under UK GDPR. Questions: hello@usegimme.app.

What we store

• Your account: your name, email address and, if you sign in with Google, your profile photo.
• What you add: your lists and gifts (names, links, prices, photos, notes), the groups you join, and any sizes and preferences you choose to share.
• Group activity: gifts you claim, comments you leave and Secret Santa draws. Claims and comments on your own list are hidden from you by design.
• Shop clicks: when someone taps through to a shop, we add one to a daily count for that shop (for example “johnlewis.com: 12”). It doesn’t record who clicked or what the gift was.

Why

Only to run Gimme: showing your lists to the groups you share them with, keeping claims secret, and running Secret Santa. We don’t sell your data or use it for advertising.

Who processes it

• Google Firebase hosts the app, your account and your data.
• Link lookups: when you paste a shop link, the link (not your account details) is sent to our lookup service in London and, if needed, to Google Gemini to read the product name and price. Results are cached for up to 7 days. If our service is unavailable, the link may be sent to Microlink for a basic preview.
• Analytics: only if you choose “Accept” on our cookie banner, Google Analytics (through Firebase) records how the app is used, such as pages viewed and gifts added, so we can improve it. It doesn’t see your gift details.
• Error reports: if something breaks, a technical report (what went wrong, your browser type) may be sent to Sentry so we can fix it. It doesn’t include your name, email or gifts.
• Notifications: if you turn them on, we store a device token so we can send nudges from people in your groups. Turn them off in Settings at any time.
• Affiliate partners (such as Skimlinks), only if you accept affiliate cookies. See How we make money.

Cookies and storage

We use your browser’s storage to keep you signed in and remember small preferences. These are essential. Analytics and affiliate cookies (which tell a shop that you came from Gimme) are only used if you choose “Accept” on our cookie banner.

How long we keep it

Until you delete it. You can delete gifts, lists and groups at any time, or your whole account in Settings → Delete my account, which removes your data from our database.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy of your data, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it, by emailing hello@usegimme.app. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).

Children

Gimme accounts are for people aged 13 and over. Parents can add gift ideas for younger children on their own lists.