Last updated: 22 May 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Giddy Bird Designs (“we”, “us”, or “our”), operating at giddybirddesigns.com, collects, uses, and protects information when you visit our website or purchase our products. We are committed to handling your personal data responsibly and in accordance with applicable data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://giddybirddesigns.com
If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your personal data, please contact us at hello@giddybirddesigns.com.
2. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We may collect personal information that you provide directly to us, including:
- Your name, email address, and message when you submit a contact form
- Your email address and name when you sign up for our newsletter or mailing list
- Order and billing information when you make a purchase (note: we do not store your payment card details — these are handled securely by our payment provider)
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:
- Your IP address and browser type or user agent string
- Pages visited, time spent on the site, and referring website or search query
- Cookie data and analytics data (see Section 4 below)
- If you leave a comment, your IP address is also collected to help with spam detection
Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, the data shown in the comments form is collected, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection. An anonymised string derived from your email address (a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) will be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) in those files. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from any images published on the site.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:
- To respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form
- To send newsletters or marketing emails, but only where you have opted in to receive them
- To process and fulfil orders
- To improve our website content and user experience
- To analyse site traffic and visitor behaviour using analytics tools such as Google Analytics
- To detect and prevent spam
- To comply with our legal obligations
4. Cookies
This website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device that help us understand how visitors use our site and improve your experience.
Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential cookies — required for the website to function correctly
- Analytics cookies — used to track site traffic and visitor behaviour (e.g. Google Analytics)
- Affiliate tracking cookies — used to attribute purchases made through affiliate links
Comment and Login Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data — it simply records the post ID of the article you edited and expires after one day.
Managing Cookies
You can disable or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings, although doing so may affect the functionality of certain parts of the website.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles) from other websites. Embedded content from third-party websites behaves in exactly the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.
Those third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content — including if you are logged in to an account on their platform. We do not control how those third parties collect or use your data. Please refer to the relevant third-party privacy policies for more information.
6. Affiliate Links & Third Parties
This website contains affiliate links to third-party websites, including Amazon. When you click one of these links, cookies may be placed on your device by those third-party services. We do not control the data practices of any third-party platforms and are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices.
7. Email Marketing
If you sign up for our mailing list, we will use your email address to send you party planning content, new product announcements, and occasional promotional offers. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email we send.
We use a third-party email service provider to manage our mailing list. Your email address and name will be stored by that provider in accordance with their own privacy policy. We will only share your data with them for the purpose of sending you emails you have opted in to receive.
8. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your data with trusted third parties only where necessary, including:
- Our email service provider, for the purpose of sending newsletters and marketing emails you have opted in to
- Payment processors, to handle purchase transactions securely
- Analytics providers (such as Google Analytics), to help us understand website usage
- Automated spam detection services, which may check visitor comments
- Gravatar, which may receive an anonymised hash of your email address if you use their service
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
9. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months
- Comments and their associated metadata are retained indefinitely, so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically rather than being held in a moderation queue
- Email list data is retained until you unsubscribe
- If you register an account on our website, the personal information in your user profile is stored until you request deletion. All registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also access and edit that information
10. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- The right to access a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- The right to request correction of any inaccurate data
- The right to request deletion of your personal data
- The right to object to our processing of your data
- The right to request a portable export of the data we hold about you
Please note that some data may be exempt from deletion requests where we are required to retain it for legal, administrative, or security reasons.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: hello@giddybirddesigns.com
11. Children’s Privacy
This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, please contact us so we can delete it promptly.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated effective date at the top of the document. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we handle your data.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please get in touch:
Email: hello@giddybirddesigns.com
Website: https://giddybirddesigns.com