🔒 Privacy First Architecture

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2025 • Last Updated: November 2025

In Plain English: We do NOT collect, save, or sell the names, rosters, or emails you enter into our party generators. All drawing and matching logic executes locally on your personal device.

1. Information We Do NOT Collect

When you paste a list of participant names, coworkers, friends, or family members into our White Elephant Generator, Gift Exchange Generator, or Team Splitter:

Names are processed strictly within your device's browser memory (RAM).
No participant names are ever sent over the network to our web servers.
No party rosters are written to any database.
We do not require user accounts, passwords, or phone numbers.

2. Analytics & Server Logs

Like almost all websites, our hosting platform (Cloudflare) records standard anonymized server logs to detect DDoS attacks, debug performance, and monitor uptime. These logs contain technical information such as your IP address, browser user-agent, operating system, and the timestamp of page visits. These logs contain zero personal identifying information.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

We may use minimal local browser storage (localStorage) solely to remember your preferred settings (such as sound on/off or dark mode preferences) across visits. We do not use third-party cross-site behavioral tracking cookies.

4. Affiliate Links & Third Parties

Our gift guides contain affiliate links (including Amazon Associates). If you click an external link to purchase a gift idea, that merchant's privacy policy and cookie terms apply. We do not receive any personal information regarding your purchases.

5. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns regarding our privacy practices, please contact us via our Contact Page or by email at privacy@whiteelephantguide.com.