Privacy policy

Last updated November 8, 2026

The short version

• Your account holds your lists: the people you shop for, their interests and the gifts you saved, so they follow you across devices.
• To pick gifts, we send what you entered about a person to our server and to our AI provider. We do not keep it after answering.
• We never sell your personal information or use it for ads.
• When you click through to a store, that store and its affiliate network see the visit, which is how we may earn a commission.

Your account

You sign in with Google, Apple or an emailed link. We receive your email address (with Apple you can choose to share a private relay address instead) and, from Google or Apple, the basic profile they share, such as your name. We do not get your password. Your account also records your referral code, who referred you, your bonus swipes and how many swipes you used each day, so the free plan limits work.

What you give us

When you use Grumpy Santa you may enter names or nicknames of people you shop for, their relationship to you, age range, interests, notes, budgets, what they already own, and your answers to our quiz. If you check out in the app, you also enter shipping addresses and gift notes. You choose what to enter; a first name or nickname is enough.

Where it is stored

Your account and lists are stored with Supabase, our database and sign-in provider, which processes them on our behalf. A copy of your lists is also kept in your browser so the app opens quickly; signing out removes that copy from the device. Deleting your account deletes your lists, profile and referral records.

How we use it

When you ask for gift ideas or take the quiz, your browser sends the relevant profile details to our server to rank products and write the reasons each gift fits. Our server does this in memory and does not save the request. To do this we use Anthropic's Claude API as a service provider; Anthropic processes the request on our behalf under its commercial terms. We do not use your information for advertising or sell it to anyone.

Stores, affiliate links and cookies

Product links go to retailers, often through affiliate networks such as Awin and impact.com. When you click one, the network and the store may set cookies to record that the visit came from us, and what you buy there is covered by the store's own privacy policy.

On this site we use Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages and buttons help people find gifts. It sets cookies and sends usage data (pages viewed, clicks, approximate location and device) to Google. We turn off Google's advertising features and signals, so this data is used only to measure our own site and is not sold or shared for advertising. We set no advertising cookies.

In the United States analytics is on by default and you can opt out anytime with “Your privacy choices” at the bottom of every page, which also deletes the analytics cookies already set. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as an opt-out automatically. Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked first, and analytics only loads if they agree.

The waitlist

If you join the waitlist, we keep your email address and the page you signed up from, only to send you an invite and tell you about Grumpy Santa. It is delivered to us by email through Cloudflare, which runs this site. Ask us anytime to remove it.

Payments

Paid memberships, when available, are processed by our payment provider (Stripe). We never see or store your full card number.

Children

Grumpy Santa is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their information. The Adult category is only for people 18 and older.

Your choices and rights

You can view, change or delete everything you entered at any time in the app, and ask us to delete your whole account by email. Depending on where you live (for example California), you may have rights to know, delete or correct personal information and to opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context advertising. To make a request, email us.

Where we operate

Grumpy Santa is offered in the United States only, and your information is processed in the United States.

Changes and contact

We will update this page when our practices change and change the date at the top. Questions or requests: hello@grumpysanta.app.