Privacy & preferences

Saved on your device

Your shortlist, optional collector preferences, playground answers, fantasy watch box, saved fact links and passport stamps stay in this browser. Playground sharing links encode the choices or watch names and notes in the link fragment. Anyone you send a link to can read them. Imported boxes do not replace your own unless you choose to save them. Clearing browser storage removes this local data. Shared shortlist links contain product IDs and can be read by anyone with the link. Opening a shared link does not overwrite your saved items unless you choose to save it.

Community voting

Voting uses an anonymous random browser cookie to remember one current choice. The site stores a hash of that token with the choice and displays aggregate totals. Clearing cookies or using another browser can allow another vote; these totals are informal community feedback. No name or email is requested.

Optional measurement

If you allow measurement, we count page views, product handoffs by destination (Amazon Canada, Amazon US, Etsy, Redbubble or our main site), gift-finder use and shortlist actions in aggregate. These are interaction counts, not unique visitors or completed purchases. The original page counters do not send your shortlist, search terms, profile or full URLs. Counts are not sales or commission reports. We do not send marketing email. Hosting providers may process standard request logs to run the service.

Adaptive picks and feature requests

Remembering interests is optional and separate from measurement. When enabled, broad catalogue interests and your shopping choices are saved on this device for up to 30 days. Reset them on the Picked for you page. Your profile and shortlist are used locally, not uploaded.

When aggregate measurement is allowed, adaptive-card exposures and store clicks use a random first-party cookie, stored server-side only as a hash, to limit repeat counts per product per day. Event records are retained in a rolling 30-day window and older rows are removed on subsequent event writes. Product IDs and event types are recorded, with no names, emails, IP addresses or search text stored by this feature. Public totals do not expose browser tokens. You can remove this browser’s learning events below; turning measurement off also clears them and the measurement cookie.

Feature requests use a separate anonymous cookie and one saved choice. Use Your ideas to change or delete it. Clearing cookies or switching browsers can allow another request, so the queue is informal feedback. Requests never execute code or publish unreviewed content.

External stores and videos

Following a link takes you to another provider and its privacy practices. YouTube videos open on YouTube; we do not load an embedded player here. Etsy, Redbubble and Amazon handle purchases. Amazon links include our regional affiliate tags.