Overthinker Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 16, 2026
Overthinker is a gift idea tool built to help you figure out what to get people, without asking you to sign up for anything. This page explains what little data we work with and why.
Quiz Answers
When you answer questions in Overthinker (who you're shopping for, budget, interests, and so on), those answers are used in the moment to generate gift suggestions and aren't saved to a database or tied to your identity. Once you close or refresh the page, they're gone.
Summon the Council
If you use Summon the council, we save the gift ideas and a short summary (relationship, age range, budget, and occasion) so your share link works. Anyone with the link can view them. Interests and anything you asked us to avoid are not included.
No Account Required
You don't need to log in to take the quiz, get gift ideas, or share them. We only collect your email address if you choose to sign in to save ideas, as explained below.
Saved Ideas and Signing In
Signing in is optional and only needed if you want to save ideas. If you sign in, we store your email address and the ideas you save, including a short summary of who the gift is for (relationship, age range, budget, and occasion). You can sign in with Google, in which case we receive only your name, email, and profile picture, or with a sign in link we email to you. You can also create folders named after the people you shop for, which are private to your account and can be deleted anytime. You can ask us to delete your account and saved ideas anytime by emailing askoverthinker@gmail.com.
Analytics
We use anonymous, aggregate website analytics (visits, page views, general device type, and where visitors come from) to understand how people use Overthinker and improve it. This data isn't tied to individual visitors, isn't used to build a profile of you, and isn't sold to anyone.
Outbound Shopping Links
When you click "Shop the idea" or "Search near you," you'll be taken to a third party site (like Amazon or Google) to continue your search. Overthinker may earn a small commission on qualifying purchases made through some of these links, for example through the Amazon Associates program or similar affiliate programs, at no extra cost to you. Once you leave Overthinker, that site's own privacy policy and cookies apply, not ours.
What We Don't Do
We don't sell your personal information. We don't build advertising profiles. We don't track you across other websites.
About the Suggestions
Gift ideas are generated by AI based on what you tell us in the quiz. They're suggestions, not guarantees, we can't promise a product's price, availability, or that it'll actually be the right fit. You're responsible for your own purchase decisions, and we're not liable for anything bought through the outbound links in the app.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Reach out at askoverthinker@gmail.com.