Privacy Policy | High End Halloween Costumes

Effective date: September 19th 2025
Website: https://highendhalloweencostumes.com/

High End Halloween Costumes (“we,” “our,” “us”) provides curated costume guides and affiliate recommendations. This policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, and your choices. While our primary audience is in the United States, visitors may access our site from around the world.

1) Information We Collect

Information you provide

When you submit our Contact Us form, you provide your name, email address, and message content.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our site, we (and our service providers) may collect: IP address, device and browser type, pages viewed, referring URLs, approximate location (city/country), and timestamps. This happens via cookies and similar technologies (including local storage).

Affiliate link interactions

When you click a link to a retailer, we may record the click. Our affiliate partner CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) and/or the retailer may set cookies to attribute a purchase and pay us a commission.

We do not intentionally collect sensitive categories of personal information.

2) How We Use Information

Operate, maintain, and improve our website and content.

Understand site usage and performance (Google Analytics 4).

Attribute sales from affiliate links (CJ Affiliate) and comply with program requirements.

Respond to your messages via the contact form.

Prevent fraud/abuse and ensure security; comply with legal obligations.

Legal bases (EEA/UK where applicable):

Consent (for non-essential cookies/analytics where required).

Legitimate interests (site security, basic analytics where permitted).

Contract (responding to your requests).

Legal obligation (records/compliance).

3) Cookies & Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for functionality, analytics, and affiliate attribution. For details and controls, see our Cookie Policy
and the Cookie Settings link in our footer, where you can manage consent (EEA/UK users) or preferences. You can also control cookies via your browser settings.

4) Analytics, Affiliates & Service Providers

Google Analytics 4 (GA4): traffic and usage statistics.
Opt-out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
and https://adssettings.google.com
(if ads personalization is enabled).

CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction): tracks affiliate link clicks and purchases to pay commissions. Cookies may be set when you click an affiliate link or complete a purchase with a retailer.

Hosting/CDN & security: our web host and, if used, CDN or security services (e.g., firewall, caching).

Contact form & email: we receive and store your submission to respond.

We do not use the Meta/Facebook Pixel. We may maintain social profiles (e.g., Pinterest). If you visit those platforms, their own privacy policies apply.

We do not sell personal information for money. In some regions (e.g., California), certain data sharing for advertising may be considered “sharing”; we do not currently use cross-context behavioral advertising pixels.

5) Sharing of Information

We share information with service providers and partners listed above solely to operate our site, perform analytics, handle affiliate attribution, and provide security. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights, users, or the public.

6) Data Retention

Analytics data (GA4): retained per GA4 settings (commonly up to 14 months; we may adjust).

Affiliate attribution (CJ/retailers): retained per program requirements.

Contact emails: retained as needed to handle inquiries and maintain records.
We may keep information longer where necessary for legal, security, or accounting purposes.

7) Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures (e.g., HTTPS, access controls, updates). No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

8) Your Rights & Choices

Cookie/consent controls: manage via Cookie Settings in our footer and your browser settings.

Analytics choices: use the GA opt-out tools above.

Data rights: depending on your location (e.g., EEA/UK/California), you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability, or opt out of certain processing.
To make a request, contact us.
]. We may verify your identity before responding.

California (CPRA) notices: If we begin “selling” or “sharing” personal information as defined by CPRA, we will provide required links and opt-out mechanisms (e.g., “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”). At present, we do not.

9) Children’s Privacy

Our content is created for adults and parents/guardians who are shopping for costumes, including children’s sizes. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age required by applicable law (13 in the U.S.; up to 16 in the EEA/UK).
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child provided personal information on our site, please contact us and we will delete it. If you are under the applicable age threshold, please do not submit personal information on this website and ask a parent/guardian to contact us.

10) International Data Transfers

Service providers may process information in countries different from yours (including the United States). Where required by law, we use appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

11) Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Effective date” above reflects the latest version. Significant changes will be noted on this page.

12) Contact