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Information Collection And Use

Personal Data

While using this blog, website, or social media pages, you may choose to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Social Media account
Cookies and Usage Data

Crochet patterns are purchased directly via Ravelry/LoveCrafts/Etsy stores. They manage all orders internally including payment and electronic delivery of the pattern. I am informed by email of your purchase which includes the Pattern name, total amount paid and your username and email address. I do not store this information.

Why is this data collected?

Ravelry/Etsy/LoveCrafts require your email address and/or username if a member of the site, in order to send you the pattern and it is stored against the pattern so that you get any updates to that pattern. (I do not store or use this data).

Please note that I do not share your personal information with third-parties nor will I store information collected about your order or your visit to this blog/website.

If you have subscribed via WordPress to receive email notifications of new blog posts, your email/username is stored as a subscriber and is on an internal email list. This list is not used by me but may be used by wordpress.com and linked platforms to analyse content performance (see Section: Website, Blog and Social Media Use below).

If you have subscribed to my Newsletter mailing list, this is run by Mailerlite. Your email address is stored securely within the email providers system and subject to their Security & Privacy Policies. Link at the end.

Your data is NOT shared with or sold to any outside individuals.

How do I keep your data secure?

Data stored digitally (by me)

I do not store Personal information about you digitally, it is only within Mailerlite and or WordPress email system or via your particular purchase platforms.

The devices in my possession that have access to your data are all pin and or fingerprint protected. I employ security measures on all of my devices to ensure any data is stored securely.

Data stored as a hard copy

None

Requesting a Copy of the Data I hold

You can request a copy of all the data I currently hold on file for you. I am legally required to provide this to you free of charge and within a month of the original request.

Requesting I delete all data I hold

If you want me to delete all information I have on file I am legally required to do so should you request it and the law allows me to.

Usage Data

WordPress and Google may collect information on how the blog is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

WordPress will also collect personal data, such as a username and email address, for users wishing to subscribe to this blog via WordPress and for content commenting on blog posts. There is no requirement for this to use the website.

This website has the Mediavine Grow plug-in active, if you are a subscriber/choose to subscribe to this service, Mediavine will collect personal data such as username and email address. There is no requirement for this to use the website.

Tracking & Cookies Data

This WordPress website and Social Media pages use cookies and similar tracking technologies including Google Analytics to track the activity on the Service and hold certain information. This also includes interactions with external sites, such as social networks and sites like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, X and any links I provide to external sites eg. Ravelry and any others mentioned in individual blog posts. If you use any of these services you should you read their privacy policies too, to familiarize yourself with how they use your data. I have provided their links at the end of this document.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyse my website/social media pages.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies. However, if you do not accept cookies, some functionality of this website may be reduced, for full details including how to opt out of cookies see the WordPress (Automattic) cookie policy.

Advertising

This Site is affiliated with Mediavine Journey for the purposes of placing advertising on this Site, and Mediavine Journey will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes.

Communications

If you have subscribed via WordPress to this blog you will receive an email notification each time a new post is published. You may unsubscribe via the link in the email at any time. Please note to get subscriber only offers, you need to subscribe to my email list.

If you have subscribed to my newsletter (via email sign-up form or pop-up) you will receive news and marketing emails directly from me. You may unsubscribe at any time via the link in the email.

If you have purchased a pattern via Ravelry/Etsy/LoveCrafts you may receive an email from them on my behalf if the pattern is amended.

Contact Me

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 25th May 2018 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

I reserve the right to update or change this Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the blog/website after I post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgement of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If I make any significant changes to this Privacy Policy, I will notify you by publishing a blog post about it.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me, Janferie MacKintosh via email to: janferiem@gmail.com or you may contact me through my Facebook page:

www.facebook.com/thecraftytherapy