Privacy Policy
Crochet Moments

About This Privacy Policy

Welcome to Crochet Moments. Your privacy is important to me, and this Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used and protected when you visit and use this website.

Crochet Moments is a personal crochet blog where I share crochet projects, patterns, tutorials, ideas and inspiration.

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Crochet Moments website and describes the types of information that may be processed and why.

Information You Provide

You may be able to provide personal information when you voluntarily contact me, submit information through a contact form, participate in comments or other interactive features, create an account, submit a rating, or subscribe to a newsletter.

Depending on the feature you use, this information may include your name, email address, account information, message, comments, ratings, or other information you choose to provide.

I only ask for information that is reasonably necessary for the particular feature or service you are using.

Information Collected Automatically

Some technical information is processed automatically by the web server when you visit the website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, requested URL, referring page, date and time of access, and other connection information.

Technical information may be used to operate, maintain, secure and improve the website and to identify technical problems, abuse or suspicious activity.

Contact Forms

If you contact me through the website, I may process the information you provide, such as your name, email address and message, in order to respond to your enquiry.

Contact information will not be used for unrelated purposes unless you have provided appropriate consent or another lawful basis exists.

Comments, Accounts and Ratings

Crochet Moments may in the future offer features such as user registration, login accounts, comments and project ratings.

If these features are introduced, the information required to operate them may include your name or username, email address, account credentials, comments, ratings and related technical information.

Information associated with an account may be retained for as long as the account remains active or for as long as necessary to provide the relevant service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or protect the website.

Details of these features and the information processed will be updated in this Privacy Policy before or when the features are introduced.

Newsletter

Crochet Moments may offer an optional newsletter in the future. If you choose to subscribe, your email address will be used to send the newsletter and related information for which you have provided consent.

You will be able to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the email.

The details of the newsletter provider and the specific information processed will be added to this Privacy Policy before the newsletter is introduced.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Crochet Moments currently uses a small number of cookies and similar technologies to operate the website and maintain its functionality. Additional technologies may be introduced in the future, as described below.

PHP Session Cookie

The website uses a first-party PHP session cookie named PHPSESSID.

This cookie is used to maintain a temporary session between your browser and the website and to allow the website to remember session-related information while you navigate between pages.

The cookie is a session cookie and is normally removed when you close your browser.

This cookie is strictly necessary for the operation of the website and is not used by Crochet Moments for advertising or analytics.

Essential cookies

Some cookies or similar technologies may be necessary for the website to function properly. These may be used for purposes such as security, session management, authentication or remembering choices that are necessary to provide a requested service.

Analytics cookies

Crochet Moments uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use the website, including information such as pages visited, interaction and engagement information, device and browser information, and other technical information collected by Google Analytics.

Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies for analytics purposes. Where consent is required, analytics-related storage and Google tags are controlled according to the visitor's consent choices.

Advertising cookies

Crochet Moments may introduce advertising services such as Google AdSense in the future. Advertising services may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver, measure or personalize advertisements.

Where legally required, appropriate consent will be requested before non-essential advertising cookies or similar technologies are used.

When advertising services are introduced, this section will be updated with information about the relevant providers and technologies.

Managing Cookie Preferences

Where cookies or similar technologies require consent, you will be provided with appropriate choices about whether to allow them.

You may also be able to manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the website.

If an advertising consent management platform is introduced, it will provide additional controls for managing advertising and related privacy choices.

Google Services

Crochet Moments uses certain Google services to operate, understand and improve the website.

Google Analytics

Crochet Moments uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use the website. This may include information such as pages visited, approximate interaction and engagement information, device and browser information, and other technical information collected through Google Analytics.

Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies for analytics purposes. Where consent is required, analytics storage and related Google tags are controlled according to the visitor's consent choices.

More information about Google's processing of information is available in Google's Privacy Policy .

Google Search Console

I use Google Search Console to monitor how Crochet Moments appears in Google Search and to identify technical issues affecting the website's search visibility and indexing.

Search Console is used by me as the website owner and is not used by Crochet Moments as a visitor analytics or advertising service.

YouTube

Crochet Moments may embed videos from YouTube. When you interact with embedded YouTube content, Google may process technical information and other information according to Google's policies and the configuration of the embedded content.

Third-Party Services and External Links

Crochet Moments may contain links, embedded content or integrations from third-party websites and services.

Examples may include YouTube videos, social media platforms, external crochet patterns, advertising providers, analytics providers, newsletter services, hosting services or other third-party tools.

When you interact with a third-party service, that service may process information according to its own privacy policy and terms.

I do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

How Information Is Used

Depending on how you interact with Crochet Moments, information may be used to:

• provide and maintain the website
• respond to enquiries
• provide account or interactive features
• maintain website security
• prevent abuse and misuse
• understand and improve website performance
• send newsletters when you have subscribed to them
• display and measure advertising where applicable
• comply with legal obligations

Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable, personal information may be processed on different legal bases under applicable data protection law. Depending on the circumstances, these may include your consent, the performance of a service you have requested, compliance with a legal obligation, or legitimate interests such as maintaining website security and preventing abuse.

How Long Information Is Kept

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to provide requested services, to comply with legal obligations, to resolve disputes, or to protect the website and its users.

Specific retention periods may depend on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

Data Security

I take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information processed through Crochet Moments against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or alteration.

However, no method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to request access to personal information held about you, correction of inaccurate information, deletion of certain information, restriction of processing, objection to certain processing, and portability of information.

Where processing is based on consent, you may generally withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that took place before the withdrawal.

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services used, applicable requirements or the way information is processed.

When changes are made, the updated version will be published on this page together with the new "Last updated" date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or your privacy choices, please contact me.

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