Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Pattern Crochet handles information when people visit this public crochet article blog, use privacy controls, follow external links, or contact the website by email.

Information handled when you visit

Website delivery and security providers may process technical request information such as IP address, requested URL, date and time, browser and device characteristics, general location, and security signals. This information is used to deliver pages, maintain reliability, prevent abuse, investigate errors, and protect the website and its visitors.

The website may store privacy and display choices in the browser. If you send an email, the message may include your email address, name, message content, and any information you choose to provide. Please do not send sensitive personal information that is not needed for the request.

The newsletter field currently displayed on the website does not transmit or store an email address. Before a subscription service is activated, the on-page notice and this policy should be updated to describe the collection and the provider involved.

Cookies, analytics, and advertising

Pattern Crochet may use essential browser storage or cookies for security, privacy choices, and preferences. Optional analytics and advertising technologies should remain off unless they are allowed by the visitor's choice and applicable law. Details and controls are provided in the Cookie Policy.

If Google AdSense is enabled, third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor's prior visits to Pattern Crochet or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to this website and other websites. Google and other enabled advertising providers may place or read cookies or use web beacons, IP addresses, page URLs, device information, and other identifiers for ad delivery, frequency control, measurement, security, fraud prevention, and personalization where permitted.

Learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can control personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings. The active consent interface should identify any additional advertising vendors and provide their available information and choices.

How information is used

Information may be used to:

• deliver, secure, maintain, and troubleshoot the website;
• remember privacy and display choices;
• respond to emails, accessibility reports, rights requests, and copyright concerns;
• measure readership or website performance if optional analytics is enabled;
• deliver and measure advertising if advertising is enabled and permitted; and
• comply with law, enforce website terms, and protect rights and safety.

When information is shared

Information may be processed by service providers that perform website delivery and security, email delivery, analytics, advertising, or other limited services for the website. Cloudflare supports website delivery and security. Google and identified advertising partners may process information if their services are enabled. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect the website, visitors, rights holders, or other people.

Pattern Crochet does not sell personal information for money. Some advertising activities may be defined as a sale, sharing, or targeted advertising under particular privacy laws. Where an applicable law gives a related opt-out right, the website and its advertising providers must provide and honor the required choice.

Consent and privacy choices

Use the Manage privacy control in the website footer to accept, decline, or revisit available optional analytics and advertising choices. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. Browser settings can also delete or block cookies and browser storage, although essential preferences may then need to be selected again.

Retention

Information is retained only as long as reasonably needed for the purpose, website security, dispute handling, or a legal obligation. Preference information may remain until it expires, is changed, or is cleared in the browser. Email correspondence may be retained while a request is handled and for a reasonable recordkeeping period. Advertising, analytics, security, and delivery providers apply their own documented retention practices.

International processing

Service providers may process information in countries other than the visitor's country. Their privacy notices describe their processing locations and transfer arrangements. Where transfer restrictions apply, the responsible parties must use an available lawful mechanism.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live and whether a law applies, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or information about processing; to object to certain processing; to withdraw consent; or to opt out of certain advertising-related uses. These rights are subject to legal conditions and exceptions.

Send a request to hello@patterncrochet.net. Explain the request and the relevant interaction. We may ask for information reasonably needed to verify identity, but you should not send identity documents unless specifically and securely requested. EEA and UK information is provided in the GDPR Policy.

Children's privacy

Pattern Crochet is a general-audience crochet article blog and is not designed to solicit personal information from children. If you believe a child provided personal information through an email or another activated feature, contact hello@patterncrochet.net so the situation can be reviewed.

Security and external links

Reasonable safeguards are used to protect the public website, but no online transmission or storage method can be guaranteed completely secure. Pattern Crochet articles may link to third-party websites. Those destinations control their own data practices, and their privacy notices apply after you leave Pattern Crochet.

Changes and contact

This policy may be updated when website practices, providers, or legal requirements change. The date shown at the top of this page identifies the latest published revision. Questions may be sent to hello@patterncrochet.net.