Effective Date: July 1, 2025
Your privacy is critically important to us. At Crazy Crochet Studio, we are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information that is collected and recorded by Crazy Crochet Studio and how we use it.
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
1. Information We Collect
Since there is no user registration on our website, we primarily collect information related to comments and through automated technologies like Google Analytics and Google AdSense.
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. The only personal information stored directly from comments is the Name and Email Address provided by the commenter.
- Log Files: Crazy Crochet Studio follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website.
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website.
- Understand and analyze how you use our website.
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
- Send you emails (only in response to comments or specific inquiries where you have provided your email).
- Find and prevent fraud.
- Process and display comments you submit.
3. Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is a third-party vendor on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to Crazy Crochet Studio and other sites on the internet.
However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
4. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how our website is being used and to improve the user experience. Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring pages, pages visited, and the dates/times of visits. This information is anonymous and cannot be used to personally identify you.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use our site by visiting: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
To opt-out of Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
5. Cookies
Like any other website, Crazy Crochet Studio uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read the “What Are Cookies” article from Cookie Consent.
6. Third-Party Privacy Policies
Crazy Crochet Studio’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
7. GDPR Data Protection Rights (for EU residents)
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
8. Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Crazy Crochet Studio does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
