It is the Stitch Vixen’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information I may collect while operating my website. This privacy policy applies to www.thestitchvixen.com. I respect your privacy and am committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide me through the website. I have adopted this privacy policy to explain what information may be collected on my website, how I use this information and under what circumstances I may disclose the information to third parties. This privacy policy applies only to information I collect through the website and does not apply to any collection of information from other sources.

This privacy policy, together with the terms and conditions posted on my website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of my website. Depending on your activities when visiting my website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, The Stitch Vixen collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Stitch Vixen’s purpose in collecting non-personally-identifying information is to better understand how The Stitch Vixen’s visitors use the website using services such as Google Analytics. From time to time, The Stitch Vixen may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of it’s website.

The Stitch Vixen also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and users leaving comments on https://thestitchvixen.com blog posts. The Stitch Vixen only discloses logged in user and commentor IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

We use Google Analytics to track social shares made at our website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update

We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to The Stitch Vixen’s website choose to interact with The Stitch Vixen in ways that require The Stitch Vixen to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Stitch Vixen gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a newsletter subscription or login at https://thestitchvixen.com to provide a username and email address.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to me, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While I strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, I cannot guarantee it’s absolute security.

Advertisements

Ads appearing on my website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, such as Google Adsense, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by The Stitch Vixen and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Links To External Sites

My website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by me. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.

I have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

The Stitch Vixen discloses potentially personally-identifying information and personally-identifying information only to those of it’s employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Stitch Vixen’s behalf or to provide services available at The Stitch Vixen’s website and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The Stitch Vixen’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Stitch Vixen will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally identifying information to anyone. Other than to it’s employees, contractors and affiliated organization, as described above. The Stitch Vixen discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other government request, or when The Stitch Vixen believes in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect the property or rights of The Stitch Vixen, third parties or the public at large.

If you are a registered user of http;//thestitchvixen.com and have supplied your email address, The Stitch Vixen may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features and content, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with The Stitch Vixen and my products. I primarily use my blog to communicate this type of information, so I expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send me a request (for example via a support email or via one of my feedback mechanisms), I reserve the right to publish it in order to help me clarify or respond to your request or to help me support other users. The Stitch Vixen takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentailly personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Aggregated Statistics

The Stitch Vixen may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to it’s website. The Stitch Vixen may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Stitch Vixen does not disclose your personally-identifying information.

Cookies

To enrich and perfect your online experience, The Stitch Vixen uses “cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Stitch Vixen uses cookies to help The Stitch Vixen identify and track visitors, their usage of the website and their website access preferences. The Stitch Vixen visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Stitch Vixen’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of The Stitch Vixen’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

By continuing to navigate my website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to The Stitch Vixen’s use of cookies.

Data Access Requests

At any time, if you wish to have access to your data being stored on www.thestitchvixen.com database, you may use the Data Access Request Page. You can follow the link provided here in this privacy policy or find the link to the page in the website’s primary navigation menu as well. You also have the right to request that the data be deleted in it’s entirety.

E-Commerce

Those who engage in transactions with The Stitch Vixen – by purchasing The Stitch Vixen’s services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, The Stitch Vixen collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The Stitch Vixen. The Stitch Vixen does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Stitch Vixen may change it’s Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The Stitch Vixen’s sole discretion. The Stitch Vixen encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to it’s Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.