This privacy policy relates to the PepperPot Crafts blog. Our website address is: https://www.pepperpot-crafts.com.
If you have any questions about this policy or want to contact us about the use of your data, please contact us at pepperpot.handcrafted@gmail.com.
What personal data do we collect?
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website will be logged.
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.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
If you leave a comment on this site please remember that any information you provide will be publicly visible to anyone else who visits that post. If you would like any help removing comments you have added to this site please contact pepperpot.handcrafted@gmail.com and we will endeavour to help.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on this site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, it will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, it will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
You can learn more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
When you browse this blog, third party services such as WordPress and Google Analytics will automatically receive data about you for example your IP address, browser and time zone. They may use cookies to track your activity on this site such as which pages you access and whether you are a returning visitor.
Advertising
We may use third-party advertising companies to display adverts to you when you visit this site. These may use cookies.
External links
Throughout this blog there are links out to other individual’s or organisation’s websites. This privacy policy relates only to this website and how we handle your data. We have no control over the privacy policies of other websites.
How long we keep your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you sign up to receive emails or newsletters we will retain the information you provide at signup for as long as you continue to subscribe.
Affiliate programs
We participate in the Amazon Affiliates and Awin programmes. If you follow a link for an affiliate programme from this website a cookie will be place on your browser to track any sales. If you make a purchase following this link we may receive a small commission.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
If you wish to make such a request please contact pepperpot.handcrafted@gmail.com
Sensitive information
You should not submit any sensitive personal information to this website. This includes such things as your social security or national insurance number, financial details or information relating to race, ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information.
This website does not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that personally identifiable information relating to a child under the age of 16 has been submitted to this site please contact pepperpot.handcrafted@gmail.com.
Updates to this policy
This policy may be updated in parts from time to time as necessary.
Last updated: 26th January 2020
Contact information
If you have any questions relating to this privacy policy please contact Rachel at pepperpot.handcrafted@gmail.com.