Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Consent

Welcome to Crochet With Eva (accessible from https://crochetwitheva.com). Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Crochet With Eva and how we use it.

By accessing and using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Crochet With Eva. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

2. Information We Collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. Because our site is an informational blog providing free patterns, our data collection is minimal.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website’s layout and content.
• Understand and analyze how you use our website to create better crochet patterns and tutorials.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality (such as new pattern categories).
• 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 (e.g., our email newsletter).
• Send you emails containing free patterns, inspiration, and community news.
• Find and prevent fraud.

4. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Like any other modern website, Crochet With Eva 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.

We may also use tracking pixels (such as Pinterest tags) to understand how our users engage with our content on social media platforms, allowing us to tailor our future crochet designs to your interests.

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.

5. Third-Party Services & Links

Our website may contain links to other websites, including affiliate partners (e.g., yarn suppliers, crafting tools). If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

We use third-party email service providers to manage and send our newsletters. These providers may collect your email address and monitor engagement (such as open rates and link clicks) using industry-standard technologies to help us improve our communications.

6. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

We want to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete 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.

7. Data Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Children’s Privacy

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.

Crochet With Eva 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. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us. We are always happy to clarify how your data is handled in our digital atelier.