Effective as of August 10th 2020
This is where you will find all the information about privacy policies, cookies, advertising and disclosure for Crafts on Sea.
What You'll Find on This Page
Privacy Policy
As the owner of this website (Crafts on Sea – owned and published by Kate Williams, also referred to as ‘the site’), we understand that your privacy is of critical importance. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via Crafts on Sea and how we use and disclose such information.
Our Use of Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
(a) authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website
(b) status – we use cookies to help us to determine if you are logged into our website
(c) advertising – we use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you; and
(d) analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences(Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
Advertising.
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy
Advertising Privacy Statement
This Site is affiliated with AdThrive, LLC (“AdThrive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site. AdThrive uses standard and widely-available tools for the placement and serving of ads, including those provided by Google, Inc. and its affiliates. We publish interest-based advertisements on the Site; that is, ads that are tailored to reflect your interests. To help understand your interests, AdThrive, Google and our other advertising partners will track your behaviour on our website and on other websites across the Internet using cookies.
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
By using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with AdThrive, Google, and our other third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.
For European Economic Area Residents
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or AdThrive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact AdThrive at info@adthrive.com. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behaviour using cookies, click the ad preferences icon. (Available in the EU.)
Email Addresses
We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, or enter a promotion. If you have provided your email address to us, we promise to use it only for the purposes for which it is provided. We will not use your email address to contact you for unrelated reasons. We will not share your email address with any third parties.]
If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”
Additional Rights of EEA (European Economic Area) Residents
If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:
(i) access your personal data
(ii) ensure the accuracy of your personal data
(iii) the right to have us delete your personal data
(iv) the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and
(v) the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us addressed to the following: Kate Williams, 3 Stratton Court, Hospital Road, Stratton, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 9BP England Email: craftsonsea@gmail.com Tel: 07872 615246
Sale of Business or Assets
In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or the practices of this Site, please contact us at craftsonsea@gmail.com
Or write to us at: 3 Stratton Court, Hospital Road, Stratton, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 9BP England
Newsletters
Crafts on Sea will collect your email and name in order to send out newsletters. These newsletters are roughly once a week and may contain affiliate links. If there are affiliate links in a newsletter then I will always mention this before the link. Your details will not be passed onto a third party but are held on the newsletters server which is currently Mailerlite. Your details will be held on the server for as long as you want to subscribe, you may unsubscribe at anytime using the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by emailing me at craftsonsea@gmail.com and I will unsubscribe you from the list.
Disclosure
Reviews: Occasionally I am sent products or asked to try out a service in return for giving a review. All my reviews are my honest opinion of the item or items in question. I also review things sometimes which I have paid for myself but are just things that I like that I think my readers may like too. Sometimes in addition to the item itself I also receive payment for the post in which case it will state in the post that it has been ‘sponsored’, ‘featured’, created ‘in collaboration with’ or ‘in partnership with’.
Sponsored Posts: All sponsored posts on Crafts on Sea are ones which I have been paid to feature on Crafts on Sea. If this is the case, the post will state that it has been ‘sponsored’, ‘featured’, is a ‘collaborative post’ created ‘in collaboration with’ or ‘in partnership with’. I only work with brands, companies and organisations which I like or I feel are a good fit for Crafts on Sea which means I also turn things down. Please note that I never advertise or work with gambling or bingo companies.
If you work for a company or brand and are interested in working with Crafts on Sea on any of the above please contact me at craftsonsea@gmail.com
Advertorials: These are posts which I have been paid to publish which have been written by someone else. I reserve the right to slightly change the text of these posts if I feel it does not fit in with the tone of Crafts on Sea. These may state that the post is a ‘collaborative post’ ‘in collaboration with’, ‘in partnership with’ or that ‘this is an advertorial’
Affiliate Links
Crafts on Sea is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and amazon.co.uk and it also has affiliate links using Gumtree. As an associate of these programmes if you buy a product after using my link I gain a commission and it doesn’t cost you an additional fee.
Hosting
Crafts on Sea is hosted by TechSurgeons whose servers are in the USA.