Privacy Policy
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
Who we are
A Knotty Habit Designs is a personal written blog for those who have an interest in all there is to enjoy in in the patterns of crocheting.
Our website address is: https://www.aknottyhabitdesigns.com
What personal data is collected and why it is collected
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website 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 anonymised 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: . After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
The following guidelines are to be followed when leaving comments on the website:
- Keep all comments on topic;
- Use of profanity is prohibited in any form and any language. Such comments will be removed;
- No personal attacks towards authors and comments visitors;
- Including links in comments must be relevant to the post and your comment;
- No self promotional links.
Any comments considered as spam will be deleted. Owner of the website reserves the right to edit or delete any comments submitted without notice for any reason.
Forms
Information you voluntarily submit to the website – we collect this information from you, for example, your name and email address, for our own marketing purposes. We do not share, distribute or sell such information to third parties.
Our email management system is Mailchimp, free version. Further information on Mailchimp’s privacy policy, click here.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name and email address 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 visit website, we 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave 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.
Click here for further information on the website’s cookie policy.
Analytics
It is possible that we may be given such automated information about you, the device with which you access the website for example, whey you use the website we may log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed and the dates/times when you accessed the website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the website such as links clicked.
We do not share, distribute or sell such information to third parties.
How your information may be used
We may use the information voluntarily submitted in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the website;
- To send promotional information eg newsletters, blogs. Each email promotion will provide links to opt-out;
- To send administrative communications eg admin emails, confirmation emails, technical notes, updates on policies and other security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or enquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the website (analytics);
- To protect, investigate and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity.
Third Parties
We do not share, distribute or sell such information to third parties.
We may share your information to third parties when you explicitly authorise us to share your information.
The website may use third party service providers to service various aspects of the website. Each third party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
Listed are the website’s current use of third party service providers:
- Google Analytics – this service tracks website usage. It may capture your IP address, click traffic, sites visited and other general user actions. Other types of personal information are not captured.
- Mailchimp – this is the website’s email management system. It manages all voluntary subscription information and automates the delivery of emails, newsletters and blog information directly to subscribers. Each email received will provide links to opt-out. Further information on Mailchimp’s privacy policy, click here.
This list of third-party service providers may be amended from time to time at the sole discretion of the website’s administration.
How long we retain your data
If you create a user profile on the website or leave a comment, certain information maybe publicly visible.
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.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. 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.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Copyright
All images, videos, podcasts and text content on the website are the sole property of A Knotty Habit Designs.
Visitors, subscribers or any third party may not reproduce, redistribute or share any part of the content on the website – without the prior written permission of A Knotty Habit Designs.
All visitors and subscribers of the website may sell their finished items made by using a pattern, instruction or tutorial provided by A Knotty Habit Designs but it is requested that credit is written to A Knotty Habit Designs.
You may use images marked with the hover “Pinterest Save” button as long as a clear link back to its original location is included.
Do not remove any watermarks, crop or edit any images from this site without prior written permission of A Knotty Habit Designs.
Downloadable and Printable Materials
All downloadable and printable materials provided on the website are for personal use only. You may save the files to your computer and print off copies for your personal use only. Do not make copies to share with others without obtaining written permission.
Do not directly link to any of the downloads offered on the website, alter any downloadable materials offered whether presented as a free item or that you purchased, to use them to profit in any way whatsoever.
Advertising
Display Adverts
We may use third party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the website, which may use cookies. No personally identifiable information is shared with the website’s advert providers.
Retargeting Adverts
The website may engage remarketing efforts with third party companies such as Google, Facebook and Instagram in order to market the website. These companies use cookies to serve adverts based on a viewer’s past visits to the website.
Affiliate Programs
The website may engage in affiliate marketing which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link of an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. The website will post customised links, provided by the affiliated programs, to track the referrals to the affiliated website. Such links utilises cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on sales.
A Knotty Habit Designs is a participant of the following affiliated programs:
- Furls Crochet – an online outlet for crochet tools.
- Ravelry – an online outlet for crochet patterns.
- Etsy – an online outlet for homemade products.
- AKH Amazon Store – an online outlet with Amazon listing products of AKH’s choice to earn commission (at no costing to viewer).
This list of affiliated programs may be amended from time to time at the sole discretion of the website’s administration.
Newsletters / Blogs
On the website, you may opt-in to subscribe to our site to receive emails with news, updates, blogs etc. These emails may be used for advertising purposes. Embedded pixels in emails may allow an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. We may see if and when you open such email and which links listed therein you click on. This allows the website to adapt the content for future newsletters and updates to the interests of its viewers. Such behaviours are not distributed to other third parties for their use.
Opt-Out
All subscribers to the website are able to opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links provided in the email footer. You may also notify A Knotty Habit Designs by email (danielle.arseniuk@hotmail.com) requesting to be removed from any mailing lists retained by the website.
Disclosure Policy
A Knotty Habit Designs is a personal blog website written, edited and managed by its owner, Danielle Arseniuk. It is my personal creative outlet for the owner to share skills, thoughts and personal opinions with the website’s visitors and subscribers. It may become a source of income and in order to comply with governed Canadian trade guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising, it is felt by the owner to provide this disclosure policy.
Reviews
A Knotty Habit Designs seeks to provide honest and personal opinion whether it shows a product or company in favourable light or not. A Knotty Habit Designs will not promote anything that is not believed in or knowingly mislead visitors and subscribers just to make money.
Such views, comments and opinions expressed on the website are purely and entirely of A Knotty Habit Designs. The owner of A Knotty Habit Designs does not claim to be nor make an effort to be an expert on any topic, product or service expressed on the website. Endorsing products and companies will only be given based on A Knotty Habit Designs personal belief or experiences.
Sponsorships
A Knotty Habit Designs may receive free products or services from other crafters or companies. Such compensation received will not influence the content, topics or posts made on the website.
A Knotty Habit Designs may accept forms of paid advertising or sponsorship space on the website Such content or advertising space will be clearly identified as paid advertisement.
Contact Information
It is the desire of A Knotty Habit Designs to provide visitors and subscribers quality content, safe environment and a pleasurable journey within the website whilst maybe earning a profit to compensate my time and effort. It is the intention of A Knotty Habit Designs to promise to always be honest and provide sincere experiences and opinions.
Any issues you may experience, update, need clarification, amend, concerned about or that you may have forgotten, please submit your concerns and queries by email (danielle.arseniuk@hotmail.com).