UPDATED: MAY 25, 2018 TO COMPLY WITH GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at YarnOverPullThrough.com (“company,” “we,” “us,” ‘our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have questions or concerns about our policy or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at patrice@yarnoverpullthrough.com.

When you visit our website – http://yarnoverpullthrough.com – and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Site and services.

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website and/or any related services, sales, marketing, or events.

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services when participating in activities on this site or otherwise contacting us.

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the site, the choices you make, and the products and features you use, and can include the following:

  • Name and Contact Data. We collect your first and last name
    and your email address.
  • Information Needed to Create Crochet Photo Patterns. We collect information required to create crochet photo patterns, specifically personal photos that you provide for use in creating the patterns.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the site. This information does not reveal your specific identify (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use the site and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of the site and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

Information collected from other sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, as well as from other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information, marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links).

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

We use personal information collected via the site for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests (“Business Purposes”), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you (“Contractual” Reasons), with your consent (“Consent”), and /or for compliance with our legal obligations (“Legal Reasons”). We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect and/or receive:

  • To provide you with crochet photo patterns based on your personal photos.
  • To send you marketing and promotional communications for Business Purposes with your Consent. We and/or our third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time (see “WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS” below).
  • To send administrative information to you for Business Purposes and/or possibly for Contractual Reasons. We may use your personal information to send you product, service, and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
  • To fulfill and manage your orders for Contractual Reasons. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Site.
  •  To post testimonials with your Consent. We post testimonials on our Site that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name (first name and last name initial), location (city and State) and testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us at patrice@yarnoverpullthrough.com and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
  • To deliver targeted advertising to you for our Business Purposes and/or with your Consent. We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
  • To administer prize draws and competitions for our Business Purposes. We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to participate in them.
  • To request feedback for our Business Purposes and/or for Legal Reasons. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep the Site safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
  • To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies for Business Purposes, Legal Reasons and/or possible Contractual Reasons.
  • To respond to legal requests and prevent harm for Legal Reasons. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
  • For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identify usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Site products, services, marketing, and your experience.

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

We only share and disclose your information in the following
situations:

  • Compliance with Laws. We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
  • Vital Interests and Legal Rights. We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
  • Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Providers. We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third parties to use tracking tehcnology on the site, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Site over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with or during negotiations of any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • With your Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your content.

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.

5. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?

This Site may contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, online services, or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services , or applications that may be linked to or from this Site. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as
tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 5 years.

7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Site is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using this Site, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependents use of the Site. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at patrice@yarnoverpullthrough.com.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm .

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject
cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site. To opt out of internet-based advertising by advertisers on our Site, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

10. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at patrice@yarnoverpullthrough.com.com or by snail mail to:

Yarn Over, Pull  Through
c/o Patrice Walker
47-513 Apau Loop
Kaneohe, HI 96744
United States

I've been crocheting for over 40 years and blogging since 2004 - two of my favorite things in the world to do besides walking the beaches of windward Oahu, Hawaii.

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