Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.craftythatway.com (the “Site”).
Personal information collected:
When you visit the Site, it automatically collects certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, information is collected about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. This automatically-collected information's referred to as “Device Information”.
Device Information is collected using the following technologies:
- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
- “Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
Additionally when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, certain information is collected from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. This information is referred to as “Order Information”.
When talking about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, this is referencing both about Device Information and Order Information.
How is your personal information used?
The Order Information that is collected is generally used to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, this Order Information may be used to:
- Communicate with you;
- Screen orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- When in line with the preferences you have shared with the site, it may be used to provide you with information or advertising relating to products or services.
The Device Information that is collected may be used to help screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize the site (for example, by generating analytics about how customers browse and interact with the site, and to assess the success of marketing and advertising campaigns).
By using this website, you (the visitor) agree to allow third parties to process your IP address, in order to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie which gets automatically removed when you close your browser). This is done in order for the selected currency to remain selected and consistent when you are browsing the website so that the prices can convert to your (the visitor) local currency.
Sharing your personal information
Your Personal Information may be shared with third parties to help use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Google Analytics to assist in understanding how customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, your Personal Information may be shared to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information is received, or to otherwise protect the rights of the site & owner.
Behavioural advertising
As described above, your Personal Information may be used to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications that may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
Do not track
Please note that there is no alteration to the Site’s data collection and use practices when a Do Not Track signal from your browser is seen.
Your rights
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information held about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact the site through the contact information below.
Additionally, if you are a European resident, note that your information is processed in order to fulfill contracts held with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue the site's legitimate business interests listed above. Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.
Data retention
When you place an order through the Site, your Order Information will be maintained for record keeping purposes unless and until you ask that this information be deleted.
Changes
This privacy policy may be updated from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the site's practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
For more information about this sites privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please reach out by e‑mail at:
craftythatway@gmail.com. Alternately, you may mail your inquiry to:
Crafty That Way, PO Box 1077, Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0, Canada