Who we are

Our website address is: https://cabininthewoodsquilters.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site 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 anonymized 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website cannot download directly from our website as we have the images locked but images can be copied in low resolution using 3rd party apps.

Contact forms

Data that is collected through the email newsletter form is maintained by Mail Chimp and might include: Name, email address, and type of business/newsletter preference. This data is collected for the sole purpose of communication with our customers as intended by the form and is not shared with 3rd party apps/companies.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website 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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

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 behaves 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Our website contains plugins for analytics from Jetpack and Google Analytics (Exact Metrics).

Who we share your data with

Our website store shares your data with Ecwid Merchant Services for the processing of online payments only. Our website shares your newsletter signup data with MailChimp for the sole purpose of communication with our customers via email.

How long we retain your data

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.  Visitors data is not collected.

Our Contact Information

Should you have questions or concerns about your data or the collection of your data through our website, please address these concerns to cabininthewoodsquilters@gmail.com.

Additional information

How we protect your data

Our company protects your data by providing a secure website using a proven security partner, usin g reputable 3rd party applications for managing your data including our communication collection service and online store merchant service, and by keeping all apps and plugins up to date on a regular basis.

What third parties we receive data from

Data on users and their analytics are collected from the following sites:
Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Google Analytics, Mail Chimp, Ecwid Merchant, Square Merchant, WordPress, and Rafflecopter.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

When you sign up for our newsletter you are offered a choice to describe yourself as a quilter, longarm customer, or shop owner. This designation allows us to market our communication directly to you in the form that is most effective for your needs as a customer.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

We are not regulated by a specific industry with requirements.