Disclosure & Privacy

It is important that we are transparent from the start. These are the formal disclosure and privacy policies we are required to display on the site, to comply with regulations and requirements regarding advertising on Sewing with Scraps.

Disclosure Policy

This policy is valid from 1 April 2018. This blog is a personal blog written and edited by the team at Sewing with Scraps. For questions about this blog, please contact the team at [email protected].

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics, or posts made on this blog. That content, advertising space, or post may not always be specifically identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner(s) of this blog may be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

The owner(s) of this website, 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 Sewing with Scraps to Amazon properties including, but not limited to, amazon.com, amazon.co.u, amazon.ca, endless.com, myhabit.com, smallparts.com, or amazonwireless.com.

Sewing with Scraps also participates in other affiliate programs from time to time and may earn a commission if you purchase a product as a result of a recommendation from this site.

With the help of our ad manager, Sewing with Scraps displays third party ads. Please scroll down to learn more about this method.

Privacy Policy

The privacy of our visitors is extremely important at Sewing With Scraps (sewingwithscraps.com).  This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that is received/collected and how it is used.

This Privacy Policy is reviewed and revised from time to time so please be sure to revisit it regularly. Your use of this site, in any and all forms, constitutes an acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

Personal Identification Information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, place an order, fill out a form, respond to a survey, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Non-personal identification information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Web Browser Cookies

Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

How we use Collected Information

Sewing With Scraps may collect and use Users personal information for the following purposes:

• To run and operate our Site
  We may need your information display content on the Site correctly.
• To improve customer service
  Information you provide helps us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
• To personalize user experience
  We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
• To improve our Site
  We may use feedback you provide to improve our products and services.
• To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Site feature
  To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.
• To send periodic emails
  We may use the email address to send User information and updates pertaining to their order. It may also be used to respond to their inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.

How we Protect Your Information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

Sharing your Personal Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above. We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

Electronic Newsletters

If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

Third-party Websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Advertising

Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non-personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. You may learn more about opting out of major ad networks at https://websitebuilders.com/tools/advertiser-opt-out/.

Google Adsense

Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses “non personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

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Contacting Us

If you have any questions or require any additional information about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected] or via the Contact Us form.

This document was last updated on August 12, 2020