Privacy Policy

Information Collection, Purpose, and Use

we may ask you to provide us with information that may include but is not limited to name, email address, cookies, and usage data, that can be used to contact or identify you.

We use this information to:

  • send our monthly newsletter

  • manage contacts and send messages

  • provide customer care and support

  • ensure that content from our site is presented most effectively for you and your computer

  • provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us

  • interact with external social networks and platforms (e.g. social media widgets and share bars)

  • allow access to third-party services’ accounts

  • display content from external platforms 

  • detect, prevent, and address technical issues

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amounts of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

We use cookies to save your session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of this site

You can turn off the use of cookies at any time by changing your specific browser settings.

Contact Form & Comments

When you leave comments on the site or send us a message through the contact form, we collect the data shown in the comments form or contact form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save 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.

Disclosure Policy

Google AdSense

This blog, Stitch and Hound, uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense is a program that allows publishers to earn revenue by displaying ads targeted to site content and audience. Here are some key points regarding our use of Google AdSense:

  • Third-Party Vendors: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites.

  • Cookies and Personalized Ads: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. Users may opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  • Interest-Based Advertising: Our site uses Google AdSense for interest-based advertising, which means ads may be served based on users' interests as derived from their browsing history.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. Google Analytics provides us with insights on how to improve the content and user experience on our website. Here are some important points about our use of Google Analytics:

  • Data Collection: Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data about user activities on our website. This data includes but is not limited to pages viewed, time spent on the site, and the geographical location of the visitors.

  • Purpose of Data Collection: The information gathered by Google Analytics helps us understand website traffic and usage patterns, allowing us to enhance our content and services.

  • Data Sharing: We do not share the data collected through Google Analytics with third parties, except where required by law.

Opting Out

  • Google AdSense: To opt out of personalized ads served by Google AdSense, visit Google's Ads Settings.

  • Google Analytics: To prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this disclosure policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will revise the "last updated" date at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and other tracking technologies.

Last updated: Sunday, June 2, 2024

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us at sarahwatson@sarahktdesigns.com

Embedded content from other websites

We are not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without our permission. Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.).

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you have 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.

Lawful Basis of Processing Personal Data

We may process personal data based because:

• you have given your consent for one or more specific purposes

• processing is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you

• processing is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations

• processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest

• processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party unless those interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms that require the protection of personal data.

Your Rights

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.

Changes

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on May 6, 2023. If you have any questions feel free to contact me directly at sarahktdesigns@gmail.com.

Copyright

All content found on this website is the property of stitchandhound.com unless otherwise specified.

Sharing or distributing physical copies of our patterns is prohibited. The sharing of knit and crochet patterns is copyright infringement because you are depriving the author of revenue from a sale. We do encourage the sharing of our site using links posted to social media, links posted to other sites, or by word of mouth; However, copying and pasting of patterns or information from this site is prohibited. Copying and pasting information from a public site is copyright infringement because you are depriving the author of revenue from site traffic. Please credit Stitch and Hound for our designs when posting to social media or another site.

You may sell finished items made from our patterns, however, please credit us for the design using the following guidelines:

  • When selling online, clearly state “pattern by Sarah Truesdell” with a link to sarahktdesigns.com

  • When selling at brick-and-mortar stores or in person at craft fairs, clearly display “pattern by Sarah Truesdell can be found at sarahktdesigns.com”

Mass production or factory manufacturing of any kind using my pattern is not permitted. You may not use my pictures to advertise any of your items.