Last updated: October 17, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Crochet Talks (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses and protects information when you visit crochettalks.blog (the “Site”).
Information We Collect
- Information you give us: when you leave a comment or use our contact form, we collect the name, email address and message you submit.
- Automatically collected information: like most websites, our server may log your IP address, browser type, device, referring pages and the pages you visit.
- Cookies: small text files stored on your device to remember preferences and measure how the Site is used.
Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.
Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies
We use Google AdSense to display ads on this Site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info. To learn more, see How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use the Site. These tools collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the Site and general location, using cookies. This information is aggregated and not used to identify you personally.
How We Use Information
- To operate, maintain and improve the Site
- To reply to your messages and comments
- To display relevant advertising that keeps our patterns free
- To protect the Site against spam and abuse
Embedded Content
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, pins). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited the other website, and those sites may collect data about you.
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. Contact form messages are kept only as long as needed to answer your request.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live (for example in the EU/UK under the GDPR, or in California under the CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete the personal data we hold about you. To make a request, please use our contact page.
Children’s Privacy
This Site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please reach us through our contact page.