Website Privacy Policy

This privacy policy covers my website – https://www.madamestitch.com.  I respect your privacy and I am committed to protecting it.  I want you to have the best possible experience when interacting with MadameStitch.  The privacy policy that follows outlines what information may be collected and how it may be used.

What personal data we collect, why we collect it and how we use it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, the data shown in the comments form is collected for verification purposes, along with 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. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.  Visitor comments are checked through Akismet, an automated spam detection service.  Reminder: Be careful what personal information you share in the comments you make, including images you may upload with embedded location data.  The comments are public and can be seen by anyone who visits MadameStitch.

Contact Forms

Information you share through a contact form is only used to communicate with you, unless you have specifically given your permission for it to be collected and otherwise used.  This information will never be used for marketing purposes, only for customer service.

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.

Advertising

Ads and affiliate links that appear on the website are delivered by advertising partners that have been selected for their relevance to materials and products shared on the website.  These ads and links set cookies that allow the ad server to compile non-personal identification information about you or others who use your computer.  You may opt out of the use of cookies at any time through your web browser’s settings.

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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.  MadameStitch does not have access to or use that information in any way.

Third Party use of Personal Information

This website uses third-party service providers whose use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.  Following are the service providers used by MadameStitch.

Google Analytics:  This service tracks website usage and provides information about user activity on MadameStitch for the purpose of providing better service to you, the consumer.  Besides your IP address, no other personal information is collected.

Mailerlite Email Service:  This service is used to deliver email updates from MadameStitch.  Only personal information such as name and email address is shared for the purpose of delivering communication to you.  You may opt out of any MadameStitch communication at any time by using the ‘unsubscribe’ link or by updating your preferences.

Acceptance of This Policy

By using the website, you signify your acceptance of this policy.  If you don’t agree with the policy, don’t use the website.  Use of the website after changes have been made to the policy also signifies your acceptance of the policy.

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy or any of the practices of this website, please contact me at madamestitch10@gmail.com.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.