Privacy Policy for Love Knitting Machines
Effective Date: January 1, 2025
At Love Knitting Machines, we value your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal data we collect, how we use it, and the steps we take to protect your information. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: http://loveknittingmachines.com.
2. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of data from visitors to our website:
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can view the Gravatar service privacy policy here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Media: If you upload images to the website, please ensure that they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images.
- Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you do not have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year. When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set 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, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one 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, containing no personal data and simply indicating the post ID of the article you just edited. This cookie expires after one day.
- Embedded Content from Other Websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact 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 tracking your interaction if you are logged in to that website.
3. How We Use Your Data
We use the collected data to improve our website, monitor its usage, and detect any potential fraud or misuse. Additionally, your data may be used for spam detection, as well as for administrative, security, and legal purposes when required.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not share your personal data with third parties except as necessary to provide our services or as required by law. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, rather than holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for changing their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
6. Your Rights 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 data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
7. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the effective date will be updated accordingly. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected]