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    Privacy Policy

    Last updated: 12 July 2026

    Crafted Pirates respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

    This Privacy Policy explains how Crafted Pirates collects, uses, stores and shares information when you visit CraftedPirates.com (the “Website”), subscribe to our communications, submit a comment, contact us, interact with advertisements or otherwise use our services.

    In this Privacy Policy, “Crafted Pirates”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to the operator of CraftedPirates.com.

    1. Who We Are

    Crafted Pirates is a content website publishing articles, ideas, tutorials and inspiration relating to crafts, DIY projects, paper crafts, home décor, crochet, sewing, creative projects and related subjects.

    For the purposes of applicable data-protection laws, the data controller responsible for your personal information is:

    Crafted Pirates
    Website: CraftedPirates.com
    Email: [email protected]
    Business or correspondence address: 128 City Road, London, EC1 V2NX

    You may contact us using the details above with questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process your personal information.

    2. Information We Collect

    The information we collect depends on how you interact with the Website.

    2.1 Information You Provide Directly

    You may provide personal information when you:

    • Subscribe to our newsletter or email updates;
    • Submit a comment on an article;
    • Contact us through a contact form or by email;
    • Participate in a survey, competition, promotion or giveaway;
    • Report a problem with the Website;
    • Send us a copyright, partnership or business enquiry; or
    • Otherwise communicate with us.

    This information may include:

    • Your name;
    • Your email address;
    • Your website address;
    • The contents of your message or comment;
    • Your communication preferences;
    • Any information you voluntarily include in an enquiry; and
    • Records of our correspondence with you.

    Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our comment forms, contact forms or public areas of the Website.

    2.2 Comments

    When visitors leave comments on the Website, we may collect:

    • The information entered into the comment form;
    • The visitor’s IP address;
    • Browser and device information;
    • The date and time of the comment; and
    • Information used to detect spam, fraudulent activity or abusive content.

    Comments may remain publicly visible on the Website together with the name supplied by the commenter.

    If you provide a website address with your comment, your name may link to that website.

    You should not include private, confidential or sensitive information in a public comment.

    We reserve the right to moderate, edit, refuse or remove comments that are unlawful, abusive, misleading, irrelevant, promotional, infringing or otherwise inappropriate.

    2.3 Newsletter and Email Subscriptions

    When you subscribe to our newsletter or email updates, we may collect:

    • Your name, where requested;
    • Your email address;
    • The date and method of subscription;
    • Your consent record;
    • Your email preferences;
    • Information about whether an email was delivered, opened or clicked; and
    • Unsubscribe or suppression information.

    We use this information to send the communications you requested, manage our subscriber list, measure engagement and improve our content.

    You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us.

    Unsubscribing will stop marketing emails, although we may retain limited information on a suppression list to ensure that we respect your request.

    2.4 Information Collected Automatically

    When you visit or use the Website, certain information may be collected automatically by us and our service providers.

    This may include:

    • Your IP address;
    • Approximate location derived from your IP address;
    • Browser type and version;
    • Device type and operating system;
    • Internet service provider;
    • Screen resolution and device settings;
    • Referral source;
    • Pages viewed;
    • Links clicked;
    • Search terms used on the Website;
    • Date, time and duration of visits;
    • Interactions with Website content;
    • Advertising identifiers;
    • Cookie identifiers;
    • Consent preferences;
    • Website errors and performance information; and
    • Security, fraud-prevention and diagnostic data.

    This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, software development kits, server logs and similar technologies.

    3. How We Use Personal Information

    We may use personal information to:

    • Operate, maintain and secure the Website;
    • Provide articles, tutorials and other Website content;
    • Respond to enquiries and support requests;
    • Process and display comments;
    • Prevent spam, fraud, misuse and security threats;
    • Send newsletters and other communications where permitted;
    • Manage subscriptions and communication preferences;
    • Understand how visitors use the Website;
    • Measure Website traffic, engagement and performance;
    • Diagnose technical problems;
    • Improve our content, navigation and user experience;
    • Display, personalise and measure advertisements;
    • Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns;
    • Administer affiliate programmes and track qualifying referrals;
    • Comply with legal, regulatory and contractual obligations;
    • Establish, exercise or defend legal claims;
    • Enforce our terms, policies and intellectual-property rights; and
    • Protect the rights, safety and property of Crafted Pirates, our visitors and others.

    We will not use your personal information for purposes that are materially incompatible with the purposes described in this Privacy Policy unless permitted or required by law.

    4. Our Legal Bases for Processing

    Where the UK General Data Protection Regulation, the EU General Data Protection Regulation or similar laws apply, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases.

    4.1 Consent

    We may rely on your consent when:

    • You subscribe to marketing emails;
    • You accept non-essential cookies;
    • You consent to analytics or advertising technologies;
    • You agree to personalised advertising; or
    • We otherwise ask for your permission.

    You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that occurred before the withdrawal.

    4.2 Legitimate Interests

    We may process information where necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

    These interests may include:

    • Operating and improving the Website;
    • Responding to enquiries;
    • Understanding Website usage;
    • Preventing fraud, spam and security threats;
    • Protecting our content and legal rights;
    • Maintaining records; and
    • Supporting and developing our publishing activities.

    4.3 Contractual Necessity

    We may process information where necessary to perform a contract with you or take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

    4.4 Legal Obligations

    We may process or retain information where necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, regulatory requests, tax obligations or other legal requirements.

    4.5 Legal Claims and Protection

    We may process information where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims or protect the vital interests, rights or safety of individuals.

    5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

    Cookies are small files stored on your browser or device when you visit a website.

    We and our third-party service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Website, remember preferences, understand Website usage, provide advertising and measure performance.

    5.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

    These cookies are required for the Website to function properly.

    They may be used for:

    • Website security;
    • Fraud and spam prevention;
    • Network management;
    • Load balancing;
    • Remembering privacy and consent choices;
    • Maintaining Website functionality; and
    • Processing forms or comments.

    Because these cookies are necessary for the Website to operate, they may not require consent where permitted by law.

    5.2 Functional Cookies

    Functional cookies may remember choices such as:

    • Display preferences;
    • Language settings;
    • Form details;
    • Comment information; and
    • Other Website preferences.

    Disabling these cookies may affect certain Website functions.

    5.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

    Analytics technologies help us understand how visitors use the Website.

    They may collect information about:

    • Pages viewed;
    • Traffic sources;
    • Time spent on pages;
    • Navigation paths;
    • Browser and device types;
    • Website errors; and
    • General visitor interactions.

    We use this information to analyse performance and improve the Website.

    Where required by law, analytics cookies will only be activated after you provide consent.

    5.4 Advertising Cookies

    Advertising cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

    • Display advertisements;
    • Select advertisements based on general or personalised criteria;
    • Limit how often an advertisement is shown;
    • Measure advertising performance;
    • Detect invalid traffic or advertising fraud;
    • Build or use audience segments; and
    • Understand interactions with advertisements.

    Advertising partners may combine information collected from the Website with information collected from other websites, applications or services.

    Where required, advertising cookies will only be activated after you provide consent.

    5.5 Social Media and Embedded Content

    The Website may include social-sharing buttons, embedded posts, videos, images, widgets or other content from third-party platforms such as Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok or X.

    These providers may collect information when:

    • Their content is displayed;
    • You interact with a sharing button;
    • You watch embedded media;
    • You are logged into their platform; or
    • Their cookies or technologies are loaded.

    Your interactions with these services are governed by the privacy policies of the relevant third parties.

    6. Google AdSense and Advertising

    We may use Google AdSense and other advertising services to display advertisements on the Website.

    Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to the Website or other websites.

    Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its advertising partners to display advertisements based on visits to the Website and other websites on the internet.

    Depending on your location, consent choices and our advertising configuration, advertisements may be:

    • Personalised based on interests, browsing activity or inferred information; or
    • Non-personalised based primarily on contextual information, general location or the content being viewed.

    Google and its partners may collect or receive information through cookies, advertising identifiers, IP addresses, pixels, tags and similar technologies for advertising measurement, personalisation, fraud prevention and reporting.

    Visitors can manage personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings.

    Visitors may also be able to opt out of certain third-party personalised advertising through industry opt-out services such as:

    • YourAdChoices;
    • The Network Advertising Initiative;
    • The European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance; and
    • Other regional advertising-choice platforms.

    Opting out of personalised advertising does not necessarily mean that you will stop seeing advertisements. It generally means that the advertisements may be less tailored to your interests.

    A list of advertising technology providers that may work with Google is available through Google’s advertising and privacy resources.

    7. Consent Management

    Where required by law, we use a consent-management platform or cookie-consent tool to obtain and record visitor choices.

    Visitors may be offered options to:

    • Accept cookies;
    • Reject non-essential cookies;
    • Manage categories of cookies;
    • Choose whether personal information may be used for personalised advertising; and
    • Change or withdraw consent later.

    You can review or update your choices through the Privacy Settings, Cookie Settings or similar link displayed on the Website.

    Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent access to the main Website content, although some features, embedded content or personalised advertisements may not function as intended.

    8. Analytics Services

    We may use analytics providers, including Google Analytics or similar services, to understand Website traffic and performance.

    Analytics providers may process information such as:

    • IP address;
    • Device and browser information;
    • Approximate location;
    • Referral source;
    • Pages visited;
    • Session duration; and
    • Website interactions.

    Where required, analytics technologies will only be used after consent has been obtained.

    We may configure analytics services to reduce the amount of identifiable information collected, such as by limiting retention periods, restricting data sharing or applying available IP-protection features.

    9. Affiliate Links and Commercial Relationships

    Some articles may contain affiliate links.

    When you click an affiliate link and make a purchase or complete another qualifying action, Crafted Pirates may receive a commission or other benefit at no additional cost to you.

    Affiliate networks or merchants may use cookies, tracking links, pixels or similar technologies to:

    • Identify the referring website;
    • Attribute purchases or conversions;
    • Prevent fraud;
    • Calculate commissions; and
    • Measure affiliate performance.

    Information collected through an affiliate link is also subject to the privacy policy of the relevant merchant, retailer or affiliate network.

    We aim to identify affiliate content clearly and provide appropriate disclosures near relevant links or articles.

    10. Contact Forms and Enquiries

    When you contact us, we use the information you provide to:

    • Review and respond to your enquiry;
    • Maintain a record of communications;
    • Resolve complaints;
    • Investigate copyright or legal concerns;
    • Discuss partnerships or commercial opportunities; and
    • Protect our legitimate interests.

    We may share an enquiry with a relevant service provider, adviser or business partner where reasonably necessary to respond, subject to appropriate confidentiality and data-protection obligations.

    11. Spam and Security Services

    We may use automated tools and third-party services to detect:

    • Spam comments;
    • Malicious activity;
    • Fraudulent submissions;
    • Security threats;
    • Unauthorised access; and
    • Abuse of Website services.

    These services may process IP addresses, browser details, form contents, comment contents and other technical information.

    12. How We Share Personal Information

    We may share information with the following categories of recipients.

    12.1 Hosting and Technical Providers

    We may share information with providers that support:

    • Website hosting;
    • Domain services;
    • Content delivery;
    • Database management;
    • Backups;
    • Cybersecurity;
    • Website development;
    • Email delivery;
    • Forms;
    • comment management; and
    • Technical support.

    12.2 Analytics and Advertising Providers

    We may share identifiers, device information, consent information and Website-usage data with analytics, advertising and measurement partners.

    This may include Google and other advertising technology providers.

    12.3 Newsletter and Communication Providers

    If you subscribe to communications, your information may be processed by an email-marketing or newsletter provider acting on our behalf.

    12.4 Affiliate Networks and Merchants

    When you interact with an affiliate link, information necessary to attribute the referral or transaction may be shared with the relevant affiliate network or merchant.

    12.5 Professional Advisers

    We may share information with lawyers, accountants, insurers, consultants or other professional advisers where reasonably necessary.

    12.6 Legal and Regulatory Authorities

    We may disclose information where required to:

    • Comply with law;
    • Respond to a court order, subpoena or regulatory request;
    • Enforce our legal rights;
    • Investigate fraud or security incidents;
    • Protect individuals from harm; or
    • Defend against legal claims.

    12.7 Business Transfers

    If Crafted Pirates or its assets are sold, transferred, reorganised, merged or otherwise involved in a business transaction, personal information may be disclosed to potential or actual purchasers, advisers or successor organisations.

    Any successor organisation will be required to handle personal information in accordance with applicable law.

    13. International Data Transfers

    Some of our service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom, European Economic Area or the country in which you live.

    Countries outside your jurisdiction may have different data-protection laws.

    Where required, we use recognised safeguards for international transfers, which may include:

    • An adequacy decision or adequacy regulation;
    • The UK International Data Transfer Agreement;
    • The UK Addendum to the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses;
    • European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses;
    • Contractual and organisational safeguards; or
    • Another legally recognised transfer mechanism.

    You may contact us for further information about the safeguards used for relevant international transfers.

    14. Data Retention

    We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

    Retention periods depend on:

    • The type of information;
    • Why it was collected;
    • Whether you have requested deletion;
    • Legal, tax or regulatory obligations;
    • Security and fraud-prevention requirements;
    • The need to resolve disputes; and
    • The need to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

    In general:

    • Newsletter information is retained until you unsubscribe or we discontinue the mailing list, subject to limited suppression records;
    • Contact enquiries are retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond and maintain appropriate records;
    • Public comments may remain available until the comment or related content is removed;
    • Consent records may be retained to demonstrate compliance;
    • Security logs are generally retained for a limited operational period unless required for an investigation;
    • Analytics and advertising data is retained according to the settings and policies of the relevant provider; and
    • Information required for legal claims or compliance may be retained for the relevant limitation or statutory period.

    When information is no longer required, we may delete it, anonymise it or securely restrict further processing.

    15. Data Security

    We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against:

    • Unauthorised access;
    • Accidental loss;
    • Misuse;
    • Alteration;
    • Disclosure; and
    • Destruction.

    These measures may include:

    • Secure connections;
    • Access controls;
    • Password protections;
    • Software updates;
    • Backups;
    • Security monitoring;
    • Spam and malware protection; and
    • Limiting access to those who reasonably need it.

    No internet transmission or storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we take reasonable steps to protect the information under our control.

    16. Your UK and European Data-Protection Rights

    Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights.

    16.1 Right to Be Informed

    You have the right to receive information about how your personal information is collected and used.

    16.2 Right of Access

    You may request confirmation that we process your personal information and ask for a copy of that information.

    16.3 Right to Rectification

    You may ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information.

    16.4 Right to Erasure

    You may ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances.

    This right is not absolute. We may retain information where permitted or required by law.

    16.5 Right to Restrict Processing

    You may ask us to restrict how we use your personal information in certain circumstances.

    16.6 Right to Data Portability

    Where processing is based on consent or contract and carried out by automated means, you may request certain information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.

    16.7 Right to Object

    You may object to processing based on legitimate interests in certain circumstances.

    You have an absolute right to object to the use of your personal information for direct marketing.

    16.8 Right to Withdraw Consent

    Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

    16.9 Rights Relating to Automated Decision-Making

    You may have rights relating to decisions made solely through automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

    Crafted Pirates does not ordinarily make decisions about visitors that have legal or similarly significant effects solely through automated processing.

    Advertising providers may use automated systems to select or personalise advertisements, but this does not ordinarily produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.

    16.10 Exercising Your Rights

    To exercise your rights, contact:

    [INSERT PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS]

    We may need to verify your identity before responding.

    You will not normally be required to pay a fee. However, where permitted by law, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse a request that is manifestly unfounded, excessive or repetitive.

    We aim to respond within the period required by applicable law.

    17. Complaints

    Please contact us first if you have concerns about how we process your personal information.

    You may also have the right to complain to a data-protection authority.

    In the United Kingdom, the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office, commonly known as the ICO.

    Visitors in the European Economic Area may contact the data-protection authority in the country where they live, work or believe an infringement occurred.

    18. United States Privacy Disclosures

    This section applies only where relevant US state privacy laws apply to Crafted Pirates and the individual making the request.

    Depending on your state of residence, you may have rights to:

    • Confirm whether we process your personal information;
    • Access personal information;
    • Correct inaccuracies;
    • Request deletion;
    • Obtain a portable copy;
    • Opt out of targeted advertising;
    • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information;
    • Opt out of certain profiling;
    • Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information; and
    • Appeal the refusal of a privacy request.

    We do not sell personal information in exchange for money.

    However, some uses of advertising cookies, tracking technologies and advertising partners may be considered “sharing”, “sale” or “targeted advertising” under certain US state privacy laws, even where no money is exchanged.

    Where applicable, you can exercise opt-out choices through:

    • The Website’s Privacy Settings or Cookie Settings;
    • A “Your Privacy Choices” or “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link, where displayed;
    • A recognised browser-based opt-out preference signal, where required and technically supported; or
    • Contacting us at [INSERT PRIVACY EMAIL ADDRESS].

    We will not discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights.

    We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. Where permitted, you may use an authorised agent to make a request on your behalf.

    19. Nevada Privacy Rights

    Nevada residents may have the right to opt out of certain sales of covered information under Nevada law.

    Crafted Pirates does not currently sell covered information for monetary consideration as defined by Nevada law.

    Requests may be sent to [email protected].

    20. Children’s Privacy

    The Website is intended for a general adult audience, including parents, guardians, teachers, craft enthusiasts and other adults.

    Although some content may describe crafts or activities suitable for children, the Website is not directed at children under the age of 13.

    We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.

    Children should not submit comments, subscribe to newsletters or send personal information without the permission and supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

    If you believe that a child has submitted personal information to us without appropriate consent, contact us at [email protected]. We will take reasonable steps to review and delete the information where required.

    21. External Links

    The Website may contain links to websites, shops, social platforms and other services operated by third parties.

    We are not responsible for the privacy, security, availability or content of third-party services.

    When you leave CraftedPirates.com, you should review the privacy policy of the website or service you visit.

    22. Third-Party Privacy Policies

    Third-party services used by the Website operate under their own privacy policies.

    These may include:

    • Google;
    • Advertising technology providers;
    • Analytics providers;
    • Email-marketing providers;
    • Hosting and security providers;
    • Affiliate networks;
    • Retailers and merchants;
    • Social media platforms; and
    • Embedded media providers.

    This Privacy Policy does not replace the privacy policies of those organisations.

    23. Do Not Track

    Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting.

    There is not currently a single universally accepted standard for responding to Do Not Track signals. As a result, the Website may not respond to all Do Not Track signals.

    Where required by applicable law, we may recognise and process legally valid browser-based opt-out preference signals.

    You can also manage tracking through the Website’s cookie settings and your browser settings.

    24. Managing Cookies

    You can manage cookies through:

    • The cookie-consent tool displayed on the Website;
    • The Website’s Privacy Settings or Cookie Settings link;
    • Your browser settings;
    • Your device settings;
    • Google Ads Settings; and
    • Relevant advertising-industry opt-out services.

    Most browsers allow you to:

    • View stored cookies;
    • Delete cookies;
    • Block all cookies;
    • Block third-party cookies;
    • Receive warnings before cookies are stored; or
    • Limit cookies for specific websites.

    Blocking cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.

    Deleting cookies may also remove previously stored consent choices, which means you may be asked to provide your preferences again.

    25. Email Preferences

    You can stop receiving marketing communications by:

    • Clicking the unsubscribe link in an email;
    • Updating your subscription preferences, where available; or
    • Contacting us at [email protected].

    Please allow a reasonable period for your request to be processed.

    Even after you unsubscribe from marketing communications, we may send non-marketing messages where necessary, such as replies to an enquiry or legally required notices.

    26. Changes to This Privacy Policy

    We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:

    • Changes to the Website;
    • New services or technologies;
    • Changes to advertising or analytics providers;
    • Legal or regulatory developments; or
    • Changes to our data-processing practices.

    The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

    Where changes are material, we may provide additional notice through the Website, email or consent-management interface where appropriate.

    We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

    27. Contact Us

    For questions, requests or complaints relating to privacy or personal information, contact:

    Crafted Pirates
    Email: [email protected]
    Address: 128 City Road, London, EC1 V2NX
    Website: CraftedPirates.com