Privacy Policy
Who we are
My Website Address is: https://thoughtfuldiycreations.com which is a Registered Business Name in Ireland.
The Sole Author and Owner of this Site is based in the Republic of Ireland.
If you have any Questions or Queries regarding the Privacy Policy on this Site; please send an E-Mail with your Request to:
What Personal Data we Collect and Why we Collect it.
Google Analytics
This Site uses ‘Google Analytics’ by ‘Monster Insights’ to help me understand How my Readers Interact on my Site, and to help me make any Improvements. If you want to Read their full Privacy Policy, Click Here:
https://www.monsterinsights.com/privacy-policy/
Comments
When Visitors leave Reviews on the Site; we Collect the Data shown in the Review Form, and also 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.
The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
After Approval of your Review, your Profile Picture is Visible to the Public in the context of your Review.
Cookies
If you leave a Review on my Site; you may opt-in to Saving your Name, and E-Mail address in Cookies. These are for your Convenience so that you do not have to fill in your Details again when you leave another Review. These Cookies will last for One Year.
If you have an Account and you Log In to this Site, we will set a temporary Cookie 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, we will also set up several Cookies; to Save your Login Information and your Screen display Choices. Login Cookies last for Two Days, and Screen Options Cookies last for a 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.
Media
If you upload Images to my Website, e.g your Product Image in a Review; you should avoid uploading Images with embedded Location Data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Website can Download and extract any Location Data from Images on the Website.
If you Request a Password Reset, your IP address will be Included in the Reset E-Mail.
Embedded Content from other Websites
Articles on this Site may include Embedded Content (e.g. affiliate links, 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. If you choose to Click on any of the Embedded Links, that Website is tracking your Data not this Site.
Third-Party Payment Processors
If you Choose to Purchase Products from my Online Shop; my Payments System is through ‘Stripe’ or ‘PayPal’. Both of these Options are Convenient, Safe and Secure. I Do Not have any Access to your Credit or Debit Card Information. You will be Paying through the Secure Gateways, and they then Deposit the Money into My Bank Account. Credit Card Information is always encrypted for Security.
When Processing Payments, some of your Data will be passed to Stripe or PayPal (whichever Payment Gateway you decide to go with) including Information required to Process or Support the Payment, such as the Purchase Total and Billing Information. If you need any more Information on either of the Payments Privacy Policy, Click the Links Below.
https://stripe.com/en-ie/privacy
https://www.paypal.com/en/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
How long we Retain your Data
If you leave a Review, the review and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up reviews automatically, instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that Register on my Website, we also store the Personal Information they provide in their User Profile. All users can See, Edit, or Delete their Personal Information at any time (except they Cannot change their Username). Website Administrators can also See and Edit that Information.
What Rights you have over your Data
If you have left Reviews on this Site, 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.
Where we Send your Data
Visitor Reviews may be checked through an automated Spam Detection Service. This Site uses the ‘Akismet’ Plugin to prevent Spam from reaching the Site.
‘Akismet’ Plugin Policy
We collect Information about Visitors who Comment on Sites that use our Akismet Anti-Spam Service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the Commenter’s IP Address, User agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the Commenter such as their Name, Username, E-mail address, and the Comment itself).
MailPoet Newsletter & E-Mails
If you have Subscribed to My Newsletter, have An Account on my Website or if you have Purchased Products on my Website, you will receive E-Mails from my E-Mail Service Provider.
I will only send you E-Mails which you have Signed up to Receive, or which pertain to the Services I provide to you.
To send you E-Mails, we use the Name and E-Mail Address you provide us. Our site also logs the IP Address you used when you Signed up for the Service to prevent Abuse of the System.
This Website can Send E-Mails through the MailPoet Sending Service. This Service allows us to track Opens and Clicks on my E-Mails. I use this Information to Improve the Content of my Newsletters.
No Identifiable Information is otherwise Tracked outside this Website, except for the E-Mail Address.
MailPoet Creates and Stores two Cookies when a Website is using WooCommerce and MailPoet together. My Website uses Woocommerce and MailPoet together. The Two cookies are:
Cookie Name: mailpoet_revenue_tracking
Cookie Expiry: 14 days.
Cookie Description: The Purpose of this Cookie is to Track which Newsletter Sent from your Website has acquired a click-through and a subsequent Purchase in your WooCommerce Store.
Cookie Name: mailpoet_abandoned_cart_tracking
Cookie Expiry: 3,650 days.
Cookie Description: The Purpose of this Cookie is to Track a User that has Abandoned their Cart in your WooCommerce Store to then be able to Send them an Abandoned Cart Newsletter from MailPoet.
Note: User must be Opted-In and a Confirmed Subscriber.
Woocommerce: E-Commerce Plugin Policy
We Collect information about you during the Checkout process on our Store.
What we Collect and Store
While you visit our site, we’ll track:
- Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you Products you’ve recently viewed.
- Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating Taxes and Shipping.
- Shipping Address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate Shipping before you place an Order, and send you the Order.
We’ll also use Cookies to keep track of Cart contents; while you’re browsing our Site.
When you Purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your Name, Billing Address, Shipping Address, E-Mail Address, Phone Number, Credit Card/Payment Details and optional Account information like Username and Password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
- Send you Information about your Account and Order.
- Respond to your Requests, including Refunds and Complaints.
- Process Payments and prevent Fraud.
- Set up your Account for our Store.
- Comply with any Legal obligations we have, such as calculating Taxes.
- Improve our Store offerings.
- Send you Marketing messages, if you Choose to Receive them.
If you create an Account, we will Store your Name, Address, E-Mail and Phone Number, which will be used to populate the Checkout for future Orders.
We generally Store Information about you for as long as we Need the Information for the Purposes for which we Collect and use it, and we are not Legally Required to Continue to Keep it.
How We Protect Your Data
This Site completely Respects your Privacy. I have a Security Plugin on the Website to protect the Site from Hackers, Spammers, etc. I have a Strong Password, and any failed Login attempts by anyone is reported to me immediately by my Security Plugin.
I am the Sole Administrator on this Website, there are no other Authors or Guest Posts from any other Websites or Blogs. No-one Logs into the back end of my Website apart from Myself.
I will never Send any Personal Data to anyone, it is only on the Site for Administrative Purposes.
I will always do my best to Protect the Site; and all of the information Stored on it.
This Privacy Policy is subject to Change as the Site develops.
Thoughtful D.I.Y. Creations.