Tea and a Sewing Machine, found at www.awilson.co.uk, undertakes to adhere to the following privacy policy. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you of what information may be collected and how it is used.

What Information is Collected?

Personal information, including your name and email address, is collected when you sign up for the newsletter, download a free template or pattern, leave a comment or buy a digital project from the website.

Other personal information is collected automatically. For example, your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the website. Information about actions you take, such as links clicked, may also be collected.

Cookies

Information using cookies may be collected.

Cookies are small data files stored on your browser by a website. Both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, may be used.

Tea and a Sewing Machine uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information about pages visited, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customise website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. This information is held by WordPress and Google Analytics and is used to analyse web page traffic and improve the website for its users.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. It is however possible to change the settings on your browser to decline cookies if you prefer. Any cookies saved by your browser can be deleted. However it is worth noting that if your browser is set to not accept cookies, certain functions may not be available on some websites.

How Is This Information Used?

To operate and maintain the website.

To identify you as a user of the website.

To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings.

To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts.

To respond to your comments or enquiries.

To provide you with user support.

To track and measure advertising on the website.

To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity.

Third Party Use of Information

Your information may be shared with a third party when you have explicitly authorised this to happen.

In addition to this, Tea and a Sewing Machine uses some third party service providers to maintain and collect information about certain elements of the website. To find out about how these third parties use your personal information, you are encouraged to read their respective privacy policies.

Tea and a Sewing Machine currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics. This is an analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. It provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is collected by Google Analytics. The privacy policy for Google Analytics can be found here.

Mailchimp. This is an email service provider that is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. These newsletters contain links to current posts and posts from the archive on Tea and a Sewing Machine, links to other websites and occasionally relevant products that might be of interest to you. Your name and email address is stored for purposes of delivering these emails. For more information, here’s the link to Mailchimp’s privacy policy.

Advertising

Some third party advertising companies are used to serve adverts on Tea and a Sewing Machine.

These include Awin, Amazon and Rakuten. Theses companies use cookies to track any sales made via Tea and a Sewing Machine.

Awin is an affiliate marketing company. Some of the adverts on Tea and a Sewing Machine are provided by Awin. Their privacy policy can be found here.

Rakuten is another affiliate marketing company. Their privacy policy is here.

Amazon Associates is an affiliate advertising program that enables sites to earn advertising fees by posting links to Amazon. Customised links are provided by Amazon to track the referrals to their website. Cookies are used to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on any sales made. Amazon’s privacy policy can be found here.

Except when required by law your email address and any other personal information will not be shared without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected via the website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganisation proceeding brought by or against us.

Rights Related to Your Personal Information

You can opt out of future email communications by clicking the unsubscribe link provided in the emails. You ask to be removed from the mailing list by sending an email to [email protected].

You can access the personal information we have about you, amend or update your personal information, or request that your personal data is erased by submitting a request to teaandasewingmachine@gmail.com.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes, to complete transactions, or because it is a legal requirement.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please send an email to [email protected].