Little Pearls and Pieces (the “site”) takes your rights to privacy very seriously. This “Privacy Policy” describes what information is collected and how it is used when you visit the site.
Who we are
Our website address is: http://littlepearlsandpieces.com
Personal Information
We only collect the personal information that you provide to us. When you leave a comment or email us, you may elect to give us personal information such as the following: your name, email address, or location, etc. This information is personally-identifiable information.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments 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 comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Non-Personal Information
Our advertising network, website host, and affiliates may collect non-personal, analytical information such as the following: IP address, browser type in use, operating system in use, referring website, provider of internet service, search terms used on our site, pages visited on our site, and the duration of your visits.
Media
If you upload images to the website, 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.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and other information in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Information Use
Our affiliates may use non-personal information to help execute and carry out targeted promotional activities and analyze site traffic. They may use this information (non-personal information) by itself or with information they have obtained from others to produce research, other information, and data. They may share this information with third-parties.
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.
Third Party Advertising
We may use third-party advertising companies to place ads on the site. Those companies may use non-personal information about your visit to the site to display ads for goods and services that may be of interest to you.
Affiliate Links and Links to Other Sites
This site uses affiliate links, which means a small commission is earned if you make a purchase through/using the link. These links are there for your convenience and for monetary purposes, but do not provide any discount, unless specified. We may provide links to other websites, and we are not responsible for information or content used on them. You should review each sites individual privacy policy.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Modification
This Privacy Policy may be amended occasionally and you should review it periodically. Your continued use of the site after any policy change will mean you accept the change.
Contact
If you have any questions, please contact us at littlepearlsandpieces (at) gmail (dot) com.
Last Updated January 23, 2023