Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.merrylittlemakers.com and you can learn more about us here

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.

Cookies

Our website is built with WordPress, which may set cookies for basic site functionality, security, and administration.

If comments are enabled and you leave a comment, you may be able to opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you do not have to re-enter your details if you leave another comment. WordPress typically stores these cookies for one year.

If you visit the WordPress login page, WordPress may set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

If an administrator, editor, or other authorized user logs in, WordPress sets cookies to save login information and display preferences. By default, WordPress login cookies last for two days, or up to two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected. Screen-options cookies may last for up to one year. If the user logs out, the login cookies are removed.

If an authorized user edits or publishes an article, WordPress may save an additional cookie in their browser. This cookie contains no personal data and only indicates the post ID of the article that was edited. It typically expires after one day.

We may also use cookies from third-party services, including analytics, advertising, spam prevention, embedded content, or other tools described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

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.

For users that register on our website (if any), 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 an account on this site, have left comments, subscribed to updates, submitted a form, or otherwise provided personal information to us, you may request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, where technically available and legally required. You may also request that we erase personal data we hold about you.

This does not include data we are required or permitted to keep for administrative, legal, security, backup, fraud-prevention, or other legitimate purposes. Requests can be made by contacting us using the contact information provided on this website. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Advertising and Google AdSense

We may display advertisements on this website, including ads provided by Google AdSense.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, and similar technologies to serve ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud, and help show ads that are more relevant to visitors.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to visitors based on their visits to this website and/or other websites on the Internet.

Visitors may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Visitors can also learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use Google services by visiting Google’s privacy and advertising information pages.

You can also manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how some parts of this website function.