Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 2, 2026

Welcome to Blue Corner Crafts (accessible via www.bluecornercrafts.com). This blog is a personal crafting space based in the European Union. Your privacy is highly important to me. This document outlines the types of personal data collected on this site, how it is used, and how your data is protected.

What Personal Data is Collected and Why

This blog collects personal data through specific interactions to improve your experience and fund our free craft tutorials:

  • Comments: When you leave a comment on a craft/crochet project or tutorial, the site collects the data shown in the comments form (your name (if you choose to provide it) and email address), alongside your IP address and browser user agent string to assist with automated spam detection.
  • Mailing List Subscriptions: When you visit our subscribe page and opt-in to receive newsletter updates we collect your email address (and name, if you provide it).
  • Analytics Cookies: This blog uses Google Analytics to track basic site traffic patterns. This provides anonymous data regarding how visitors find the site, what devices they use, and which craft posts are the most popular.
  • Affiliate Tracking Cookies: I use LoveCrafts affiliate links to recommend craft supplies. If you click a link to look at a product on LoveCrafts, cookies track your referral so I can earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you choose to purchase from LoveCrafts.

Basis for Processing Data

I rely on the following bases to process your data:

  • Consent: You give explicit consent when you voluntarily leave a comment or opt-in on the subscription page. You can withdraw this consent at any time.
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing anonymous traffic analytics to optimize blog performance and monitoring site traffic to protect against spam or hacking.

Third-Party Service Providers (Data Processors)

I do not sell or rent your personal data. However, to run this blog efficiently, data is processed by the following third-party platforms:

  • Google LLC (Google Analytics): To analyze website traffic. Your IP address is anonymized before being stored by Google.
  • LoveCrafts (LoveCrafts Affiliate Program): To track commercial referrals for craft supplies via tracking cookies.
  • Email Marketing Service (MailChimp): To securely store your email address and deliver newsletter updates.

Data Retention (How Long Data is Kept)

  • Comments: Comment text and its metadata are retained indefinitely so the blog can automatically approve your future comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
  • Newsletter Emails: Kept for as long as you choose to stay subscribed. You can click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email to instantly purge your data from the system.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or wish to have your data removed (from mailing lists and comments) please contact bluecornercrafts@gmail.com