Privacy Policy of Amigurumi Wren
Amigurumi Wren (amigurumiwren.com) publishes free crochet patterns and tutorials. You can read every pattern without an account, and we never ask for personal information to use the site. This policy explains what information is processed when you visit the site or contact us. The site is meant for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Information You Send Us
If you email us, we receive your email address, your name if you include it, and your message. We use them only to reply to you, to review corrections and to improve our patterns. We do not sell them, share them for marketing, or add you to a mailing list.
Technical Information
Like every website, the site relies on a hosting provider, Cloudflare, which processes standard technical data each time your browser requests a page, such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time. This data is used to deliver pages, keep the site secure and understand overall traffic, not to identify you. Our fonts are served from our own site, so no font provider receives your IP address.
Your Pattern Progress
When you tick off rounds in a pattern, your progress is saved only in your own browser (local storage) so you can pick up where you left off. It never leaves your device, and you can clear it at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser.
Visitor Statistics
We count visits with Umami, an open-source, privacy-friendly analytics tool hosted for us by PikaPods, so we can see which patterns are read. Umami sets no cookies and does not follow you across other websites. For each page view it records the page and its title, the website you came from, your browser, operating system, device type, screen size and language, and an approximate location (country, region and city) worked out from your IP address. The IP address itself is never stored: to count unique visitors without cookies, Umami turns it and your browser details into an anonymous code mixed with a secret that changes regularly, so it cannot be traced back to you. We only look at totals, and we never sell these statistics or use them for advertising.
How Long We Keep Information
We keep emails only as long as needed to answer them and handle any follow-up, or as long as the law requires. Technical logs are kept by our providers for a limited time under their own policies.
- Cloudflare (hosting and security): Privacy Policy.
Cookies & Local Storage
Amigurumi Wren does not use cookies to show you our patterns, and our visitor statistics (Umami) work without cookies. Your round-by-round progress is kept in your browser's local storage on your own device, not in a cookie, and is never sent to us. You can clear it at any time in your browser settings.
Conclusion
We collect as little information as we can and use it only to run the site, answer your messages and improve our patterns. If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top.
Questions about your privacy or this policy? Contact us at: contact@amigurumiwren.com.