Privacy Policy

Who We Are
Our website address is: https://woodandstitchcreations.com.
Wood & Stitch Creations is a small business specializing in handcrafted items such as bead accessories, epoxy resin art, embroidery, woodcraft, quilting, and handmade jewelry.

Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you provide when you:

Place an order (name, email, shipping address, payment details)
Contact us via forms or email
Subscribe to newsletters or updates

We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Comments

If comments are enabled on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. See Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media

If you upload images to the website (e.g., for custom orders), avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images.

Cookies

We use cookies to:

Improve your browsing experience
Remember your preferences
Enable secure checkout

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
Login and session cookies are temporary and used only for account-related features (if applicable).

Embedded Content

Our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, social media posts). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those sites directly and may collect data about you.

Who We Share Your Data With

We only share necessary information with:

Payment processors (for secure transactions)
Shipping providers (to deliver your order)

We do not share your data for advertising purposes.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Order details and related information are retained for legal and tax purposes (typically 7 years).
If you leave a comment, it and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
Registered users (if any) can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time.

Your Rights

You can request:

A copy of the personal data we hold about you
Correction or deletion of your data (except where legally required to retain it)

To make a request, contact us at [your email address].

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Payment information is processed securely through trusted third-party payment gateways.