Privacy & Cookie Policy

Protecting the privacy of users of www.strikle.com is important to us. Our Privacy & Cookie Policy is designed to inform you about our collection and use of personal information on this website. From time to time, www.strikle.com may modify this Privacy & Cookie Policy.

Collection and use of information

www.strikle.com may collect the following types of information about you when you use this website:

  • information which you provide to us through our website or otherwise. This information may include, for example, name, mailing address, email address, phone number and similar information which may be provided to us when you e.g. contact us or place and order for a crochet pattern through our store; and
  • information regarding how you use www.strikle.com which may include (i) technical information regarding your browser, operating system and/or system settings; (ii) information about the frequency and duration of your visits to our website and how you interact with our website.

We may use this information:

  • to allow you to use www.strikle.com and/or any other interactive features of our website or services, when you choose to do so;
  • to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us;
  • to ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer/tablet/phone/etc.;
    as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;
  • to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.

Use of cookies on this website

A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded on to a device such as a computer when a user accesses certain websites. Cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s device. Cookies can expire at the end of a browser session (from when a user opens the browser window to when they exit the browser) or they can be stored for longer.

www.strikle.com uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to enhance the usability and performance of twww.strikle.com and its services. The use of cookies is also necessary to enable us to deliver certain aspects www.strikle.com service.

www.strikle.com may use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to place an order through our webshop and billing system;
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily;
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region);
  • Affiliate marketing cookies. These are used to track referrals which have been generated by our partners, and to ensure marketing messages are as relevant as possible;
  • Social media cookies. These are used by multiple social media platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) to enable the sharing of content on our website; and
  • Google Analytics cookies. These are cookies from Google as part of its
  • Google Analytics service. The data collected via this service is used to improve our website. For example: if statistics show a low conversion rate for a contact form, improvements may be made to make the form less complicated. Google may be forced by law to supply information to third parties. These regulations are outside of www.strikle.com’s jurisdiction.

For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage, block and delete them, see: www.allaboutcookies.org

You can delete, remove your consent and/or block cookies sent to you from www.strikle.com website by activating the appropriate settings on your browser. Should you do so however, you may not be able to access www.strikle.com (or parts of it), or use it in the manner intended.

Google complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and subject to enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.

You can also opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites by visiting http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We use appropriate security safeguards

At www.strikle.com, security is a priority. Unfortunately however, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will apply appropriate measures, including technology, to protect personal information collected online against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. These measures may include, among others, encryption, physical access security, and other appropriate technologies.

This Privacy & Cookie Policy only applies to the information we collect on www.strikle.com