Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 12, 2026

Welcome to YarnHarbour. This Privacy Policy explains how YarnHarbour.com collects, uses, and protects information when you visit or use our website.

By using https://www.yarnharbour.com/, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect limited information when you visit YarnHarbour.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide information such as:

Your name
Email address
Information submitted through contact forms
Comments or messages you send to us
Newsletter subscription information, if available

You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse our website.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit YarnHarbour, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Referring website
Approximate location
Date and time of your visit
Time spent on pages
Links or features you interact with

This information is generally used to understand how visitors use our website and to improve the site.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use collected information to:

Operate and maintain YarnHarbour
Improve our crochet inspiration content
Understand which pages and ideas visitors enjoy
Improve website performance and user experience
Respond to questions or messages
Prevent spam, fraud, or misuse
Monitor website traffic and performance
Display relevant advertising
Measure the effectiveness of content and advertising
Comply with legal requirements

We do not sell your personal information for money.

3. Cookies

YarnHarbour may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files stored on your device that help websites remember certain information about your visit.

Cookies may be used for purposes such as:

Remembering user preferences
Measuring website traffic
Understanding visitor behavior
Improving website functionality
Analytics
Advertising
Preventing fraud or abuse

You can disable or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect how some parts of the website work.

4. Analytics

We may use third-party analytics services to understand how people find and use YarnHarbour.

These services may collect information such as your device type, browser, approximate location, pages visited, and interactions with the website.

Analytics information helps us understand which crochet ideas and other content are useful to our readers and helps us improve the website.

5. Advertising

YarnHarbour may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising companies.

Advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to:

Show advertisements
Measure advertising performance
Limit repeated advertisements
Understand interactions with advertisements
Provide advertisements that may be more relevant to visitors

Third-party advertisers operate under their own privacy policies.

If YarnHarbour uses advertising services such as Google or other advertising networks, those providers may collect and process information according to their own privacy policies.

6. Google Advertising Cookies

If Google advertising services are used on YarnHarbour, Google and its partners may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to this website or other websites.

Users may be able to manage or opt out of personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings.

YarnHarbour does not control cookies placed directly by third-party advertising providers.

7. Affiliate Links

Some pages on YarnHarbour may contain affiliate links.

If you click an affiliate link and purchase a product, YarnHarbour may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate partners may use cookies or other tracking technologies to correctly attribute referrals and purchases.

Any affiliate relationship does not change the price you pay unless specifically stated.

8. Third-Party Links

YarnHarbour is a crochet inspiration website and may link to other websites, creators, products, tutorials, social media platforms, or external resources.

Once you leave YarnHarbour, we are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, accuracy, or content of another website.

We encourage you to read the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

9. Pinterest and Social Media

YarnHarbour content may be shared through Pinterest and other social media platforms.

Our website may also contain social sharing buttons, embedded content, or links to third-party social networks.

These services may collect information about your interaction with their platforms according to their own privacy policies.

YarnHarbour does not control how third-party social media services collect or process your information.

10. Embedded Content

Pages on YarnHarbour may include embedded content such as:

Videos
Images
Social media posts
Pins
Tutorials
Other external content

Embedded content from another website may behave in the same way as if you visited that website directly.

Those third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, or track your interaction with the embedded content.

11. Comments

If comments are enabled and you leave a comment on YarnHarbour, information entered into the comment form may be collected along with technical information used for spam detection and website security.

Please avoid posting sensitive personal information in public comment sections.

12. Email Communications

If you contact us by email or through a contact form, we may retain your message and contact information so we can respond to your request.

If YarnHarbour offers a newsletter and you subscribe to it, your email address may be used to send updates or content.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in those messages, where available.

13. How We Protect Information

We take reasonable steps to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure.

However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Data Retention

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including:

Responding to messages
Maintaining website records
Preventing fraud or abuse
Meeting legal or regulatory obligations

Different types of information may be kept for different periods.

15. Children’s Privacy

YarnHarbour is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to YarnHarbour, please contact us so we can review and remove the information when appropriate.

16. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These may include the right to:

Request access to personal information
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Object to certain uses of your information
Request restrictions on processing
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

Some rights may be subject to legal exceptions.

To make a privacy-related request, please contact YarnHarbour through the contact information available on our website.

17. California Privacy Rights

Residents of California may have additional privacy rights under applicable California privacy laws.

Depending on whether those laws apply to YarnHarbour, eligible users may have rights concerning access, correction, deletion, and certain sharing or use of personal information.

YarnHarbour does not sell personal information for money.

18. European Economic Area and United Kingdom Visitors

Visitors from the European Economic Area or United Kingdom may have rights under applicable data protection laws, including rights relating to:

Access
Correction
Deletion
Restriction
Objection
Data portability
Withdrawal of consent

Where required, personal information will be processed using an appropriate legal basis, such as consent, legitimate interests, contractual necessity, or legal obligations.

19. Do Not Track

Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” setting.

Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to all Do Not Track signals, YarnHarbour may not respond to every such signal in the same way.

Cookie and privacy controls provided through your browser or website consent tools may offer additional options.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to YarnHarbour, our services, technology, legal requirements, or third-party services.

When this policy is updated, the Last Updated date at the top of this page will also be changed.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.

21. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information is handled on YarnHarbour, please contact us through our website:

Website: YarnHarbour.com