Disclosure/Privacy Policy/Copyright

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Petticoat Junktion® uses and protects any information you give Petticoat Junktion when you use this website.

Petticoat Junktion is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Petticoat Junktion may change this policy occasionally by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 07/01/2020.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

contact information, including email address
demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

We may use the information to improve our products and services.
We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers, or other information that we think you may find interesting using the email address that you have provided.
Occasionally, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have established suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links To Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Advertising

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If you believe any information we hold on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us.

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on December 19, 2017. If you have any questions feel free to email me at kathy@petticoatjunktion.com.

Disclosure

All posts will be made by me and all opinions on any page or post are mine unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Petticoat Junktion may receive payment or products from time to time to supplement posts, but this will never influence what I write and I will disclose if I have received any such compensation to you, my awesome readers. I do this because I care about my readership, and I want to be completely open and honest with you (oh, and also, I’m required by federal law to make those disclosures.)

Amazon Affiliate Disclosure:

Petticoat Junktion participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Petticoat Junktion is also a participant in the Amazon Influencer Program.

Petticoat Junktion also participates in other companies’ Amazon Influencer Program and affiliate programs. We may earn commission on products purchased through links on petticoatjunktion.com, but we will never link to affiliate products unless we approve of the product and its seller.

I am more than happy to answer any questions about this if you e-mail me at kathy@petticoatjunktion.com.

Copyright

Petticoat Junktion does not allow its original pictures, recipes, or writing to be reproduced anywhere without written consent except for sharing on social media platforms (like Facebook and Twitter) and only if the share (1) contains a link back to the appropriate page on petticoatjunktion.com and (2) does NOT contain detailed project information.

Project photos may be shared in roundups as long as only one photo is properly attributed to Petticoat Junktion and linked to the proper Petticoat Junktion post.

If my project inspired you to make your own version, please reference my project and provide a link to it in your post. I would love for you to share if one of my projects has inspired you, but if you do that I expect proper credit be sent back to me. Other blogs inspire some of my projects, but I am always thorough in referencing them to show my love. Thanks for doing the same.

You can contact me by email kathy@petticoatjunktion.com