Who we are
Our website address is: https://makersmarketfromhome.com.
- Please read our Terms and Conditions before interacting with this website.
- This website does not gather personal information from readers without your consent.
- Read on to find out more about how your data is collected when you choose to interact with the website via email, forms or cookies.
- This website only carries out data processing for our core business purpose of marketing our own service.
- This website only stores the minimum details required for an interaction.
We will not share your personal information with any other third-party unless we have your permission or the law requires us to. Any personal information we hold about you is stored and processed in accordance with the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
We gather and use limited information about individuals who use this website. We use this information to provide products and services; to enable certain website functions; to better understand how visitors use this website; and to present timely and relevant information to visitors.
We may collect the following information:
- Website usage data
- User data such as your IP address and details of your browser and device
Our service partners
We may use the following third-party service providers named below to process and store your data:
- Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC), which we use to manage email marketing subscriber lists and send emails to our subscribers. Read their privacy policy. Further information on our newsletter subscriptions and preferences can be found below.
- Google LLC, which provides our email service. We also use Google Analytics service to measure the performance of this website.
- DreamHost, which hosts this website.
- WordPress.com, which measures statistics for this website. Forther information can be found below.
- Automattic/Jetpack, whose WordPress software (and associated add-ons) we use to manage the content of this website, the details of which are below.
- PayPal.com/uk, for processing donations, please read PayPal’s privacy policy for further information on the data they collect during your interactions with them.
Data you send to us voluntarily via our sign-up forms
This website may collect the following information via its contact and enquiry forms (use of these features is optional):
- Your name or business name
- Your contact information including email address and social media handles
- The name and/or web address of your business
- Other written information that you provide
Collecting this data helps us to understand what you are looking for from MakersMarketFromHome and to improve our products and services.
Specifically, we may use data:
- For our own internal records to run the market
- To contact you in response to a specific enquiry
- To send you emails about market dates, services, market research, offers and other things we think might be relevant to you
We will not share your personal information with or sell it to third-party marketers.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
This website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Social Accounts
If you choose to interact with MakersMarketFromHome via social accounts, you do so using your own username and the information you provided when you signed up to the social network. This information is not stored by MakersMarketFromHome.com and all interactions that take place on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, Snapchat, LinkedIn, Facebook or elsewhere are personal interactions and are stored by the website where the interaction occurs, separate from this website.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file stored on your computer or device, which enables our website to identify your computer or device as you view our website pages. Cookies collect information about a user’s interaction with a site to track how the website is used but no personal information is stored and cookies are erased at the end of your session. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click “Accept” on the cookies pop-up bar, then you are consenting to this. Any information gathered is anonymous and will not be used for marketing purposes.
We may use cookies to:
- Record website usage data
- Recognise when you return to our website
Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer. You can use your web browser’s settings to refuse cookies if you wish. Please read our Cookie Policy for detailed information on the cookies collected.
HTTPS
This website is installed on a https server to ensure a secure browsing experience for readers. Look for the green padlock and ‘Secure’ rating in the address bar when you access https://cassiefairy.com. When you submit your data (in comment forms, email sign-ups etc) to this website your information is encrypted and transmitted to the site via a secure connection.
Mailchimp email subscriptions
When you sign up to our email newsletter the information stored includes your email address, category of user (maker or shopper), and the date of opt-in only. This information is securely managed via Mailchimp and only the administrator can access the list. Please refer to Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy for more information.
We will only collect the minimum data needed to send you the newsletter so name/address/location details are NOT required to subscribe. Only your email address is required to subscribe to the MakersMarketFromHome newsletter. You will be asked to tick the reCAPTCHA box when you sign up. We have enabled the reCAPTCHA setting to ensure that your subscription is genuine and to prevent spambots from adding your email to the MMFH list without your knowledge.
To confirm your email address and sign up to the newsletter, please click the “Yes, subscribe me to this list” opt-in button when you receive the confirmation email. If you have changed your mind about subscribing, you do not need to confirm, and your email address will not be added to the subscriber list.
You can change your subscription settings at any time. For security, we’ll send an email to your inbox that contains a link to update your preferences.
If you would like to unsubscribe please use this ‘Unsubscribe’ link or follow the link in any email you receive from us. If you choose to unsubscribe, your email address will be removed from the subscriber list and you will no longer receive our newsletter and updates via email.
Every email newsletter you receive from MakersMarketFromHome contains the links you require to update your preferences or unsubscribe at any time.
WordPress.com Statistics
This website does not collect your personal information for analytics. The only activities tracked via WordPress.com Statistics are post and page views, video plays (if videos are hosted by WordPress.com), outbound link clicks, referring URLs and search engine terms, and country. No personal information is collected or stored.Data used includes IP address, WordPress.com user ID (if logged in), WordPress.com username (if logged in), user agent, visiting URL, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, country code.
Important: The site owner does not have access to any of this information via this feature. For example, a site owner can see that a specific post has 285 views, but he/she cannot see which specific users/accounts viewed that post. Stats logs — containing visitor IP addresses and WordPress.com usernames (if available) — are retained by Automattic for 28 days and are used for the sole purpose of powering this feature. You can view Automattic’s privacy policy here.
In order to record page views via WordPress.com Stats the following information is used: IP address, WordPress.com user ID (if logged in), WordPress.com username (if logged in), user agent, visiting URL, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, country code. When viewing an ‘infinite scroll’ homepage (such as via a mobile device) views will be tracked with each additional load (i.e. when you scroll down to the bottom of the page and a new set of posts loads automatically).
Paypal.com
Transactions processed through PayPal do not share your personal data with us, only your email address and donation information. If you request or participate in an optional site feature on PayPal, or request enhanced services or other elective functionality, PayPal may collect additional information from you. PayPal will provide you with a separate notice at the time of collection, if the use of that Personal Data differs from the uses disclosed in their Privacy Statement.
Jetpack /Automattic
Mobile Theme
Data Used: A visitor’s preference on viewing the mobile version of a site.
Activity Tracked: A cookie (akm_mobile) is stored for 3.5 days to remember whether or not a visitor of the site wishes to view its mobile version. Learn more about this cookie.
Search
Data Used: Any of the visitor-chosen search filters and query data in order to process a search request on the WordPress.com servers.