Privacy Policy

This privacy policy outlines how Small Town Scratch uses and protects any information that you disclose while using this site. Any identifying information you provide when using this website will only be used in accordance with the ways outlined in this policy.

This policy may occasionally change, and any changes will be reflected in updates to this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are up to date with any changes.

What links are you talking about?

You may have seen a sentence like this on one of our blog posts: As Amazon Associates, we may receive a small commission from our affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

Here’s why: From time to time we may mention a product or service on our website, and usually we provide a link directly to that product! If you click on one of those links and then buy a product you are interested in, we may receive a commission for that sale at no additional cost to you. That’s it!

Though we do link to many items on Amazon out of convenience to our readers, we do also participate in other affiliate programs that also pay us a commission for any purchases you might make through our links (at no additional cost to you!).

Thank you for visiting our small town and supporting our little family in this way!

What we collect

Small Town Scratch may collect the following information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service: contact information including first name and email address, demographic information such as postal code, preferences and interests, other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.

What we do with that information

Small Town Scratch collects user data for the following reasons:
• To improve our products and services and/or customize the website according to user interests.
• To periodically send email newsletter or other information we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

Security

Small Town Scratch is committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cookies

Cookies (small files which ask permission to be placed on your hard drive) help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to identify which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Advertising

Small Town Scratch is affiliated with Journey by Mediavine for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes.