Privacy Policy

LisaAuch Crochet Lisa Auch

Last Updated: September, 2026

LisaAuch Crochet (“LisaAuch Crochet,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of visitors to https://crochet-patterns-free.com/ (the “Site”).

This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, processed, disclosed and protected when you visit or interact with the Site.

It also explains our use of cookies, analytics, advertising technologies and third-party services, together with privacy choices and rights that may be available to you.

Please read this Privacy Policy together with our Terms of Service:

Terms of Service:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/privacy-policy/terms-of-service/

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE.

Where applicable law requires separate consent for optional cookies, analytics, advertising or similar technologies, you may use the privacy controls provided on the Site to accept, reject or manage those technologies.

1. Who We Are

LisaAuch Crochet is a crochet pattern and tutorial website operated from Scotland, United Kingdom.

The Site provides free crochet patterns, tutorials, photographs, videos, craft information and related content and may also provide digital PDF patterns and other downloadable content.

The Site is accessible internationally, including to visitors in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area, United States and other countries.

Website:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/

Privacy enquiries:
lisaauch1@gmail.com

2. Information We May Collect

The information processed in connection with the Site depends upon how you interact with it, your location, the services you use and the privacy choices you make.

Information You Provide Directly

You may provide information directly when you:

  • contact us;
  • subscribe to a newsletter;
  • submit a form;
  • leave a comment;
  • purchase a digital product;
  • communicate with us about a pattern or order;
  • exercise a privacy right; or
  • otherwise voluntarily provide information.

Depending upon the interaction, this information may include:

  • your name;
  • email address;
  • information contained in a message;
  • order or transaction information;
  • information necessary to respond to a request; and
  • other information you choose to provide.

Please do not provide sensitive personal information unless it is reasonably necessary for the purpose of your communication.

3. Information Collected Automatically

When you access the Site, certain technical information may be processed automatically.

Depending upon your location, applicable law, technologies being used and your privacy choices, this may include:

  • IP address;
  • browser type;
  • device type;
  • operating system;
  • language settings;
  • referring website or page;
  • pages visited;
  • links viewed or clicked;
  • advertisements viewed or interacted with;
  • dates and times of visits;
  • approximate location derived from an IP address;
  • cookie identifiers;
  • advertising identifiers;
  • traffic and referral information;
  • technical diagnostic information; and
  • information concerning interactions with Site features.

Some of this information may constitute personal data or personal information under applicable privacy laws.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies.

These technologies may include:

  • cookies;
  • pixels;
  • tags;
  • scripts;
  • local storage;
  • analytics technologies;
  • advertising technologies; and
  • similar technologies that store information on, access information from, or communicate information concerning a browser or device.

Some technologies are necessary for the Site to operate properly.

Others may be used for purposes including:

  • analytics;
  • measuring Site performance;
  • advertising;
  • measuring advertising performance;
  • personalising advertising where permitted;
  • fraud prevention;
  • security; and
  • remembering privacy choices.

Where applicable law requires consent, non-essential cookies and similar technologies are subject to the consent choices presented through the Site.

You may be provided with options to accept, reject or manage non-essential technologies.

Simply continuing to browse the Site does not constitute consent to non-essential technologies where applicable law requires affirmative consent.

You may change or withdraw available consent choices using the Cookie Settings, Privacy Choices or similar privacy control provided on the Site.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that lawfully occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Strictly necessary technologies may continue to operate where they are required for the Site to function, remain secure or provide a service requested by you.

5. Google Analytics

LisaAuch Crochet may use Google Analytics to help understand how visitors use the Site.

Depending upon applicable settings, Google Analytics may process information concerning:

  • page views;
  • sessions;
  • traffic sources;
  • devices;
  • browsers;
  • general geographic information; and
  • interactions with Site content.

Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies and is not treated by us as strictly necessary for the basic operation of the Site.

UK, EEA and Switzerland

For visitors in the United Kingdom, European Economic Area and Switzerland, where applicable law requires consent, Google Analytics and associated non-essential analytics technologies are subject to the appropriate consent controls.

Where configured through our consent-management system, analytics storage is restricted until the required consent has been obtained.

If you decline applicable analytics technologies, your visit may not be included in our Google Analytics measurements.

You can manage available analytics choices through the privacy or consent controls provided on the Site.

Further information about how Google processes information from websites and apps that use its services is available in Google’s Privacy & Terms information. You can also manage certain Google advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center.

6. Advertising and Raptive

LisaAuch Crochet is an advertising-supported website.

The Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site.

Raptive and its advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts and similar technologies in connection with advertising.

Depending upon applicable law and your privacy choices, information processed for advertising purposes may include:

  • IP address;
  • device information;
  • operating system;
  • browser information;
  • language;
  • cookie identifiers;
  • advertising identifiers;
  • interaction information;
  • approximate geolocation;
  • traffic information;
  • referral information; and
  • other information described in Raptive’s applicable privacy disclosures.

This information may be used for purposes including:

  • displaying advertisements;
  • measuring advertising performance;
  • limiting how frequently advertisements are displayed;
  • fraud prevention;
  • security;
  • advertising analytics; and
  • personalised or interest-based advertising where permitted.

Advertising partners may process information collected through the Site together with information obtained through other websites, apps or services, subject to applicable law and their own privacy practices.

Raptive Advertising Privacy Statement

For detailed information about the collection and use of information for advertising purposes, please read:

Raptive Advertising Privacy Statement:
https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/

The Raptive Advertising Privacy Statement forms an important part of the advertising disclosures applicable to the Site.

Because Raptive’s advertising partners and technologies may change, Raptive’s current Advertising Privacy Statement should be consulted for up-to-date information concerning its advertising practices and partners.

7. Personalised, Interest-Based and Targeted Advertising

Depending upon where you live, applicable law and the advertising services available to you, advertising technologies may be used to provide personalised, interest-based or targeted advertising where permitted by applicable law and your privacy choices.

You may have the ability to:

  • reject certain advertising technologies;
  • opt out of personalised advertising;
  • opt out of interest-based advertising;
  • opt out of targeted advertising;
  • opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information; or
  • otherwise restrict advertising-related processing.

Opting out of personalised, interest-based or targeted advertising does not necessarily mean advertisements will disappear from the Site.

You may instead receive contextual, non-personalised or otherwise non-interest-based advertising.

8. “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”

Certain U.S. privacy laws use broad definitions of terms such as “sell,” “sale,” “share” or “sharing.”

These definitions may include certain advertising-related disclosures or transfers even where LisaAuch Crochet does not directly exchange a person’s personal information for money.

For this reason, we do not make a blanket statement that advertising-related information is never “sold” or “shared” within the meaning of every applicable U.S. state privacy law.

Where applicable law provides an opt-out right, an appropriate privacy mechanism may be available through the Site, including a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link or privacy control.

Please also consult the Raptive Advertising Privacy Statement for information about advertising-related privacy choices.

9. Interest-Based Advertising Opt-Out Options

Depending on your location, applicable law and the advertising services available to you, you may be able to manage or opt out of certain interest-based or personalised advertising through the privacy controls provided on this Site and through industry opt-out services.

Available options may include:

YourAdChoices / Digital Advertising Alliance:
https://optout.aboutads.info/

National Advertising Initiative (NAI):
https://optout.networkadvertising.org/

AppChoices for mobile applications:
https://youradchoices.com/appchoices

You may also use any applicable “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”, Cookie Settings, Privacy Choices or similar control displayed on this Site.

Opting out of interest-based or personalised advertising does not necessarily mean that you will stop seeing advertisements.

You may continue to receive advertisements that are contextual, non-personalised or otherwise not based on the advertising activity from which you opted out.

These third-party opt-out services are operated independently of LisaAuch Crochet. Their availability, functionality and scope are controlled by their respective operators.

Where applicable law gives you additional rights concerning targeted advertising, sale or sharing of personal information, those rights are described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

10. Global Privacy Control

Where required by applicable law and supported by the technologies used on the Site, recognised browser-based privacy signals such as Global Privacy Control (GPC) may be processed as an opt-out request.

The effect of a privacy signal may depend upon the jurisdiction, browser, device and applicable technology.

11. Comments

If comments are enabled and you leave a comment on the Site, information entered into the comment form may be collected.

Technical information may also be processed for purposes including spam prevention and Site security.

Comments submitted to a public comment section may be publicly visible.

You should therefore avoid including personal information in a public comment that you do not want others to see.

Your email address will not ordinarily be displayed publicly as part of a comment unless you choose to disclose it publicly yourself or the Site clearly indicates otherwise.

12. Contact Forms and Communications

If you contact LisaAuch Crochet, we may process the information you provide for purposes including:

  • responding to your enquiry;
  • providing pattern assistance;
  • handling a copyright or legal request;
  • addressing a privacy request;
  • responding to a purchase-related issue;
  • maintaining appropriate business records; and
  • protecting our legal rights.

We do not require you to provide more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the purpose of your enquiry.

13. Email and Newsletters

If you voluntarily subscribe to a newsletter or email service, your email address and related subscription information may be processed for the purpose of providing the requested communications.

A third-party email service provider may process this information on our behalf.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe method included in those communications.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not necessarily prevent us from sending a communication that is reasonably necessary in connection with a transaction, legal matter or request you have made.

14. Digital Products and Purchases

If you purchase a PDF pattern or other Digital Product, information necessary to process the transaction may be processed by us and/or the applicable payment processor, marketplace or e-commerce provider.

LisaAuch Crochet does not necessarily receive or store complete payment-card information where payment is processed by a third-party payment provider.

Information concerning an order may be retained where reasonably necessary for:

  • fulfilling the transaction;
  • customer support;
  • accounting;
  • fraud prevention;
  • legal compliance; and
  • establishing, exercising or defending legal rights.

Our rules concerning Digital Products and refunds are contained in our Terms of Service:

Terms of Service:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/privacy-policy/terms-of-service/

Some Site content may contain affiliate links.

If you follow an affiliate link, the third-party website or affiliate network may use cookies or similar technologies to identify that the referral originated from LisaAuch Crochet.

LisaAuch Crochet may receive a commission or other benefit if you make a purchase following an affiliate link, at no additional cost to you unless expressly stated otherwise.

Third-party affiliate services operate under their own privacy policies and terms.

16. Third-Party Websites and Embedded Content

The Site may contain links to, or content provided by, third parties, including:

  • videos;
  • social-media content;
  • retailers;
  • affiliate partners;
  • marketplaces; and
  • other external websites or services.

Embedded content may behave in a similar manner to content visited directly on the third-party website and may result in information being processed by that provider.

LisaAuch Crochet does not control the privacy practices, content or policies of independent third-party websites and services.

Third-party services are responsible for their own privacy practices.

We encourage you to review the applicable privacy information before interacting with an external service.

17. How We Use Information

Depending upon the circumstances, information may be used to:

  • operate and maintain the Site;
  • provide Site content;
  • respond to communications;
  • provide requested services;
  • process transactions;
  • provide customer support;
  • understand Site usage;
  • perform analytics where permitted;
  • display and measure advertising;
  • prevent fraud and abuse;
  • maintain Site security;
  • diagnose technical problems;
  • comply with legal obligations;
  • protect intellectual-property rights;
  • investigate unauthorised copying or scraping;
  • establish, exercise or defend legal claims; and
  • otherwise operate LisaAuch Crochet.

Where UK GDPR or another law requiring a lawful basis applies, personal data may be processed on one or more applicable legal bases.

Where you have given consent to particular processing, such as certain non-essential cookies, analytics or advertising technologies.

You may withdraw consent as described in this Privacy Policy.

Contract

Where processing is reasonably necessary to provide something you have requested or to perform a contract with you.

Where processing is necessary to comply with an applicable legal obligation.

Legitimate Interests

Where processing is necessary for a legitimate interest and that interest is not overridden by applicable data-protection rights.

Such interests may include:

  • operating and securing the Site;
  • preventing fraud and abuse;
  • protecting our intellectual property;
  • investigating unauthorised copying or redistribution;
  • maintaining appropriate business records; and
  • establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

19. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

Information may be processed by or disclosed to third parties where reasonably necessary to operate the Site or provide services.

These may include:

  • website-hosting providers;
  • content-delivery providers;
  • security providers;
  • analytics providers;
  • advertising providers;
  • Raptive and its advertising partners;
  • email or newsletter providers;
  • payment providers;
  • e-commerce platforms;
  • professional advisers; and
  • other service providers used to operate the Site.

Information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary:

  • to comply with applicable law;
  • in response to valid legal process;
  • to protect our rights or intellectual property;
  • to investigate fraud or unlawful activity;
  • to investigate copyright infringement, scraping or unauthorised redistribution;
  • to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or
  • to protect the security of the Site or other people.

Certain advertising-related transfers may constitute a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information under the broad definitions used by some U.S. state privacy laws.

Where applicable, available rights concerning those activities are described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

20. California and Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of California and certain other U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable law.

Depending upon the law applicable to LisaAuch Crochet and the particular processing involved, these rights may include rights to:

  • know or access certain personal information;
  • request correction;
  • request deletion;
  • obtain certain information concerning processing;
  • opt out of targeted advertising;
  • opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information; and
  • exercise other rights provided by applicable law.

These rights are subject to applicable conditions, exceptions and thresholds.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to waive or restrict a privacy right that cannot lawfully be waived or restricted.

Where available, applicable advertising-related opt-outs may be exercised through the privacy controls displayed on the Site.

You may also contact us concerning an applicable privacy request.

21. UK and EEA Data-Protection Rights

Where UK GDPR, EU GDPR or similar applicable data-protection law applies, you may have rights concerning your personal data.

Depending upon the circumstances, these may include the right to:

  • request access;
  • request correction;
  • request deletion;
  • restrict processing;
  • object to certain processing;
  • receive certain personal data in a portable format;
  • withdraw consent where processing relies upon consent; and
  • complain to an applicable data-protection authority.

These rights are subject to the conditions and exceptions contained in applicable law.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

22. Children’s Privacy

The Site is intended for a general audience interested in crochet and crafts.

LisaAuch Crochet does not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children where parental consent or another legal basis would be required.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us.

23. International Data Transfers

LisaAuch Crochet is operated from Scotland, but the Site uses third-party providers that may process information in other countries, including the United States.

Where applicable data-protection law requires safeguards for an international transfer of personal data, appropriate lawful transfer mechanisms or safeguards may be relied upon.

Third-party providers may maintain their own international-transfer arrangements and privacy disclosures.

24. Data Retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and as required or permitted by applicable law.

Retention periods may vary depending upon:

  • the type of information;
  • the purpose of processing;
  • contractual requirements;
  • accounting or tax requirements;
  • security requirements;
  • dispute resolution;
  • intellectual-property enforcement; and
  • legal obligations.

Information reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights may be retained for an appropriate period.

25. Security

We take reasonable steps appropriate to the nature of the Site and information involved to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration.

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

You use the Internet and the Site with this inherent limitation in mind.

26. Scraping, Third-Party Apps, AI and Unauthorised Republishing

LisaAuch Crochet does not grant third-party websites, applications, platforms, databases, artificial-intelligence services or other services permission to copy, scrape, extract, reproduce, republish, repackage, store or redistribute our copyrighted crochet patterns, photographs, tutorials or other protected content merely because that content can be viewed publicly on the Site.

Public accessibility does not mean that LisaAuch Crochet content is in the public domain.

Our crochet patterns, written instructions, photographs, graphics, tutorials and other original content remain protected by copyright and other applicable intellectual-property laws.

Unless we have expressly authorised it, third parties may not use automated or manual methods to:

  • scrape our crochet patterns;
  • extract pattern instructions;
  • copy substantial portions of our articles;
  • download our content for republication;
  • reproduce our photographs;
  • place our patterns inside another website or application;
  • reproduce our Site content inside an app so users can access it without visiting LisaAuch Crochet;
  • remove, obscure or bypass our advertising or attribution while reproducing our content elsewhere;
  • create a substitute version of our Site or pattern library;
  • repackage our free patterns as content for another commercial service;
  • redistribute our paid PDF patterns;
  • use our copyrighted content to populate a third-party pattern database;
  • falsely imply that LisaAuch Crochet has authorised, partnered with or endorsed a third-party service; or
  • use our protected content in a manner that infringes our intellectual-property rights.

Embedding, copying or reproducing LisaAuch Crochet content inside an application or service in a manner that allows users to consume our protected content without visiting the original LisaAuch Crochet page is not authorised unless we have provided prior written permission or applicable law expressly permits the use.

This applies whether or not the third-party service charges users and whether or not the LisaAuch Crochet pattern was originally made available free of charge on our Site.

A free-to-read pattern remains copyrighted.

Enforcement

We actively reserve our rights in relation to unauthorised copying, scraping, republication and redistribution.

Where we identify unauthorised use, we may take action including, where appropriate:

  • contacting the person or operator responsible;
  • demanding removal of the content;
  • issuing copyright or intellectual-property notices;
  • submitting takedown requests;
  • making complaints to hosting providers;
  • making complaints to search engines;
  • reporting applications to app stores or platform operators;
  • requesting removal from social-media or other services;
  • blocking or restricting technical access;
  • preserving relevant evidence;
  • seeking recovery of losses or other remedies available under applicable law; and
  • commencing or pursuing court proceedings or other legal action where appropriate.

Nothing in this Privacy Policy limits any copyright, database, contractual, technological or other legal remedy available to LisaAuch Crochet.

Our more detailed rules governing use of LisaAuch Crochet content are contained in our Terms of Service and Crochet Pattern Use & Copyright Policy.

Terms of Service:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/privacy-policy/terms-of-service/

Crochet Pattern Use & Copyright Policy:
Crochet Pattern Use & Copyright Policy › LisaAuch Crochet

Where we investigate suspected scraping, copyright infringement, unauthorised redistribution, misuse of our Site or another potential legal violation, we may process information reasonably necessary for that investigation.

This may include:

  • server logs;
  • IP addresses;
  • timestamps;
  • referral information;
  • publicly available information;
  • screenshots;
  • URLs;
  • correspondence;
  • app or platform listings;
  • evidence of copying;
  • information lawfully supplied by hosting providers, platforms or other parties; and
  • other evidence reasonably relevant to the matter.

Such information may be used to identify or document suspected infringement, make platform or hosting complaints, obtain professional advice, communicate with relevant parties and establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Information may be disclosed to legal advisers, hosting providers, platforms, app stores, rights-enforcement services, courts, regulators or other appropriate recipients where reasonably necessary and lawful.

28. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to:

  • the Site;
  • technologies;
  • advertising providers;
  • analytics services;
  • business practices;
  • privacy requirements;
  • regulatory guidance; or
  • applicable law.

When this Privacy Policy is revised, we will update the “Last Updated” date.

Where applicable law requires additional notice or renewed consent because of a material change in processing, we will provide the required notice or obtain the necessary consent.

Changes to this Privacy Policy do not remove or restrict rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

29. Contact Us

If you have questions concerning this Privacy Policy or wish to make an applicable privacy request, please contact:

LisaAuch Crochet

Website:
https://crochet-patterns-free.com/

Privacy Contact:
lisaauch1@gmail.com

When making a privacy request, please provide enough information for us to understand and respond to the request.

We may need to verify a request where required or permitted by applicable law.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO OUR TERMS OF SERVICE, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THIS WEBSITE.

Where consent is required for optional cookies, analytics, advertising or similar technologies, use the privacy controls provided on the Site to accept, reject or manage your choices.

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