Disclosures

Made on Maidstone is a personal blog written and edited by Linda Nichols. I take great pride in maintaining the integrity of this site and building it as an honest and reliable source of information and inspiration for my readers.While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the content on this website, the information is made available without warranty of any kind. Made on Maidstone accepts no responsibility or liability, whether direct or indirect, as to the currency or accuracy of the information, nor any consequence of its uses.

Terms of Use

All rights to the photos and content on this blog, including free patterns, printables and templates, belong to Made on Maidstone and are copyright protected. If you would like to share a project from this blog, you may use one photo from the post, but please give credit to Made on Maidstone and include a link back to the original post. You may not use more than one photo or a post in it’s entirety without direct written consent from Made on Maidstone.

Affiliate Disclaimer

This site uses affiliate links. By clicking some links, I may make a small commission on the linked item. This will in no way affect the customer’s price or purchase at all. In turn, this small commission, which is paid to me by the retailer, helps to support this blog so that I may continue bringing you new content.

Made on Maidstone is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases linked from my site.

Please rest assured that these affiliate relationships will never drive the content of my posts or influence my ability to provide my own honest opinions about products or services.

Sponsored Posts / Product Reviews

I purchase most of the items reviewed and recommended on this site. However I occasionally receive compensation for a sponsored post or partner with companies who send a free sample of a product to review. Sponsored posts are clearly identified, and are written in my own words and reflect my own honest opinions.

I reserve the right to opt out of publishing a review if I do not feel that it would be of interest to my readers or if I cannot be fair about my opinion. I will only endorse companies and products that I believe, based on my own experiences, are worthy of endorsement. I do not claim to be an expert on any topic or product, and any questions about a product should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

If you’re a brand or company who would like to collaborate on a sponsored post or product review, please email me at MadeonMaidstone@gmail.com. Before contacting me, please consider if your product(s) is a good fit for Made on Maidstone and the content of this blog.

Privacy Policy

This privacy notice provides you with details of how I collect and process personal data through your use of my site, madeonmaidstone.com. Your privacy is very important to me and I aim to give you a clear understanding of what types of information I collect, how it is used or disclosed, and how I safeguard it.

Information We Collect

When you visit the Site, I automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, I collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site.

Information is collected using the following technologies:

  • “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
  • “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

I may use this data to deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and to measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve you. My lawful ground for this processing is legitimate interests which is to grow my business.

Communication Data

Made on Maidstone may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address if you voluntarily submit information to the site by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or placing an order. If you have provided your email address to me, I promise to use it only for the purposes for which it is provided. I will not use your email address to contact you for unrelated reasons. You may opt out of such email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email. I will not share your email address with any third parties.

Transactional Data

I may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with me and/or through my Site. This may include your contact details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions.  Payment processing on my Site is handled by my payment services provider Paypal. I will share transaction data with my payment services provider only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. After a transaction, your private information will not be stored on my servers but through PayPal’s online services. You can find information about the Paypal’s privacy policies and practices at https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.When entering giveaway contests readers can enter by proving an email address for winner notification purposes only. Giveaways are run through Rafflecopter. You can read their privacy policy at https://www.rafflecopter.com/privacy-policy.

Google Analytics

I use Google Analytics to analyze the use of my website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to my website is used to create reports about the use of my website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement.

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.

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on Feb. 9, 2020.