This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
By using our website, certain strictly necessary cookies may be placed automatically because they are required for the website to function.
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies such as analytics, advertising, and marketing cookies will only be used after you provide your consent.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit a website.
Cookies can help websites:
Remember your preferences
Keep products in your shopping cart
Maintain login sessions
Process checkout
Improve website functionality
Understand how visitors use the website
Measure website performance
Measure advertising campaigns
Personalise content or advertising
Cookies may be stored for different lengths of time depending on their purpose.
2. Types of Cookies
Cookies may be classified in different ways.
Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary and are generally deleted when you close your browser.
They are commonly used for functions such as:
Maintaining a shopping cart
Keeping a checkout session active
Maintaining login sessions
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.
They may be used to:
Remember preferences
Recognise returning visitors
Measure website usage
Support analytics
Support advertising
First-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are placed directly by Get Knitting Patterns or by technologies operating on our website.
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies may be placed by external services that we use, such as:
Analytics providers
Advertising platforms
Payment providers
Social media services
Embedded content providers
These third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies.
3. How We Use Cookies
Get Knitting Patterns may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Operating the website
Maintaining the shopping cart
Processing checkout
Managing customer accounts
Providing secure access
Preventing fraud
Remembering user preferences
Measuring website traffic
Understanding user behaviour
Improving our website
Measuring marketing performance
Supporting advertising campaigns
Remembering cookie consent choices
4. Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to function properly.
These cookies may be used for:
Shopping cart functionality
Checkout functionality
Customer authentication
Account security
Session management
Fraud prevention
Website security
Remembering privacy and cookie preferences
Digital product delivery
Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website and services requested by you, they may not require consent under applicable law.
Disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly.
5. WooCommerce Cookies
Get Knitting Patterns may use WooCommerce to operate its online store.
WooCommerce may use cookies to support functions including:
Remembering products added to the cart
Maintaining shopping cart contents
Determining when cart contents change
Managing customer sessions
Supporting checkout
Managing account sessions
These cookies are generally required for e-commerce functionality.
Without them, features such as shopping carts and checkout may not function properly.
6. Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may be used to improve your experience by remembering choices you make.
These may include:
Language preferences
Website display preferences
Login preferences
Other customisation settings
Depending on the applicable law and the specific technology used, functional cookies may require your consent.
7. Analytics Cookies
We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors use Get Knitting Patterns.
Analytics cookies may collect information such as:
Pages visited
Session duration
Approximate location
Browser type
Device type
Referral source
User interactions
Website performance
Conversion events
We may use this information to:
Improve website performance
Understand popular content
Improve product pages
Improve navigation
Measure traffic
Identify technical issues
Where required by law, analytics cookies will only be activated after you provide consent.
8. Google Analytics
Get Knitting Patterns may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services.
Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about how visitors interact with the website.
This information may include:
IP address or derived location information
Device and browser information
Pages viewed
Events and interactions
Referral sources
Session information
Google may process information according to its own privacy terms.
Where applicable law requires consent, Google Analytics will only be activated after consent has been given.
9. Advertising and Marketing Cookies
We may use advertising and marketing technologies to promote Get Knitting Patterns and measure advertising effectiveness.
These technologies may be provided by platforms such as:
Google
Meta
Pinterest
TikTok
Other advertising platforms
Advertising cookies may be used to:
Measure conversions
Attribute sales to advertisements
Build advertising audiences
Measure campaign effectiveness
Limit repeated advertising
Display more relevant advertising
Understand interactions with marketing campaigns
Where consent is required, these cookies will not be activated until you have provided consent.
10. Pinterest Technologies
Get Knitting Patterns may use Pinterest advertising or analytics technologies, including the Pinterest Tag or similar tools.
These technologies may help us:
Measure visits from Pinterest
Measure purchases and conversions
Understand interactions with Pinterest campaigns
Improve advertising performance
Build advertising audiences
Pinterest may process information according to its own privacy and cookie practices.
Where required by law, Pinterest advertising technologies will only be activated after you consent to advertising or marketing cookies.
11. Meta Technologies
We may use technologies provided by Meta, such as the Meta Pixel or related tools.
These technologies may help us:
Measure advertising performance
Track conversions
Understand interactions with advertisements
Create marketing audiences
Improve advertising campaigns
Meta may process data according to its own privacy practices.
Where required, Meta advertising technologies will only be activated after consent.
12. Google Advertising Technologies
We may use Google advertising services, including conversion measurement or remarketing technologies.
These technologies may help us:
Measure purchases resulting from advertisements
Measure campaign performance
Create remarketing audiences
Improve advertising targeting
Google may use cookies and other identifiers according to its own privacy policies.
Where required by law, these technologies will only be activated after consent.
13. Payment Provider Cookies
Payment providers may use cookies or similar technologies when processing transactions.
These technologies may be necessary for:
Secure payment processing
Fraud prevention
Authentication
Payment verification
Transaction security
Because payment services may operate independently from Get Knitting Patterns, their cookies and data processing may also be governed by their own policies.
Some payment-related cookies may be strictly necessary to complete a transaction.
14. Security Cookies
We may use cookies or similar technologies to protect:
Customer accounts
Checkout sessions
Payment processes
Website infrastructure
Digital downloads
Security technologies may be used to detect:
Suspicious activity
Fraud
Automated attacks
Unauthorised login attempts
Abuse of download functionality
These cookies may be considered strictly necessary.
15. Cookie Consent
Where applicable law requires consent, Get Knitting Patterns will request your permission before using non-essential cookies.
You may be given options such as:
Accept All
Reject Non-Essential Cookies
Customise Preferences
You should be able to make a genuine choice without being required to accept advertising or analytics cookies in order to access basic website functionality.
Strictly necessary cookies may continue to operate because they are required to provide the website and services.
16. Changing Your Cookie Preferences
You may change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings or consent management tool available on the website.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
Changing your preferences may prevent certain optional website features from functioning as intended.
17. Browser Cookie Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through browser settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
Block all cookies
Block third-party cookies
Delete existing cookies
Receive notifications when cookies are placed
Automatically delete cookies when closing the browser
Please note that blocking all cookies may prevent essential parts of Get Knitting Patterns from functioning correctly.
For example, you may experience problems with:
Shopping cart functionality
Checkout
Customer account login
Order processing
18. Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other technologies such as:
Pixels
Tracking tags
Local storage
Web beacons
Conversion tags
Device identifiers
Server-side event technologies
These technologies may perform similar functions to cookies.
Where applicable law requires consent for these technologies, we will apply the same consent principles described in this policy.
19. International Data Processing
Some cookie and analytics providers may process information outside your country.
Depending on the provider, information may be processed in countries including the United States.
Where applicable data protection law requires appropriate safeguards for international transfers, we or the relevant service provider may rely on legally recognised mechanisms.
For more information about how personal information is processed and transferred, please review our Privacy Policy.
20. Cookies and Personal Information
Some cookies do not directly identify you.
However, cookies and related technologies may collect or generate information that can be considered personal information under certain privacy laws.
This may include:
IP addresses
Online identifiers
Device identifiers
Advertising identifiers
Browsing activity
Approximate location
Purchase activity
Our handling of personal information is further described in our Privacy Policy.
21. Do Not Sell or Share and U.S. Privacy Rights
Certain U.S. privacy laws may provide users with the right to opt out of certain uses of personal information for:
Targeted advertising
Cross-context behavioural advertising
Sale or sharing of personal information
Get Knitting Patterns does not sell personal information for monetary compensation.
However, depending on the technologies used, certain advertising activities may legally be considered “sharing” under some U.S. privacy laws.
Where applicable, eligible users may exercise available opt-out rights through our cookie consent settings or by contacting us.
22. Global Privacy Control
Where required by applicable law and technically supported, we may recognise browser-based privacy preference signals such as Global Privacy Control.
Such signals may be treated as a request to opt out of certain sale, sharing, or targeted advertising activities where legally required.
23. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to external websites.
Third-party websites may place their own cookies when you visit them.
Get Knitting Patterns does not control cookies placed directly by independent third-party websites.
You should review the cookie and privacy policies of those websites for more information.
24. How Long Cookies Remain
The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on the type of cookie and the provider.
Cookies may last:
Only for the current browsing session
For several hours or days
For several months
For a longer defined period
We aim to avoid retaining cookie information longer than reasonably necessary for its intended purpose.
Third-party providers may determine their own cookie retention periods.
25. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when necessary, including when:
We introduce new technologies
We change analytics providers
We introduce new advertising platforms
We change our cookie consent system
Applicable laws or regulations change
The current version will always display the Last Updated date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
26. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, the cookies used on our website, or your privacy choices, contact us:
