Policies

Thank you very much for visiting Fiber Flux! Below are all of the Fiber Flux policies including (but not limited to) copyright, commenting on this site, selling finished pieces, translation policies, disclosures and privacy policy. Thank you for your continued support!

This policy page is valid from February 2011 

(Last updated January 21, 2020)

This website is a personal website owned, written and edited by Jennifer Dickerson. I go to great lengths and take great pride in the fact that this is a site a valuable resource where readers can get reliable and honest information. Please direct any questions to jennifer@fiberfluxblog.com.

COPYRIGHT POLICY:
All content on fiberfluxblog.com is the sole property of the site, unless otherwise specified. All Rights Reserved.

COMMENTING ON THIS SITE:
All comments posted on Fiber Flux are moderated and any comments that are abusive, off topic or spam will be removed.

SELLING/DONATING FINISHED PIECES:
You may sell or donate finished items made from Fiber Flux patterns. However, please do not sell or reproduce the written pattern, tutorials, instructions, or videos in any way, either in part or whole. Please give credit to the designer of the pattern, Fiber Flux, either on the online listing, tagged item, or otherwise.


TRANSLATION POLICY:
Please do not publish or post translations of written patterns, instructions, tutorials, or videos anywhere. If you need help translating or understanding, try the Google translate tool: https://translate.google.com/ or direct questions to jennifer@fiberfluxblog.com.


DISCLOSURE POLICY:
Fiber Flux participates in third party ad networks that display ads on this site. Most advertising is in the form of advertisements (banner ads, sidebar ads, etc) generated by a third party ad network.

Fiber Flux is also a participant in a variety of affiliate marketing programs. Any links to those sites may earn advertising fees. This means I may get a commission if you purchase something through the links and banners on this site. However, I only post affiliate links/banners that I value and trust. All opinions are 100% are my own.

Most of the items on this site are purchased by me, but from time to time I am given items such as books and supplies to review. I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. I do not claim to be an expert on any topic, product, or subject matter and any claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. In addition, I reserve the right to opt out of a review or endorsement that does not align with with Fiber Flux or its audience.

PRIVACY POLICY:

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Fiber Flux collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users ("Users") of the fiberfluxblog.com site ("Site"). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Fiber Flux.

Personal identification information
We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, register on the site, subscribe to the RSS feed/newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address. Users may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Non-personal identification information
We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Web browser cookies
Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

Sharing your personal information
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business and the Site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes provided that you have given us your permission.

Third party websites
Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Advertising
Ads appearing on our site may be delivered to Users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy

Google Adsense
Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses “non personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Changes to this privacy policy
Fiber Flux has the discretion to update this privacy policy at anytime (most recent update will be noted at the top of this page). Please check back from time to time for the latest information and updates. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Acceptance of the Privacy Policy
By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

CHILDREN'S POLICY:
The Website does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from persons under thirteen years of age. If you are under 13, please do not attempt to register for the Website or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on Website.

OTHER LINKED WEBSITES:
We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites or services linked to or from the Website, including the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from the Website to another website, our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Once you leave this site, your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link on our website, are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) and from other sources other than through the Website. You are responsible for all of your activity in connection with the Website and accessing the Website. The Website is not responsible for the content of linked sites.

ADVERTISING POLICY STATEMENT:

This Site is affiliated with AdThrive, LLC (“AdThrive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site.  AdThrive uses standard and widely-available tools for the placement and serving of ads, including those provided by Google, Inc. and its affiliates. We publish interest-based advertisements on the Site; that is, ads that are tailored to reflect your interests. To help understand your interests, AdThrive, Google and our other advertising partners will track your behavior on our website and on other websites across the Internet using cookies.  

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

By using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with AdThrive, Google, and our other third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative's multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.

For European Economic Area Residents

If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing.  If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or AdThrive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us at jennifer@fiberfluxblog.com and contact AdThrive at info@adthrive.com. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site. (Available in the EU.)

For California Residents

California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising information, click the opt out link provided in the footer of this page. You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To make such a request, please contact us at info@adthrive.com. To be clear we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand side platforms.

Opt Out  Please note: these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY (AI):

The owner of this website does not consent to the content on this website being used or downloaded by any third parties for the purposes of developing, training or operating artificial intelligence or other machine learning systems (“Artificial Intelligence Purposes”), except as authorized by the owner in writing (including written electronic communication). Absent such consent, users of this website, including any third parties accessing the website through automated systems, are prohibited from using any of the content on the website for Artificial Intelligence Purposes. Users or automated systems that fail to respect these choices will be considered to have breached [these Terms of Service][this Agreement].

Thank you for your continued support of Fiber Flux and its policies and practices.