Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 9, 2026

Who We Are

FreeCrochetProjects (“we”, “us”) operates the website https://freecrochetprojects.com, a library of free downloadable crochet patterns. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

Information We Collect

Information you give us. If you create an account, we store your username and email address. If you contact us through our contact form, we receive the name, email address, and message you provide. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we store your email address for that purpose only.

Information collected automatically. Like most websites, we automatically receive certain technical information when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and referring website. This is used for security, spam prevention, and understanding how visitors use the site.

Comments. When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, plus the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Advertising & Google AdSense

This website is funded by advertising so that all patterns can remain free. We use Google AdSense to display ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.

Third-party ad vendors and networks may also use cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in their advertisements to measure ad effectiveness and personalize advertising content. FreeCrochetProjects has no access to or control over these third-party cookies.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored in your browser. We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential cookies — required for core site functions such as logging in and remembering your cookie consent choice.
Advertising cookies — set by Google and its partners as described above.
Analytics cookies — help us understand which patterns and pages are most useful so we can improve the site.

You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. Some parts of the site may not function properly without cookies.

Analytics

We may use analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to understand aggregate visitor behavior. These tools collect information such as pages visited and time spent on the site. This data is aggregated and does not directly identify you.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Pattern pages and blog articles may include embedded content (for example, YouTube video tutorials). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited that website directly, and those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized automatically. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in the user profile; users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except the username). Contact form messages are kept only as long as needed to handle your request.

Your Rights

Depending on your location (including the EU under GDPR and California under CCPA), you may have the right to:

Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you;
Request correction or deletion of your personal data;
Object to or restrict certain processing of your data;
Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us through our Contact page. We do not sell your personal information.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

Data Security

We take reasonable technical measures to protect your information, including HTTPS encryption across the entire site. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, reach out through our Contact page.