Cookie Policy

Last updated: 28-06-2024

This Cookie Policy describes the use of cookies by the website crochetershub.com (hereinafter, the “Site”), a multi-vendor marketplace dedicated to the sale and purchase of handmade crochet products, digital patterns and, in the future, yarns and crochet kits sold directly by the Site owners.

This information notice is provided in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Italian Legislative Decree No. 196/2003 as amended by Legislative Decree No. 101/2018, and the guidelines issued by the Italian Data Protection Authority.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that websites send to the user’s device (computer, tablet, smartphone), where they are stored and then transmitted back to the same websites upon subsequent visits.

Cookies allow the Site to function properly, improve the browsing experience, provide personalized services and collect statistical information about the use of the Site.

2. Types of cookies used

2.1 Technical (necessary) cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the Site and do not require the user’s consent.

They include, by way of example:

  • session and authentication cookies;
  • cookies for shopping cart management;
  • cookies for managing seller and buyer accounts;
  • security and fraud prevention cookies;
  • cookies for saving language preferences.

Legal basis: legitimate interest of the Data Controller and contractual necessity.

2.2 Functionality cookies

These cookies allow the Site to remember choices made by the user (such as display preferences or account settings) in order to provide enhanced and personalized features.

The use of these cookies is subject to the user’s consent, provided via the cookie banner.

2.3 Analytics cookies

These cookies collect statistical information, in aggregated form, about the use of the Site (number of visitors, pages visited, time spent on the Site).

The Site uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with data minimization measures in place (e.g. IP anonymization and limitation of collected data).

Analytics cookies are installed only with the user’s prior consent.