Privacy Policy

Scissors for Ink values your privacy. These are our policies on how we collect information about you, how we use it, and how any third-party services we use do the same. If you provide us with personal information through ScissorsforInk.com, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Using this site entails agreement with our data collection policies.

The Scissors for Ink website is hosted by WordPress, so you’ll want to check out their privacy policy as well.

Website Visitor Privacy

Like most website operators, through WordPress, Scisssors for Ink collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available (such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request).

Personal Information Policies

WordPress.org (the host of Scissors for Ink) collects some potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Scissors for Ink does not use IP addresses to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information.

Certain visitors to ScissorsforInk.com may choose to interact with our website and services in ways that require us to gather and store other personally-identifying information. For example, when signing up for our email newsletter, we will collect your name and email address.

Scissors for Ink only collects such information insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with our site and services. We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities such as consulting with our team about our services or joining our email newsletter.

Use and Protection of Personal Information

Scissors for Ink only discloses personal information (such as name and email address) to project administrators, employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that:

(1) Need to know that information in order to process it on Scissors for Ink’s behalf or to provide services available through Scissors for Ink.

(2) That have agreed not to disclose it to others.

Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using WordPress.org, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.

Scissors for Ink will not rent or sell your potential information to anyone. Other than to project administrators, employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, Scissors for Ink discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, if you give permission to have your information shared, or when Scissors for Ink believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Scissors for Ink, third parties, or the public at large.

If you have used Scissors for Ink’s professional services, we may occasionally send you an email to solicit your feedback or check on how your creative journey has progressed after we worked together. However, we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you provide us with feedback, we may request to display that feedback on our site with your choice of pen-name attached.

If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Scissors for Ink takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Embedded Content and Third Party Links

Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as Youtube videos). 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.

Our website may also contain links to other websites provided by third parties not under our control. When following a link and providing information to a third party website, please be aware that we are not responsible for the data provided to that third party. This privacy policy only applies to Scissors for Ink, so when you visit other websites, even when you click on a link posted on Scissors for Ink, you should read their own privacy policies.

How Long we Retain Your Data

If you sign up with our email list, we hold onto that data until you unsubscribe. If you edit with us, we will hang onto your name and contact information indefinitely, unless you request we remove you from our database.

Access to Data

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please contact us via our contact page.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you (email, name, phone number, etc.). If you request this, we will remove all your information from our active database.

We do have to retain a copy of some information for administrative, legal, or security purposes–such as a list of who we’ve worked with for tax and audit reasons. However, this information will not be shared with anyone outside of legal and administrative requirements.

Cookie Policy

Any cookies Scissors for Ink gathers are through WordPress’s systems. You can review WordPress’s Cookie Policy here!

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Scissors for Ink may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at Scissors for Ink’s sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.