We understand that your privacy is important. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect from you through our website, https://sawdustgirl.com, and how we use, store, and protect that information.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information in various ways, including when you visit our website, interact with content, or sign up for services. This information may include:

  • Personal Information: Such as your name, email address, or other details you voluntarily provide.
  • Cookies and Tracking Information: We use cookies to enhance your experience and gather insights about how our website is used.

2. Use of Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They help us improve the functionality of our site and provide a more personalized experience. Cookies may be used for the following purposes:

  • Authentication: To identify you when you visit and navigate our website.
  • Status: To track if you are logged into our site.
  • Personalization: To store preferences and customize your experience.
  • Security: To prevent fraudulent use of login credentials and to protect our services.
  • Advertising: To display relevant advertisements based on your browsing history.
  • Analytics: To track website performance and usage.

We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic. Google Analytics may collect information about your use of the site through cookies. You can read Google’s privacy policy here: Google Privacy Policy.

You can manage or disable cookies in your browser settings. Here are links to help with cookie management for popular browsers:

Please note, blocking cookies may affect the functionality of the site.

3. Interest-Based Advertising


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

4. Email Addresses

We may collect your email address if you voluntarily provide it (e.g., by signing up for our newsletter). We will only use your email for the purpose for which it was provided. You may opt-out of email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the email. We will not share your email address with third parties.

5. Transactional Data

We may collect transactional data when you make purchases or enter into transactions through our site. This information includes your contact details and transaction history. Payment processing is handled securely by PayPal.

6. Sale of Business or Assets

In the event of a sale, merger, or transfer of assets, the information we have collected about you may be part of the assets transferred. If this occurs, we will notify you of any material changes to how your data is handled.

7. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here.

8. Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors to the website can extract location data from images.

9. Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes, except as outlined in this policy.

10. Data Retention

We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, we store personal information in their user profiles. Users can edit or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username. Website administrators can also view and edit user information.

11. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments on this site, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request the deletion of your personal data, subject to any legal or security requirements.

12. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version will be posted on our website, with an updated “Effective Date” at the top. If we make significant changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or through a prominent notice on our website.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this site, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]