Last updated: September 29, 2026
Your privacy is important to us at Petals to Picots. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit PetalsToPicots.com (the “Site”), how that information may be used or disclosed, and the choices and rights that may be available to you.
By using the Site, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with the Site, we may collect information that you provide directly to us as well as information collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies.
Information You Provide
You may provide personal information when you:
- subscribe to our email newsletter;
- leave a comment;
- create a customer account;
- purchase a digital product;
- communicate with us by email;
- request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information; or
- otherwise voluntarily provide information to us.
This information may include your name, email address, billing address, account information, order information, comments, and other information you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Site, certain information may be collected automatically, including your IP address, browser and device information, operating system, referring pages, pages viewed, links clicked, approximate location derived from an IP address, and information about how you interact with the Site.
Cookies, pixels, tags, scripts and similar technologies may be used to collect this information.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through the Site to:
- operate and maintain the Site;
- fulfill and manage purchases;
- provide access to purchased digital products;
- create and manage customer accounts;
- respond to questions and customer-service requests;
- send newsletters and other communications you have requested;
- administer and display comments;
- understand how visitors use the Site;
- measure and improve Site performance and content;
- provide and measure advertising;
- track affiliate referrals and commissions;
- prevent fraud, abuse and security incidents;
- maintain business and tax records; and
- comply with applicable legal obligations.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the information entered in the comment form. WordPress and related services may also process technical information such as an IP address and browser information for purposes including spam detection, security and administration.
Information you include in the public portion of a comment may be visible to anyone who visits the Site. Please do not include sensitive personal information in a public comment.
Email Newsletter
We use MailerLite to manage our email list and send newsletters.
When you subscribe, information such as your name, email address and information associated with your subscription may be processed by MailerLite on our behalf. MailerLite may also provide information about newsletter interactions, such as whether an email was opened or a link was clicked.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included at the bottom of our emails.
For additional information about how MailerLite processes information, please review MailerLite’s Privacy Policy.
Shop, Customer Accounts and Purchases
Our online shop is powered by WooCommerce. Customers may purchase products as guests or create customer accounts.
When you place an order, we may collect information necessary to process and maintain the transaction, such as your name, email address, billing address, products purchased, order date, payment method and other order-related information.
Registered customers may also have account information, order history and download permissions associated with their accounts.
Payments
Payments are processed through PayPal.
Payment information necessary to complete your transaction is provided to PayPal and is subject to PayPal’s own privacy practices. Petals to Picots does not store your complete payment-card number or card security code in its WooCommerce database.
For additional information, please review PayPal’s Privacy Statement.
Digital Downloads
Some products sold through the Site are downloadable digital products.
WooCommerce may maintain information about download permissions and download activity so that purchased files can be made available to customers.
If you request erasure of your personal information and the request is processed through our WordPress/WooCommerce privacy tools, access to downloadable files associated with your account or order may be revoked and related download logs may be cleared.
Certain transaction information may nevertheless be retained where reasonably necessary or required for legal, tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution or other legitimate purposes.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Site and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts and similar technologies.
These technologies may be used to:
- remember preferences;
- operate Site features and the shopping cart;
- measure Site traffic and performance;
- understand how visitors interact with content;
- provide and measure advertising;
- personalize advertising where permitted;
- attribute affiliate referrals and purchases;
- prevent fraud and improve security; and
- comply with privacy choices and legal requirements.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may be presented with choices concerning cookies, personalized advertising and other data processing.
Most web browsers also allow you to delete or block cookies. Blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4, implemented through Site Kit by Google, to help us understand how visitors use and interact with the Site.
Google Analytics may collect information about Site interactions, including pages viewed, traffic sources and other engagement with Site content. Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies in connection with these services.
Where consent is required by applicable law, analytics storage and related technologies may be restricted until the appropriate consent is provided.
For more information about Google’s privacy practices and how Google uses information from sites that use its services, please review Google’s applicable privacy information and controls.
Advertising
CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising, measurement, and related purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
Depending on applicable law, visitors may have rights to opt out of certain advertising-related uses of personal information. Visitors may use the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link available on the Site to access applicable advertising privacy choices.
Visitors in jurisdictions where consent is required may also be presented with a consent-management interface through which they can make applicable privacy choices.
Affiliate Links
Petals to Picots participates in affiliate-marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission when you click certain links and make a qualifying purchase, at no additional cost to you.
Our affiliate relationships may include Amazon Associates, Awin, impact.com, CJ Affiliate, and LoveCrafts, as well as other merchants or affiliate networks that may be added or changed from time to time.
Affiliate links may contain tracking information that allows an affiliate network or merchant to determine that a visitor was referred from Petals to Picots. Depending on the service, cookies and similar technologies may be used to attribute clicks, purchases, and commissions.
When you click an affiliate link, the applicable merchant or affiliate network may process information according to its own privacy policy.
Please see our separate Disclosure Statement for additional information about our affiliate relationships.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
Articles on the Site may include embedded or linked content from other websites or services, such as videos, social-media content, product links, or other third-party resources.
Third-party websites and services have their own privacy practices. When you interact with third-party content or leave Petals to Picots to visit another website, information may be collected by that third party according to its own privacy policy.
Petals to Picots is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.
How We Share Personal Information
We may disclose information to service providers and other third parties that help us operate the Site and our business, including providers involved in:
- website hosting and operation;
- ecommerce and order processing;
- payment processing;
- email delivery and newsletter management;
- analytics;
- advertising;
- affiliate attribution;
- fraud prevention and security; and
- professional, accounting or legal services.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process or governmental requests; protect our rights or the rights and safety of others; investigate fraud or abuse; or establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, maintaining business records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and satisfying legal, accounting, and tax obligations.
Our current WooCommerce retention settings generally provide for:
- Inactive customer accounts: 36 months
- Pending orders: 14 days
- Failed orders: 14 days
- Canceled orders: 30 days
- Refunded orders: 84 months
- Completed orders: 84 months
When applicable WooCommerce retention periods expire, WooCommerce may delete certain inactive records or anonymize personal information associated with orders while retaining non-identifying sales statistics.
Some information may be retained longer when reasonably necessary or required for legal, tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution or security purposes.
Newsletter information may be retained while you remain subscribed and as necessary afterward to maintain unsubscribe or suppression records and comply with applicable law.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include rights to:
- request access to personal information;
- request correction of inaccurate personal information;
- request deletion of personal information;
- obtain a copy of certain personal information;
- opt out of certain sales or sharing of personal information;
- opt out of targeted advertising;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
- appeal certain decisions concerning a privacy request where applicable.
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to exceptions permitted by law.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
U.S. State Privacy Rights
Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.
Where a state privacy law applies to Petals to Picots and to your information, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain certain personal information and to opt out of certain processing, including sale, sharing, or targeted advertising as those terms are defined by applicable law.
For advertising-related opt-out choices, use the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link available on the Site.
Where required by applicable law, we also honor recognized universal opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control (GPC), when received and applicable to the relevant processing.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.
To make another applicable privacy request, contact us at kara@petalstopicots.com.
European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom or Switzerland, applicable data-protection law may provide additional rights regarding your personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, our processing may be based on your consent, performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interests where those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.
You may have rights to request access to, correction or deletion of your personal information; restrict or object to certain processing; receive certain information in a portable format; and withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data-protection authority.
Because some service providers may process information in countries outside your country of residence, personal information may be transferred internationally subject to applicable safeguards.
Children’s Privacy
The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 in circumstances prohibited by applicable law. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in violation of applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information processed through the Site.
Sensitive payment information is processed by our payment provider rather than stored directly by Petals to Picots.
However, no website, database, internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” or DNT setting. There is not a universally accepted standard governing responses to traditional DNT signals, and the Site does not make a general representation that it responds to DNT signals.
This is separate from legally recognized universal opt-out mechanisms, such as Global Privacy Control, which are handled as required by applicable law.
Business Transfers
If Petals to Picots, substantially all of its assets, or the Site is acquired, sold, reorganized or otherwise transferred, information associated with the Site may be among the assets transferred to the acquiring party, subject to applicable law.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services, technologies or legal requirements.
When changes are made, we will update the Last updated date at the top of this page. Where required by applicable law, we may provide additional notice of material changes.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to submit an applicable privacy request, please contact:
Petals to Picots
Email: kara@petalstopicots.com
Website: www.petalstopicots.com