Privacy Policy for Velvet Lace Art

Last updated: May 18, 2026

At Velvet Lace Art (velvetlaceart.com), we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you interact with our website.

1. Who we are

Our website address is: https://velvetlaceart.com. Velvet Lace Art operates as an online portfolio and digital studio offering art references and illustration resources.

2. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Core Website Interactivity (WordPress)

  • Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site (if enabled), we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage.
  • Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images hosted on the site.

Automated Third-Party Tracking & Analytics

To measure traffic and understand user behavior, we integrate specialized tracking technologies:

  • Google Analytics (GA4): We use GA4 to track anonymous visitor behavior, device types, traffic sources, and page popularity. This data helps us improve user experience and site performance.
  • Pinterest Tag / Pixel: We utilize Pinterest’s tracking tag to evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, track audience preferences, and deliver relevant artistic inspiration back on the Pinterest platform.

3. Cookies Policy

Our website utilizes cookies to ensure core functionality and deliver analytics:

  • Interaction Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
  • Administrative Cookies: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check browser acceptance (it contains no personal data and is discarded upon closing). Upon logging in, cookies are set to store credentials and screen preferences (login cookies last 2 days; screen options last 1 year; “Remember Me” extends the login to 2 weeks). If you edit or publish an article, a non-personal cookie that indicates the post ID is stored for 1 day.
  • Third-Party Analytics Cookies: Google Analytics and Pinterest set their own anonymous cookies to recognize recurring visitors. You can disable or wipe these cookies at any time via your browser’s security settings.

4. Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, social feeds). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited the source website directly. These platforms may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction if you hold an account with them.

5. Data Sharing and Retention

  • Data Retention: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for automated approval queues. For any registered users on our platform, we store personal profiles (viewable and editable by the user and administrators at any time, except usernames).
  • Data Sharing & Transfers: Visitor comments may be automatically scanned by an automated spam-detection service. Security and technical logs (including IP addresses for password resets) are stored strictly for server maintenance. Anonymous tracking and marketing data is shared with Google and Pinterest infrastructure. We do not sell or lease personal data to external third parties.

6. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an export of the personal data we hold about you, or the deletion of any personal records. This does not include any data we are legally obligated to keep for administrative, operational, or security purposes.

7. Contact Information

For any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at: atelier@velvetlaceart.com.