Updated June 15, 2023
Who we are
Melted Treasures is a home-based jewelry business located in Vassar, Michigan, USA.
Our website address is: https://www.meltedtreasures.art
You may contact us via email by sending to: kim [at] meltedtreasures.art
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
We may place a cookie in your web browser in conjunction with analytics providers such as Google Analytics for website usage tracking purposes.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). 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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. If you click on a link to another site, the website address of the page you were visiting when you clicked on that link may be shared with that site via referrer data.
If you make a purchase, your personal data will be shared with PayPal for payment processing and fraud prevention purposes, and may also be shared with Pirate Ship, Shippo, ShippingEasy, and/or the United States Postal Service in order to ship your order to you.
We may use various analytics providers such as Google Analytics which records your IP address as well as your browser data (such as user agent) for website usage tracking purposes. We may place a cookie in your web browser for these purposes.
We will never sell any of your data to any other person or company for any reason.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you make a purchase, we will store your your order data indefinitely for record-keeping purposes such as tax and other business filings, and so that we can provide you with assistance if you have questions about your order.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Please email us to request a data export or removal.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If you make a purchase, your data will be sent to PayPal as well as Pirate Ship, Shippo, ShippingEasy, and/or the United States Postal Service as outlined above.
If you visit our website, your IP address and browser data (such as user agent) may be sent to Google Analytics or other analytics providers for website usage analytics purposes.