Privacy Policy

Last Updated on October 15, 2025

We take privacy seriously

We don’t share your personal information with anyone … ever
We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it
There are no ads on this site, and NONE of the data is ever sold to other companies for any reason
We don’t store personal information on our server unless required for the on-going operation of our site

Who we are

1391483 B.C. Ltd. (referenced as “we”, “us” or “I” in this document) operates www.PapercraftHugs.com. Both names may be used interchangeably in this document. It’s our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. By using the site, you agree to be held to the details outlined here. 

Our Head office is located at 175 Jupiter Road, Kelowna, BC, V1X 5S3, Canada. 

We are committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website, subscribers to our newsletters, customers, and those providing contact information. 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, please send an e-mail to hello@papercrafthugs.com. Our privacy policy will be kept up to date on this page. 

This policy is to inform you of the type of personal information the site collects and how it is processed and used, per Canadian, U.S.A., and EU Privacy Guidelines.

About Papercraft Hugs

Papercrafthugs.com is an informational site that empowers paper crafters via education, coaching, and support. The primary focus of news and information presented is for Canadian, EU, Australian and U.S.A. based businesses.

How do we use information collected?

Personal information collected is primarily used for the purpose in which it is collected: for the distribution of a newsletter, document, electronic course, electronic challenge, or inquiry to interested recipients. In addition, your information is used to:

Review the effectiveness of our marketing programs
Notify you of new information, products or services that may be of interest to you
Obtain feedback on our website, products, services, summits, giveaways or other aspects of our business

Without your information, we would be unable to do what you have asked us to do (leaving a comment, creating an account, asking a question, registering for a course, etc).

Our Spam Policy

Papercraft Hugs is opposed to spam. We will only send emails to users that have explicitly requested to receive information. For example, registered for a course, opted-in to our newsletter, filled out a contact form, registered for a free gift/give-away, or purchased an item.

What information do we collect?

Anonymous Information Collected

Like most website operators, we collect 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. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our websites. 

NONE of our information, statistics or browsing data is ever sold or traded to other companies or individuals. We are required to send some information to third parties to complete required services. 

The privacy policy of each entity that collects this information is linked below if you would like more info about them.

Cookies

A cookie is information that a website stores on your computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. This is how all websites keep track of things as you move from page to page on our site. We use cookies for the following reasons. We considered all to be required for proper operation of this site. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our websites. The drawback is that you will not be able to login, and may see slower performance.

Keep track of you when you login.
You can create an account on our site and use it to store favorites and make quicker comments. 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.
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Speed up website performance.
We use the third party service CloudFlare to provide images and files to your browser as fast as possible. They use cookies to provide you with images from the closest server allowing the fastest performance. They do not retain this data.
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Analytics data.
 Like all websites on the internet, we take advantage of Google Analytics. This is used to see how people use the site and which pages they view. The cookies will correlate all of the information and store it with Google. But all of the cookie information and IP addresses are anonymized, and can in no way be used to identify you, even when logged in or when leaving a comment.

Email Addresses

Papercraft Hugs email list service provider is Mailerlite.

If you elect to join via the newsletter or request an item, your email address will be stored on their servers. You can access your info any time by clicking the Manage Subscription link at the bottom of any email you receive from us. 

We never have, and never will share your email address with any person or entity for marketing purposes. That includes Facebook. We will never upload our email lists to that platform or any other.

Contact Forms

Papercraft Hugs may utilize contact forms on this site. Required information may include full name, email address and phone numbers. The information is stored in the site’s database hosted by Web Hosting Canada. This information is mandatory in order to receive a response.

Comments

Leaving a comment on one of our posts requires that you identify yourself by email address. That info is stored in the site’s database.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if the email address you used is connected to that provider so your avatar displays next to your comment.

On-Going Service Data

Direct communication to you is run by our back office system. Google Workspace – runs the entire back office, including email. Direct emails are retained. (Note: Google does not have access to this data.)

Payments

When purchasing any item, we utilize a third-party payment program, PayPal, or Stripe, to process and manage your payment. Certain standard required information includes address and credit card information. Transactions are secured via SSL encryption and credit card details will never be e-mailed.

Live training and online events

Live training and online events are hosted through Zoom. If you participate you will be required to submit personal information to register and login. You may receive email communications in regards to that event. Information submitted for your participation may be stored by the software hosting the event. Please consult their privacy policy.

Program Materials and Recordings

Participants of any online event consent to recordings being made and shared with other participants. Recordings of paid programs will only be shared with participants of the same group. 

Papercraft Hugs reserves the right to use, at its sole discretion, course materials, including videos and audio recordings, and materials submitted by program participants in the context of the program.

Third Party Links

Papercraft Hugs frequently links to helpful info and resources provided by other paper craft experts and vendors. 

Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you on their site. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave PapercraftHugs.com, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

Papercraft Hugs makes no representation, warranties, or assurances as to the accuracy, currency, or completeness of any privacy policies of 3rd party entities that information is shared with.

How to Stop Receiving Information

You have the right to both access your data and have it deleted if requested. 

If you have signed up for anything on this site, opted in to our newsletter or a program and you no longer want to receive the information you requested, you can opt out at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe URL embedded in the email or newsletter or by emailing hello@papercrafthugs.com

Concerns

You’re welcome to contact us directly with any concerns you may have about your info that is collected through the site. The easiest way is to use the Contact Me page on the website. Note that if you request not to receive information from us (see above section), most information will be removed and may include your account, bookmarks, comments you have made and any future correspondence with us. This includes future information on services you have purchased but will be delivered in the future (ie future webinars, Workshops, etc). If you wish to stop receiving specific types of information, contact us so we can help you.