Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: May 17, 2025

At WOODWORKINGSTREET.com (“we,” “us,” “our”), we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we may collect when you use WOODWORKINGSTREET.com, how it is used, and the steps we take to safeguard it. We aim to provide you with clear information so you can make informed decisions.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.woodworkingstreet.com/.

This site is owned and operated by Woodworking Street.

For any privacy-specific concerns or requests, please contact us at: privacy@woodworkingstreet.com.

Information We Collect and Why

To provide and improve our services to you, WOODWORKINGSTREET.com collects information in a few different ways:

Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you choose to interact with our site in certain ways, you may provide us with information. For instance, if you leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string; this helps us with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may also be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it (their privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/). If your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Information Collected Automatically

As you navigate our website, some information may be collected automatically by our servers and third-party services we use.

Our servers, like those of most websites, maintain log files. This log data can include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), the type of browser you used, the times and dates of your visit, the pages you viewed on our site, and sometimes the referring or exit pages. We use this information for site administration, to analyze overall trends in how our site is used, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. This data is not typically linked to information that personally identifies you.

For analytics purposes, we use Ezoic Big Data Analytics to help us understand how visitors engage with WOODWORKINGSTREET.com. This service gathers data which may include your device type, IP address (which might be processed to reduce its direct identifiability), operating system, browser type, and your interactions with our pages and content. Analyzing this information helps us improve our website, tailor our content, and enhance the overall user experience. The processing of data for these analytics purposes may be managed through the consent tools presented to you on our site, particularly where required by applicable law. For more detailed information on Ezoic’s data practices, we encourage you to review Ezoic’s privacy policy.

Our website uses common web technologies like cookies to operate, to improve your experience, and to support features such as advertising. Below, we explain what these technologies are, how we and our partners use them, and the choices you have.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) by your web browser. They hold information that can help websites function, remember your preferences, and support services like advertising and analytics. Some cookies are set by the website you are directly visiting (first-party cookies), while others may be set by external services (third-party cookies).

WOODWORKINGSTREET.com partners with Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”) to provide services such as website optimization, analytics (Ezoic Big Data Analytics), and the display of advertising, which helps support our site.

To deliver these services, Ezoic and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar technologies. These technologies can be used to:

  • Serve advertisements.
  • Personalize advertising content (where you have provided consent).                                       
  • Measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
  • Analyze website traffic and user interaction to improve our site and content (as described in our “Analytics” section). This can involve the collection of data such as IP addresses (which may be processed to reduce identifiability), device type, browser information, and your interactions with ads and content.

To provide you with transparency and control over your data, particularly in regions with specific privacy regulations (such as the European Economic Area, UK, and others), we utilize a Consent Management Platform (CMP), provided through Ezoic.

  • When presented, this platform allows you to learn more about how data is used, the companies involved, and to make choices regarding your consent for various data processing purposes.
  • The availability, appearance, and specific options of these consent management tools may vary depending on your geographical location to help ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
  • The display of advertisements on our site is also dynamic. It can depend on factors including the consent choices you make (where applicable), your region, and advertiser availability.
  • Please note that rejecting cookies or declining consent for certain advertising purposes does not necessarily mean you will see no ads; it generally means the ads displayed may not be personalized based on your interests.

Ezoic Services and Your Data

Ezoic Services

This website has an exclusive advertising contract with Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), a renowned leader in website optimization, enhancing user experiences, optimizing ad performance, and generating revenue through advanced AI-powered technology.
Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here. The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP address
  • Operating system type and version
  • Device type
  • Language preferences
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.

WOODWORKINGSTREET.com offers features that allow you to share our content on social media platforms such as Pinterest, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter), and may also include direct links to our profiles on such platforms (for example, a link to our Pinterest profile).

For social sharing functionality, including “Pin it” buttons that appear on images, we primarily utilize the Novashare plugin. We have chosen this plugin because it is designed with user privacy and website performance in mind. The Novashare plugin operates as follows:

  • It does not load scripts from third-party social media platforms (like Pinterest, Facebook, or X) when you load our pages or before you decide to click a share button.
  • The plugin itself does not set tracking cookies or collect your Personally Identifiable Information.
  • When you click a Novashare “Pin it” button or a share button for another platform, a small, local script (part of the plugin) activates to construct and open the correct sharing link for the respective social media service. This interaction effectively functions as a direct link from our site to the social media platform.

Interacting with Social Media Platforms and Other Third-Party Sites

Whether you click on a social sharing button provided by Novashare, a “Pin it” button, or any other link on our website that directs you to a social media platform (like Pinterest, Facebook, X) or any other external website:

  1. You are consciously choosing to leave WOODWORKINGSTREET.com and interact with that external site or platform.
  2. Once you arrive on an external site, you become subject to that site’s own privacy policy, cookie policy, and data collection practices.
  3. These external platforms will likely set their own cookies and may track your activity according to their specific policies. WOODWORKINGSTREET.com has no control over, and is not responsible for, the data practices or content of these third-party websites.
  4. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external site you visit to understand how your information may be handled.

Our aim in providing these sharing buttons and links is for your convenience, allowing you to easily share content or visit our related social media profiles. Please be aware that interactions beyond our website are governed by the policies of those respective platforms.

Video Content

Our website may feature video content provided through Ezoic’s Humix platform. Ezoic is a technology partner that helps us deliver and monetize content, including videos, and they are a registered vendor on the IAB Global Vendor List (GVL).

When you interact with video content provided by Ezoic Humix on our site:

  • Ezoic may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver and personalize the video experience, serve advertisements within or around the video content (where consented), and gather analytics on video engagement.
  • The data practices related to Ezoic Humix videos are governed by Ezoic’s privacy policy.
  • Your consent preferences for data processing related to these videos, including any associated advertising or analytics, are managed through the Consent Management Platform (CMP), particularly in regions where such consent is legally required.

We have chosen to limit the use of embedded content from other third-party sources to maintain a clearer and more manageable approach to user privacy and consent.

WOODWORKINGSTREET.com may participate in affiliate marketing programs, such as the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. This means that if you click on certain product links on our site and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.

These affiliate links may use cookies set by the merchant or affiliate network to track referrals. Once you click an affiliate link and leave our site, you are subject to the privacy policy and practices of that merchant or network.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information we handle from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information for different periods depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected. Our goal is to keep information only for as long as it is necessary and relevant for our legitimate operational purposes or to comply with legal obligations.

  • Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, the comment itself and its associated metadata (like your name as provided, IP address, and browser user agent string) are retained indefinitely. We keep this information so that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically, rather than holding them in a moderation queue, and to maintain the context of discussions on our site.
  • Analytics Data: Information collected for website analytics by our service provider, Ezoic Big Data Analytics (such as IP addresses, device information, and Browse patterns), is retained according to Ezoic’s data retention policies. For more details on Ezoic’s specific data handling and retention, please refer to Ezoic’s privacy policy.
  • Log Files: Server log files containing data such as IP addresses are typically retained for a limited period for security, analysis, and troubleshooting purposes, after which they may be deleted or archived according to our hosting provider’s policies or our internal data management practices.

Your Data Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have rights regarding your personal data, such as:

  • The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
  • The right to request correction of inaccurate data.
  • The right to request erasure of your personal data (subject to legal or administrative obligations).
  • The right to object to or restrict certain processing.
  • The right to data portability.

To exercise these rights, or for questions about your data, please contact us at privacy@woodworkingstreet.com. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or the relevant age of consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
privacy@woodworkingstreet.com