Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 06, 2026
Introduction
Welcome to Bettina Zimmermann Patchwork. We are deeply committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a secure and positive experience while visiting our website. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit and interact with our website.
By using our website, you signify your agreement to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it.
Information Collected
When you access or use our website, we may automatically collect certain non-personally identifiable information. This data is primarily gathered for analytics, security, and to enhance your browsing experience. This information typically includes:
IP Address
Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique numerical label assigned to your device during an online session. We collect IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our servers, administer our website, analyze broad demographic trends, track user movement, and gather aggregate statistical information. This helps us understand the geographic distribution of our visitors and improve overall website performance and security.
Browser Type
We collect information about the type of web browser you are using (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge). This data helps us ensure that our website displays correctly across different browsers and allows us to optimize our site for the most popular browser types, providing a consistent user experience.
Operating System
Information regarding your device's operating system (e.g., Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS) is collected. Similar to browser type, this helps us ensure website compatibility across various platforms and aids in optimizing the user experience for different operating environments.
Pages Visited
We track which specific pages you visit on our website, the duration of your stay on those pages, and the sequence in which you access them. This aggregated data helps us understand popular content, identify areas for improvement, and enhance site navigation to make our website more user-friendly and relevant to your interests.
Cookies
Our website utilizes "cookies" to improve your experience. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device's browser by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently, or to function more efficiently, as well as to provide certain information to the website owners.
How We Use Cookies: We use cookies to remember your preferences, understand how you interact with our website, and to help us improve our services. For example, cookies can help us analyze which sections of our website are most popular and track how users navigate through the site. This enables us to tailor content and functionality to better meet user needs.
Managing Cookies: You have the option to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers are configured to automatically accept cookies, but you can typically modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Please note that choosing to decline cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of all the features and functionality offered on our website.
Third-Party Services
We may engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our website and provide services on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, analytics services). These third parties may have access to the non-personally identifiable information collected as described above, but only to perform these specific tasks on our behalf. They are contractually obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors engage with our site, which allows us to monitor and analyze this data to improve our service. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. You can review Google's privacy policy here.
Advertising
While Bettina Zimmermann Patchwork does not directly serve personalized advertisements on this website, we may utilize third-party services that could employ cookies or similar technologies. These technologies may be used to display ads on other websites based on your browsing activity and interests across the internet. We do not control these third-party advertising practices and encourage you to review their respective privacy policies for more information on their data collection and advertising practices.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information without your consent, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from children under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take prompt steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will also revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy to indicate when changes were made.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective immediately when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your dealings with this website, please do not hesitate to contact us:
By visiting the contact page on our website: Contact Us