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CoaR Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

Last updated: October 21/2025

Last updated: October 21, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Confessions of a Refashionista (owned and operated by Sheri Pavlović) collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards personal information when you visit awesomesauceasshattery.com, engage with our content, or purchase from or contact us. By using this site you agree to the practices described here.

Contact for privacy matters

  • Data controller: Confessions of a Refashionista, sole proprietorship
  • Contact email: hello@RefashionistaSheri.com
  • Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1. Information we collect

We collect the following categories of information, depending on how you interact with the site.

Information you provide

  • Contact details, such as name and email address when you email us or leave a comment.
  • Payment and order details if you purchase an item or donate through third party processors. Card data is handled by those processors and is not stored on our servers.
  • Content you post, such as comments and messages.

Information collected automatically

  • Device and usage data, such as IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, referring URLs, timestamps, and general location inferred from IP.
  • Cookies and similar technologies that remember preferences and help measure site performance and advertising effectiveness. See the Cookies section below.

Information from third parties

  • Analytics and advertising partners may provide aggregated reports about visitors and ad performance.

We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us to request deletion.

Terms of Service

1. Use of Website

By accessing this site, you agree to:

  • Use content for personal, non-commercial purposes only.

  • Not copy, distribute, or republish tutorials, images, or text without permission.

2. Copyright & Creative Commons

Unless otherwise noted, all content is created by me, Sheri Pavlovic.

  • You may share one photo and a direct link to the original blog post.

  • Copying multiple images, full tutorials, or text without consent is prohibited.

  • Tutorials may not be sold or republished without express written consent.

  • For permission requests: hello@RefashionistaSheri.com.

3. Services & Sales

4. User Responsibilities

  • You are responsible for following tutorials and DIY projects safely.

  • I am not liable for injury, damage, or loss resulting from attempting tutorials or misuse of products.

5. Limitation of Liability

  • To the maximum extent permitted by law, I am not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.

  • Liability is limited to the amount you paid for the service/product.

6. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Ontario, Canada, and any disputes will be handled in that jurisdiction.

7. Updates

I may revise these Terms from time to time. Continued use of this site constitutes acceptance of updated Terms.

2. How we use information

We use personal information to:

  • Provide, operate, and improve the website and content.
  • Communicate with you, respond to messages, and send updates you request.
  • Process purchases and prevent fraud through our payment partners.
  • Measure performance, troubleshoot, and run analytics.
  • Personalize content and advertising where applicable and permitted by law.
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

Legal bases under GDPR, where applicable, include: performance of a contract, consent, compliance with legal obligations, and our legitimate interests in operating and improving the site, communicating with users, and protecting the service from abuse and fraud.

3. Third party services we use

We work with trusted third parties to run the site. These parties collect or process personal information as described below. Click through to their policies for details.

Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)

  • Purpose: analytics and performance measurement.
  • Data: page views, events, device data, truncated IP, approximate location, and similar usage data.
  • Opt out: use the cookie settings link on our site or install Google’s opt out add-on.
  • Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)

  • Purpose: deployment and management of analytics and marketing tags. Tag Manager itself does not read or store personal data beyond what is necessary to activate tags.
  • Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Ads and DoubleClick (Google LLC)

  • Purpose: serve and measure advertising, including interest based ads where consent or applicable law allows.
  • Data: cookie identifiers, device and usage data, ad interactions.
  • Controls: use our cookie settings tool and the Ad Settings and Ads Preferences links provided in the Cookies section.
  • Policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

YouTube embeds (Google LLC)

  • Purpose: display videos on our pages.
  • Data: when you view an embedded video, YouTube may receive your IP address, device information, and interaction data. Playback may set cookies or use local storage.
  • Tip: you can block third party cookies in your browser if desired.
  • Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Stripe (Stripe, Inc.)

  • Purpose: payment processing and fraud prevention.
  • Data: payment method details, device and network data used for fraud checks. We do not receive or store full card numbers.
  • Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy

PayPal (PayPal, Inc.)

Google Fonts and gstatic (Google LLC)

  • Purpose: serve web fonts efficiently.
  • Data: your device may request font files from Google’s servers which exposes your IP address and user agent to Google for delivery and caching.
  • Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Translate widget (Google LLC) if enabled

We may add or change service providers over time. When we do, we will update this policy.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files placed on your device that help the site function, remember preferences, measure performance, and support advertising. We use the following categories:

  • Strictly necessary cookies that are required to deliver pages and prevent abuse.
  • Functional cookies that remember preferences.
  • Performance and analytics cookies that help us understand how visitors use the site.
  • Advertising cookies that show or measure ads where applicable.

Your choices

  • Cookie settings. Use the Cookie Settings link in the footer to accept, reject, or adjust categories that are not strictly necessary.
  • Browser controls. Most browsers let you block or delete cookies.
  • Ad choices. See Google Ad Settings and Your Ad Choices for interest based ads controls.

Disabling some cookies may affect site functionality.

5. Sharing and transfers

We share personal information with service providers that help us operate the site and deliver services, such as hosting, analytics, payments, security, and customer support. These providers are permitted to process information only to perform those services for us.

Our providers may be located in countries other than your own, including the United States and EU member states. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for cross border transfers, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, or other legally recognized mechanisms.

We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect our rights, safety, and property, or in connection with a business transaction such as a restructuring.

We do not sell personal information for money. For CCPA purposes, we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined, and we do not knowingly process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics.

6. Data retention

We retain personal information only as long as needed for the purposes stated in this policy and to meet legal or accounting obligations.

  • Contact and communications records: up to 24 months after the last interaction.
  • Comment and site account records: while the content remains published or until you ask us to delete it.
  • Order and payment records: 7 years to satisfy tax and accounting requirements.
  • Analytics data: up to 26 months in aggregated form.

When retention periods expire we delete or anonymize data.

7. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to safeguard personal information. No method of transmission or storage is 100 percent secure. If we learn of a breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you and regulators as required by law.

8. Your rights

If you are in the EU or UK you have the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, and portability, and to object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing. Where processing is based on consent you can withdraw consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority.

If you are in Canada you can request access to and correction of your personal information, and you may challenge our compliance with PIPEDA with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

If you are a California resident you have the right to request to know, access, and delete personal information, to correct inaccuracies, to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information where applicable, and to opt out of sale or sharing for cross context behavioral advertising if it occurs. We do not sell or share personal information as defined by the CCPA. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your rights.

To exercise your rights, email hello@RefashionistaSheri.com with the subject line Privacy Request and tell us what you need. We may take steps to verify your identity. You may authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf with proof of authority.

9. Consent and withdrawal

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

  • For cookies and trackers, use the Cookie Settings link in the footer of each page to manage preferences.
  • For email communications that you opted into, use the unsubscribe link in those messages or email us.

10. Links to other sites

Our site may link to other websites or storefronts. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies. For example, if you click to purchase through PayPal or watch a video on YouTube, those services will process your data under their policies.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will change the Last updated date at the top and post the revised policy on this page. Material changes will be highlighted for a reasonable period.

12. Contact us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at:

Confessions of a Refashionista
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Email: hello@RefashionistaSheri.com