Your privacy matters to us. This privacy policy explains what information Practical Textile collects when you visit practicaltextile.com, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices and rights you have.
The short version
We collect only what we need to run the site, answer your messages and show ads. We never sell your personal information. Advertising and analytics partners, such as Google, may use cookies. You can control cookies through our consent banner and your browser settings.
On this page
1. Who we are
Practical Textile (practicaltextile.com) is an educational website about textiles, operated by Kamrul Islam and the Practical Textile team in Bangladesh. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Practical Textile. We are responsible for the personal information collected through this website.
2. Information we collect
Information you give us
- Contact form: your name, email address, subject and message when you contact us.
- Comments: your name, email address, optional website and comment text. We also collect your IP address and browser details to help detect spam.
- Emails: any information you include when you email us directly.
Information collected automatically
- Device and browser information, such as browser type, operating system, screen size and language.
- Usage information, such as pages visited, time spent, referring website and links clicked.
- IP address and approximate location (country or city level), which our partners may use for analytics, fraud prevention and ad delivery.
- Cookie identifiers and similar technologies (see section 4).
We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information, and we ask you not to send it to us.
3. How we use information
- To run, maintain and improve the website and our articles.
- To reply to your messages, questions and correction requests.
- To publish and moderate comments.
- To understand which content is useful, using analytics.
- To show advertising, measure ad performance and prevent ad fraud.
- To earn affiliate commissions when you buy through our links.
- To protect the website from spam, abuse and security threats, and to meet legal duties.
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, we process your data based on your consent (for example, advertising and analytics cookies), our legitimate interests (running and securing the site, answering messages), and legal obligations where they apply. You can withdraw consent at any time.
4. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We and our partners use the following types:
| Type | What it does | Can you turn it off? |
|---|---|---|
| Necessary | Makes the site work, remembers your cookie choices, keeps logged-in sessions and comment details. | No, but you can block them in your browser. |
| Analytics | Helps us understand how visitors use the site. | Yes |
| Advertising | Shows ads, limits how often you see them, and measures results. May personalize ads. | Yes |
| Affiliate | Lets retailers such as Amazon know you came from our site. | Yes, through your browser settings. |
Visitors from the EEA, UK and Switzerland see a consent banner and can accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the site works.
5. Advertising partners
Google AdSense
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- Learn more in how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Other ad networks
We may also work with advertising partners such as Ezoic or Mediavine. These partners and their technology vendors may collect information such as IP address, device information, cookie IDs and browsing activity to show and measure ads. When we use them, their specific privacy disclosures will be added to this page. You can opt out of personalized ads from many companies at aboutads.info (US), youronlinechoices.eu (EU) and youradchoices.ca (Canada).
6. Analytics
We use Google Analytics (through Google Site Kit) and Google Search Console to understand how visitors find and use our site. Google may collect information such as pages viewed, device type and approximate location. You can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics.
7. Amazon and affiliate links
Practical Textile is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. When you click an Amazon link, Amazon may set cookies and collect information about your visit and purchases according to Amazon’s privacy notice. We receive only non-personal reports, such as the number of clicks and purchases, and never receive your name, address or payment details. Product boxes on our pages may load images and prices directly from Amazon.
8. Sharing and third parties
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share information only in these cases:
- Service providers that help run the site, such as our web host, backup service, email delivery, spam protection and social sharing tools.
- Advertising, analytics and affiliate partners described above, based on your cookie choices.
- Gravatar: if you comment, an anonymized string created from your email may be sent to Gravatar to show your profile picture.
- Legal reasons: when required by law, or to protect our rights, users or website.
Our pages may include embedded content, such as videos, and links to other websites. These websites have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for them.
9. How long we keep data
- Contact messages and emails: kept for as long as needed to answer you and for our records, usually no longer than 24 months.
- Comments: kept for as long as the comment is published.
- Analytics data: kept according to our Google Analytics retention settings.
- Cookies: kept for the period set by each cookie, or until you delete them.
10. Security and international transfers
We use reasonable measures, including a secure HTTPS connection, to protect your information. However, no internet transmission or storage method is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Our partners may process data in countries other than your own, including the United States. Where required, these transfers are protected by safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
11. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you and get a copy.
- Correct information that is wrong or incomplete.
- Ask us to delete your information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing, and withdraw consent at any time.
- Receive your data in a portable format.
- Complain to your local data protection authority.
EEA and UK visitors (GDPR): you have all the rights listed above.
California and other US state residents: you have the right to know, delete and correct personal information, and to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for targeted advertising. We do not sell personal information for money. You can opt out of targeted advertising using the cookie and ad choices described above, or by contacting us. We will not treat you differently for using your rights.
Do Not Track: our site does not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals, but you can control cookies as described above.
To use any of these rights, please contact us. We will reply within 30 days and may need to confirm your identity first.
12. Children’s privacy
This website is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA and UK). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy when our website, partners or legal requirements change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Please check this page from time to time.
14. Contact us
For any questions or requests about this privacy policy or your personal information, please use our contact page or email practicaltextilessk@gmail.com.
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