Privacy Policy
This policy describes how we use, handle, and protect your personal information for our services and products on the our website.
Collected User Data
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter or respond to a survey. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously, meaning you can browse our site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. However, once you give us your personal information, you are not anonymous to us. If you choose to provide us with personal information, you consent to the use, transfer, and storage of that information on our servers per the terms of this Privacy Policy. View below for more information.
Security
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order. We offer the use of a secure server and all your informations is stored on an offsite server located in the United States. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Database to be only accessed by those authorized with special access rights to our systems, and whom are required to keep the information confidential.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser - if you allow it to - that enables the site or service providers system to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about our site traffic and web page interaction so that we can offer you better experiences and tools in the future.
Third Party Distribution
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release or disclose your personal information to respond to legal requirements, to comply with applicable law, enforce our site policies, or protect our or others' rights, property, or safety. Such information will only be disclosed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We use Google Analytics to analyze site use anonymously, to determine product popularity, site flaws and analytical data. For more information, please visit Google Analytics Policy.
Use of Data
Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. You agree that we may use your personal information in any of the following ways:
- To personalize your experience: your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs
- To improve our website: we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you
- To improve customer service: your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs
- To process transactions: Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your express written consent, other than for the specific purpose of delivering the purchased product or performing the service requested.
- Ability to send emails: The email address you provide for order processing, will only be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order. If you decide to opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
Third Party Links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not collect any information from anyone under thirteen (13) years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your express written consent. As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site may make any changes to their information at anytime by logging into their control panel and going to the 'Edit Profile' page.
Copyrights and Trademarks
All content whether printed matter or on web site, including but not limited to pictures, text, images, logos, and format, is the copyright © of My Textile Fabrics and/or its content suppliers. All rights reserved. No part may be used or reproduced without express written consent. Copyright infringement is a violation of law prohibited by applicable US and International copyright laws, and subject to criminal and civil penalties.
This privacy policy sets out how My Textile Fabrics uses and protects any information that you give My Textile Fabrics when you use this website. My Textile Fabrics is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. My Textile Fabrics may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
For the exhaustive list of cookies we collect see the List of cookies we collect section.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at customerservice@bentextiles.com
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to 515 E. 9th Street Unit B, Los Angeles, CA 90015
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
List of cookies we collect
The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.
COOKIE name |
COOKIE Description |
CART |
The association with your shopping cart. |
CATEGORY_INFO |
Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly. |
COMPARE |
The items that you have in the Compare Products list. |
CURRENCY |
Your preferred currency |
CUSTOMER |
An encrypted version of your customer id with the store. |
CUSTOMER_AUTH |
An indicator if you are currently logged into the store. |
CUSTOMER_INFO |
An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to. |
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS |
Stores the Customer Segment ID |
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE |
A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not. |
FRONTEND |
You sesssion ID on the server. |
GUEST-VIEW |
Allows guests to edit their orders. |
LAST_CATEGORY |
The last category you visited. |
LAST_PRODUCT |
The most recent product you have viewed. |
NEWMESSAGE |
Indicates whether a new message has been received. |
NO_CACHE |
Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache. |
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART |
A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site. |
POLL |
The ID of any polls you have recently voted in. |
POLLN |
Information on what polls you have voted on. |
RECENTLYCOMPARED |
The items that you have recently compared. |
STF |
Information on products you have emailed to friends. |
STORE |
The store view or language you have selected. |
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE |
Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies. |
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS |
The products that you have recently viewed. |
WISHLIST |
An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist. |
WISHLIST_CNT |
The number of items in your Wishlist. |