Privacy
1. FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE - DATA PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
Definitions "EU" means the European Union. "GDPR" means the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. "UAE" means the United Arab Emirates.
1.1 The person responsible for your Personal Data is FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE.
1.2 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE is a limited liability company incorporated in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates with its principal place of business located at Warehouse No. LV-69-B,
Hamriyah Free Zone Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
1.3 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE takes its data protection and privacy responsibilities seriously. This Data Privacy Policy describes how we collect, process, use, disclose and transfer your personal data as a "data controller". A "data controller" is an organization that determines why and how it processes the personal data it holds. This Privacy Policy applies when you contact us, use our services and products, or interact with our website such as https://fabiotex.com.
2. TERMS OF USE
2.1 Use of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website is governed by our DATA ACCESS POLICY ("Policy"). Please make sure you read and understand them carefully. In jurisdictions where your consent to the Policy is required, you hereby agree to be bound by it and agree to be bound by this Policy and the Terms.
2.2 Applicability of the Policy The Data Privacy Policy applies to website visitors and third parties. Please refer to section 5 of this policy to understand what personal data is and how and why FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE uses your data.
2.3 Data Accuracy The accuracy of your data is very important to us. You are obliged to provide us with correct and accurate information. If necessary, we also give you the opportunity to correct the data you have provided to us through self-service and our customer service.
3 UPDATES
3.1 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE will make necessary changes to this privacy policy at its discretion, where and when required, without any notice to you. However, we encourage you to review this policy from time to time to check for updates.
4. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
4.1 The FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website may link to other websites, including those of our service providers and advertisers. We are not responsible for how third party websites operate or how they may process any personal data you provide to them. It is important that you understand this and check their respective privacy policies and terms of use.
4.2 We may also, from time to time, work with ad networks and other online advertising providers to place advertisements on our behalf or on behalf of other unaffiliated parties on our sites and online. These advertisements may be presented to you based on products and services that the advertising providers believe are relevant to your interests. These preferences may be determined based on information collected about your behavior when you visit our sites and other unrelated sites and applications over time.
5. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT, WHEN AND WHY WE USE IT
5.1 What is personal data?
5.1.1 Personal data in this Privacy Policy means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"). An identifiable natural person is a person who can be directly or indirectly identified, in particular by identifiers that FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE may collect, such as name, e-mail address, telephone number, company name or special categories of personal data relating to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
5.2 When and why is Personal Data collected?
5.2.1 Personal Data is collected to access specific areas of our website.
5.2.2 Customer Support and Online Services
a) If you contact us by email, or any other means provided by FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE, with an inquiry or comment about any of our services or products, we will need to collect information about you (including your contact details) to help us respond to your inquiry or request or to provide you with our services. We may do this when you call our customer support center or interact with us through our online support tools. This information may include identifying information (such as your name, date of birth, gender, nationality, etc.), contact details (such as email address and telephone number) and other information (such as your interests and personal preferences, transaction history on our website). b) We do this to monitor and improve our customer support services, to pursue and defend legal claims, and to comply with legal obligations imposed on us.
5.2.3 Creating Registered Accounts on FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE
a) There are a number of areas of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website that we require you to register to access so that you can make full use of the services available on them.
b) If you register with us to create an account on the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website, we may process your Personal Data to:
Manage your access to certain parts of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website and, where applicable, allow you to make certain purchases or receive certain services; Send you newsletters, marketing and promotional materials (based on the contact details you have provided to us), in accordance with your marketing preferences;
c) If you register with us to create an account on the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website, the personal data we will collect from you may include identifying information (such as your name, age, gender and country of residence), contact details (such as your email address, telephone number and address), your preferences and may also include professional information about you and your photograph. Please note that any information that is not required will not be retained by FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE.
d) If you create an account with us, we may use your personal information to verify your identity when you use the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE websites. We may also use your contact information to send you transactional and other non-marketing emails regarding your account and to provide certain other account services to facilitate your transactions with FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE and/or your use of the services we offer on the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website.
5.2.4 Additional Information a) Occasionally we will require you to provide additional Personal Data. In this case, we will provide additional information about why we collect this data and how we will use it.
5.2.5 Information posted by you a) Information posted by you in public areas of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website or elsewhere on the Internet may be used by anyone, including FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE.
6. LAWFUL BASIS FOR USING YOUR DATA
6.1 We will only collect, use and share your Personal Data if we have an appropriate lawful basis for doing so. Depending on where you are located, relevant lawful bases may include:
6.1.1 if we need to use your Personal Data to perform a contract or take steps to enter into a contract with you;
6.1.2 our legitimate interests as an organization, for example, we may use customer contact information to inform our customers of changes to FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE and other important communications;
6.1.3 if we need to use your Personal Data to comply with a relevant legal or regulatory obligation we have; and
6.1.4 if we have your consent to use your Personal Data for a particular activity. If you are a data subject in the UAE, this will always be the legal basis on which your Personal Data will be processed.
7. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH OTHERS
7.1 We work closely with a number of trusted partners with whom we may need to share your Personal Data to help us deliver our services, such as:
7.1.1 banks and payment service providers to authorize and complete payments;
7.1.2 third parties who help us run our business and provide services. For example, these may be IT service providers who help manage our IT systems and back office or third party booking agents.
7.1.3 We may share your personal data with our partners who may send you marketing and promotional information.
7.1.4 We may from time to time share information about you with government organizations and agencies, including international organizations, to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and lawful requests by law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental or international authorities, or when it is in our legitimate interests to do so, even if we are not compelled to share such information under applicable law.
7.2 If in the future we sell or transfer some or all of our businesses or assets to a third party, we may disclose or transfer information to a potential or actual third-party purchaser of our businesses or assets.
8. MORE ABOUT DIRECT MARKETING, PROFILING AND AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING
8.1 Direct Marketing
8.1.1 We aim to inform you about FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE and our products and services according to your personal preferences.
8.1.2 We will normally send information by email, but may contact you by other means such as telephone, post, SMS and/or other electronic means as may be more appropriate.
8.2 Managing your marketing preferences
8.2.1 To protect your privacy rights and to ensure that you have control over how we manage marketing with you:
(a) We will take steps to limit direct marketing to a reasonable and proportionate level and only send you communications that we believe may be of interest or relevance to you;
(b) to stop receiving marketing material from us, you may click on the "unsubscribe" link you will find in any emails you receive from us or, in the case of other types of communications, by contacting us.
8.2.2 We recommend that you regularly check the privacy policy and preference settings that are available to you on any social media platforms.
8.3 More about profiling and analytics
8.3.1 We use some of the information you provide to us to carry out profiling and analytics using that data.
8.3.2 Some of the legitimate purposes for which we profile and analyze data include: a) so that we can improve the services we provide to you;
(b) To provide you with personalized content online and optimize your experience of using our websites;
c) to offer personalized products when you use our services;
d) to better understand our customers, what you would like to see from us and how we can improve our services to you;
e) to distribute promotional materials that we think may be of interest to you, including from our third party partners; and
f) to help us manage our services more effectively.
8.3.4 If you use FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE websites from the EU or countries with similar data protection laws, we will only process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests, unless this is contrary to your own interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
9. CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER
9.1 We operate from the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") where our head office is located.
9.2 In carrying out our activities, we may need to transfer data, including your Personal Data, to the European Union ("EU") in the event that it leaves the EU and/or UAE. Our third party service providers may also need to transfer your Personal Data to third countries outside the EU to perform their services.
9.3 We will take appropriate steps to ensure that transfers of Personal Data are carried out in accordance with applicable law and are carefully monitored to protect your privacy rights and interests. If your Personal Data is transferred outside the EU, the transfer will be limited to countries that are recognized as providing an adequate level of legal protection as assessed by the European Commission or where we can satisfy ourselves that alternative data protection mechanisms are in place to protect your privacy rights. To this end, where required by law, when we transfer your Personal Data to third parties who help provide our products and services, we will contractually oblige them to protect your Personal Data.
9.4 You have the right to contact us for further information about the precautions we have taken (including, for EU Data Subjects, the right to obtain a copy of the relevant contractual obligations, which may be redacted) to ensure that your Personal Data is adequately protected when it is transferred as set out above. See also "Your Rights" (section 12) below.
10. HOW WE PROTECT AND STORE YOUR INFORMATION
10.1 How we protect your information
10.1.1 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE invests in appropriate and reasonable cybersecurity measures and practices to maintain the security and confidentiality of your Personal Information, including, but not limited to:
(a) Limiting access to your Personal Data, including through password protection and, in some cases, encryption, and ensuring that Personal Data is only used for strictly necessary purposes, such as responding to an inquiry or service request;
(b) implementing physical, electronic, administrative, technical and procedural safeguards to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized or improper access, alteration, disclosure and/or destruction.
10.2 Storage of your Personal Data
10.2.1 We will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, as explained in this Privacy Policy.
10.2.2 In some circumstances we may need to retain your Personal Data for a longer period of time, for example if we are required to do so by legal, reporting, regulatory, tax and accounting requirements. If you require information about how we store specific information, you can contact us.
10.2.3 In certain circumstances, we may retain your Personal Data for a longer period of time so that we have an accurate record of your relationship with us in the event of any complaints or claims, or if we reasonably believe that there is a prospect of litigation relating to your Personal Data or relationship with you.
10.2.4 To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Data, we will take into account the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm resulting from unauthorized use or disclosure of the Personal Data, the purposes for which we process the Personal Data and whether those purposes can be achieved by other means.
11. YOUR RIGHTS - THE LEGAL RIGHTS AVAILABLE TO MANAGE YOUR PRIVACY
11.1 You may have certain rights related to your Personal Data, depending on the country in which you visit the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website. In some cases, depending on applicable law, such as the GDPR, these rights may include: To be informed - this right allows you to receive information from us about what Personal Data we collect and what we do with it. The purpose of this Policy is to give effect to this right.
Access to your Personal Data (commonly known as a "data access request"). This will allow you to obtain a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you and to check whether we are lawfully processing it.
Erase your Personal Data. This allows you to ask us to delete or remove Personal Data unless we have a compelling reason to continue processing it. You also have the right to ask us to erase your Personal Data if you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), if we may have unlawfully processed your information or if we are required to delete your Personal Data under local law. Please note that we may be legally obliged to retain your data for certain purposes (see section 10.2).
Restrict the processing of your personal data. This allows you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following circumstances:
(a) If you want us to establish the accuracy of the data;
b) if our use of the data is unlawful;
c) if you want us to keep the data even if we no longer need it because you need it to establish, exercise or defend a legitimate claim; or
(d) you have objected to us using your data, but we need to check whether we have compelling legitimate grounds for using it.
Transfer of your personal data to you or a third party. We will provide you or a third party of your choice with your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information that you have initially consented to us using, or where we have used that information to fulfill a contract with you.
Object to the processing of personal data, including its use for direct marketing purposes, provided that you can justify your objection on the grounds that your fundamental rights and freedoms override our legitimate interests or those of a third party. At the same time, you acknowledge that we (or the third party) can demonstrate that we (or they) have valid legitimate legitimate reasons for processing your information which may override your rights and freedoms."
Obtain a copy of the safeguards used when transferring your personal data outside the jurisdiction in which it was obtained (in accordance with clause 9.4).
File a complaint with your local data supervisory authority.
11.2 Please note that the rights set out in clause 12.1 are not absolute and may be subject to our own rights in relation to Personal Data.
11.3 You may contact your local data protection authority directly. However, we recommend that you contact us in the first instance as we aim to promptly resolve any concerns or complaints you may have about the processing of your Personal Data.
11.4 You may exercise your rights by contacting us as set out in section 16. Subject to legal and permissible considerations, we will use all reasonable endeavors to promptly comply with your request or inform you if we require additional information to comply with it. This may include asking you to confirm your identity or provide other information for security purposes before disclosing Personal Data to you. We may not always be able to fully comply with your request, for example if it would affect our duty of confidentiality to others or if we are entitled by law to deal with your request differently. We reserve the right to refuse your request if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
11.6 You have the right to contact us for more information about the precautions we have taken to ensure that your personal data is adequately protected when it is transferred as set out above.
12. INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DEPENDANTS AND RELATED PERSONS
12.1 If you provide FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE with Personal Data about your immediate family members and/or related individuals for emergency communications or any other purposes, you are required to inform these individuals of such activity and obtain their consent, if necessary, to process (including transfer) their Personal Data as set out in this Privacy Policy.
13. COLLECTION OF MINORS' DATA
13.1 If you reside in the UAE and are under the age of 18 or, alternatively, reside elsewhere and have not yet reached the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside, we may not enter into a direct contract with you. If required by local law, by agreeing to this Privacy Policy, your guardian acknowledges and agrees to the terms of this Privacy Policy on your behalf. If we seek your consent to process your Personal Data for a specific purpose under this Privacy Policy, such consent must be provided on your behalf by your guardian.
14. CONTACT US
14.1 If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about our compliance with this Privacy Policy and data protection regulations, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us. We will investigate and try to resolve complaints and disputes and will use all reasonable endeavors to satisfy you that you wish to exercise your rights as soon as possible, in any event within the time limits provided by applicable data protection laws.
14.2 In some countries, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority. We ask that you try to resolve any issues with us before contacting your local supervisory authority.
14.3 If you have any questions or comments about FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE's processing of your personal information and privacy practices, or if you would like us to update the information or preferences you have provided to us, you may contact our data protection department by emailing fabio.trade.official@gmail.com.
1. FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE - DATA PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY
Definitions "EU" means the European Union. "GDPR" means the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. "UAE" means the United Arab Emirates.
1.1 The person responsible for your Personal Data is FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE.
1.2 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE is a limited liability company incorporated in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates with its principal place of business located at Warehouse No. LV-69-B,
Hamriyah Free Zone Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
1.3 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE takes its data protection and privacy responsibilities seriously. This Data Privacy Policy describes how we collect, process, use, disclose and transfer your personal data as a "data controller". A "data controller" is an organization that determines why and how it processes the personal data it holds. This Privacy Policy applies when you contact us, use our services and products, or interact with our website such as https://fabiotex.com.
2. TERMS OF USE
2.1 Use of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website is governed by our DATA ACCESS POLICY ("Policy"). Please make sure you read and understand them carefully. In jurisdictions where your consent to the Policy is required, you hereby agree to be bound by it and agree to be bound by this Policy and the Terms.
2.2 Applicability of the Policy The Data Privacy Policy applies to website visitors and third parties. Please refer to section 5 of this policy to understand what personal data is and how and why FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE uses your data.
2.3 Data Accuracy The accuracy of your data is very important to us. You are obliged to provide us with correct and accurate information. If necessary, we also give you the opportunity to correct the data you have provided to us through self-service and our customer service.
3 UPDATES
3.1 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE will make necessary changes to this privacy policy at its discretion, where and when required, without any notice to you. However, we encourage you to review this policy from time to time to check for updates.
4. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
4.1 The FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website may link to other websites, including those of our service providers and advertisers. We are not responsible for how third party websites operate or how they may process any personal data you provide to them. It is important that you understand this and check their respective privacy policies and terms of use.
4.2 We may also, from time to time, work with ad networks and other online advertising providers to place advertisements on our behalf or on behalf of other unaffiliated parties on our sites and online. These advertisements may be presented to you based on products and services that the advertising providers believe are relevant to your interests. These preferences may be determined based on information collected about your behavior when you visit our sites and other unrelated sites and applications over time.
5. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT, WHEN AND WHY WE USE IT
5.1 What is personal data?
5.1.1 Personal data in this Privacy Policy means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person ("data subject"). An identifiable natural person is a person who can be directly or indirectly identified, in particular by identifiers that FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE may collect, such as name, e-mail address, telephone number, company name or special categories of personal data relating to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
5.2 When and why is Personal Data collected?
5.2.1 Personal Data is collected to access specific areas of our website.
5.2.2 Customer Support and Online Services
a) If you contact us by email, or any other means provided by FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE, with an inquiry or comment about any of our services or products, we will need to collect information about you (including your contact details) to help us respond to your inquiry or request or to provide you with our services. We may do this when you call our customer support center or interact with us through our online support tools. This information may include identifying information (such as your name, date of birth, gender, nationality, etc.), contact details (such as email address and telephone number) and other information (such as your interests and personal preferences, transaction history on our website). b) We do this to monitor and improve our customer support services, to pursue and defend legal claims, and to comply with legal obligations imposed on us.
5.2.3 Creating Registered Accounts on FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE
a) There are a number of areas of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website that we require you to register to access so that you can make full use of the services available on them.
b) If you register with us to create an account on the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website, we may process your Personal Data to:
Manage your access to certain parts of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website and, where applicable, allow you to make certain purchases or receive certain services; Send you newsletters, marketing and promotional materials (based on the contact details you have provided to us), in accordance with your marketing preferences;
c) If you register with us to create an account on the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website, the personal data we will collect from you may include identifying information (such as your name, age, gender and country of residence), contact details (such as your email address, telephone number and address), your preferences and may also include professional information about you and your photograph. Please note that any information that is not required will not be retained by FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE.
d) If you create an account with us, we may use your personal information to verify your identity when you use the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE websites. We may also use your contact information to send you transactional and other non-marketing emails regarding your account and to provide certain other account services to facilitate your transactions with FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE and/or your use of the services we offer on the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website.
5.2.4 Additional Information a) Occasionally we will require you to provide additional Personal Data. In this case, we will provide additional information about why we collect this data and how we will use it.
5.2.5 Information posted by you a) Information posted by you in public areas of the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website or elsewhere on the Internet may be used by anyone, including FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE.
6. LAWFUL BASIS FOR USING YOUR DATA
6.1 We will only collect, use and share your Personal Data if we have an appropriate lawful basis for doing so. Depending on where you are located, relevant lawful bases may include:
6.1.1 if we need to use your Personal Data to perform a contract or take steps to enter into a contract with you;
6.1.2 our legitimate interests as an organization, for example, we may use customer contact information to inform our customers of changes to FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE and other important communications;
6.1.3 if we need to use your Personal Data to comply with a relevant legal or regulatory obligation we have; and
6.1.4 if we have your consent to use your Personal Data for a particular activity. If you are a data subject in the UAE, this will always be the legal basis on which your Personal Data will be processed.
7. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH OTHERS
7.1 We work closely with a number of trusted partners with whom we may need to share your Personal Data to help us deliver our services, such as:
7.1.1 banks and payment service providers to authorize and complete payments;
7.1.2 third parties who help us run our business and provide services. For example, these may be IT service providers who help manage our IT systems and back office or third party booking agents.
7.1.3 We may share your personal data with our partners who may send you marketing and promotional information.
7.1.4 We may from time to time share information about you with government organizations and agencies, including international organizations, to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations, and lawful requests by law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental or international authorities, or when it is in our legitimate interests to do so, even if we are not compelled to share such information under applicable law.
7.2 If in the future we sell or transfer some or all of our businesses or assets to a third party, we may disclose or transfer information to a potential or actual third-party purchaser of our businesses or assets.
8. MORE ABOUT DIRECT MARKETING, PROFILING AND AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING
8.1 Direct Marketing
8.1.1 We aim to inform you about FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE and our products and services according to your personal preferences.
8.1.2 We will normally send information by email, but may contact you by other means such as telephone, post, SMS and/or other electronic means as may be more appropriate.
8.2 Managing your marketing preferences
8.2.1 To protect your privacy rights and to ensure that you have control over how we manage marketing with you:
(a) We will take steps to limit direct marketing to a reasonable and proportionate level and only send you communications that we believe may be of interest or relevance to you;
(b) to stop receiving marketing material from us, you may click on the "unsubscribe" link you will find in any emails you receive from us or, in the case of other types of communications, by contacting us.
8.2.2 We recommend that you regularly check the privacy policy and preference settings that are available to you on any social media platforms.
8.3 More about profiling and analytics
8.3.1 We use some of the information you provide to us to carry out profiling and analytics using that data.
8.3.2 Some of the legitimate purposes for which we profile and analyze data include: a) so that we can improve the services we provide to you;
(b) To provide you with personalized content online and optimize your experience of using our websites;
c) to offer personalized products when you use our services;
d) to better understand our customers, what you would like to see from us and how we can improve our services to you;
e) to distribute promotional materials that we think may be of interest to you, including from our third party partners; and
f) to help us manage our services more effectively.
8.3.4 If you use FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE websites from the EU or countries with similar data protection laws, we will only process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests, unless this is contrary to your own interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
9. CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER
9.1 We operate from the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") where our head office is located.
9.2 In carrying out our activities, we may need to transfer data, including your Personal Data, to the European Union ("EU") in the event that it leaves the EU and/or UAE. Our third party service providers may also need to transfer your Personal Data to third countries outside the EU to perform their services.
9.3 We will take appropriate steps to ensure that transfers of Personal Data are carried out in accordance with applicable law and are carefully monitored to protect your privacy rights and interests. If your Personal Data is transferred outside the EU, the transfer will be limited to countries that are recognized as providing an adequate level of legal protection as assessed by the European Commission or where we can satisfy ourselves that alternative data protection mechanisms are in place to protect your privacy rights. To this end, where required by law, when we transfer your Personal Data to third parties who help provide our products and services, we will contractually oblige them to protect your Personal Data.
9.4 You have the right to contact us for further information about the precautions we have taken (including, for EU Data Subjects, the right to obtain a copy of the relevant contractual obligations, which may be redacted) to ensure that your Personal Data is adequately protected when it is transferred as set out above. See also "Your Rights" (section 12) below.
10. HOW WE PROTECT AND STORE YOUR INFORMATION
10.1 How we protect your information
10.1.1 FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE invests in appropriate and reasonable cybersecurity measures and practices to maintain the security and confidentiality of your Personal Information, including, but not limited to:
(a) Limiting access to your Personal Data, including through password protection and, in some cases, encryption, and ensuring that Personal Data is only used for strictly necessary purposes, such as responding to an inquiry or service request;
(b) implementing physical, electronic, administrative, technical and procedural safeguards to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized or improper access, alteration, disclosure and/or destruction.
10.2 Storage of your Personal Data
10.2.1 We will retain your Personal Data for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, as explained in this Privacy Policy.
10.2.2 In some circumstances we may need to retain your Personal Data for a longer period of time, for example if we are required to do so by legal, reporting, regulatory, tax and accounting requirements. If you require information about how we store specific information, you can contact us.
10.2.3 In certain circumstances, we may retain your Personal Data for a longer period of time so that we have an accurate record of your relationship with us in the event of any complaints or claims, or if we reasonably believe that there is a prospect of litigation relating to your Personal Data or relationship with you.
10.2.4 To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Data, we will take into account the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm resulting from unauthorized use or disclosure of the Personal Data, the purposes for which we process the Personal Data and whether those purposes can be achieved by other means.
11. YOUR RIGHTS - THE LEGAL RIGHTS AVAILABLE TO MANAGE YOUR PRIVACY
11.1 You may have certain rights related to your Personal Data, depending on the country in which you visit the FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE website. In some cases, depending on applicable law, such as the GDPR, these rights may include: To be informed - this right allows you to receive information from us about what Personal Data we collect and what we do with it. The purpose of this Policy is to give effect to this right.
Access to your Personal Data (commonly known as a "data access request"). This will allow you to obtain a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you and to check whether we are lawfully processing it.
Erase your Personal Data. This allows you to ask us to delete or remove Personal Data unless we have a compelling reason to continue processing it. You also have the right to ask us to erase your Personal Data if you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), if we may have unlawfully processed your information or if we are required to delete your Personal Data under local law. Please note that we may be legally obliged to retain your data for certain purposes (see section 10.2).
Restrict the processing of your personal data. This allows you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following circumstances:
(a) If you want us to establish the accuracy of the data;
b) if our use of the data is unlawful;
c) if you want us to keep the data even if we no longer need it because you need it to establish, exercise or defend a legitimate claim; or
(d) you have objected to us using your data, but we need to check whether we have compelling legitimate grounds for using it.
Transfer of your personal data to you or a third party. We will provide you or a third party of your choice with your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information that you have initially consented to us using, or where we have used that information to fulfill a contract with you.
Object to the processing of personal data, including its use for direct marketing purposes, provided that you can justify your objection on the grounds that your fundamental rights and freedoms override our legitimate interests or those of a third party. At the same time, you acknowledge that we (or the third party) can demonstrate that we (or they) have valid legitimate legitimate reasons for processing your information which may override your rights and freedoms."
Obtain a copy of the safeguards used when transferring your personal data outside the jurisdiction in which it was obtained (in accordance with clause 9.4).
File a complaint with your local data supervisory authority.
11.2 Please note that the rights set out in clause 12.1 are not absolute and may be subject to our own rights in relation to Personal Data.
11.3 You may contact your local data protection authority directly. However, we recommend that you contact us in the first instance as we aim to promptly resolve any concerns or complaints you may have about the processing of your Personal Data.
11.4 You may exercise your rights by contacting us as set out in section 16. Subject to legal and permissible considerations, we will use all reasonable endeavors to promptly comply with your request or inform you if we require additional information to comply with it. This may include asking you to confirm your identity or provide other information for security purposes before disclosing Personal Data to you. We may not always be able to fully comply with your request, for example if it would affect our duty of confidentiality to others or if we are entitled by law to deal with your request differently. We reserve the right to refuse your request if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
11.6 You have the right to contact us for more information about the precautions we have taken to ensure that your personal data is adequately protected when it is transferred as set out above.
12. INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DEPENDANTS AND RELATED PERSONS
12.1 If you provide FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE with Personal Data about your immediate family members and/or related individuals for emergency communications or any other purposes, you are required to inform these individuals of such activity and obtain their consent, if necessary, to process (including transfer) their Personal Data as set out in this Privacy Policy.
13. COLLECTION OF MINORS' DATA
13.1 If you reside in the UAE and are under the age of 18 or, alternatively, reside elsewhere and have not yet reached the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside, we may not enter into a direct contract with you. If required by local law, by agreeing to this Privacy Policy, your guardian acknowledges and agrees to the terms of this Privacy Policy on your behalf. If we seek your consent to process your Personal Data for a specific purpose under this Privacy Policy, such consent must be provided on your behalf by your guardian.
14. CONTACT US
14.1 If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about our compliance with this Privacy Policy and data protection regulations, or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us. We will investigate and try to resolve complaints and disputes and will use all reasonable endeavors to satisfy you that you wish to exercise your rights as soon as possible, in any event within the time limits provided by applicable data protection laws.
14.2 In some countries, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority. We ask that you try to resolve any issues with us before contacting your local supervisory authority.
14.3 If you have any questions or comments about FABRIC ARTISIANS AND BRANDS INTERNATIONAL FZE's processing of your personal information and privacy practices, or if you would like us to update the information or preferences you have provided to us, you may contact our data protection department by emailing fabio.trade.official@gmail.com.
