FabricGuru.com Privacy and Data Protection Policy Statement

At FabricGuru.com, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information we collect, use, and process in accordance with applicable state privacy and data protection legislation. This policy statement outlines our commitment to safeguarding personal data and ensuring compliance with these laws.

1. Scope
   This policy applies to all employees, contractors, vendors, and third parties who have access to, process, or store personal data on behalf of FabricGuru.com. It covers all personal data collected, used, or processed by FabricGuru.com in any format, including electronic, paper, and verbal communications.
2. Principles
   To ensure compliance with state privacy and data protection legislation, FabricGuru.com adheres to the following principles:
   a. Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: We process personal data lawfully, fairly, and transparently, providing clear information about the purposes for which we collect and use personal data and our data processing activities.
   b. Purpose limitation: We collect personal data for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes, and we do not process it in ways incompatible with those purposes.
   c. Data minimization: We collect only the personal data necessary for the specific purposes for which it is intended and ensure that it is adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary.
   d. Accuracy: We take reasonable steps to ensure that personal data is accurate, up-to-date, and, where necessary, corrected or deleted.
   e. Storage limitation: We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements.
   f. Integrity and confidentiality: We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
   g. Accountability: We take responsibility for ensuring compliance with state privacy and data protection legislation and demonstrate this compliance through proper documentation, training, and monitoring of our data processing activities.
3. Rights of Individuals
   FabricGuru.com respects the rights of individuals under state privacy and data protection legislation, including the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of their personal data, and the right to data portability. We have established procedures to respond to individuals' requests to exercise their rights in a timely and efficient manner.
4. Data Breach Notification
   In the event of a data breach involving personal data, FabricGuru.com will promptly notify affected individuals and relevant authorities, as required by state privacy and data protection legislation. We have established a data breach response plan to ensure timely and effective handling of such incidents.
5. Training and Awareness
   FabricGuru.com provides ongoing training and resources to ensure that all employees, contractors, vendors, and third parties who handle personal data on our behalf are aware of their responsibilities under state privacy and data protection legislation and this policy.
6. Compliance and Monitoring
   FabricGuru.com regularly reviews and updates its privacy and data protection policies, procedures, and practices to ensure ongoing compliance with state privacy and data protection legislation. We conduct audits and assessments to monitor the effectiveness of our data protection measures and identify areas for improvement.

By adhering to these principles and practices, FabricGuru.com is dedicated to maintaining the privacy and security of personal data and upholding our commitment to state privacy and data protection legislation.

For any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy and Data Protection Policy Statement, please email dpo@fabricguru.com.