Privacy policy
What this website collects, why, and how to turn the optional parts off. Written against what the site actually does, not from a template.
Awaiting legal review
This policy describes the site's real behaviour accurately, but it has not been reviewed by IWS's counsel and is not legal advice. It must be reviewed and adopted before launch.
Fig. 01Cookies
Your cookie choice.
Nothing optional is set until you choose. You can change your mind here at any time, and the change takes effect immediately.
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Fig. 02Collection
What we collect.
| What | Detail | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Form submissions | Name, email, phone, company, project name and whatever you write in the message field. The fabric sample order also takes a shipping address, because we have to post something to it. | To answer your enquiry, quote your project, or send your samples. | Emailed to our sales team and held in that mailbox. The website itself stores none of it. |
| Newsletter signup | Your email address only. | So we can add you to the list. There is no marketing platform behind this — it emails a person. | Until you ask to be removed. |
| Spec list and sample cart | The products and fabrics you add. This stays in your own browser and is never sent to us until you submit the form. | So the list survives you closing the tab. | In your browser's local storage until you clear it or submit. |
| Abuse prevention | A short-lived record derived from your IP address, used to rate limit form submissions. | To stop the forms being used to send spam. | One hour, in memory. It is not written to a database and not used for anything else. |
| Analytics | If you allow it: pages viewed, roughly where in the world you are, and how you arrived. IP addresses are anonymised. | To see which parts of the site are useful. | By Google Analytics under their retention settings. Nothing fires unless you say yes. |
Fig. 03Practices
What we don't do.
- We do not sell or rent personal information.
- We do not log the contents of form submissions on the server.
- We do not store your spec list, sample cart or shipping address on our servers.
- We do not run advertising trackers unless you have accepted them.
- We do not use dark patterns to get consent — refusing is one click, in the same place as accepting.
Third parties
- Google Analytics — usage measurement, only with consent.
- Resend — delivers form submissions to our mailbox.
- Adobe Fonts — serves the typeface. Adobe receives the request for the font file.
Fig. 04Your rights
Asking us for your data, or to delete it.
Depending on where you live you may have the right to see what we hold, correct it, delete it, or opt out of targeted advertising. We will honour these requests regardless of whether the law where you live requires it.
Email sales@illinoisshade.com or call 773-743-6025. Post: 933 N. Oaklawn Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126.
See also our terms & conditions.