Privacy Policy
Who We Are
This website is operated by The Mansoojat Foundation, a charitable organisation dedicated to the research, documentation, preservation, and celebration of the traditional dress and textile heritage of Saudi Arabia and the wider region.
Our website address is: https://mansoojat.org.
Through this website we share research, exhibitions, collections information, educational resources, and cultural content relating to traditional costume, textile practices, material culture, and associated heritage.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam and maintain website security.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images published on the site.
Cookies
- Comments Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are provided for your convenience so that you do not need to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies remain for one year.
Login Cookies
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will remove login cookies.
Editing and Publishing Cookies
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply identifies the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, or social media feeds.
Embedded content from external websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the external website directly.
These external websites may:
- collect data about you
- use cookies
- embed additional third-party tracking
- monitor your interaction with embedded content
This may include tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged into those services.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or trade personal data.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the password reset email for security purposes.
Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam detection service.
We may use trusted third-party service providers for website hosting, security, analytics, or communications where necessary for the operation of the website.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except usernames. Website administrators can also access and edit this information where necessary for website management.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this website or have left comments, you may request:
- a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- correction of inaccurate data
- deletion of personal data we hold about you
This does not include data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Requests relating to personal data should be sent to:
info@mansoojat.org
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Website data may also be processed by trusted third-party hosting or technical providers as part of normal website operations and security management.
Website Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to help protect this website and any information submitted through it against unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in legal requirements, website functionality, or organisational practices.
Any updates will be published on this page.