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Privacy Policy
How The Dry Cleaners Blog collects, uses and protects visitor data.
Last updated: 1 January 2026
Who we are
The Dry Cleaners Blog is an independent educational website about garment care. This privacy policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
What data we collect
We collect minimal data. When you visit the site, our hosting provider may log standard server access data — IP address, browser type, pages visited, and timestamps. This is standard infrastructure logging and is not used for marketing or tracking purposes.
If you use the contact form, we collect the name, email address, subject and message content you provide. This is used solely to respond to your enquiry.
If you subscribe to email updates, we collect your email address for that purpose only. We use a third-party email service provider for this; their privacy policy governs the handling of your email address on their systems.
The Garment Maintenance Tracker tool saves data to your browser's localStorage. This data never leaves your device and is not accessible to us.
Cookies
We use a single first-party cookie to remember your cookie consent preference. We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or third-party analytics that track users across sites. If you decline cookies, no cookie is set except a minimal preference cookie to remember that choice.
Third parties
We use Google Fonts to serve typefaces. This means your browser makes a request to Google's servers when loading the site. Google's privacy policy governs that request. We do not use Google Analytics or other user-tracking analytics services.
One blog post contains a sponsored affiliate link to a third-party app. Clicking that link takes you to the third party's site, subject to their privacy policy. This is disclosed in that post.
Your rights (GDPR)
If you are in the European Economic Area, you have rights under GDPR including access to your data, correction, erasure, and the right to object to processing. To exercise these rights, use the Contact page. See also our GDPR page.
Data retention
Contact form submissions are retained only as long as needed to respond and resolve the enquiry. Email subscriber addresses are retained until you unsubscribe. Server logs are retained for a maximum of 90 days.
Changes to this policy
If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact
For privacy-related enquiries, use the Contact page.