Privacy policy

In brief. The Hide Leather is a leather manufacturer and exporter in Kanpur, India. We collect personal information only to answer enquiries, prepare quotations, and process and ship wholesale orders. We do not sell your personal information. If you are in India, the European Union or the United Kingdom, you have rights over your data and can reach us any time at info@thehideleather.com.

Last updated: 12 September 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how The Hide Leather (Proprietor: Tanveer Ali) (“The Hide Leather”, “we”, “us”, “our”) handles personal information collected through thehideleather.com, our enquiry channels (email, telephone and WhatsApp), and the course of doing business with us. Read it together with our Terms of Service.

1. Who we are

The business responsible for your personal information is The Hide Leather (Proprietor: Tanveer Ali), F/204, Orient Compound, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India – 208010. Email: info@thehideleather.com. Telephone / WhatsApp: +91 91940 99668. GSTIN: 09AVMPA5377M1ZZ. IEC: AVMPA5377M.

2. Information we collect

Information you give us: your name, company, email address, phone number, country and enquiry details submitted through our contact form, email, phone or WhatsApp; and the billing, shipping, specification and artwork details needed to quote and fulfil wholesale orders.

Information we collect automatically: technical and usage data such as IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed and referring pages, collected through cookies and similar technologies. Our website is hosted on Shopify, which collects and processes certain information on our behalf as part of providing the store platform.

3. How we use your information

  • To respond to enquiries and provide quotations, samples and product information.
  • To process, fulfil, ship and account for orders.
  • To communicate with you about orders, samples, logistics and support.
  • To operate, secure and improve our website.
  • To comply with legal, tax, accounting and export obligations, and to prevent fraud.

4. Legal bases (for visitors in the EU and UK)

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on: performance of a contract (to respond to enquiries and fulfil orders); legitimate interests (to run, improve and secure our business and website); consent (for non-essential cookies and any optional marketing, which you may withdraw at any time); and legal obligation.

5. Cookies

We and our platform provider use cookies and similar technologies to make the website work, remember preferences and understand how the site is used. You can control cookies through your browser settings; blocking some may affect how parts of the site function.

6. How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with parties that help us operate, and only as needed: Shopify (website hosting and store platform); PayPal and Wise (payment processing); couriers and freight/logistics providers (shipping, delivery and customs handling); email, messaging and analytics providers (communications and site performance); and professional advisers or authorities where required by law. These providers may use your information only to perform services for us. Payments are handled directly by the payment providers; we do not store full card or bank account numbers.

7. International transfers

We are based in India and process information here. If you are located outside India, your information will be transferred to and processed in India and in other countries where our service providers operate. Where required, we take steps to protect it in line with applicable law.

8. How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as needed for the purposes described here, including to meet legal, tax, accounting and export record-keeping requirements, after which it is deleted or anonymised.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, update, delete or receive a copy of your personal information, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent. In the EU and UK these rights arise under the GDPR and UK GDPR; in India, under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. To exercise any right, email info@thehideleather.com. You may also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

10. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Children

Our website and services are intended for businesses and adults, are not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

12. Third-party links

Our website may link to third-party sites we do not control. This policy does not apply to those sites, and we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date shows when it was last revised; material changes will be posted on this page.

14. Contact

The Hide Leather (Proprietor: Tanveer Ali)
F/204, Orient Compound, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India – 208010
Email: info@thehideleather.com
Telephone / WhatsApp: +91 91940 99668
GSTIN: 09AVMPA5377M1ZZ · IEC: AVMPA5377M