DesignBeau Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 27/08/2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to DesignBeau. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our clients and
visitors to our website. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your
personal data in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
and the Data Protection Act 2018.
2. Data Controller
DesignBeau is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any
questions about this policy or your personal data, you can contact us at:
DesignBeau Ltd
Name: Jane Johnson
Email: JJ@Designbeau.co.uk
3. Data We Collect
We collect minimal personal data necessary to provide our services and process payments.
This includes:
a. Personal Information
- Contact Details: Name, email address, and phone number.
- Payment Information: Payment details are processed through secure third-party providers (PayPal and Square) and are not stored on our servers.
b. Usage Data
- • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating
- system, and platform.
- • Interaction Data: Details of your interactions with our website, including the pages
- you visit and how you arrived at our site.
c. Communications Data
Your preferences for receiving communications from us and records of any correspondence.
4. How We Use Your Data
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
- Service Provision: To provide our online interior design services.
- Customer Support: To respond to your inquiries, support requests, or complaints.
- Payment Processing: To facilitate secure, one-off payments via third-party payment processors (PayPal and Square).
- Marketing: To send you newsletters, offers, and updates, but only if you have opted in to receive such communications.
- Website Improvement: To analyse usage and improve our website and services.
- Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations or to protect our legal rights.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
We rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal data:
- Contractual Necessity: Processing necessary to perform the contract you have with us or to take steps to enter such a contract.
- Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for specific purposes.
- Legal Obligation: Processing necessary to comply with legal obligations to which we are subject.
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party), and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
6. Sharing Your Data
We do not share your personal data with third parties except in the following
circumstances:
- Payment Processors: We use third-party payment processors, PayPal and Square, to process payments. Your payment details are provided directly to these processors and are not stored on our servers. PayPal and Square are responsible for the security of your payment information. For more information, please refer to PayPal’s Privacy Policy and Square’s Privacy Policy.
- Service Providers: We may share your personal data with service providers who assist in the operation of our website, such as email marketing services.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data to comply with legal obligations or court orders.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or part of our business, your personal data may be transferred as part of the transaction.
7. International Transfers
We do not transfer your personal data outside the UK or European Economic Area (EEA). If,
in the future, we transfer your data internationally, we will ensure that appropriate
safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with UK GDPR.
8. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your
personal data from unauthorised access, use, alteration, or disclosure. These measures
include encryption, access controls, and secure data storage.
9. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it
was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting
requirements. Once your data is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or
anonymised.
10. Your Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data under certain circumstances.
- Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Data Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data to another data controller.
- Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
11. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience and provide personalised
content. For detailed information on the cookies, we use and how to manage them, please
see our Cookie Policy.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or
legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy
on our website with a new effective date.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please
contact us at:
DesignBeau Ltd
Name: Jane Johnson
Email: JJ@DesignBeau.co.uk