Privacy & Data Usage Policy

At Sandra Forbes Interiors, we believe your home is your most personal space, and we treat your digital data with the same respect. This policy explains how we collect and use information through our website, our Design Style Quiz, and our coaching services.

Information We Collect

We collect information you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Technical Data: Your IP address and browser type, which help us ensure our website displays correctly on your device.

Contact Data: Your name and email address when you sign up for our newsletter or take the Design Style Quiz.

Design Preferences: Your specific answers to our 19-element design quiz, which are used to generate your personalized Design Style Codebook

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

We do not share your information with any other parties. It is only for communications from Steve and Sandra LLC.

Use of Cookies

We use “cookies”—small text files stored on your device—to enhance your experience. These cookies help us:

  • Remember your Quiz progress: So you don’t have to start over if the page refreshes.
  • Deliver the Codebook: Ensuring your specific results are tied to your session.
  • Analyze Traffic: Helping us understand how visitors interact with our design resources.

You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, though some features of the Design Style Quiz may not function perfectly without them.If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Our Use of Professional Tools (Trackers)

To provide a high-end experience, we use the following professional services. These may be flagged as “trackers” by some browsers, but they are essential for our site’s functionality:

Google Ads & Analytics: We use these to measure the effectiveness of our marketing. This allows us to reach homeowners who are specifically looking for layout and style guidance.How long we retain your data

AWeber: We use AWeber to securely store your contact information and deliver your personalized PDF results. AWeber helps us manage our email community and ensures you don’t receive redundant communications.

Automattic (Jetpack/WordPress): These tools provide site security, prevent spam, and help us understand which design articles are most popular so we can create more of the content you love.

Data Processing & Automation

When you take our Design Style Quiz, your responses are processed via Google Apps Script to calculate your results and generate a custom PDF. This data is used exclusively for your personal report and is not shared with or sold to third-party marketers.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Secure Payment Processing

We are committed to the security of your financial information. When you purchase a Design Style Codebook, workshop, or coaching session through our site:

Data Shared for Transactions: To complete your order, we share only the necessary details with the processor, such as the transaction total and your billing information. This is done via a secure, encrypted connection (SSL).

Third-Party Processing: All payments are processed through secure, third-party gateways (such as Stripe or PayPal).

No Stored Financial Data: [Your Business Name] does not store, see, or have access to your credit card numbers, CVV codes, or bank account details. That data is encrypted and handled exclusively by the payment processor.

Your Rights and Choices

You have full control over your data:

Browser Settings: You are welcome to use “Do Not Track” settings or privacy-focused browsers. While these may block the trackers mentioned above, our core website content will remain available to you.

Opt-Out: You may unsubscribe from our emails at any time using the link in the footer of any message.