Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy outlines our website address, explains who we are, and details how our property staging and interior styling business handles your personal data.
Our website address is: https://www.thehomestylingcompany.co.uk.
Who We Are
The Home Styling Company provides professional property staging, show home transformations, and interior styling services across the Midlands and surrounding areas. Protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy is a core priority for our team.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: Automattic Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact Forms & Quote Calculators
When you submit an enquiry through our contact forms, quote calculators, or book a free initial consultation, we collect personal details such as your name, email address, telephone number, and property details (including postcodes and property values). This information is used strictly to respond to your styling inquiries, prepare tailored quotes, and communicate regarding your project.
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.
Cookies
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 have an account and you log in to this site, 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.
Analytics & Tracking
We use traffic log and analytics cookies (such as Google Tag Manager and Hotjar) to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. Trusted service providers who assist us in operating our website or conducting our business may have access to your data, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.
How Long We Retain Your Data
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. Client consultation and project records are retained for as long as necessary to fulfill our service agreements and legal obligations.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your Contact Information & Data Protection Queries
If you have any specific privacy-related questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal data, you can contact our team directly via email at denise@thehomestylingcompany.co.uk or call us at 07870 751108. For formal data protection guidance and oversight, you may also consult the Information Commissioner's Office.