General Privacy Policy
The Design Brewers General Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices of Design Brewers' Services and Software (as defined in our General Terms of Use) and anywhere we display or reference this policy.
Please note that in order to use our Services and Software, you acknowledge that Design Brewers will transfer your personal information across national borders and to other countries where Design Brewers operate, including the United Kingdom, territories within the European Union and the United States.
The privacy protections and rights of authorities to access your information in these countries may not be equivalent to those in your country. We will only transfer your personal information to countries where permitted to do so by law and we will take steps intended to ensure that your personal information continues to receive appropriate protections.
If the content or information that you store in our Services and Software contains personal information of other individuals, you must be legally permitted to disclose the personal information to Design Brewers.
What does this policy cover?
This privacy policy describes how Design Brewers (also referred to as "our," "we" or "us") will make use of your information in the context of:
- The main Design Brewers Website
- The Design Brewers Client Dashboard (also referred to as the "Dashboard" in respect to client focused services)
- The Design Brewers Provider Dashboard (also referred to as the "Dashboard" in respect to provider focused services)
- Services that display or include reference to this policy
- Design Brewers marketing, sales and advertising practices
What information does Design Brewers collect about me?
During account registration, provider registration and project submissions
When you register to use a Design Brewers Service, creating a provider account and registering to become a provider, creating a client account and submitting a project, or contact us for support or other offerings, Design Brewers collects information that identifies you. This includes:
Identifiable information such as:
- Your name, and/or company name
- Your email address
- Your telephone number if you choose to submit it to us
- Your country or region
- Your physical or postal address
- Your website or other websites you choose to submit to us
- Your account password
If applying to become a provider; business and operational information, such as:
- Your company name
- The legal status of your company
- Your business contact email address
- Your business contact telephone
- Any websites you choose to submit to us
- Company information such as your size, expertise, service or business offerings, or any other information you choose to reveal to us
- Information about your professional skills and experience
- Information about your business needs that you choose to submit to us, including services of interest, your service offerings, pricing structures, or client expectations or interests.
- Information about your clients that you choose to submit to us
If applying to become a client or submitting a project; business and operational information, such as:
- Your company name
- The legal status of your company
- Your business contact email address
- Your business contact telephone
- Any websites you choose to submit to us
- Company information such as your size, expertise, service or business offerings, or any other information you choose to reveal to us
- Information about the project you require assistance with including the type and nature of the project, budget and timescale information, and any other information about the project
- Information about your business needs that you choose to submit to us, including services of interest, experience requirements, or provider expectations or interests.
- Any other business information that you choose to submit to us
Analytics or other electronic network activity, such as:
- IP Address
- Browser
How does Design Brewers use the information it collects about users, and what are the legal bases for its use
Design Brewers uses the information it collects about you for the following purposes:
- In order to maintain account logins and provide basic membership services
- In order to fulfill any services you elect to use such as project submissions, project browsing and pitching, and fulfillment of project to provider tendering processes.
- In order to fulfill legal obligations as they may arise such as responding to official agencies conducting investigations, or investigating fraud, security, deceptive or illegal practices.
Disclosing your information to 3rd parties
Your information may be discolosed to 3rd parties under the following conditions.
- Where required to do so by law
- To provide client to provider services, where any information will be subject to the need to disclose such information to offer the service, and your privacy settings.
Is my personal information secure
Design Brewers works hard to protect your personal information. We employ administrative, technical and physical security controls where appropriate, such as encryption, and appropriate contractual confidentiality obligations for employees and contractors.
Where does Design Brewers store my personal information
Your personal information and files are stored on Design Brewers’s servers and the servers of companies we engage to provide services to us.
How long does Design Brewers retain my information
Design brewers will store information for as long as your account is active. In the event that your account becomes inactive we reserve the right to close your account and delete information related to it.
Can children use Design Brewers
Design Brewers is intended for professional creative and tech service providers and potential customers who wish to engage with such providers for employment purposes. Therefore, no individuals below legal working age, typically over the age of majority and able to sign commercial legal contracts (18 or 21 in most territories) may use our Services and Software.
Will this privacy policy change?
Design Brewers may update this privacy policy from time to time, which will be published on this page. It is your responsibility to review changes to our privacy policy and we encourage you to regularly review both our privacy policy and terms of use policy.
If you have questions about this policy
If you have any questions or queries about this privacy policy, you can contact us through the support centre.