Privacy Policy

Privacy at Best Interior Designers

At Best Interior Designers, we believe trust begins long before a homeowner chooses an interior design studio.

Whether you're discovering design professionals, submitting an enquiry, activating an Official Profile, requesting a website audit, or simply browsing our platform, you deserve to understand how your information is collected, used and protected.

We've written this Privacy Policy in clear, straightforward language because we believe privacy should be transparent—not hidden behind unnecessary legal complexity.

Our commitment is simple: to collect only the information we genuinely need, use it responsibly, protect it with appropriate safeguards, and always be transparent about how it is handled.

Who We Are

This Privacy Policy explains how Best Interior Designers ("we", "our" or "us"), operated through BestInteriorDesigners.net, collects, uses, stores and protects your information.

Best Interior Designers is a curated discovery platform that helps homeowners discover interior design studios while helping design professionals build trust, strengthen their online presence and grow their businesses. Our platform currently includes services such as:

• Public business listings
• Official Profiles
• Homeowner enquiry forms
• Website design services for interior design studios
• Educational resources and business tools

Best Interior Designers is currently operated by Vikas Solanke from Hubballi, Karnataka, India.

Scope of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors, homeowners, interior design professionals, studio owners and other individuals who interact with Best Interior Designers through our website, forms, services or communications. It explains how we collect, use, store and protect information when you:

• Browse our website.
• Search for interior design studios.
• Contact us.
• Submit an enquiry to a studio.
• Request a free website audit.
• Apply for an Official Profile.
• Communicate with us by email or through our website.
• Use any other products or services offered by Best Interior Designers.

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by Best Interior Designers and does not govern the privacy practices of third-party websites, businesses or services that may be linked from our platform.

Our Privacy Principles

Privacy is more than a legal obligation—it is part of how we build trust. Everything we do is guided by a few simple principles.

We collect only what we need. We only request information that helps us provide our services, improve our platform or communicate with you effectively.

We are transparent. We believe you should always understand what information we collect, why we collect it and how it is used.

We respect your information. We do not sell your personal information to advertisers or unrelated third parties.

We protect your information. We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to help protect the information entrusted to us.

We continue to improve. As our platform evolves, we will continue improving our privacy practices while remaining transparent about any significant changes.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Best Interior Designers.

Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may choose to provide information when you contact us, submit a homeowner enquiry, request a free website audit, apply for an Official Profile, respond to our communications, or use future services offered by Best Interior Designers.

Depending on the service, this information may include your name, email address, mobile number, business name, business website, business location, project details, enquiry details, and information you choose to include in messages or forms. We only collect information that is reasonably necessary to provide the requested service.

Official Profile Information

When a business owner applies for an Official Profile, we may collect information such as business name, contact person's name, email address, mobile number, business website, social media links, frequently asked questions, portfolio photographs, YouTube video links, client testimonial video links, business description, and other information submitted as part of the Official Profile application.

By submitting photographs, videos, testimonials or other content, you confirm that you own the necessary rights to publish that content or have obtained all required permissions from the relevant copyright owners, clients or other rights holders. You remain responsible for ensuring that all submitted content complies with applicable laws and does not infringe the rights of any third party.

Public Business Listings

One of the core purposes of Best Interior Designers is to help homeowners discover interior design studios more easily. To achieve this, we may create and publish business listings using information that is already publicly available from reliable sources, including publicly accessible business websites, publicly available business directories, publicly available Google Business Profile information, social media profiles, marketing materials and other publicly accessible sources.

We use this information solely to improve the usefulness, completeness and quality of our platform for homeowners searching for interior design professionals. We do not intentionally publish confidential, private or non-public business information.

Business Owners and Listing Accuracy

We recognise that businesses evolve over time. Addresses change. Phone numbers change. Websites are redesigned. New services are introduced. For this reason, we encourage business owners to review their listing and notify us if any information needs to be corrected or updated.

Where appropriate, business owners may also choose to activate an Official Profile, allowing them greater control over the information presented on Best Interior Designers. Our editorial team may review correction requests before publishing updates in order to maintain the quality, consistency and reliability of the platform.

Homeowner Enquiries

Best Interior Designers allows homeowners and prospective clients to submit enquiries to interior design studios listed on our platform. When you submit an enquiry, we may collect information such as your name, email address, mobile number, project location, estimated budget, project details and any additional information you choose to include.

We use this information solely for the purpose of facilitating communication between you and the relevant interior design studio. Depending on the listing type, enquiries may be delivered directly to the business by email; stored securely within the business's dashboard until the business activates or verifies its profile; or processed by Best Interior Designers to facilitate delivery to the intended recipient.

We do not use homeowner enquiry information for unrelated marketing purposes without your consent.

Website Audit Requests

If you request a free website audit, we may collect information including your name, business name, email address, mobile number, website address and information about your goals or requirements. This information is used solely to evaluate your website, prepare recommendations and communicate with you regarding your request.

Submitting a website audit request does not create any obligation to purchase our services. Likewise, submitting a request does not obligate Best Interior Designers to provide ongoing services beyond the requested audit unless separately agreed.

Payments

Where payment services are available, payments are processed through trusted third-party payment providers. At launch, Best Interior Designers accepts payments in Indian Rupees (INR) through Cashfree Payments for eligible services.

Best Interior Designers does not store your complete payment card information. Payment information is processed securely by the payment provider in accordance with their own privacy and security policies.

Payment-related information retained by Best Interior Designers may include transaction reference numbers, payment status, service purchased, amount paid, date and time of payment, and information reasonably necessary for accounting, customer support and legal compliance.

Cookies & Analytics

Like most modern websites, Best Interior Designers uses cookies and similar technologies to improve website performance, understand how visitors use our platform and enhance the overall user experience.

We currently use services including Google Analytics and Google Search Console to better understand website performance and improve our platform. These services may collect information such as browser type, device information, pages visited, approximate location, referral sources and anonymous usage statistics.

We do not use cookies to sell your personal information or build advertising profiles for unrelated third parties.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to operate, maintain and improve Best Interior Designers and the services we provide. Depending on how you interact with our platform, your information may be used to:

• Provide and improve our services.
• Respond to your enquiries and support requests.
• Deliver homeowner enquiries to the appropriate business.
• Process Official Profile applications.
• Process website audit requests.
• Process payments and maintain transaction records.
• Verify business information where appropriate.
• Improve the quality, accuracy and usefulness of our curated discovery platform.
• Detect fraudulent, abusive or unauthorised activity.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.
• Communicate important service-related updates.

We do not use your personal information for unrelated marketing purposes without your consent.

Third-Party Services

To operate and improve our platform, Best Interior Designers relies on carefully selected third-party service providers. Depending on the features you use, these providers may include:

• Supabase – Database, authentication and backend infrastructure.
• Cashfree Payments – Payment processing for eligible services within India.
• Google Analytics – Website analytics and performance insights.
• Google Search Console – Website performance monitoring.
• Google Maps Platform and Google Places – Business location information, maps and related services.
• Google Sign-In – Secure authentication (when available).
• Email delivery providers – Transactional emails, confirmations and service communications.

Each provider operates under its own privacy policies and security practices. Best Interior Designers shares only the information reasonably necessary for these providers to perform the services requested.

Data Security

Protecting your information is important to us. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to safeguard personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure. These measures may include secure hosting infrastructure, encrypted connections (HTTPS), controlled administrative access, authentication mechanisms and regular platform maintenance.

While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no website, internet transmission or electronic storage system can guarantee absolute security. For this reason, we encourage users to exercise appropriate care when sharing information online.

Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as it is reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business records, resolve disputes, meet legal, accounting or regulatory obligations, and protect the integrity and security of our platform.

When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete, anonymise or otherwise dispose of it.

Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include the ability to:

• Request access to information we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate information.
• Request deletion of personal information where appropriate.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Request clarification about how your information is used.

We will consider all reasonable requests and respond in accordance with applicable laws. Certain information may need to be retained where required for legal, security, fraud prevention or legitimate business purposes.

Children's Privacy

Best Interior Designers is intended for homeowners, businesses and professionals. Our services are not directed toward children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that personal information relating to a child has been submitted without appropriate authorisation, we will take reasonable steps to remove that information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

As Best Interior Designers continues to evolve, we may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal requirements or business practices. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date shown at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.

Your continued use of Best Interior Designers after any updates become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information or our privacy practices, please contact us.

Email: privacy@bestinteriordesigners.net