Privacy policy for designers

Last updated 30 October 2026.

This policy covers the Interior Design Club booking app, which designers connect to their Google Calendar so that clients can book consultations with them. The interiordesignclub.com shop has its own privacy policy for clients.

Who we are

Interior Design Club, United Kingdom, is the data controller. Write to us at hello@interiordesignclub.com.

What we access in your Google account

When you connect your calendar, Google asks you for one permission: to view and edit events on your calendars. We also receive your email address, to know which account you connected. We use the permission for two things only:

Finding your free slots. We read the times of your events to leave out slots where you are busy. Events marked "Free", or that you declined, do not block a slot. We do not read, store or show the content of your events.
Adding bookings. When a client books, we create the consultation in your primary calendar, with the client as attendee and a Google Meet link. Google then emails the invitation to you and to the client.

What we store

Your Google account id and email address.
The availability you set in the app: time zone, days, hours, session length, break between sessions and days off.
The credentials Google gives us to access your calendar on your behalf, stored encrypted.

We keep no copy of your calendar. Bookings live in your Google Calendar and in the client's order on interiordesignclub.com.

What we never do

Sell your data, or use it for advertising.
Share it with anyone except Google, for the two operations above.
Read your calendar ourselves, except with your consent, for security, or when the law requires it.

Our use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Why we may process it, and for how long

We process this data to run the consultations you offer through Interior Design Club, under the agreement between you and us. We keep it for as long as your calendar stays connected.

Disconnecting

Disconnecting your calendar in the app deletes your stored credentials and availability. To withdraw the permission at Google as well, remove Interior Design Club under Third-party apps & services in your Google account. Consultations already in your calendar stay there until you delete them.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask us for a copy of your data, to correct it, to delete it, or to stop processing it, at hello@interiordesignclub.com. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will tell connected designers by email before the change applies.