PRIVACY

POLICY

Effective Date: October 31, 2025
Last Updated: October 31, 2025

At KURTIS CUMMINGS (“we,” “our,” “us”), we are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information responsibly and transparently.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect the personal information of visitors to our website and clients who engage our design services.

By using our website or services, you consent to the practices described in this Policy.

1. Scope of This Policy

This Policy applies to:

  • Visitors to our website at kurtiscummings.com

  • Clients and prospective clients who engage with our services.

  • Individuals who subscribe to our newsletter, complete contact forms, or communicate with us by email or social media.

This Policy does not apply to third-party websites that we may link to. We encourage you to review their privacy policies separately.

2. Legal Framework

This Policy complies with:

  • The Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA, British Columbia)

  • The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA, Canada)

  • Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)

We collect, use, and disclose personal information only for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate under these laws.

3. What Personal Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information:

3.1 Information You Provide Directly

When you complete a contact form, book a consultation, or engage our services, we may collect:

  • Full name

  • Email address

  • Phone number

  • Residential address

  • Details about your space (square footage, layout, photos, décor preferences)

  • Payment and billing information (processed securely through third-party payment systems)

  • Testimonial or feedback content (with your consent)

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be automatically collected through analytics tools such as Google Analytics or similar technologies:

  • IP address

  • Browser type and operating system

  • Device type

  • Pages visited and time spent

  • Referring website or search query

This data helps us understand user behaviour, improve site experience, and ensure functionality.

3.3 Email and Marketing Data

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address for communication purposes, as allowed under CASL.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking “Unsubscribe” in any of our emails or contacting us directly.

3.4 Other

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

·       These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

·       These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Website Visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

·       Information about your browser, network and device

·       Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

·       Web pages you view while on this website

·       Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

Website Customers

When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information like your:

·       Billing and shipping address

·       Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)

·       Email address

·       Name

·       Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

When you make a purchase from us on this website, we use Squarespace Payments and Stripe as our payment processors. Squarespace Payments is a fully integrated, native payment solution provided to us by our online store service provider Squarespace. Squarespace Payments makes use of the following third-party service providers which will also receive your personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies:

·       Stripe - payment processing services. You can read Stripe’s privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy

·       Sift - fraud monitoring and detection services. You can read Sift’s privacy policy at https://sift.com/service-privacy

As you go through checkout, this site may auto complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

We may email you with messages about your order or account activity. For example, we may email you to tell you that:

·       You’ve created a customer account

·       Your customer account password has been reset or updated

·       You’ve made a purchase

·       Your order has shipped

It’s not possible to unsubscribe from these messages.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your data with:

  • Service providers (e.g., Squarespace, payment processors, email platforms) to help operate our business

  • Legal authorities when required by law or to protect our legal rights

  • Business transfers in the event of a merger or sale

These third parties are required to protect your personal information in a manner consistent with this policy and applicable laws.

Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

·       Information about your browser, network, or device

·       Information about this site and the page you’re viewing on it

·       Your IP address

4. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information to:

  1. Respond to your inquiries and communicate about our services.

  2. Schedule and manage consultations and projects.

  3. Prepare design proposals, contracts, and invoices.

  4. Deliver digital design materials and project updates.

  5. Maintain client relationship records.

  6. Send marketing communications and newsletters (only with consent).

  7. Improve website performance, design, and functionality.

  8. Comply with legal, regulatory, or accounting requirements.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

5. Consent

By providing personal information, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of it as described in this Policy.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us (see Section 13), but this may limit our ability to provide you with certain services.

6. Disclosure to Third Parties

We may share limited personal information with third parties in the following cases:

  • Service Providers: To trusted vendors who assist us in operating our business (e.g., payment processors, email marketing platforms, IT support).

  • Legal Requirements: When required to comply with court orders, laws, or government requests.

  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, sale, or restructuring, client information may be transferred as part of the business assets.

All third-party partners are bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations consistent with this Policy.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined above or as required by law.
Design project data may be retained for a maximum of 7 years for accounting, legal, and reference purposes, after which it will be securely deleted or anonymized.

8. Security Measures

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse.

These measures include:

  • Password-protected and encrypted data storage.

  • Secure cloud-based document systems.

  • Restricted access to sensitive information.

  • Regular security reviews and staff confidentiality commitments.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or storage system is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to enhance user experience, analyze traffic, and personalize content.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect site functionality.

Cookies do not collect personally identifiable information unless you have voluntarily provided it.

10. Your Rights Under PIPA

Under British Columbia’s PIPA, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information.

  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Withdraw consent for further use or disclosure of your information (subject to legal limitations).

  • File a complaint with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC BC) if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.

To exercise these rights, contact us directly (see Section 13).

11. Children’s Privacy

Our website and services are not directed toward children under the age of 19.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we discover that we have collected such data inadvertently, we will promptly delete it.

12. International Data Transfers

Our data is primarily stored and processed in Canada.
However, some third-party service providers (such as cloud platforms or email systems) may store or process data in other jurisdictions.
We take reasonable steps to ensure these providers maintain data protection standards comparable to those required under Canadian law.

13. Contact Us

For questions, access requests, or to update your personal information, please contact:

KURTIS CUMMINGS
cummings.kurtis@gmail.com

14. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements.
The “Effective Date” at the top will indicate the most recent version.
Continued use of our website or services after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.