Last updated: 22 October 2026
Who we areExposed and Exposed Design Consultants are the trading names of David Clare, a sole trader. David Clare is the controller responsible for the personal information described in this policy.
You can contact us about your information or this policy:
* Email: info@exposed.co.uk
* Telephone: 020 3633 0688
* Postal address: PO Box 35575, Hendon, London, NW4 4UH
* Email: info@exposed.co.uk
* Telephone: 020 3633 0688
* Postal address: PO Box 35575, Hendon, London, NW4 4UH
David Clare t/a Exposed Design Consultants is registered with the ICO at www.ico.org.uk Registered no. ZA314782
This policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal information when you visit exposed.co.uk, contact us, book a consultation or work with us. We handle personal information in accordance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended.
Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 22 October 2026
We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 22 October 2026
What we collect
Depending on your relationship with us, we may collect:
• Your name, job title, organisation and business contact details.
• Information you provide in enquiries, consultation forms, appointment bookings, feedback and correspondence.
• Information needed to prepare proposals, deliver projects and manage our business relationship.
• Billing details, invoices and payment records.
• Personal information included in project materials you provide.
• Technical information associated with your website visit, such as your IP address, browser, device and pages visited, where collected by our website or its service providers.
• Your marketing and cookie preferences.
Depending on your relationship with us, we may collect:
• Your name, job title, organisation and business contact details.
• Information you provide in enquiries, consultation forms, appointment bookings, feedback and correspondence.
• Information needed to prepare proposals, deliver projects and manage our business relationship.
• Billing details, invoices and payment records.
• Personal information included in project materials you provide.
• Technical information associated with your website visit, such as your IP address, browser, device and pages visited, where collected by our website or its service providers.
• Your marketing and cookie preferences.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is needed for a project and we have agreed appropriate arrangements with you.
We normally receive information directly from you. We may also receive it from someone in your organisation, a person introducing us, or service providers handling enquiries and bookings on our behalf.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
Internal record keeping
We may use the information to improve our products and services. We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Contact forms and email links
Should you choose to contact us using the contact form on our Contact us page or an email link, none of the data that you supply will be stored by this website or passed to / be processed by any of the third party data processors. Instead the data will be collated into an email and sent to us over the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Our SMTP servers are protected by TLS (sometimes known as SSL) meaning that the email content is encrypted before being sent across the internet. The email content is then decrypted by our local computers and devices.
We may use the information to improve our products and services. We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.
Contact forms and email links
Should you choose to contact us using the contact form on our Contact us page or an email link, none of the data that you supply will be stored by this website or passed to / be processed by any of the third party data processors. Instead the data will be collated into an email and sent to us over the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Our SMTP servers are protected by TLS (sometimes known as SSL) meaning that the email content is encrypted before being sent across the internet. The email content is then decrypted by our local computers and devices.
On this website we use Calendly.com to book appoints.
EMAIL
Our email is hosted by Fasthosts. All emails are filtered through SpamHero prior to being delivered to our email host servers. Messages are held securely on the SpamHero server and automatically deleted after 30 days of receipt.
Our email is hosted by Fasthosts. All emails are filtered through SpamHero prior to being delivered to our email host servers. Messages are held securely on the SpamHero server and automatically deleted after 30 days of receipt.
This website is hosted by Adobe.com
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse 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 and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Analytics cookies do not have any detail on who you are as an individual.
To track the pages visited on this site we use Google Analytics.
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse 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 and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Analytics cookies do not have any detail on who you are as an individual.
To track the pages visited on this site we use Google Analytics.
Google Analytic Cookies
exposed.co.uk uses the Google Analytics tool to track overall browsing patterns on the website. For instance, it helps us identify the most popular pages on the website, find out which links are being clicked on, and to give us broad demographics about from where users are accessing the site. We cannot personally identify any user with these cookies.
The five Google Analytics cookies are called utma, utmb, utmc, utmv and utmz. They track how often the website is visited, when you enter and leave the site, and which site you visited that lead you to exposed.co.uk. utmz also tracks any keywords you entered into a search engine that lead you to exposed.co.uk, if appropriate.
exposed.co.uk uses the Google Analytics tool to track overall browsing patterns on the website. For instance, it helps us identify the most popular pages on the website, find out which links are being clicked on, and to give us broad demographics about from where users are accessing the site. We cannot personally identify any user with these cookies.
The five Google Analytics cookies are called utma, utmb, utmc, utmv and utmz. They track how often the website is visited, when you enter and leave the site, and which site you visited that lead you to exposed.co.uk. utmz also tracks any keywords you entered into a search engine that lead you to exposed.co.uk, if appropriate.
Like most websites, this site uses Google Analytics (GA) to track user interaction. We use this data to determine the number of people using our site, to better understand how they find and use our web pages and to see their journey through the website.
Although GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. GA also records your computer’s IP address which could be used to personally identify you but Google do not grant us access to this. We consider Google to be a third party data processor.
GA makes use of cookies, details of which can be found on Google’s developer guides.
Disabling cookies on your internet browser will stop GA from tracking any part of your visit to pages within this website.
Although GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. GA also records your computer’s IP address which could be used to personally identify you but Google do not grant us access to this. We consider Google to be a third party data processor.
GA makes use of cookies, details of which can be found on Google’s developer guides.
Disabling cookies on your internet browser will stop GA from tracking any part of your visit to pages within this website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email info@exposed.co.uk.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email info@exposed.co.uk.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
Relevant legislation
Relevant legislation
We handle personal information in accordance with applicable UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended.
Our use of cookies, similar technologies and electronic marketing is also subject to the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR), as amended.
This privacy policy explains how we collect and use personal information, the lawful bases we rely on, and your rights.
YOUR RIGHTS
If a personal data breach occurs, we assess its risks and take appropriate action. Where required, we notify the ICO without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. Where a breach is likely to create a high risk to affected individuals, we also inform them without undue delay, unless a legal exception applies.
Data Controller
The data controller of this website is: David Clare trading as Exposed Design Consultants - a Sole Trader. The operating office is: PO Box 35575, London, NW4 4UH
Data Protection Officer
Mr David Clare, Exposed Design Consultants. Telephone: 020 3633 0688 Email: info@exposed.co.uk
David Clare t/a Exposed Design Consultants is registered with the ICO at www.ico.org.uk Registered no. ZA314782
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
* Access your personal information and receive a copy.
* Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
* Have information deleted.
* Restrict how information is used.
* Receive certain information in a portable format.
* Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
* Withdraw consent at any time where processing relies on consent.
* Access your personal information and receive a copy.
* Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
* Have information deleted.
* Restrict how information is used.
* Receive certain information in a portable format.
* Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
* Withdraw consent at any time where processing relies on consent.
Your right to object to direct marketing is absolute. For other processing based on legitimate interests, we will consider your objection in accordance with the law.
Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. Some rights are subject to conditions or exemptions.
Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. Some rights are subject to conditions or exemptions.
To exercise a right, contact info@exposed.co.uk. We may need information to confirm your identity. We normally respond within one month, subject to any extension or other timing adjustment permitted by law. Requests are normally free.
Data BreachesIf a personal data breach occurs, we assess its risks and take appropriate action. Where required, we notify the ICO without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach. Where a breach is likely to create a high risk to affected individuals, we also inform them without undue delay, unless a legal exception applies.
Data Controller
The data controller of this website is: David Clare trading as Exposed Design Consultants - a Sole Trader. The operating office is: PO Box 35575, London, NW4 4UH
Data Protection Officer
Mr David Clare, Exposed Design Consultants. Telephone: 020 3633 0688 Email: info@exposed.co.uk
David Clare t/a Exposed Design Consultants is registered with the ICO at www.ico.org.uk Registered no. ZA314782