Privacy Policy
Cookies
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Data Protection
At Design Clarity, we are committed to safeguarding the privacy and personal data of individuals who submit information through our contact and job application forms. This Data Protection and Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Australia) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
Collection of Personal Data
When you submit a contact form or job application form through our website, we may collect personal data such as your name, contact details (email, phone number), CV/resume, and any other information you voluntarily provide. For inquiries related to new projects or business opportunities, this may also include information related to potential investments, business strategies, or project details. We only collect data necessary for responding to your inquiry or processing your job application.
Purpose of Data Collection
We will use your personal data for the following purposes:
To respond to inquiries submitted via the contact form
To process and evaluate job applications
To communicate with you regarding the status of your application, project inquiry, or other request
To comply with legal obligations and internal reporting requirements
For inquiries related to new projects or business opportunities, we treat any business-related information you provide with strict confidentiality. This includes details related to potential investments, business strategies, or project plans.
Confidentiality of Project Inquiries
We understand that inquiries related to new projects, business opportunities, or investments may involve sensitive and proprietary information. Any such information you provide will be treated as confidential. We will not disclose or share your business-related information with third parties without your explicit consent, except where required by law or necessary for the execution of a contract.
Data Storage and Retention
Your personal and business-related data will be securely stored on our systems in compliance with local regulations. We retain personal and project-related data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. For job applicants, this includes keeping your application data for future opportunities unless you request its deletion.
Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal and business-related data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. This includes using encryption, secure servers, and access controls.
Sharing of Data
We do not sell or share your personal or business-related data with third parties, except where necessary to:
Facilitate internal processes (e.g., HR or recruitment tools)
Comply with legal obligations (e.g., regulatory or law enforcement requests)
Conduct reference checks or background verification (with your consent)
In any case where third parties are involved, we ensure that they comply with applicable data protection laws and confidentiality requirements.
Your Rights
Depending on the data protection laws of your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Access: You can request access to the personal or project-related data we hold about you.
Correction: You can request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Deletion: You may request the deletion of your data, subject to legal or contractual obligations.
Withdrawal of Consent: If you have provided consent for data processing, you may withdraw it at any time.
Data Portability: In certain cases, you may request the transfer of your personal data to another service provider.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
International Data Transfers
If we transfer your personal or project-related data outside of the country in which you reside, we will ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your data, in accordance with applicable laws.
Updates to the Policy
We may update this Data Protection and Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in regulations or our data practices. Please review this policy periodically to stay informed of any updates.
Modern Slavery Statement
Design Clarity actively supports the abolition of modern slavery practices with a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of modern slavery within our business operations and supply chain.
This policy outlines Design Clarity’s commitment to the detection, prevention, reporting and mitigation of modern slavery risks. Design Clarity respects human rights and ethical resourcing. We are committed to preventing and ending all forms of slavery, child labour and human trafficking within our operations and supply chain.</>
Who is Design Clarity?
Design Clarity is a privately owned proprietary limited company, wholly owned by its director and founder.
Design Clarity has two offices; located in Sydney, Australia and in London, United Kingdom, with a team of designers, architects, project managers, visualisers and documenters providing creative architectural design services to our Clients.
Our employees work within Australia and the UK, often collaborating virtually between our locations to provide design services and experiences for a broad range of client sectors including workplace, retail, hospitality, leisure, health, education and residential.
What is Modern Slavery?
The Modern Slavery Act 2018 (The Act) defines modern slavery as including eight types of serious exploitation: trafficking in persons; slavery; servitude; forced marriage; forced labour; debt bondage; deceptive recruiting for labour or services; and the worst forms of child labour. The worst forms of child labour means situations where children are subjected to slavery or similar practices, or engaged in hazardous work.
Scoping for modern slavery risks in the provision of design services
In the specification and sourcing of building materials and finishes for our construction projects, Design Clarity has identified there is a risk it may contribute to modern slavery practices through third party suppliers which focus on minimising production costs.
Design Clarity has also identified a risk that it may be directly linked to modern slavery practices further down the supply chain, including through the labour practices used by raw materials suppliers specified. For example, the supply of raw timber product from certain countries including Papua New Guinea, Peru and Gabon, may be harvested using modern slavery.
Another geographical risk is the outsourcing of labour overseas, representing a high risk of modern slavery where illegally low wages can be paid for documentation and visualisation skills.
How is Design Clarity assessing and addressing modern slavery risks?
Design Clarity is committed to implementing policies and procedures that are designed to ensure that we are doing everything within our power to address all forms of modern slavery risks in our operations and supply chains.
We are committed to taking proactive steps to detect, prevent and report modern slavery risks. Design Clarity resolves to:
- educate our employees, contractors and suppliers to be aware of the risks of modern slavery practices;
- identify and monitor our supply chains, particularly those at the greatest risk of being prone to modern slavery;
- avoid directly or indirectly engaging with contractors or suppliers who may contribute to modern slavery;
- review and improve existing policies and procedures, including Code of Conduct, sourcing policies and grievance mechanisms to better manage risks, reinforce work culture and improve staff morale and wellbeing;
- report and take other appropriate action if any modern slavery practices are discovered in our operations and supply chains; and
- measure the effectiveness of our systems on an ongoing basis, so we can keep refining and improving our policies and processes.
To address the unseen risks deep within our supply chains Design Clarity will:
- request detailed sourcing information from materials suppliers about sub-suppliers, including country of origin;
- engage with key suppliers to understand how they are mitigating modern slavery risks;
- use traceability processes to improve information about the source of products;
- take steps to build supportive, collaborative and transparent relationships with suppliers; and
- avoid outsourcing of any services to third party contractors not employed by our offices.
All services for our clients are completed by our Design Clarity employees.
Compliance and measuring effectiveness
Design Clarity will not accept any form of modern slavery practices and will work to address any risks.
Regular engagement and feedback from our staff is encouraged. You must notify Design Clarity as soon as possible if you believe or suspect that any modern slavery practices may be present within our operations or supply chains.
Our risk assessment processes and response to modern slavery risks will be reviewed regularly by our Directors and updated annually.
Further information
This Statement applies to our entity and its operations in both the UK and Australia.
If you require further information about this Modern Slavery Statement or Design Clarity’s assessing and addressing of modern slavery risks, please contact our Sydney office on +61 2 9319 0933.
