1. Who I am
This website is operated by Laura Bohan, an independent surface pattern and wallcovering designer based in the UK.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, I am the data controller for personal information collected directly through this website.
If you have any questions about how your information is handled, you can contact me at:
2. What information I collect
I collect personal information that you choose to provide, as well as limited technical information that may be processed when you use the website.
Information you provide
If you contact me using the contact form, you may provide:
•your name;
•your email address; and
•any information you choose to include in your message or enquiry.
I use this information to respond to your enquiry, discuss potential work or services, and communicate with you where necessary.
Information collected automatically
Some technical information may be processed when you visit the website as part of providing and operating the website. This may include information relating to your device, browser and how the website is accessed.
Where you have consented to analytics cookies, Google Analytics may also collect information about how you use the website, such as pages visited and interactions with the site.
3. How I use your information
I may use personal information to:
•respond to enquiries submitted through the website;
•communicate with you about potential or existing design work;
•provide and administer services you have requested;
•maintain and improve the website;
•understand how visitors use the website, where you have consented to analytics cookies; and
•comply with legal or regulatory obligations where necessary.
I do not sell or rent your personal information and I do not use information submitted through the contact form for unrelated marketing purposes.
4. Lawful basis for processing
UK data protection law requires me to have a lawful basis for processing personal information.
Where you contact me about my services, I may process the information you provide because it is necessary for me to respond to your enquiry and, where relevant, take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Where appropriate, I may also process information because it is necessary for my legitimate interests in operating and developing my freelance design business, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
For Google Analytics and other non-essential cookies or similar technologies, I rely on your consent. You can choose whether to accept these technologies through the cookie banner.
5. Cookies & Google Analytics
Cookies are small text files or similar technologies that are stored on or accessed from your device when you visit a website.
This website is created and hosted using Adobe Portfolio. Cookies or similar technologies may be used to support the operation of the website and to remember your cookie preferences.
Necessary cookies
Some cookies or similar technologies are necessary for the website to function properly or to remember your cookie preferences.
These technologies may be used without consent where they are strictly necessary to provide the website or a service you have requested.
Analytics cookies
With your consent, I use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use my website.
Analytics helps me understand things such as which pages are visited and how visitors interact with the website. I use this information to improve my website, portfolio and services.
Google Analytics is a non-essential analytics service and is only activated after you have accepted analytics cookies through the website's cookie consent mechanism.
You can decline analytics cookies using the cookie banner or change your cookie preferences where the relevant settings are available.
6. Website hosting
This website is created and hosted using Adobe Portfolio, a service provided by Adobe.
Adobe may process certain technical information in connection with providing and operating the Portfolio service. Adobe's own privacy policy explains how Adobe processes personal information in connection with its services.
You can read Adobe's privacy policy on the Adobe website.
7. Contact form, email & social media
When you submit an enquiry through the contact form, the information you provide is sent to hello@laurabohan.com so that I can respond to you.
I use this information to deal with your enquiry and, where relevant, discuss or provide design services.
Please avoid sending sensitive or unnecessary personal information through the contact form.
This website also contains links to third-party social media platforms, including Instagram and TikTok. These are links to external websites rather than embedded social media content. If you click one of these links, you will leave this website and be subject to the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant third-party platform.
8. Who I share information with
I do not sell or rent your personal information.
Personal information may be processed by service providers where this is necessary to operate the website or provide my services. These may include:
•Adobe, as the provider of the website hosting platform;
•Google, where you have consented to Google Analytics; and
•my email service provider, for receiving and responding to enquiries submitted through the website.
I only share personal information where there is a legitimate reason to do so and, where required, an appropriate legal basis.
9. Data retention & your rights
I keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Information relating to an enquiry will generally be retained for as long as necessary to deal with the enquiry and any resulting business relationship. If no work takes place, information will be deleted or securely disposed of when it is no longer reasonably required, subject to any legal, accounting or other obligations that apply.
Cookie consent information may be retained for as long as necessary to record and respect your preferences.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have the right to:
•request access to the personal information I hold about you;
•ask me to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
•ask me to delete your personal information in certain circumstances;
•ask me to restrict how your information is processed in certain circumstances;
•object to certain processing;
•withdraw your consent where I am relying on consent to process your information; and
•complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.
To exercise your rights or ask a question about your personal information, contact:
You can find further information about your rights on the ICO's website.
10. Changes to this policy
I may update this Privacy & Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services I use or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.
Contact
Laura Bohan respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share when you visit laurabohan.com.
If you have any questions about this Privacy & Cookie Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:Laura Bohan
Email: hello@laurabohan.com
Email: hello@laurabohan.com
Last updated: 27 August 2026