Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 16, 2026
DesignRise (“DesignRise,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit design-rise.com, create an account, use our services, submit content, contact us, or use DesignRise AI, and how that information may be used and shared.
This Privacy Policy applies to the DesignRise website and the services available through it. It does not apply to third-party websites, platforms, or services that have their own privacy policies.
1. Information We Collect
Information you provide to us
Depending on how you use DesignRise, you may provide information such as:
- Your email address and other contact information.
- Account or profile information, such as your name, website URL, biography, or social media usernames.
- Information submitted through contact forms, partnership requests, advertising inquiries, membership forms, surveys, or other forms on the website.
- Content you submit for publication or review, such as URLs, screenshots, titles, descriptions, comments, or other materials.
- Messages and information you send when you contact us for customer service or other purposes.
- Questions and related conversation context submitted through DesignRise AI.
Information collected automatically
When you visit DesignRise, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics tools, security tools, advertising services, or other service providers. This may include:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type, operating system, and screen or device information.
- Approximate location derived from an IP address.
- Date and time of access.
- Referring and exit pages.
- Pages viewed and interactions with the website.
- General diagnostic, security, and performance information.
We use this information to operate, secure, analyze, and improve the website.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information for the following purposes:
- To provide, operate, maintain, and improve DesignRise and its features.
- To create and manage user accounts or memberships where applicable.
- To respond to questions, support requests, partnership inquiries, advertising inquiries, and other communications.
- To review, publish, manage, or moderate submitted content.
- To process purchases or membership-related requests through third-party payment providers where applicable.
- To send service-related communications and, where permitted, marketing or promotional communications.
- To understand how visitors use the website and improve content, navigation, performance, and user experience.
- To detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or misuse of our services.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights, users, and services.
3. DesignRise AI
DesignRise AI is an AI-powered feature that allows visitors to ask questions about design, creative workflows, tools, resources, and related topics.
When you use DesignRise AI, the text you submit and relevant recent conversation context may be transmitted to OpenAI through its API so that a response can be generated. DesignRise does not intentionally store the text of DesignRise AI conversations in the WordPress database as part of the chat feature. We may process an IP address or a derived identifier for rate limiting, security, and abuse prevention.
OpenAI states that data submitted through its API is not used to train or improve its models by default unless the API customer explicitly opts in. OpenAI may retain certain API data for security, abuse monitoring, or other purposes in accordance with its applicable policies and service terms. For current information about OpenAI’s data practices, please review OpenAI’s business data privacy information and OpenAI API data controls.
Please do not submit passwords, payment card information, confidential business information, health information, government identification numbers, or other sensitive personal information through DesignRise AI.
AI-generated responses may contain errors, incomplete information, or outdated information. Important information should be independently verified before you rely on it.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
DesignRise and third-party services used on the website may use cookies, pixels, local storage, or similar technologies. These technologies may be used to:
- Remember preferences and settings.
- Maintain website functionality.
- Measure traffic and website performance.
- Understand how visitors interact with pages and content.
- Prevent fraud and improve security.
- Deliver and measure advertising where applicable.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
5. Analytics
We may use analytics services, including Google services, to understand website traffic and usage. Analytics providers may collect information such as IP address, device and browser information, pages viewed, referral information, and interactions with the website.
These services process information according to their own terms and privacy policies.
6. Advertising and Google AdSense
DesignRise may display advertising through Google AdSense or other advertising partners. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, limit, measure, and personalize advertising depending on your location, settings, consent choices, and applicable law.
You can learn more about how Google uses information for advertising at Google Advertising – Privacy & Terms and about Google cookies at How Google uses cookies.
Where required, advertising choices and consent may be managed through an applicable consent management tool or through browser and advertising preference settings.
7. Payments
If you purchase a membership, advertising placement, or another paid service, payment may be processed by a third-party payment provider. Payment providers process payment information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
DesignRise does not intentionally store full payment card numbers or card security codes on its website servers.
8. Email and Communications
If you provide your email address, we may use it to:
- Respond to your request or inquiry.
- Send account, membership, transaction, or service-related information.
- Notify you about important changes to our services.
- Send newsletters, updates, or promotional messages where permitted.
Marketing emails should include a way to unsubscribe where required. Service-related or transactional messages may still be sent when necessary to provide a requested service or manage an account.
9. Public Content, Comments, and Social Media
Information you choose to post publicly on DesignRise, including comments, profile information, or submitted content that is published on the website, may be visible to other users and visitors.
DesignRise may also include social media links, buttons, widgets, or embedded content. Your interaction with those services is governed by the privacy policies and terms of the relevant third-party providers.
10. Third-Party Websites and Services
DesignRise may contain links to third-party websites, tools, products, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
11. How We Share Information
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website and provide our services, such as:
- Hosting and infrastructure providers.
- Analytics and performance providers.
- Email and communication providers.
- Payment processors.
- Advertising providers.
- Security, spam-prevention, and fraud-prevention providers.
- AI service providers used to operate DesignRise AI.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, or enforceable governmental requests; protect the rights or safety of DesignRise, our users, or others; investigate fraud or abuse; or support a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of all or part of the business.
We do not disclose personal information to third parties solely in exchange for monetary payment.
12. International Data Processing
Some of our service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live. Data protection laws may differ between jurisdictions. Where required by applicable law, appropriate measures may be used for international transfers of personal information.
13. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide services, maintain business and financial records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent abuse, and comply with legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the service involved, applicable legal requirements, and whether the information is needed for security or legitimate business purposes.
14. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no website, network, transmission method, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You are responsible for protecting your own account credentials and for avoiding the transmission of sensitive information through unsecured channels.
15. Children’s Privacy
DesignRise is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children who are not legally permitted to provide such information under applicable law. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
16. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, which may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of certain personal information.
- Request restriction of or object to certain processing.
- Request a portable copy of certain information.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Opt out of certain marketing communications.
These rights are subject to applicable law and may have exceptions. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
To make a privacy request, contact us using the information below.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technologies, business practices, or legal requirements. When we update it, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
18. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy-related request, contact us at:
Email: hello@design-rise.com
Website: https://design-rise.com/
Contact page: https://design-rise.com/contact-us/