PRIVACY POLICY

Our privacy policy (for Sugaring & Beauty - Judith Schwarz) describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and / or share your information when you use our services, such as when you:

visit our website www.sugaringandbeauty.co.uk or any website of ours that links to this privacy policy
engage with us in other related ways including any sales, marketing or events.

This privacy policy will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us through our contact form or via email at judith@sugaringandbeauty.co.uk.

1. Collecting information

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on our services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on our services or when you contact us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and our services, the choices you make and the products and features you use.

The personal information we collect may include the following:

names
phone numbers
email addresses
mailing addresses
usernames
passwords
contact preferences
contact or authentication data
billing addresses
debit / credit card numbers
job titles.

We do not process sensitive information.

We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Paypal. You may find their privacy policy links here: Stripe Privacy Policy, Apple Pay Privacy Policy, Google Pay Privacy Policy, Paypal Privacy Policy.

We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, such as facebook, twitter or others. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect information as described in section 6. Handling of social logins.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate our services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (e.g., your name and contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our services and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our services and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

We also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

The information we collect includes:

log and usage data: is service related diagnostic usage and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings and information about your activity in our services, such as date / time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take, such as which features you use, device event information, such as system activity, error reports and hardware settings.
device data: we collect device data, such as information about your computer, phone, tablet or other device you use to access our services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information, such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, internet service provider and / or mobile provider, operating system and system configuration information.
location data: we collect location data, such as information about your device's location which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access our services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of us allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of our services.

2. Processing information

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our services, including:

to facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account as well as keep your account in working order.
to deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
to respond to user enquiries / offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your enquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
to send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies and other similar information.
to fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns and exchanges made through our services.
to enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
to request feedback. we may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our services.
to send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes if this in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. For more information see section 10. Your privacy rights.
to deliver targeted adverting to you. We may process your information to develop and display personalised content and advertising tailored to your interests, location and more.
to protect our services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our services safe and secure including fraud monitoring and prevention.
to identify usage trends. We may process information of how you use our services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
to determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
to save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual's vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

3. Legal bases to process your information

We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and have a valid legal reason to do so under applicable law, such as with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time - see also section 10. Your privacy rights.
performance of a contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you including providing our services or at your request prior entering into a contract with you.
legitimate interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms. For example, we may process your personal information for some of the purposes described in order to:
- send users information about special offers and discounts on our products and services
- develop and display personalised and relevant advertising content for users
- analyse how our services are used so we can improve them to engage and retain users
- support our marketing activities
- diagnose problems and / or prevent fraudulent activities
- understand how our users use our products and services so we can improve user experience
legal obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
vital interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

4. Sharing your personal information

We may share information in specific situations described in this section and / or with the following categories of third parties:

vendors, consultants and other third-party service providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organisation apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain for the period we instruct. The categories of third parties we may share information with are as follows:
- affiliate marketing programs
- communication and collaboration tools
- data analytics services
- finance and accounting tools
- government entities
- order fulfillment service providers
- payment processors
- performance monitoring tools
- data storage service providers
- product engineering and design tools
- sales and marketing tools
- social networks
- user account registration and authentication services
- website hosting service providers.
business transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with or during negotiations of any merger, sale of company assets, financing o acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
google maps platform APIs. We may share your information with certain google maps platform APIs (e.g. google maps platform API, places API).
business partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

5. Cookies and other or similar tracking technologies

We may use cookies and other or similar tracking technology to access, collect and store your information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our cookie policy.

6. Handling your social and google logins

Our services may offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media or google account details (e.g. facebook, twitter, google). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the provider concerned but will often include your name, email address, friends list, profile picture and other information you choose to make public on such platform.

We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy policy or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant services. We do not control and are not responsible for other uses of your personal information by your third-party providers. We recommend that you review their privacy policy to understand how they collect, use and share your personal information and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.

7. Keeping your information

We will only keep your personal information as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements. No purpose in this privacy policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

Wen we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

8. Keeping your information safe

We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards end efforts to secure your information, no electric transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our services is at your own risk. You should only access our services within a secure environment.

9. Collecting information from minors

We do not knowingly collect, solicit data from and / or market to children under 18 years of age. By using our services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of our services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years old of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us through our contact form or via email at judith@sugaringandbeauty.co.uk.

10. Your privacy rights

In some regions (e.g. EEA, UK and Switzerland), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right:

to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information
to request rectification or erasure
to restrict the processing of your personal information
if applicable, to data portability
not to be subject to automated decision-making.

In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in section 14. Review, update or delete the data we collect from you. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection law.

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State Date Protection Authority or UK Data Protection Authority.

If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

withdrawing your consent. If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can do so by contacting us by using the contact details provided in section 14. Review, update or delete the data we collect from you. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
opting out of marketing and promotional communications. You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by contacting us using the details provided in section 14. Review, update or delete the data we collect from you. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests or for other non-marketing purposes.
account information. If you would like at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can contact us using the contact information provided. Upon your request terminating your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active data bases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and / or comply with applicable legal requirements.
cookies and other / similar technologies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove and / or reject cookies. If you choose to remove and / or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our services.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may contact us through our contact form or email us at judith@sugaringandbeauty.co.uk.

11. Controls for do-not-track features

Most web browsers, some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a do-not-track (DNT) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy policy.

12. Updates to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you by either prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

13. Contact us about this notice

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact us through our contact form or email us at judith@sugaringandbeauty.co.uk or contact us by post:

Sugaring & Beauty, Clapham North Arts Centre, Unit 7A, 26-32 Voltaire Road, London, SW4 6DH, UK.

14. Review, update or delete the data we collect from you

You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information or delete it. To request to review, update or delete your personal information, please go to our contact form or email us at judith@sugaringandbeauty.co.uk.

15. Creation and date

This privacy policy was created by using Termly's Privacy Policy Generator on 29th February 2024.