Statement of Intent

This policy sets out how Sublime Beauty uses and protects the information that you provide when you use our services and our website. It is our intention to ensure that any data you provide is managed respectfully, kept secure and only used for the purposes for which it has been provided. This policy will be updated from time to time in line with prevailing legislation.

When you contact us via our website, phone or email we will collect your:

  • Name
  • Email Address
  • Telephone Number
  • Any additional information you choose to supply regarding the purpose of your enquiry.

What we do with your information

We use this information in order to make contact with you to discuss your requirements. We may also use this information to improve or expand our services. An example of this might be realising that a lot of potential clients are looking for a service that we don’t yet provide, but we decide to add in the future to better serve our core client base.

Data Collected at the Initial Consultation

Prior to your treatment we will use a Consultation Form asking you for further information. Data collected at this point are: Name, address, birthday, mobile number, landline phone number, occupation, details of any medical conditions and prescribed medication.

At this point you can also give us more information about the reason for your enquiry. You will receive a copy of our Privacy Policy should you wish, including information on how your data is managed and stored.

You will be asked to sign the Micropigmentation and/or Collagen Induction Therapy services Consultation & Consent Form to confirm that you have received this information. 

We use the abovementioned Consent Form during your first appointment to collect data about your general well-being, skin health and expectations on services provided by Sublime Beauty. All information is confidential, and we do not share it unless we are required to do so by law or in circumstances arising potentially affecting your personal health and safety or safety of other persons. (Please see the ‘Your Rights’ for further details.)

Data collected during sessions and after the therapy 

In the course of our sessions we will make a note of information you provide to us in order that we can plan future sessions.

After your treatment finishes, we may send you a Feedback Form to learn from you about your experience. You can opt out of this. We use this feedback to review the standard of our service.

Data Mapping

We receive personal data into company by these means:

  • Text messaging (including WhatsApp)
  • Voice messaging (including WhatsApp)
  • Third Party (e.g. receptionist)
  • Email
  • Via the website
  • Via a referral
  • In person with written or transcribed notes
  • Social Media

Once we identify that we have received personal data, we next secure that data:

  • Mobile Phones: Physical proximity, and also ensuring they are password-protected. Everyone who receives messages has been GDPR trained.
  • Computers/Laptops: Safeguarded and password protected, private information cannot be accessed by other users.
  • Hard Copies: Files are stored in a locked cabinet behind a locked door.
  • Websites: Are fully SSL compliant.

Reasons and purposes of information processed

We process personal information to enable us to provide services to our clients, to maintain our accounts and records and to promote our services.​

​Your Data Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) which came into effect from 25th May 2018, you have the following rights:

The GDPR includes the following rights for individuals:

  • The right to be informed (which is why we have produced this policy).
  • The right of access (if you wish to see your file then please make a request in writing (including email) to Simone Curry. We will provide you with the relevant information within 30 days of your request).
  • The right to rectification (this is your right to request changes to any information we hold that is factually inaccurate. If you believe any of the information we hold about you is incorrect then please let us know as soon as possible and we will make the appropriate changes).
  • The right to restrict processing (we will only use the information for the purposes that we have stated: most standards of confidentiality applied in professional contexts are based upon the Common Law concept of confidentiality where the duty to keep confidence is measured against the concept of “greater good”. If there is good cause to believe that not to disclose would cause danger or serious harm to self, the beauty therapist or others, your GP or other appropriate agencies may be contacted. Only information required to ensure safety of relevant parties would be disclosed. Information may have to be disclosed without consent for the prevention, detection or prosecution of a crime. The sharing of anonymous case histories with supervisors and peer support groups is not a breach of professional confidentiality).
  • The right to data portability (we will not share your information, other than in the situations described above, without your specific consent).
  • The right to object (we will not contact you for any purpose unless you have given us specific agreement to do so).
  • The right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling (we will not use your information for profiling purposes).

Sharing Data

We use a data processor (form plugin) for the purposes of administration (including appointment making) and accounts. The data processor is trained for GDPR purposes and fully compliant with the requirements.

Cookies

Cookies are small files which ask permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive so that we can analyse web traffic to our site. Through this we can see which of our website’s pages are being viewed and are of interest. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can modify your setting to decline them if you prefer.  If you choose to do this, you may find you cannot make full use of our website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you use these links please be aware that you have left our website and we do not have any control over other websites. We cannot therefore be held responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide when visiting such sites and these sites are not governed by our privacy policy. We advise therefore that you exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

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