Privacy Policy — EirBlond Beauty Studio

Introduction

EirBlond Beauty Studio ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting personal data and respecting your privacy when you use our online platform, book services, or otherwise interact with our business. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, how we protect it, and the choices you can make regarding your information.

Our contact details: EirBlond Beauty Studio, 108-114 Quarry Road, Cabra East, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland. For privacy questions or requests please contact us at info@eirblond.run.

What Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data you provide directly and information collected automatically when you use our site or services.

Contact details: name, email address, telephone number, and postal address when you make bookings or enquiries.
Appointment and service records: service history, preferences, and notes required to provide beauty services.
Payment information: billing details necessary to process payments. We do not store full card numbers on our servers — payment processing is done through third-party processors.
Account information: username and password if you create an account with our platform.
Communications: messages between you and our team, booking confirmations, and marketing preferences.
Device and usage data: IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages visited, and interactions collected via cookies and similar technologies.

How We Use Your Data

We use personal data for the following purposes:

To provide and manage bookings, appointments, and beauty services.
To process payments and prevent fraud.
To communicate about appointments, updates, confirmations, and changes to services.
To send promotional offers, newsletters, or other marketing where you have consented to receive them.
To analyze and improve our website, services, and customer experience using aggregated or pseudonymized analytics.
To comply with legal obligations and to protect the rights, property, or safety of EirBlond Beauty Studio, our customers, and others.

Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable law requires, we process personal data only when we have a valid legal basis. These bases typically include:

Your consent (for marketing and cookies where required).
Performance of a contract (to provide services and process bookings).
Our legitimate interests (to operate and improve the business, prevent fraud, and maintain security), where those interests are not overridden by your rights.
Compliance with legal obligations.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to provide, secure, and improve our online platform. Cookies help with essential site functionality, analytics, and optional personalization.

Essential cookies: required for core site functions and booking flows.
Analytics cookies: help us understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it.
Marketing cookies: used to deliver relevant promotions where you have consented.

You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings and, where provided, our cookie controls. Disabling certain cookies may affect site functionality.

Data Sharing and Third Parties

We may share personal data with trusted third parties who provide services on our behalf, including payment processors, booking and scheduling providers, analytics services, and professional advisors. These parties are contractually bound to protect your data and use it only to perform services for us.

We may also disclose data to comply with laws, respond to lawful requests, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of EirBlond Beauty Studio, our customers, or others.

International Transfers

If personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will take appropriate measures to ensure adequate protections are in place, such as standard contractual clauses or other safeguards permitted by applicable law.

Data Retention

We retain personal data as long as necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and legal requirements. When data is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymize it.

Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to access, correct, port, restrict or object to processing, and request deletion. To exercise these rights or for privacy-related inquiries, contact us at info@eirblond.run. We may need to verify your identity before responding to requests.

Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures designed to help protect personal data. No system is completely secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security but will take steps to minimise risks and notify affected individuals as required by law in the event of a data breach.

Children

Our services are not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us so we can delete it where required by law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated by posting an updated policy on our platform with a revised date. Continued use of our services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.