Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 18, 2024

Belle Choses Skin respects your privacy and is committed to handling your personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, how we use and protect that information, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you.

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through our website, booking and consultation processes, communications, purchases, and services.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with Belle Choses Skin, we may collect the following types of information:

Contact & Personal Information

This may include your:

Name
Email address
Phone number
Mailing or billing information
Date of birth, when necessary
Other information you voluntarily provide

Appointment & Service Information

When you schedule or receive services, we may collect information relating to:

Appointments and booking history
Services received
Treatment plans
Product purchases and recommendations
Client preferences
Communications regarding your appointments or services

Health & Skincare Information

To help determine whether treatments are appropriate and to provide personalized skincare services, we may request information about your:

Skin concerns and treatment goals
Allergies and sensitivities
Medications
Relevant medical conditions or health history
Pregnancy status when relevant to treatment safety
Current skincare products and routines
Previous cosmetic, esthetic, or medical procedures
Treatment history and responses to previous treatments

Please provide accurate and current information when completing consultation or intake forms and notify Belle Choses Skin of relevant changes before receiving treatment.

Payment Information

When you make a purchase, pay a deposit, or book a service, payment information may be processed through our payment and booking providers.

Belle Choses Skin may not directly receive or store your complete credit or debit card information when payment information is processed securely by a third-party payment provider.

Website & Device Information

When you use our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

IP address
Browser and device information
Pages viewed
Website interactions
Referral information
Cookies and similar technologies

This information may be used to operate the website, understand how visitors use it, improve functionality, and measure the effectiveness of our website and marketing efforts.

2. How We Use Your Information

Belle Choses Skin may use personal information to:

Schedule and manage appointments
Provide skincare and esthetic services
Review treatment eligibility and safety
Develop treatment and homecare recommendations
Maintain client and treatment records
Process payments, deposits, purchases, and applicable fees
Send appointment confirmations, reminders, receipts, and service-related communications
Respond to questions and client requests
Provide customer service
Manage treatment packages and memberships
Send marketing or promotional communications when permitted
Improve our website, services, and client experience
Prevent fraud, misuse, or security issues
Maintain business records
Comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements

We seek to collect and use personal information only for legitimate business, service, safety, and legal purposes.

3. How We Share Information

Belle Choses Skin does not sell your personal information.

We may share or allow access to information when reasonably necessary to operate our business and provide services, including with service providers that support functions such as:

Website hosting and management
Online appointment scheduling
Payment processing
Email and SMS communications
Customer relationship management
Forms and client intake
Website analytics
Business technology and administrative services

These providers may process information on our behalf in connection with the services they provide.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, regulatory requirements, protect our rights or safety, prevent fraud or misuse, or respond to a valid governmental or legal request.

We do not sell or share SMS opt-in consent information with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

4. Health & Treatment Information

Information provided through consultation forms, intake forms, treatment records, photographs where applicable, or communications regarding your skin and health may be sensitive.

Belle Choses Skin uses this information to evaluate treatment suitability, provide personalized services, document treatment history, and support client safety.

Access to this information is limited to legitimate business and treatment purposes and to service providers where necessary to operate systems used to securely collect, maintain, or process that information.

Belle Choses Skin does not sell client health or treatment information.

5. Cookies, Analytics & Website Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide website functionality, remember preferences, understand website traffic and usage, and improve the visitor experience.

Certain website or analytics providers may collect information automatically when you interact with our website.

Where available, you may manage cookies through your browser settings or website cookie preferences. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

6. Email & SMS Communications

Belle Choses Skin may use your contact information to send communications related to appointments, purchases, services, treatment information, and other transactions with us.

If you separately consent to receive promotional or marketing communications, we may also send information regarding services, products, special offers, events, or business updates.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link provided in those messages.

For applicable SMS marketing communications, you may reply STOP to opt out. Message and data rates may apply.

Opting out of marketing communications does not necessarily prevent Belle Choses Skin from sending communications necessary to manage an existing appointment, purchase, membership, payment, or other transaction where permitted by law.

7. Data Security

Belle Choses Skin takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no electronic transmission, website, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted or stored electronically.

8. Data Retention

Belle Choses Skin retains personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, maintain appropriate treatment and business records, fulfill legal and financial obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and support legitimate business needs.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, it may be deleted, securely destroyed, or de-identified as appropriate.

9. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on applicable law and the circumstances, you may request to:

Access certain personal information we maintain about you
Correct inaccurate or outdated information
Request deletion of certain personal information
Opt out of promotional email or SMS communications

Some information may need to be retained for legitimate business, treatment-record, financial, safety, contractual, or legal purposes even after a deletion request.

To submit a privacy request, please contact Belle Choses Skin using the contact information below.

10. Third-Party Websites & Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

Belle Choses Skin is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites or services operated by third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those providers when you interact with their services.

11. Children's Privacy

The Belle Choses Skin website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate authorization.

Certain services may be available to minors when permitted by law and with appropriate parent or legal guardian involvement and consent.

If we become aware that personal information from a child has been collected inappropriately, we will take reasonable steps to address the information in accordance with applicable law.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Belle Choses Skin may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our business practices, technology, services, or applicable requirements.

When the policy is updated, the revised version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact:

Belle Choses Skin

Email: styja@bellechoses.com
Phone: 347-482-7899
Website: bellechoses.com