At Are Beauty, your privacy matters. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and what rights you have. We will never sell your data, and we only share it when strictly necessary to operate our services.
1. Data We Collect
When you use our website or purchase from us, we may collect the following information:
Identification data: your name, email address, shipping and billing address, and phone number when you place an order or create an account.
Payment data: we do not store your full card details. Payments are processed securely by our payment providers (CMI, PayPal) who are PCI-DSS compliant.
Browsing data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages, collected via cookies and analytics tools to help us improve your experience.
Communication data: messages you send us via our contact form or by email.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
To process and fulfil your orders, including sending order confirmations and shipping updates.
To manage your customer account and provide access to your order history.
To send you marketing communications, only if you have opted in. You can unsubscribe at any time.
To improve our website and product offering through aggregated, anonymised analytics.
To comply with our legal obligations, including tax, accounting, and fraud prevention requirements.
5. Data Retention
We keep your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law.
Order and transaction data is retained for 10 years to comply with accounting and tax obligations.
Customer account data is retained for as long as your account is active. If you close your account, we will delete your data within 90 days, except where legal retention obligations apply.
Marketing contact data is retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
6. Your Rights
Under applicable data protection law (including the GDPR where applicable), you have the following rights:
Right of access: you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: you may ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to erasure: you may request that we delete your data, subject to legal retention obligations.
Right to restriction: you may ask us to limit how we process your data in certain circumstances.
Right to portability: you may request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to object: you may object to processing based on our legitimate interests, including direct marketing.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@are-beauty.com. We will respond within 30 days.
7. Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
All data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using TLS (HTTPS). Access to personal data within our systems is restricted to authorised personnel only.
While we work hard to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:
Are Beauty
Email: privacy@are-beauty.com
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.