Privacy Policy

01

Information we collect

When you request an appointment, we collect the information needed to administer it: your name, phone number, selected professional and service, requested date and time, and any notes you choose to provide. Email is optional.

We also process limited technical and operational information needed to protect the website, prevent abuse, and understand aggregate site activity. We do not use this information to create advertising profiles.

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How we use information

We use booking information to show availability, create and manage appointments, administer online payments, respond to changes or cancellations, and operate the salon.

Authorized salon staff use appointment information only as needed to provide and manage the requested service. Access to internal staff tools is restricted to authorized users.

03

Cookies and site measurement

Visitors do not need an account, and this site does not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Limited browser storage may remember whether the optional opening animation has already played.

Authorized staff use an essential session cookie to access the private staff area. The site also records aggregate page-view totals by approved page and calendar day to understand site use; those totals are not used to identify visitors and are retained for up to 90 days.

04

Payments and deposits

When online payment is selected or required, it is completed through Square's hosted checkout. The Hair Bar website does not receive or store card numbers or Cash App payment credentials.

We receive only the information needed to administer the related reservation and payment, such as payment status, the related transaction reference, and the amount paid. Square's handling of payment information is governed by its own terms and privacy notice.

05

Internal Google Calendar scheduling

Google Calendar is an optional internal scheduling tool for authorized salon staff. It is not a client-facing Google login or client calendar service.

If an authorized staff member chooses to connect Google Calendar, the service creates a dedicated The Hair Bar work calendar and uses its permission only to create, update, and remove events in that app-created calendar. It does not read or alter events in the person's other calendars. Salon events may contain the client name, service, date and time, phone number, optional email or notes, and appointment or payment status so the professional can manage the appointment.

The connected calendar identifier and authorization needed to maintain the connection are protected and retained only while the connection remains active. An authorized staff member can disconnect the calendar or revoke access through their Google Account permissions.

As an alternative to Google authorization, authorized staff may create a private, read-only calendar subscription URL for their own chair, and the owner may create one for the team or a selected professional. That URL is a credential: anyone who receives it can view the appointment details included in that feed until staff rotate or disable it. The feed is limited to salon scheduling, can be revoked from the staff panel, and should not be shared.

The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Google user data is not sold, used for advertising, or used to train generalized artificial-intelligence or machine-learning models.

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When information is shared

We do not sell personal information. We share it only when necessary to deliver or protect the requested service: with authorized salon staff, Square for an online payment, Google for a calendar voluntarily connected by authorized staff, service providers that host or secure the site, or when required by law.

This site may link to or embed third-party services such as Google Maps and social media. Those services operate under their own policies and may use their own cookies or similar technologies when you use them.

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Retention and security

We retain appointment information for the time reasonably needed to operate the salon, manage changes, protect the service, resolve disputes, and meet applicable recordkeeping obligations. Information for a connected work calendar is removed from this service when the connection is disconnected, except where retention is otherwise required.

We use reasonable safeguards designed to protect information, including access controls, secure staff sessions, and hosted payment collection. No internet service can guarantee absolute security.

08

Your choices and children

You may call the salon to ask about access to, correction of, or deletion of your appointment information. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

This site is not directed to children under 13. A parent or guardian with a question about a minor's appointment information may contact the salon using the number below.

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Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the site or its practices change. The date above shows the latest revision.