penelope's Data Protection and Privacy Policy

This document sets forth the Data Protection and Privacy Policy (the "Policy") for penelope's Beauty Salon ("we", "us" or "our") and the manner in which we collect, use and store the personal data and information submitted to us by users ("you" or "your") of our corporate website ("website" or "site").

In accessing and using this website, you confirm that you have read and understood this Policy and that you consent to the collection and use of your personal information and details by us in accordance with this Policy. If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, please notify us by e-mail at the address below.

1. NON-DISCLOSURE

Any personal data which we receive from the submission of details to us by a user on this website will be treated in confidence. We will not disclose any information which we receive to anyone outside of penelope's except to a purchaser of all or part of our business or as expressly set out in Sections 2, 3 or 4 of this Policy, without obtaining your consent.

2. E-MAIL SERVICE

From time to time we may provide a service for visitors to the site to receive e-mail communications (the "Service") from us, which are intended to provide users with information relating to our products and services which we think you will find interesting and useful. To enable us to provide the Service, users will require to submit their e-mail addresses, together with details of the types of information which they are interested in receiving. If you submit such information, we will only use it for that purpose. It is our policy to include in every e-mail which we send you as part of the Service, instructions on how to unsubscribe, so that you will not receive future e-mails under the Service if you do not wish to do so.

3. SECURITY

We have put in place measures to ensure the security of the information we collect and store about you and will use our reasonable endeavours to protect your personal data from unauthorised disclosure and/or access including through the use of network and database security measures, but these cannot guarantee the security of any data which is collected and stored.

4. RIGHTS OF ACCESS

Under the Act, you have the right at any time in writing to request access to any personal information or details which we hold on you. We shall comply with your request, in accordance with our obligations under the Act, provided that you have paid us the necessary access fee and we are satisfied as to your identity. If after accessing such information you believe that any of the personal data or information which we hold on you is inaccurate, please advise us. Alternatively, if you wish us to cease holding and or using any information we hold on you, then please inform us and we will delete this information.

5. LEGAL OBLIGATIONS

We may have obligations under various pieces of legislation to check the identity of users of our website and in such circumstances we may need to make enquiries and obtain information from you for that purpose. By accessing and using this website you confirm that all information that you supply to us will be accurate and you accept and agree that we may pass on such information if we consider it necessary to comply with any legal/reporting obligations that we may have from time to time.

6. COOKIES

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

7. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

8. POLICY CHANGES

We may from time to time make changes to the Policy. In such instances, we will post any changes on this page of the website and we would invite you to review the Policy from time to time, in order to keep abreast of any changes to it.