Privacy Policy

Who this policy is for

This policy explains how Beauty Finder handles personal information when you visit beautyfinder.ie, browse directory pages or follow links to a listed business.

Beauty Finder is an informational directory. It is not the privacy policy of any salon, clinic, therapist or other business listed on the site. Those businesses are responsible for explaining how they handle information you provide to them directly.

Information the directory may process

The static directory pages are designed to be browsed without creating an account or submitting personal information. Standard technical information may be processed by the hosting provider to deliver pages securely, such as an IP address, browser type, request time and the requested URL.

Beauty Finder uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how the directory is used. Depending on your consent choices and browser settings, Google Analytics may receive information such as the pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser information, session activity and identifiers stored in first-party cookies. Beauty Finder uses these reports to measure audience activity and improve the structure and performance of the directory, rather than to identify visitors by name.

Beauty Finder also uses Google AdSense to deliver, limit, secure and measure advertising. Depending on your consent choices and Google settings, Google may receive the page URL, IP address, browser or device information, advertising interactions and cookie or similar identifiers. Advertising may be personalised where valid consent has been provided; otherwise ads may be non-personalised or contextual, subject to Google's available controls and legal requirements.

If you contact the site operator, the operator may receive the details you choose to include, such as your name, email address and message. Only provide information needed to handle your enquiry.

Cookies, consent and your choices

Google Analytics and personalised advertising can use cookies or similar technologies that are not strictly necessary for ordinary directory browsing. Where consent is required, these purposes should follow the choice made through the site's consent controls. Refusing optional analytics or advertising storage should not prevent you from browsing directory pages.

You can change or withdraw a consent choice through the privacy controls made available on the site and can also delete or block cookies in your browser. Google provides separate controls for advertising personalisation through its own services. More detail about the technologies used appears in the Cookie Policy.

How information is used and shared

Technical information is used to deliver and secure the site. Analytics information is used to produce audience and usage reports, while advertising information is used to serve and measure ads, manage frequency and help detect fraud or abuse.

Information may be processed by service providers that support the site, including the hosting provider and Google for Google Analytics, Google AdSense and Google Maps. Google processes information under its own privacy terms and may process data outside Ireland or the European Economic Area using the safeguards described in its policies. Beauty Finder does not receive the contents of your Google Account through the standard Google Analytics implementation.

Business listing information

Directory profiles contain business information supplied through the directory data source, including names, addresses, contact details, opening hours, ratings, review counts, facilities and images. This information relates to businesses and public business locations; please avoid treating a listing as confirmation that a business has agreed to a particular use of its information.

External services and links

Business websites, telephone links and Google Maps embeds or links take you to third-party services. Those services operate under their own privacy notices and terms. Review them before sharing information or using a service.

The site also relies on its hosting provider and may use basic security tooling to keep pages available and protect the service.

How long information is kept

Technical logs and contact enquiries should be kept only for as long as needed for security, operation, record-keeping or responding to the enquiry. Google Analytics user-level and event-level data is retained according to the retention setting configured for the Analytics property; standard aggregated reports may be retained separately. Google controls the retention of information it processes for its advertising and platform services under its own policies.

Your choices and rights

Depending on the circumstances, Irish and EU data protection law may give you rights to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of personal information, and to object to certain processing. You may also have the right to make a complaint to the Data Protection Commission in Ireland.

Where processing depends on consent, you may withdraw that consent without affecting processing that was lawful before withdrawal. To exercise a right or ask a privacy question, contact the site operator using the operator contact details published for this website. A legal contact name and address should be confirmed by the operator before launch.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated when the directory, hosting setup or legal requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page with a new update date.