Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 1st, 2024

Therapy by Blair Melique respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you choose to share with us through this website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit our website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.

1. About Therapy by Blair Melique

Therapy by Blair Melique is a hair salon located at:

Therapy by Blair Melique
Phenix Salon Suites
443 Tarrytown Road
White Plains, NY 10607

Our website is primarily intended to provide information about Blair Melique, salon services, resources, policies, portfolio content, and ways to connect with or book services.

Appointment scheduling, client management, and payment processing may be handled through third-party platforms such as Vagaro.

2. Information We May Collect

When you use this website, we may collect information in a few different ways.

Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may choose to provide personal information when you:

Submit a contact or partnership inquiry
Request information
Contact us by email or through a website form
Sign up for updates, promotions, or other communications, if offered

This information may include your name, email address, phone number, company or organization, and any information you choose to include in your message.

Please do not submit sensitive personal, financial, or medical information through a general website contact form.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, certain technical information may be collected automatically when you visit the site, such as:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Referring website
Pages viewed
Approximate geographic location
Date and time of visits
General website interaction and usage information

This information may be collected through cookies, analytics tools, hosting services, or similar technologies and is generally used to understand how the website is used and to improve performance and user experience.

3. Appointment Booking and Payments Through Vagaro

Therapy by Blair Melique may use Vagaro for appointment scheduling, client relationship management, service information, communications, and payment processing.

When you click a booking or appointment link and are directed to Vagaro, any information you provide through Vagaro is submitted directly to that platform and is subject to Vagaro's own privacy policy, terms, and security practices.

This may include information such as your:

Name
Email address
Telephone number
Appointment history
Service selections
Payment information
Client profile information
Communications relating to appointments or salon services

Therapy by Blair Melique does not typically receive or store your complete payment-card information through this website when payments are processed by a third-party payment provider.

We encourage you to review Vagaro's privacy policy before submitting personal information through its platform.

4. Contact and Partnership Inquiries

If you submit a contact form regarding partnerships, collaborations, media opportunities, events, or other business inquiries, the information you provide may be used to:

Respond to your inquiry
Evaluate a potential partnership or collaboration
Communicate regarding an event or opportunity
Maintain records of business communications

We do not sell contact-form information to third parties.

5. How We Use Information

Information collected through this website may be used to:

Respond to questions and inquiries
Provide information about Therapy by Blair Melique
Facilitate communication regarding services or partnerships
Direct clients to appropriate booking resources
Maintain and improve the website
Understand website traffic and visitor behavior
Prevent fraud, spam, misuse, or security threats
Comply with legal obligations
Protect the rights, property, or safety of Therapy by Blair Melique, our clients, or others

6. Cookies and Analytics

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand site traffic, and improve the visitor experience.

Cookies are small data files placed on your browser or device.

Depending on the services enabled on the website, cookies may be used for purposes such as:

Website functionality
Analytics
Performance measurement
Security
Remembering visitor preferences

You can usually adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some portions of the website function.

7. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services, including Vagaro, social media platforms, mapping services, or other external websites.

Once you leave our website, the privacy practices of the third-party service apply.

Therapy by Blair Melique is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you use.

8. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website or conduct our business, including providers of:

Website hosting
Website maintenance
Email services
Analytics
Spam and security protection
Appointment scheduling
Customer relationship management
Payment processing

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services or according to their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, court orders, government requests, or to protect our legal rights.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information submitted through this website.

However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should use caution when transmitting personal information online.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including responding to inquiries, maintaining business records, resolving disputes, and complying with legal requirements.

Information maintained through third-party services such as Vagaro may be retained according to those providers' own policies and applicable legal requirements.

11. Your Privacy Choices

You may contact us to request that we:

Correct personal information you previously submitted directly through this website
Delete certain information you submitted directly to us, where legally permitted
Stop sending marketing or promotional communications

Requests relating to information maintained directly by Vagaro may need to be submitted through Vagaro or handled through your Vagaro account.

Please note that certain information may need to be retained for legitimate business or legal purposes.

12. Children's Privacy

This website is not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website.

If we become aware that information from a child under 13 has been submitted through the website without appropriate authorization, we may take reasonable steps to delete it.

13. New York Privacy Rights

Therapy by Blair Melique operates in New York.

Depending on applicable law and the circumstances in which information is collected, individuals may have certain rights relating to their personal information.

You may contact us with questions or requests concerning personal information that you submitted directly to Therapy by Blair Melique.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to the website, our business practices, third-party services, or applicable laws.

When changes are made, the updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about information you submitted through this website, please contact: