About this Privacy and Cookie policy

Privacy Policy

Signature Five Personal Consultancy is a registered company in Switzerland committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

Our practices and procedures are intended to ensure that the information you submit through our services, website, workshops, promotions and competitions remains private and is used only for the purpose set out in this policy.

Please read the following carefully to understand what data we collect and how it is used.  Please note that by using one of our services, signing up to our newsletter or freebies you are agreeing for the use of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy.

What sort of data we collect?

The data collected at Signature Five, is data you have provided by selecting one of our services, signing up for our newsletter, freebie, promotion or competition.

The data we hold is:

Name

Contact details

Birthdate

Style Information

We may automatically collect certain data from you as you use our website by using cookies and similar technologies. Please see our cookie policy for more details about this.

We comply with the Data Protection Act and we will protect the confidentiality of your information. We take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

How is the Data used?

The data we collect is used to carry out our services including personal styling, wardrobe consultation and colour consultations. We also use the data to communicate our newsletter, events and other relevant information.

Under the General Data protection Regulation (GDPR) it is our obligation to keep personal data up to date; storing and destroying it securely; by note collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

Our Mailing List

If you wish to subscribe to our newsletters or Freebies, we will need to collect your email address in order to send our newsletters and/or email communications to you.  We will not use your email address for any purposes except: to send you the newsletters and/or emails you have requested; to maintain our subscription and unsubscription lists; to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information; to check our records are right and to check every now and then that you’re happy and satisfied; or, to notify you of any changes to our Site, business practices, Terms of Service or Privacy Policy.

We use third-party provider Mailchimp  to deliver our newsletters and store client details. Please see Mailchimp Privacy Policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

If you wish to unsubscribe from our newsletters or email communications services, please use the unsubscribe feature at the footer of all our email communications.

Third Party Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Cookies

A ‘cookie’ is a data file that is sent from a web server to your computer browser and is stored on your computer’s hard drive. By agreeing to these terms you consent to us using cookies.

By using cookies we may collect information about your computer which enables us to determine certain metrics and statistical details about the users of the Website, such as audience size. This should allow us to improve the Website and deliver a more personalised service to you.  For further information please visit: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result. All of these cookies can be turned off or removed through your browser settings

Data Security

All the personal information that you provide to us is held online in a secure system.

We endeavour to ensure that your personal information is maintained and updated correctly. It is your duty to inform us of any changes to your personal information to ensure that it is up to date. You can do this verbally, in writing or via the MailChimp preferences link in our emails.

Data Retention

We will not keep personal data longer than is necessary for the purpose or purposes for which they were collected. We will take all reasonable steps to destroy, or erase from our systems, all data which is no longer required. We will ensure that personal data we hold is accurate and kept up to date. We will take all reasonable steps to destroy or amend inaccurate or out-of-date data.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using the signature-five.com Site, joining our monthly newsletter mailing list or becoming a client of Signature Five or otherwise providing information to us, you confirm your agreement to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please feel free to unsubscribe.

How to get a copy of the information we hold on you?

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to correct any inaccuracies. To action this, please write to us at [email protected] confirming your requirements and we will respond appropriately.

Change of Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to update our privacy policy at any time. We will notify you over email if you are subscribed to our list and by updating the date of our notice here on this page.

Cookies

We use cookies to track your use of our website.

By visiting our website signature-five.com  or subdomains, cookies are placed on your computer. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and/or services in response to what you might need or want.

A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.

Cookies are used by nearly all websites and do not harm your system.

If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser – they usually store an anonymous session ID allowing you to browse a website without having to log in to each page but they do not collect any personal data from your computer; or

Persistent cookies: a persistent cookie is stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again. [We use persistent cookies for Google Analytics.]