Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 2, 2026

At Gorgeous Within (“Gorgeous Within,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and disclosed when you visit our website, schedule services, purchase products, communicate with us, create an account, or otherwise interact with Gorgeous Within.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

  • Personal Information: Your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, date of birth, and other identifying information you voluntarily provide.

  • Appointment and Service Information: Details related to appointments, consultations, treatments, programs, events, memberships, or other services you request.

  • Payment Information: Billing details and payment information necessary to process purchases. Gorgeous Within may not directly receive or store complete credit or debit card information when payments are processed through a secure third-party payment system.

  • Health and Wellness Information: Health history, allergies, medications, wellness concerns, treatment preferences, photographs, questionnaire responses, and other information you voluntarily provide in connection with requested services.

  • Account Information: Your username, password, preferences, purchase history, appointment history, and other information associated with an online account.

  • Communications: Information contained in emails, text messages, telephone calls, contact forms, reviews, surveys, or other communications you send to us.

  • Website and Device Information: Your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, referral source, approximate location, and other website-usage information.

  • Photographs and Media: Before-and-after photographs, videos, audio recordings, or other media collected in connection with services, testimonials, marketing, or educational purposes.

2. Sensitive Personal Information

Certain information you provide may be considered sensitive personal information under applicable law, including health information, financial information, account credentials, precise location information, government-issued identification, or information concerning personal characteristics.

Gorgeous Within will collect and use sensitive information only when reasonably necessary to provide requested services, complete transactions, maintain safety, comply with legal obligations, or fulfill another purpose disclosed at the time of collection.

Where required by law, we will obtain consent before collecting or using sensitive personal information for purposes beyond those reasonably expected in connection with the services you request.

3. How We Use Your Information

Gorgeous Within may use your information to:

  • Schedule, confirm, reschedule, or cancel appointments

  • Provide services, products, programs, memberships, and customer support

  • Personalize services and recommendations

  • Process payments and maintain transaction records

  • Respond to questions, requests, complaints, or concerns

  • Send appointment reminders and service-related communications

  • Maintain and administer online accounts

  • Send promotional emails or text messages when permitted

  • Request feedback, reviews, or testimonials

  • Improve our website, services, products, and customer experience

  • Measure website traffic, advertising performance, and engagement

  • Prevent fraud, misuse, unauthorized activity, or security incidents

  • Protect the rights, safety, and property of Gorgeous Within, our clients, and others

  • Maintain business, financial, insurance, and legal records

  • Comply with applicable laws, court orders, and regulatory requirements

4. Text Messages, Telephone Calls & Email Communications

If you provide your telephone number or email address, Gorgeous Within may contact you regarding appointments, purchases, services, account activity, or customer-service matters.

Marketing emails and promotional text messages will be sent only when permitted by law or when you have provided consent. Consent to receive marketing messages is not a condition of purchasing services or products.

You may:

  • Reply STOP to unsubscribe from promotional text messages

  • Use the unsubscribe link included in promotional emails

  • Contact Gorgeous Within directly to update your communication preferences

Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency may vary.

Mobile information, text-message consent, and opt-in data will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

5. Cookies & Website Technologies

Our website may use cookies, analytics tools, tracking pixels, local storage, or similar technologies to:

  • Remember website preferences

  • Maintain account and shopping-cart functions

  • Understand how visitors use the website

  • Measure website traffic and performance

  • Improve website functionality and content

  • Prevent fraud and protect website security

  • Measure marketing and advertising effectiveness

  • Provide relevant advertising, where permitted

You may adjust your browser settings to refuse or delete cookies. Disabling cookies may affect the availability or performance of certain website features.

6. Online Advertising & Retargeting

Gorgeous Within may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to measure advertising performance or display advertisements based on previous interactions with our website.

Under certain state privacy laws, the use of these technologies may be considered “selling,” “sharing,” or processing personal information for targeted advertising, even when no money is exchanged.

Where required by law, you may opt out of such processing by:

  • Adjusting your browser or device privacy settings

  • Activating a legally recognized opt-out preference signal

  • Disabling nonessential cookies, when that option is available

  • Contacting Gorgeous Within using the information at the end of this policy

Gorgeous Within does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

7. Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control

Some internet browsers provide a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to Do Not Track signals, our website may not respond to all such signals.

Where required by applicable law and supported by our website technology, Gorgeous Within will recognize legally valid browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information or its use for targeted advertising.

8. How Information May Be Shared

Gorgeous Within may disclose information only when reasonably necessary to:

  • Operate and maintain the website

  • Schedule appointments and provide requested services

  • Process payments and transactions

  • Deliver emails, text messages, or customer communications

  • Maintain records and provide administrative support

  • Detect fraud or protect website security

  • Obtain professional legal, accounting, insurance, or technical assistance

  • Comply with subpoenas, court orders, laws, or government requests

  • Protect the safety, rights, or property of Gorgeous Within, our clients, or others

  • Complete a merger, sale, restructuring, financing, or transfer of business assets

Parties receiving information on our behalf are expected to use it only for authorized purposes and protect it appropriately.

9. Photographs, Videos & Before-and-After Images

Gorgeous Within may take photographs, videos, or other recordings in connection with services. Images needed for internal documentation, service planning, or progress tracking will be treated as private information and used only for legitimate business or service-related purposes.

Gorgeous Within will obtain separate permission before using an identifiable client photograph, video, name, likeness, or before-and-after image for advertising, social media, educational materials, website content, or other public promotional purposes.

Consent to promotional use is voluntary and is not a condition of receiving services. A client may withdraw permission for future use by contacting Gorgeous Within. Withdrawal will not necessarily apply to materials already printed, distributed, published, or otherwise used before the request was received.

Gorgeous Within does not use client photographs to create facial-recognition templates or other biometric identifiers unless such use is separately disclosed and legally required consent is obtained.

10. Testimonials, Reviews & Client Stories

Gorgeous Within may publish testimonials, reviews, or client stories only with permission or when the client has independently posted the information publicly.

Testimonials may include a client’s name, photograph, service experience, or other details authorized for publication. Participation is voluntary, and declining to provide a testimonial will not affect access to services.

You may request that Gorgeous Within discontinue future use of a testimonial by contacting us. We will make reasonable efforts to remove the testimonial from platforms under our direct control. We may not be able to remove content from previously distributed materials, archived pages, search-engine results, or third-party websites outside our control.

11. Account Security

If the website allows you to create an account, you are responsible for:

  • Maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password

  • Using a strong and unique password

  • Restricting access to your device and account

  • Providing accurate and current account information

  • Notifying Gorgeous Within promptly of suspected unauthorized access

Gorgeous Within is not responsible for account activity resulting from your failure to protect login credentials, except where otherwise required by law.

12. Health Information & HIPAA

Information voluntarily provided to Gorgeous Within may include health, beauty, wellness, lifestyle, treatment, or service-preference information.

Unless you are specifically instructed to use a secure form or portal, ordinary email, text messaging, and general website contact forms should not be used to communicate highly sensitive medical information.

HIPAA applies only to certain healthcare providers, health plans, clearinghouses, and business associates. If and to the extent Gorgeous Within is legally subject to HIPAA, protected health information will also be handled according to applicable HIPAA requirements and any separate Notice of Privacy Practices provided to you.

If there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and an applicable Notice of Privacy Practices, the Notice of Privacy Practices will govern protected health information.

13. Third-Party Websites & Services

Our website may contain links to outside websites, social-media platforms, scheduling systems, payment systems, retailers, laboratories, or other third-party services.

Gorgeous Within does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, availability, content, products, or practices of third-party websites or services. You should review the privacy policy and terms of any outside service before providing personal information.

14. Data Security

Gorgeous Within uses reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, destruction, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, email system, or data-storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk.

15. Data Breach Notification

If Gorgeous Within discovers a security incident involving personal information, we will investigate the incident and take reasonable steps to contain and address it.

When notification is required by applicable law, Gorgeous Within will notify affected individuals and appropriate government authorities within the legally required timeframe and provide information about available protective measures.

16. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Provide requested services

  • Maintain appointment, purchase, and transaction records

  • Administer accounts

  • Resolve disputes or complaints

  • Prevent fraud and security incidents

  • Enforce agreements

  • Meet insurance, tax, accounting, or legal obligations

Information that is no longer needed may be deleted, anonymized, or securely destroyed, subject to applicable record-retention requirements.

17. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you reside and subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Confirm whether we process your personal information

  • Request access to the personal information we maintain about you

  • Obtain a copy of certain personal information

  • Correct inaccurate or outdated information

  • Request deletion of certain personal information

  • Withdraw consent for certain uses

  • Opt out of promotional emails or text messages

  • Opt out of targeted advertising

  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information

  • Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information

  • Request information about categories of information collected, used, or disclosed

  • Receive equal service and pricing without unlawful discrimination for exercising a privacy right

These rights may be limited by legal exceptions. For example, Gorgeous Within may retain information needed to complete transactions, provide requested services, comply with recordkeeping requirements, detect fraud, protect legal rights, or satisfy other legal obligations.

18. Privacy Requests, Verification & Appeals

To exercise a privacy right, contact Gorgeous Within using the information provided at the end of this policy.

Your request should include:

  • Your full name

  • Your preferred contact information

  • The nature of your request

  • Enough information for us to locate the relevant records

We may request additional information to verify your identity and protect your information from unauthorized access or deletion.

Where permitted by law, you may use an authorized agent to submit a request. We may require proof of the agent’s authority and may contact you directly to verify the request.

If we deny a privacy request, residents of certain states may have the right to appeal the decision. Instructions for submitting an appeal will be included in our response when legally required.

19. Children’s Privacy

The Gorgeous Within website is not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate parental or legal-guardian consent.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information without proper consent, please contact us so we can review and delete the information when appropriate.

Services provided to minors, when permitted, may require consent from a parent or legal guardian.

20. United States Operations

Gorgeous Within operates in the United States. If you access the website from another country, your information may be transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your location.

By providing information to Gorgeous Within, you acknowledge that your information may be processed in the United States, subject to applicable law.

21. Policy Updates

Gorgeous Within may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, website practices, technology, or legal obligations.

The revised policy will be posted on the website with an updated effective date. When legally required, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent before making material changes affecting how previously collected information is used.

22. Contact Gorgeous Within

For questions, privacy requests, appeals, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, contact:

Gorgeous Within

📧 gorgeouswithin@gmail.com

📞 773-630-3573

Please include your full name, contact information, and a brief description of your request.