HAIRTRADE are totally committed to protecting the privacy of our site visitors and customers. The HAIRTRADE team members are customers themselves of other Internet sites and fully appreciate and respect the importance of privacy on the Internet. We will not disclose information about our customers to third parties except where it is a necessary part of providing a service to you - e.g. Arranging for a product to be sent to you.

Under HAIRTRADE.com’s privacy policy we may disclose to third parties certain information contained in our Users’ registration applications, but we will not disclose your name, address, email address or telephone number unless we have informed you, been authorised by you, or are required to do so by law, subject to the Data Protection Act 1998.

We will not rent or sell your name, address, e-mail address, credit card information or personal information to any third party (excluding partners from whom you may have linked to our site) without your permission. If you have purchased from our store, subscribed to one of our newsletters and entered any of our competitions, or advised us of your e-mail address, post & telephone we may occasionally update you on news and special opportunities via e-mail, post & telephone.

By becoming a member of a HAIRTRADE and providing HAIRTRADE with your email, postal address, telephone number you consent to receive communication from us about our latest products and special offers (Our emails refer to your HAIRTRADE membership and the products & services we offer including clothes, jewellery, sunglasses, accessories etc.) which we think may be of interest to you, the information may also be used to notify you of products and services of third parties, which may be of interest to you.

All HAIRTRADE members have the option to opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us and/or selected third parties. If you do not wish to receive marketing (emails,postal,telephone) from us and/or selected third parties we recommend you opt-out by visiting ’My Account’ on the HAIRTRADE website. You can access ’My Account’ once you register and login. Simply register/login to HAIRTRADE and you can then tailor the communications (emails,postal, telephone) you would like to receive.

If you wish to verify the details you have submitted to HAIRTRADE you may do so by contacting us via the e-mail address, telephone number or address given below. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we reveal information. This proof of identity will take the form of your e-mail address and password submitted upon registration. We would strongly recommend that you do not use the browser’s password memory function as that would permit other people using your terminal to access your personal information - write it down and keep it somewhere safe.

We collect information about our customers via server logs, cookies, order forms and competitions. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

The information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you modify your browser settings. None of our cookies store any credit/debit card information nor password details.

The tables below explains the cookies we use and why.