Last updated: 29 September 2026
This privacy policy explains how Geraldine McGuigan Beauty Salon School collects and uses your personal information when you visit this website, contact us, apply for a course, join our mailing list or register as a volunteer model.
Who we are
Geraldine McGuigan Beauty Salon School (“we”, “us” or “our”) of 329 Antrim Road, Belfast, BT15 2HF, Northern Ireland is the data controller for the personal information described in this policy.
If you have a question about this policy or how we use your information, email info@beautytraining.com, call +44 (0)28 9035 2662 or write to us at the address above.
Information we collect and how we use it
Enquiries
When you use our contact form, email us or telephone us, we may collect your name, contact details and the information in your enquiry. We use this information to respond to you and keep an appropriate record of our communication. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in answering enquiries and managing our relationship with prospective students, students, clients and other contacts.
Course applications and enrolment
When you apply for a course, we collect the information requested on the application form. This may include your name, date of birth, address, telephone number, email address, preferred interview date, the courses you are interested in, how you heard about us and any education or career information you provide.
We use this information to assess your application, contact you, arrange an interview and, if your application is successful, administer your enrolment and training. Our lawful basis is taking steps at your request before entering into a contract and performing our contract with you. We may also need to keep or use some information to comply with legal, accounting or awarding-body requirements.
Volunteer models
When you register as a volunteer model, we collect your name, date of birth, telephone number, email address, availability, treatment preferences and any comments you provide. We use this information to assess your suitability, contact you and arrange training appointments. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in organising supervised practical training and appointments safely and efficiently.
Please do not include medical or health information in a free-text form unless we ask you to provide it. If health information is needed before a treatment, we will explain why it is required and how it will be used at that time.
Mailing list
If you choose to join our mailing list, we collect your name and email address and use them to send you course news and offers. Our lawful basis is your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by using an unsubscribe option in a message or by emailing info@beautytraining.com.
Website use, security and external content
When you visit the website, technical information such as your IP address, browser, device type, pages visited and the date and time of your visit may be processed automatically.
We use this information to keep the website secure, prevent spam, understand how the website is used and improve it. Our lawful basis under data protection law is our legitimate interest in operating, protecting and improving the website. The cookies section below explains the controls available to you.
The website uses services provided by Google, including Google Analytics, reCAPTCHA, Maps and Fonts. It also includes an embedded YouTube video. These providers may receive technical information when their content or services load. You can learn more about Google’s use of information on its privacy policy.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. Google Analytics uses cookies to produce statistics about visits to this website. External content, such as maps and videos, may also use cookies or similar technologies when it loads.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some technologies may prevent maps, videos, forms or other website features from working correctly. You can also prevent Google Analytics from using your information by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Information you need to provide
Fields marked as required on our forms are needed so that we can deal with your enquiry, application or volunteer-model registration. If you do not provide the required information, we may not be able to process your request. Other fields are optional.
How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only for as long as it is needed for the purpose for which it was collected. We decide the appropriate period by considering the nature of the information, our relationship with you and any legal, accounting, insurance or awarding-body requirements that apply.
In particular:
- enquiry records are kept for as long as needed to answer the enquiry and manage any follow-up
- application records are kept while we assess the application and, if you enrol, for as long as needed to administer your training and meet our record-keeping obligations
- volunteer-model records are kept while needed to organise appointments and maintain appropriate treatment or training records
- mailing-list details are kept until you unsubscribe or we stop operating the mailing list
- website and security records are kept only for as long as needed for security, troubleshooting and statistical reporting
When information is no longer needed, we delete it securely or make it anonymous.
Who we share information with
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only where necessary with:
- Netlify, which hosts the website and processes website-form submissions
- Google, which provides Analytics, reCAPTCHA, Maps and Fonts
- YouTube, which provides video content embedded on the website
- providers that support our email, IT, record-keeping and professional services
- relevant awarding or examining organisations, where needed to register or administer a student or qualification
- regulators, law-enforcement bodies or other organisations where disclosure is required by law or is necessary to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim
Where a service provider processes personal information on our behalf, it may use the information only to provide the agreed service and must protect it appropriately.
International transfers
Some service providers may process personal information outside the UK. When a restricted transfer is made, we require an appropriate safeguard recognised by UK data protection law, such as UK adequacy regulations, the International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to approved contractual clauses. You can contact us for more information about the safeguards relevant to your information.
Your rights
Depending on the circumstances, data protection law may give you the right to:
- ask for a copy of your personal information
- ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete
- ask us to delete your information
- ask us to restrict how we use your information
- receive certain information in a portable format or ask us to transfer it to another organisation
- withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent
- complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office
You also have the right to object to our use of your personal information where we rely on legitimate interests, including our use of your information for direct marketing.
These rights are not absolute and may not apply in every situation. To exercise a right, email info@beautytraining.com. We may ask for information to confirm your identity. We normally respond within one month.
Automated decisions
We do not use the information described in this policy to make decisions about you based solely on automated processing where the decision would have a legal or similarly significant effect.
Applicants and volunteer models under 18
People aged 16 or 17 may apply for a course or register as a volunteer model. We use the same care with their information and explain our use of it in clear language. We may involve a parent or guardian where this is appropriate for an application, enrolment or treatment.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please contact us first so we can try to put it right.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK regulator for data protection:
- Website: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
- Helpline: 0303 123 1113
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our services, legal obligations or use of personal information changes. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.