Privacy Policy
Strive Barbers & Strive Ink
Last updated: September 2026
At Strive Barbers & Strive Ink, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your personal information when you visit our premises, contact us, make a booking, use our website, interact with us on social media or use any of our services.
For the purposes of data protection legislation, Strive Barbers & Strive Ink is responsible for the personal information we collect and use.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
Your name
Telephone number
Email address
Booking and appointment details
Information relating to the service you request
Payment and transaction information where applicable
Messages and enquiries sent to us
Information provided through our website or booking systems
Photographs or videos where you have agreed to us taking or using them
Social media information when you interact with our social media pages
Information you voluntarily provide to us that is relevant to your appointment or service
For tattoo appointments, you may also provide information that is relevant to the service you are requesting. We will only collect information that is necessary and appropriate for the purpose for which it is provided.
2. How We Use Your Information
We may use your personal information to:
Manage and confirm appointments
Provide our barbering and tattoo services
Contact you regarding your booking
Respond to enquiries and messages
Process payments and maintain business records
Provide customer service
Send appointment reminders where applicable
Improve our services and customer experience
Manage complaints or queries
Maintain appropriate business and financial records
Promote our services, where we have the appropriate permission or lawful basis
Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
We will only use your personal information for legitimate and appropriate purposes.
3. Our Lawful Basis for Using Your Information
Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing your personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:
Contract: Where your information is required to arrange or provide a service or appointment.
Legal obligation: Where we are required to retain or provide information to comply with the law.
Legitimate interests: Where using your information is necessary for the effective running and management of our business, provided that this does not unfairly affect your rights.
Consent: Where we ask for your permission to use your information for a particular purpose, such as certain marketing communications or the use of photographs for promotional purposes.
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
4. Photographs, Videos & Social Media
We may take photographs or videos of our work, including haircuts, barbering results and completed tattoos, for portfolio and promotional purposes.
Where a photograph or video identifies you, we will seek appropriate permission where required before using it for promotional purposes.
This may include use on:
Our website
TikTok
Other social media platforms
Promotional materials
Advertising
You can contact us if you would like to discuss or withdraw permission for future use of an image, subject to any legal or practical limitations relating to material that has already been published.
5. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share relevant information with trusted third parties where necessary to operate our business, provide our services or comply with legal obligations.
These may include:
Booking and appointment platforms
Payment providers
Website and hosting providers
IT and software providers
Accountants or professional advisers
Marketing or communication platforms
Government bodies, regulators or law-enforcement authorities where legally required
Where third parties process personal information on our behalf, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate data protection and security measures are in place.
6. How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
Access to customer information is limited to people who need it for legitimate business purposes.
However, no electronic storage or transmission of information can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
7. How Long We Keep Your Information
We only keep personal information for as long as we reasonably need it for the purpose for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting or business requirements.
When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or dispose of it.
The exact retention period may vary depending on the type of information and why we need to keep it.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on the circumstances, you have rights under UK data protection law, including the right to:
Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you
Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
Ask us to delete your information where there is no lawful reason for us to continue using it
Ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances
Object to certain types of processing
Withdraw consent where we are relying on consent
Request information about how we use your personal data
Some of these rights are subject to legal conditions and exceptions.
If you would like to exercise one of these rights, please contact us using the details below.
9. Marketing
Where we send marketing communications, we will do so in accordance with applicable data protection and electronic marketing laws.
You can ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time.
You can also unsubscribe from marketing communications where an unsubscribe option is provided.
10. Website Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to ensure that the website operates correctly, understand how visitors use our website and, where applicable, support marketing or advertising activities.
Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function, while others may require your consent.
Further information about the cookies used on our website can be provided through our website’s cookie settings or cookie notice.
11. Third-Party Websites & Social Media
Our website and social media pages may contain links to third-party websites or platforms.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of third-party websites. We recommend reviewing their individual privacy policies before providing them with personal information.
12. Children’s Information
Our services may involve customers under the age of 18 in appropriate circumstances.
Where we collect information relating to children, we will take appropriate care to ensure that information is handled responsibly and in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, services, technology or data protection requirements.
The latest version will be made available through our website.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, would like to exercise your data protection rights, or have concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us:
Strive Barbers & Strive Ink
Address: 1A Church Street, Frodsham, WA6 7DW
Telephone: 01928 730077
Email: Strivebarbers@gmail.com
Website: www.strivebarbers.com
15. Complaints
If you have concerns about how we have handled your personal information, we encourage you to contact us first so that we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent data protection regulator.
Further information is available from the ICO website.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Website: ico.org.uk
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This Privacy Policy was last reviewed in September 2026.