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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

This policy explains how TheNailWiki handles your personal data. It is provided as a working starting point and should be reviewed by a qualified professional before the site goes live, to reflect your final company details and data processors.

TheNailWiki ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and the rights you have under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018).

Who we are

TheNailWiki is a professional nail knowledge platform, part of Artistic Touch Nail Training Academy. For any privacy question, contact us through our contact page.

The data we collect

Contact enquiries — your name, email address and message when you use the contact form.
Newsletter — your email address when you subscribe.
Professional profiles — the information you submit to appear in our directory (name or business name, location, photo, biography, services, and any contact links or recognition you choose to add).
News submissions — details you provide when submitting an industry news item or enquiry.
Technical data — limited, standard information such as browser type and pages visited, used to keep the site secure and improve it.

How we use your data

To respond to enquiries you send us.
To send you the emails you have subscribed to (you can unsubscribe at any time).
To review, publish and display professional and salon profiles in the directory.
To operate, secure and improve the website.

Legal basis

We rely on your consent (for the newsletter and for publishing your profile), on the performance of a contract (to provide services you request), and on our legitimate interests (to run and secure the site).

Sharing and processors

We do not sell your data. We use trusted service providers to run the site — for example hosting and form handling — who process data on our behalf under appropriate agreements. Published profile information is, by its nature, shown publicly in the directory.

Data retention

We keep your data only as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, or as required by law. You can ask us to remove your profile or unsubscribe at any time.

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to processing, and to withdraw consent. To exercise any of these, contact us via our contact page. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Cookies

We use only the minimal storage needed for the site to function (for example, remembering that you have dismissed the newsletter prompt). We do not use intrusive advertising trackers.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date above shows when it last changed.