Privacy Policy
Last Updated: June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how The Beauty Folio, owned and operated by Garcon’s Group, Inc. (“The Beauty Folio,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you access or use www.thebeautyfolio.com, our newsletters, editorial content, digital products, subscriptions, reports, events, social media channels, and any other services, features, or content we make available from time to time, collectively, the “Services.”
By using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Services.
For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact us at info@thebeautyfolio.com.
1. Information We Collect
We collect personal information in several ways, depending on how you interact with the Services.
Information You Provide to Us
You may provide information directly to us when you:
- subscribe to our newsletter;
- create an account;
- purchase a subscription, report, event ticket, or digital product;
- contact us by email or through a form;
- submit editorial pitches, corrections, feedback, comments, survey responses, or other materials;
- interact with us on social media;
- participate in promotions, events, surveys, or community features.
This information may include:
- name;
- email address;
- company name, job title, or professional affiliation;
- billing details and transaction information;
- account login information;
- messages, comments, pitches, files, or other content you submit;
- communication preferences;
- any other information you choose to provide.
We generally do not require you to provide sensitive personal information. Please do not send us sensitive information unless it is necessary for your specific request.
Payment Information
If you purchase a subscription, report, event ticket, digital product, or other paid offering, payment information may be collected and processed by a third-party payment processor. We may receive limited transaction details, such as your name, email address, billing address, purchase amount, product purchased, subscription status, and payment confirmation. We do not intentionally store full payment card numbers on our own systems.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit or use the Services, certain information may be collected automatically by us or our service providers, including:
- IP address;
- browser type;
- device type;
- operating system;
- referring and exit pages;
- pages viewed;
- links clicked;
- date and time of visit;
- approximate location derived from IP address;
- newsletter open and click activity;
- site usage, performance, and diagnostic data.
This information helps us understand how readers use the Services, improve site performance, measure audience engagement, protect against fraud or misuse, and operate the Services.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies to operate the Services, remember preferences, analyze traffic, measure newsletter and advertising performance, personalize content, and support advertising or affiliate programs.
Cookies may be set by us or by third parties, including analytics providers, advertising partners, affiliate networks, social media platforms, embedded content providers, and technology vendors.
You can usually adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Some parts of the Services may not function properly without certain cookies.
2. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
- to operate, maintain, and improve the Services;
- to send newsletters, editorial updates, announcements, and other communications;
- to provide subscriptions, reports, downloads, events, accounts, or other products you request;
- to process transactions and manage billing, renewals, cancellations, and customer support;
- to respond to inquiries, feedback, corrections, pitches, or requests;
- to personalize or improve your experience;
- to analyze readership, traffic, engagement, and performance;
- to measure the effectiveness of content, advertising, affiliate links, newsletters, and marketing campaigns;
- to display, manage, or evaluate advertising, sponsored content, affiliate links, or brand partnerships;
- to protect the Services, users, our business, and the public from fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity;
- to enforce our Terms of Use and other policies;
- to comply with legal obligations, regulatory requirements, subpoenas, court orders, and other lawful requests;
- to evaluate or carry out a business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, asset sale, or transfer of all or part of our business.
3. Newsletters and Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter or otherwise provide your email address, we may send you editorial updates, industry briefings, announcements, sponsored messages, promotional content, or other communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us at info@thebeautyfolio.com. Please note that even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send administrative or transactional messages where permitted by law, such as purchase confirmations, account notices, subscription updates, or legal notices.
4. Advertising, Affiliate Links, Sponsored Content, and Analytics
The Services may include advertising, sponsored content, affiliate links, paid placements, brand partnerships, press samples, gifted products, or other commercial relationships. When you click an affiliate link or sponsored link, a third party may collect information about your interaction and may use cookies or similar technologies to track activity, attribute sales, calculate commissions, measure performance, or deliver advertising.
We may work with analytics providers, advertising networks, affiliate networks, newsletter platforms, social media platforms, and other service providers that collect or process information in connection with the Services.
Depending on the laws that apply to you, some of these activities may be considered “targeted advertising,” “sharing,” or “selling” personal information, even if we do not sell your personal information for money. Where required, you may have the right to opt out of certain types of targeted advertising, sharing, or sale of personal information.
5. How We Share Personal Information
We may share personal information with the following categories of recipients:
Service Providers
We may share information with vendors and service providers who help us operate the Services, including website hosting providers, email and newsletter platforms, analytics providers, payment processors, customer support tools, security providers, advertising technology providers, affiliate networks, cloud storage providers, and other business operations vendors.
These providers are authorized to use personal information as needed to provide services to us or as otherwise permitted by law.
Advertising, Affiliate, and Analytics Partners
We may share or allow the collection of certain information by advertising, affiliate, analytics, and measurement partners to support site analytics, advertising, affiliate attribution, audience measurement, campaign reporting, and related purposes.
Business Partners and Sponsors
If you interact with sponsored content, events, promotions, surveys, or brand partnerships, we may share information with the applicable sponsor or partner where disclosed to you or where permitted by law.
Legal and Safety Purposes
We may disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:
- comply with applicable law, legal process, subpoenas, court orders, or government requests;
- enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements;
- investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical issues;
- protect the rights, property, safety, or security of The Beauty Folio, Garcon’s Group, Inc., our users, third parties, or the public.
Business Transfers
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar transaction, personal information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction.
With Your Consent
We may share information with your consent or at your direction.
6. User Submissions and Public Content
If you submit comments, feedback, pitches, story ideas, social media messages, survey responses, or other materials to us, we may use and process that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
If you post content in any public area of the Services, that content may be visible to other users and may be collected, used, or redistributed by others. Please use caution before posting personal information in public or semi-public areas.
7. Cookies, Tracking, and Your Choices
You have several choices regarding cookies and tracking technologies:
- You may adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
- You may use browser or device settings to limit certain advertising identifiers.
- You may unsubscribe from emails using the unsubscribe link in our messages.
- Where required by law, you may opt out of certain advertising, sharing, or sale activities through mechanisms we provide on the Services.
- Where legally required and technically feasible, we will honor recognized opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, as an opt-out of applicable sale or sharing activity.
Please note that cookie choices may be browser-specific or device-specific. If you clear your cookies, use a different device, or use a different browser, you may need to reset your preferences.
8. Third-Party Websites and Embedded Content
The Services may link to third-party websites, retailers, brand sites, social media platforms, embedded media, payment processors, advertising partners, affiliate networks, or other services that we do not control.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third parties. You should review the privacy policies of any third-party sites or services you use.
9. How Long We Keep Personal Information
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide the Services, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent fraud, protect security, and support legitimate business operations.
The length of time we keep information may depend on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, legal or contractual requirements, operational needs, and whether deletion has been requested.
10. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. However, no website, platform, database, transmission, or storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of personal information.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any account credentials and for using secure networks and devices when accessing the Services.
11. Children’s Privacy
The Services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, contact us at info@thebeautyfolio.com, and we will take reasonable steps to delete the information where required by law.
12. International Users
The Beauty Folio is operated from the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be collected, transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate.
Data protection laws in these countries may differ from those in your location. Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers of personal information.
13. Legal Bases for Processing for EEA, UK, and Similar Jurisdictions
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction that requires a legal basis for processing, we may process personal information based on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Consent, such as when you subscribe to marketing emails or accept certain cookies;
- Contract, such as when we provide a subscription, report, account, event access, or digital product you purchased or requested;
- Legitimate interests, such as operating and improving the Services, measuring audience engagement, securing the Services, responding to inquiries, and conducting editorial or business operations;
- Legal obligations, such as complying with tax, accounting, consumer protection, court order, or regulatory requirements;
- Protection of rights and safety, where necessary to protect the rights, safety, and security of The Beauty Folio, our users, third parties, or the public.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include the right to:
- request access to the personal information we hold about you;
- request correction of inaccurate personal information;
- request deletion of personal information;
- request a copy of personal information in a portable format;
- object to or restrict certain processing;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- opt out of marketing emails;
- opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing of personal information;
- appeal a decision we make regarding your privacy request, where applicable.
To exercise privacy rights, contact us at info@thebeautyfolio.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. We will respond as required by applicable law.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights, although some features or services may depend on the information you ask us to delete or restrict.
15. U.S. State Privacy Notice
Certain U.S. state privacy laws may provide residents with additional rights. This section applies where required by law.
Categories of Personal Information We May Collect
Depending on your interaction with the Services, we may collect the following categories of personal information:
- Identifiers, such as name, email address, IP address, account identifiers, or similar information;
- Commercial information, such as purchase history, subscription status, transaction details, or products requested;
- Internet or network activity, such as browsing activity, pages viewed, links clicked, newsletter engagement, cookie identifiers, and device information;
- Geolocation information, such as approximate location derived from IP address;
- Professional or employment-related information, such as company name, job title, or professional affiliation if you provide it;
- User-generated content, such as comments, messages, editorial pitches, feedback, survey responses, or other submissions;
- Inferences, such as preferences or interests based on your interactions with the Services.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information unless you choose to provide it. We do not use sensitive personal information for purposes that require a right to limit use under applicable law unless we provide the required notice and choice.
Sources of Personal Information
We may collect personal information from:
- you directly;
- your device or browser;
- cookies and similar technologies;
- service providers;
- payment processors;
- analytics, advertising, and affiliate partners;
- social media platforms;
- publicly available sources;
- business partners or sponsors, where applicable.
Purposes for Collection, Use, and Disclosure
We collect, use, and disclose personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including operating the Services, sending newsletters, processing purchases, responding to inquiries, analytics, advertising, security, legal compliance, and business operations.
Sale, Sharing, and Targeted Advertising
We do not sell personal information for money. However, some analytics, advertising, affiliate, or tracking activities may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” under certain U.S. state privacy laws.
Where required, you may opt out of these activities by contacting us at info@thebeautyfolio.com or by using any privacy choices made available on the Services.
Personal Information of Minors
We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of individuals under 16 years old.
16. California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident and applicable law applies to us, you may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, including the right to know, access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain sale or sharing of personal information.
California residents may submit privacy requests by contacting info@thebeautyfolio.com.
If applicable, authorized agents may submit requests on behalf of California residents. We may require proof of authorization and may also require the California resident to verify their identity directly with us.
17. “Shine the Light” Notice
California residents may request information regarding certain disclosures of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, contact us at info@thebeautyfolio.com with the subject line “California Shine the Light Request.”
18. Do Not Track
Some browsers transmit “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is no uniform standard for responding to these signals, we do not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals. Where legally required, we will honor recognized opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, as described above.
19. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. If we make material changes, we may provide additional notice where required by law.
Your continued use of the Services after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.
20. Contact Us
For questions, privacy requests, or concerns, contact us at:
The Beauty Folio
Email: info@thebeautyfolio.com
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