Privacy Policy

Your privacy is fundamental to britsalons.com. This statement explains what personal data we collect and how we use it, strictly complying with the GDPR (EU), the LOPDGDD (Spain), and the LSSICE.

1. DATA CONTROLLER

The identity of the controller is indicated in the domain’s WHOIS. For any questions regarding your data, you can contact us at: [email protected].

2. MINORS

Over 18 years old: May provide their data.
Under 18 years old: Consent from parents or guardians is mandatory for the processing of their personal data.
In no case will data regarding the economic or professional situation or the privacy of other family members be collected without their consent.

3. ORIGIN AND CATEGORY OF DATA

We process identifying data (such as IP address, name, email, location, and browsing habits) obtained through:

Public Sources: Information from Google Business Profile listings (details in section 4).
Forms: Subscription, contact, or data rectification forms.
Navigation: Cookies and third-party analysis tools.

4. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LISTINGS

This section provides the information required by Article 14 GDPR to the businesses and professionals listed in the directory who did not give us their data directly.

Data published: name of the business or professional, category, address, phone number, website, opening hours, average rating and public reviews, shown with the name under which their author published them.
Source: publicly accessible sources, in particular the public business profiles on Google Maps (Google Business Profile). We do not receive this data from the person concerned. A listing does not mean that the business or professional gave us their data, authorised its publication or has any relationship with britsalons.com.
Accuracy: listings are not individually verified and may contain outdated information.
Purpose: to offer users a guide to businesses and professionals in their area.
Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): users’ interest in finding information about businesses and professionals, and ours in running the directory. Processing is limited to professional data the business has already made public.
Retention: a listing stays published while the directory is active or until the person concerned objects.
Objection and erasure: you can object at any time (Art. 21 GDPR). The recommended channel is the Request Deletion form; alternatively, you can write to [email protected]. We remove the listing and exclude it from future updates of the directory. No identity document is needed to have a listing removed.
Rectification: to correct wrong details, use the Request Update form.
Response time: we reply within one month of the request (Art. 12 GDPR).
Complaint: you can lodge a complaint with the data protection authority of your country (in the United Kingdom, the Information Commissioner’s Office).

5. PROCESSING THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

At britsalons.com, we use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to improve the user experience and the quality of the directory:

Content Generation: AI helps us summarize public reviews and optimize business descriptions to make them more readable.
Classification: We automate category labeling so you can find what you are looking for faster.
Privacy: The AI only processes information that is already public and does not use your private personal data to train models without your express permission.

We process your data to manage communication, improve our services, and manage our presence on social networks.

Social Networks: The processing of data of followers is governed by the policies of each social network and by this policy.
We will not use follower profiles to send individual advertising without consent.

7. YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether we are processing your data. You can exercise your rights of:

Access, rectification, and erasure.
Objection and limitation of processing.
Data portability.
Complaint: If you believe your rights have been violated, you can file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).

8. RECIPIENTS AND SECURITY

To carry out our activity, we share data with the following providers under their corresponding privacy conditions:

Product and Web Analytics: Google Analytics and Matomo.
Advertising: Google Adsense.
Payment Management: Stripe and PayPal.
Infrastructure and Hosting: CloudFlare, Hetzner, Banahosting, and Raiola.

Security: We implement SSL certificates so that data transmission is encrypted. In the event of a security incident, britsalons.com will notify affected users and the competent authority without undue delay.

9. ACCURACY AND ANTI-SPAM POLICY

Veracity: As a user, you guarantee that the data provided is accurate and current.
Commercial Emails: Complying with the LSSICE, we do not engage in SPAM practices. You will only receive commercial emails if you have requested or authorized them previously. All our communications will be duly identified.

Last updated: 30 September 2026.