Privacy Policy

Sensius Laser Hair Removal respects your privacy

The following privacy notice outlines how Sensius collects, uses, protects and transfers your personal data. Sensius provides services including Laser Hair removal and other aesthetic treatments.
You can contact the data protection officer/data owner by sending an email to [email protected] or writing an email to Sensius, 29 Onyx, The Grange, Brewery Road, Blackrock, Co.Dublin. A94WY67.
The personal data that we collect is:
● Name
● Home address
● Email Address
● Date of Birth
● Phone number
● Health information
Purpose and Legal Basis for Processing Your Data:
Sensius takes your privacy seriously and we will never sell or rent your personal data to any third-party. Sharing of your data and direct marketing activities are only carried out with your express consent, which you are free to withdraw at any time. We need to obtain and process your personal data to provide you with our products, services and treatments and to fulfill our business and legal obligations. We will never collect any personal information from you that we do not need or retain any data that is no longer necessary for the purposes specified in this notice. Where we request sensitive personal data from you (i.e. health or medical data), the reason(s) for the request will be clearly given along with the purposes of the processing. Explicit consent through a signature will always be required for us to obtain and process your health information.
Who is processing my data?
Sensius is the data controller and processes your personal information for the purposes laid out in this privacy notice. Phorest, Anglesea Mills, 9 Anglesea Row, Smithfield, Dublin 7, D07 W5NE, Ireland, acts as data processor on behalf of Sensius and have access to personal information only (GG1) in cases that customer support or troubleshooting is required by Sensius. Further, they must process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by applicable data protection laws.
Your personal data is processed to:
● Collect specific personal data (name, address, email, contact number, DOB) that is required to enter into a contract to sell a product or service.
● Engage in communication with you including confirmation and reminders of appointments, and requests to cancel or change bookings.
● Collect Health information to perform the agreed services appropriately, and potentially highlight areas that products and services may cause issues to clients because of their health.
● Ensure a safe service and provide industry standard advice.
● Select relevant offers, promotions and information for you.
● Estimate the number of customers we have.
● Hold personal data that is required by law or to respond to legal process.
● Hold for insurance purposes.
● Store customer records.
Your rights as the individual
If your personal data is held by Sensius Ireland you hold particular rights over it. Where you have provided consent for us to contact you as part of our marketing services, you have the right to modify or withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe option accompanied with all of our direct marketing or by contacting the Sensius Data Officer. You also have the right:
● To be informed of how your personal data will be used before it is collected.
● To access your personal data personal data and to information on how your information is used after it has been gathered.
● To have personal data corrected if it is incomplete, inaccurate or out-of-date.
● To request the removal or deletion of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
● To restrict processing , to ‘block’ processing of your personal data.
● To data portability, having your data moved, copied or transferred from Sensius to another organisation in an easily readable format.
● To object to direct marketing from us.
Special categories of personal data collected
Health questions are asked in many of our consent forms to potentially highlight treatments that may have a negative effect on your health due to medication you are taking or a condition you have. Sensius asks for consent prior to gathering and processing this information. At any time after giving consent, you can withdraw you consent, subject to legal, insurance and contractual restrictions (see more on ‘your rights as an individual’). Your privacy is very important to us and we only use this information for determining your suitability for the treatment.
Process of collection
Your personal data is collected when you provide it to us through Phorest software, our website, over the phone, in Sensius Ireland´s clinics, by email, social media, in writing or any other means by which you provide it to us. Information is stored using the Phorest software platform as well as some level of paper record keeping. Sensius Ireland gives you access to information about your (GG2) account and bookings through Phorest software, for the limited purpose of viewing and updating that information.
Children’s Privacy
Sensius Ireland does not collect the personal data of children under the age of 16 without (GG3) parental or guardian consent. If you believe that we hold any information from or about a child under age 16, please contact Sensius Ireland and if we cannot immediately obtain appropriate parental or guardian consent, will remove the personal data from storage.
Data (GG4) Sharing
Your personal data is shared only with Phorest representatives in cases that customer support and troubleshooting is required for Sensius Ireland. Sensius Ireland do not share your personal information with any third-party without your prior consent, other than those already disclosed in this privacy notice or as part of our legal obligations under the relevant data protection laws. Use of Data Processors (GG5)
Data processors are third parties who provide some elements of our business services for us. Where we use a third-party, we have strict agreements in place governing the processing of your personal data, on which no action can be taken without instruction from us. The third-parties with whom we work will never share or disclose your personal information and will hold it securely at all times. Phorest Sensiususe software provided by Phorest to (GG6).
Here is a link to PhorestbPrivacy Notice: https://www.phorest.com/privacy-notice
How Long Do We Keep Your Data?
Sensius retains your personal data for as long as necessary to provide you with our services as our client. Sensius Ireland is required under tax laws to keep your personal data for a minimum of 7 years. Health and Safety records will be retained for 10 years and where we have your consent for marketing purposes, we will retain the minimum required data until you notify us that you no longer wish to receive such information.
The criteria for which we would continue to process your personal information includes:
● Where there is a legal basis, obligation or legitimate interest to continuing processing your personal information
● Where processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims Transfers of personal information
When your personal data is processed through Phorest software, all of it is held within the EU. Your information is processed by the Phorest software and stored in the Amazon Web Services cloud. During this process your data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Consequences of not providing your personal information to Sensius
In the event that you want to purchase a product or service from Sensius, certain personal information is required to enter into a contract with you. Sensius Ireland will not be able to enter into a contract with you to fulfill an attempt to purchase a product or service if you do not provide your personal information. As noted in this privacy statement, we are processing your personal data to comply with legal and statutory obligations and in the performance of a contract. You can always choose not to provide personal information; however, we will be unable to provide certain products, services and treatments in these instances.
Safeguarding your Personal Data
Appropriate measures are taken to protect your personal data from access from unauthorized persons or inappropriate access, internal or external. Your connection to the Phorest system uses a HTTP Secure communication protocol and TLS security. This means all information passed to the Phorest system is encrypted during data input and transfer to the cloud. Any paper files recording your personal data are held in a locked filing cabinet or safe which can only be accessed by authorised personnel in the clinic. Employees are only assigned specific access rights and can only access the salon software with the PIN number assigned to them by the management of the clinic.
Complaints
In the occurrence that you want to make a complaint about how your personal data was gathered, how it is being processed by Sensius Ireland (or third parties used by Sensius Ireland) or you are not satisfied about how a complaint has been handled, you retain the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority and also the SensiusData Protection Officer/ GDPR Owner.
Data Protection Supervisory Authority:
Data Protection Commissioner, Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois,
Ireland (GG7) R32 AP23
+353 (0) 57 8684800
Data Protection Commissioner, Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire (GG8) , SK9 5AF
+44 (0) 303 123 1113
External sites
Sensius Laser Hair Removal is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. You are advised to read the privacy policy of external sites before disclosing any personal information.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a small data text file that is placed in your browser and allows Sensius Laser Hair Removal to recognize you each time you visit this site (customisation etc). Cookies themselves do not contain any personal information, and Sensius Laser Hair Removal does not use cookies to collect personal information.
Sensius Laser Hair Removal use Google Analytics (just like virtually everybody else) which is a service provided by Google. They gather anonymous data of how people are using this site and then provide us with visitor statistics, details of page views etc etc. To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics please click here.
In order for the Sensius Laser Hair Removal website to function correctly, it stores the following cookies on your computer:
● __utma (61 bytes) – This is a Google Analytics cookie to check the amount of times you visit sensius.ie.
● __utmb (31 bytes) – This is a Google Analytics cookie to track the amount of time you spend on sensius.
● __utmc (15 bytes) – This is a Google Analytics cookie to track session status.
● __utmz (76 bytes) – This is a Google Analytics cookie to your track how you arrived at sensius.ie.
● has_js (7 bytes) – This checks to see if Javascript is available in your browser.
Remember the risks whenever you use the Internet
While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to Sensius Laser Hair Removal and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. In addition, other Internet sites or services that may be accessible through Sensius Laser Hair Removal have separate data and privacy practices independent of us, and therefore we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions. Please contact those vendors and others directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies. If you require further information about our privacy policy, please contact us