Last updated: 2 October 2026

Julie Brooker Styling respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information I collect through the Julie Brooker Styling website, how I use it, who I may share it with, and the rights you have over your personal information.

Julie Brooker Styling is responsible for your personal information and acts as the data controller for the purposes of applicable UK data protection law.

1. Information I collect

Depending on how you interact with Julie Brooker Styling, I may collect the following information:

Information you provide directly

When you contact me through the website contact form, I collect:

•Your name

•Your email address

•The message or enquiry you provide

If you become a client, I may also collect information needed to provide my styling services, such as:

• Appointment and consultation details

• Correspondence between us

• Styling preferences and requirements you choose to share

• Information needed to manage bookings and provide the service

• Payment and invoicing information where applicable

Please avoid including unnecessary sensitive or confidential information in the website contact form.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically through Squarespace, Squarespace Analytics, Google Analytics and cookies.

This may include information such as:

• IP address

• Browser type

• Device type

• Operating system

• Pages visited

• How you arrived at the website

• Approximate geographical information

• How you interact with the website

The information collected depends on your cookie choices and the analytics settings used on the website.

2. How I collect your information

I may collect personal information when you:

• Complete the contact form on my website

• Email or otherwise contact me

• Book or enquire about a styling service

• Become a client

• Subscribe to my newsletter

• Communicate with me about an appointment or service

• Interact with my website

Choose to provide information through social media or other communication channels

I may also receive technical information automatically when you browse the website through cookies and similar technologies.

3. How I use your information

I use your personal information where necessary to:

• Respond to enquiries

• Answer questions about my services

• Arrange and manage consultations or appointments

• Provide styling services

• Communicate with clients

• Keep appropriate client records

• Process payments and maintain financial records

• Send information you have specifically requested

• Send newsletters and marketing communications where you have chosen to receive them

• Understand how visitors use my website

• Improve my website, services and customer experience

• Manage and administer my business

Meet legal, accounting and regulatory requirements

I do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

4. Lawful basis for using your information

Under UK data protection law, I need a lawful basis for collecting and using personal information.

Depending on the circumstances, I may rely on the following:

Contract

Where your information is needed to provide a service you have requested or to take steps before entering into a contract with you.

Legitimate interests

Where using your information is necessary for the reasonable running and administration of my business, provided that your rights and interests do not override those interests.

Legal obligation

Where I need to process information to comply with a legal or regulatory requirement, such as accounting or tax obligations.

Consent

Where you have actively given your consent, for example when signing up to receive marketing communications or where consent is required for certain non-essential cookies.

5. Website contact form

The contact form on the Julie Brooker Styling website collects your:

• Name

• Email address

• Message

This information is used to respond to your enquiry and provide any information or assistance you have requested.

Submitting the contact form does not automatically subscribe you to the newsletter.

Your information will only be added to the marketing mailing list if you separately choose to subscribe, where an active opt-in is required.

6. Newsletter and email marketing

Julie Brooker Styling uses MailerLite to manage and send newsletters and email marketing communications.

If you choose to subscribe to the newsletter, your name and email address will be provided to MailerLite so that newsletters can be sent to you.

Newsletter communications may include:

• Styling advice

• Seasonal style inspiration

• Fashion and colour tips

• Updates from Julie Brooker Styling

• Information about services

• Offers and promotions

• Other relevant content

MailerLite acts as a service provider for the processing of subscriber information. MailerLite states that it provides GDPR-related data processing controls and has a Data Processing Addendum covering processing where GDPR applies.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in the email.

Unsubscribing will stop future marketing emails, although certain information may need to be retained where there is another lawful reason to do so.

7. Who I share your information with

I do not sell or rent your personal information.

I may share personal information with trusted service providers where this is necessary to operate my business and provide my services.

These may include:

• Squarespace – website hosting and website functionality

• Squarespace Analytics – website analytics

• Google Analytics – website analytics

• MailerLite – newsletter and email marketing

• Payment providers, where applicable

• Accounting or bookkeeping providers, where applicable

• IT or technical support providers, where necessary

• Professional advisers where necessary

Government bodies, regulators or law enforcement where I am legally required to do so

These providers may process personal information on my behalf and may have their own privacy policies and terms.

8. Squarespace, Google Analytics and cookies

The Julie Brooker Styling website is built and hosted using Squarespace.

Squarespace uses cookies and similar technologies for purposes including website functionality, security, preferences and analytics.

The website also uses:

Squarespace Analytics

Squarespace Analytics is used to understand how visitors use the website and how the website is performing.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is used to understand website traffic and visitor behaviour, helping me improve the website and its content.

Cookie preferences

A cookie banner is provided on the website so that visitors can manage their cookie preferences where applicable.

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function correctly, while certain analytics or other non-essential cookies may require consent.

The cookies and technologies actually used on the website should be reviewed periodically, particularly if additional services, plugins or integrations are added.

9. International data transfers

Some of the companies providing services used by Julie Brooker Styling may process or store information outside the UK.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards will be used where required by applicable data protection law.

For example, MailerLite states that its data storage centre is located in the European Union and provides information about its data-processing arrangements in its Data Processing Addendum.

10. How long I keep your information

I only keep personal information for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless I am legally required to keep it for longer.

For example:

• Website enquiries may be retained for as long as necessary to deal with the enquiry and any resulting communication.

• Client information may be retained for as long as necessary to provide services and maintain appropriate business records.

• Financial and accounting information will be retained for the period required by applicable legal and tax requirements.

Newsletter information will generally be retained while you remain subscribed, unless there is another lawful reason to retain it.

I will periodically review the personal information I hold and securely delete or dispose of information that is no longer required.

11. How I protect your information

I take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against:

• Loss

• Misuse

• Unauthorised access

• Accidental disclosure

• Alteration

• Destruction

Access to personal information is limited to those who need it for legitimate business purposes.

However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

12. Your data protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have rights under data protection law including the right to:

• Ask for a copy of the personal information I hold about you

• Ask me to correct inaccurate or incomplete information

• Ask for your information to be deleted in certain circumstances

• Ask me to restrict how I use your information in certain circumstances

• Object to certain types of processing

• Request transfer of your information where the right to data portability applies

• Withdraw consent where I am relying on consent to process your information

The rights available to you depend on the circumstances and the lawful basis being relied upon.

If you would like to exercise one of these rights, please contact me using the details below.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to my services, website, technology, legal requirements or the way personal information is processed.

The latest version will always be made available on this website.

I recommend reviewing this page periodically for any changes.

14. Contact Julie Brooker Styling

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:

Julie Brooker Styling Email: [Julie's email address] Website: [Julie's website address]

15. Complaints

If you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled, please contact Julie Brooker Styling in the first instance so that I can try to resolve your concerns.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator.

Information Commissioner's Office Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

The ICO recommends that privacy information is written in clear, plain language and kept under review when the way personal data is processed changes.