Disclaimers, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, GDPR Compliance

ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca are the online professional business portfolios of Lori Dyck, a leading Ottawa hairstylist and editorial stylist with more than 15 years of experience. 

Professional communication with our clients is everything. That extends to our privacy policy. When you use our services, whether they are online or in person, you can be assured that your comfort, privacy, and well-being are top of mind.

Updated: March 3, 2021

DISCLAIMER

By reading and using ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca, you are agreeing to the terms listed below:

  • Lori Dyck is the owner of all intellectual property published on these sites, including written work, photography, video, and design unless otherwise noted. This work is protected by copyright law and may not be copied, published, reproduced, manipulated, modified for any purpose, including commercial, without explicit written consent.

  • The material provided on ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca is for the purposes of inspiration and entertainment. It is not a substitute for qualified legal, medical, or professional advice. We accept no responsibility or liability for any damages or losses resulting from relying on the content on these sites.

  • Lori Dyck reserves the right to change the focus of ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca, to shut them down, to sell them, to change the terms of use, including the use of a paid platform, at their discretion.

PRIVACY POLICY

  • We respect your privacy.

  • We are committed to protecting your privacy and your personal data.

  • We are committed to making sure your data is held securely and for no longer than is necessary.

  • We are committed to collecting the minimal amount of data that is necessary for the efficient operation of ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca.

  • Data includes, but is not limited to, IP address information collected through analytics providers.

  • All online inquiries which require no further follow-up, communication, or analysis will be deleted every 24 months.

  • We take all reasonable measures to protect the security of ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca and, by extension, your personal data. This includes using strong passwords and log-in systems.

  • All contracts with staff and service providers include a Data Protection Agreement as necessary.

  • We will not sell our clients’ personal information or contact information to any other company.

  • We will not place our clients’ information on spam lists.

  • You have the right to obtain from us confirmation about how information is being used and held.

  • You have the right to request personal data to be deleted and to end subscriptions.

  • We will notify our customers of any security breaches of their personal data within 72 hours of such a breach.

  • We aspire to comply to the fullest extent possible with applicable data protection regulations, in particular the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’). That includes using GDPR compliant partners for analytics, newsletter services, and affiliate sales.

COOKIES POLICY

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

As is common practice with almost all websites,ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca use cookies. Cookies are tiny files that are placed in the memory of your browser or device. Cookies allow a website to recognize a particular browser or device. This section describes what information they gather, how they’re used on ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored.

DISABLING COOKIES

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of ShowPonyHair.com, ShowPonyHair.ca, and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site.

HOW WE USE COOKIES - THE COOKIES WE SET

  • Email newsletters cookies: If ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca offer newsletter or email subscription services in the future, cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.

  • Survey-related cookies: From time to time we may offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide us with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.

  • Form-related cookies: If you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or online shops, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

  • Site preference cookies: To provide you with a great experience through ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca, we may provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we may set cookies so that this information can be recalled whenever you interact with a page that would be affected by them.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

  • In some cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

  • Other third-party analytics may be used to track and measure usage of ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.

  • We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, the following social media sites, which may include, but not be limited to, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest, may set cookies through ShowPonyHair.com and ShowPonyHair.ca. These may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes. This should be researched in the respective privacy policies of these companies.

MORE INFORMATION

If you have further questions please contact us at any time.

Finally, you may return to this page at any time by clicking on the link in the footer of all of our pages.