Effective date: September 7, 2026
What Information We Collect
Aesthetic Education ("we", "us", "our") collects information that you voluntarily provide and information that is automatically generated when you visit our website.
- Contact / information request forms: name, email address, phone number, the message you write, and the course or city you are interested in.
- Live chat: the text you type in the LiveChat widget and the time of the chat.
- Automatically collected data: IP address, device and browser type, pages you view, referring URL, and an approximate geographic location.
- reCAPTCHA: Google’s reCAPTCHA service validates that you are not a bot. Google’s own privacy policy applies to the data it processes.
- Embedded Vimeo videos: when you play a video, Vimeo may set its own cookies.
- Cloudflare services: Cloudflare processes your IP address for security and performance purposes.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes only:
- To respond to your inquiry about a specific training event or course.
- To forward your request to the third-party training provider whose admissions team can answer your questions.
- To improve the website’s functionality, security, and user experience.
- To generate aggregate, non-identifiable analytics that help us understand how visitors use the site.
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.
Cookies and Analytics
We place two categories of cookies on your device: essential cookies that are required for the site to function, and analytics cookies that are used only after you give explicit consent.
Below is a short description of the cookies we use.
- Name: ae_consent
Provider: Aesthetic Education
Purpose: Stores your cookie-preference choice (essential vs. analytics).
Type: Essential
Duration: 1 year - Name: __cf_bm (Cloudflare)
Provider: Cloudflare
Purpose: Security and performance (identifies trusted web traffic).
Type: Essential
Duration: Session - Name: livechat_session
Provider: LiveChat, Inc.
Purpose: Maintains your live-chat session state.
Type: Essential
Duration: Session - Name: _ga, _ga_L6SFMCMDJ7
Provider: Google Analytics 4
Purpose: Generates aggregate usage statistics.
Type: Analytics (optional)
Duration: 2 years - Name: _gid
Provider: Google Analytics 4
Purpose: Helps distinguish users for analytics reporting.
Type: Analytics (optional)
Duration: 24 hours - Name: vimeo_cookie
Provider: Vimeo
Purpose: Remembers video playback preferences.
Type: Analytics (optional)
Duration: Session
Analytics cookies are disabled by default. You may enable them through the cookie banner or later via the "Cookie settings" link in the footer. You can withdraw consent at any time.
Your Consent and How to Change It
When you first visit the site, a banner asks whether you accept analytics cookies. Selecting "Accept" stores your preference in the essential ae_consent cookie. You may change your choice at any time by clicking the "Cookie settings" link, which opens the same consent panel.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share data only with the following categories of service providers:
- Google (Analytics, Tag Manager, reCAPTCHA) – for analytics and bot protection.
- LiveChat, Inc. – for live-chat functionality.
- Cloudflare – for content delivery, security, and performance.
- Email/hosting providers – to deliver form submissions to our admissions team.
- Third-party training providers – only the information you request about a specific course is shared with that provider’s admissions team so they can respond to you.
All service providers are required to use your data only for the purposes we specify and to protect it in accordance with applicable law.
Data Retention
We keep your contact-form and live-chat records for as long as needed to answer your inquiry and for reasonable business record-keeping purposes. Analytics data is retained according to Google’s default settings, which is up to 14 months.
Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Security measures include encrypted email transmission, access controls on the systems where inquiries are stored, and Cloudflare’s DDoS protection.
Your Rights
United States (CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have the right to:
- Know what personal information we have collected about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of your personal information, subject to legitimate business needs.
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information (we do not sell or share for advertising, so this right is effectively exercised by default).
- Receive equal service and pricing even if you exercise your privacy rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please email info@aesthetic.education or call 866-261-5164.
European Union / United Kingdom (GDPR)
If you are located in the EU or UK, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erase your data (the “right to be forgotten”) where it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected.
- Restrict or object to processing of your data.
- Receive a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format (data portability).
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your member state.
Requests can be made by emailing info@aesthetic.education. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under that age.
Do-Not-Track Signals
We honor Do-Not-Track (DNT) signals. When a DNT signal is detected, the analytics cookies remain disabled until you explicitly consent via the cookie banner.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The "Effective date" at the top of the page indicates when the current version was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us:
- Email: info@aesthetic.education
- Phone: 866-261-5164
All inquiries will be handled in accordance with United States law and, where applicable, the CCPA/CPRA or GDPR.
