1. Introduction
Welcome to Ink By Cord. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, and handled when you visit our website, submit a tattoo booking request, or communicate with us.
Ink By Cord provides tattoo services at Ink'd Up Tattoo Parlor in Albertville, Alabama.
2. Information We Collect
When you submit a tattoo request or contact us, we may collect:
Your name, email address, and phone number.
Tattoo preferences, including style, placement, size, and design descriptions.
Preferred appointment dates.
Reference photos or other images you voluntarily upload.
Information about how you heard about us.
Communication preferences and consent choices.
Our website and service providers may also collect basic technical information, such as browser information, IP addresses, and website activity.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information collected to:
Review tattoo booking requests.
Contact you about designs, pricing, and appointment availability.
Schedule and manage appointments.
Send booking-related communications and reminders when permitted.
Respond to questions and provide customer service.
Improve our website and booking process.
Send promotional messages only when you have provided the required consent.
Submitting a booking request does not automatically confirm an appointment.
4. Text Messages and Email Communications
If you provide your phone number and agree to receive booking-related text messages, Ink By Cord may contact you regarding your tattoo request, scheduling, confirmations, and reminders.
Marketing messages are optional and are sent only when the required consent has been obtained.
Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply. You can reply STOP to opt out of text messages or HELP for assistance.
We do not sell or share your mobile phone number or SMS consent information with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
5. How Information Is Stored and Shared
We use third-party service providers, including GoHighLevel, to help manage website submissions, customer communications, and booking requests.
Information may be shared with service providers as needed to operate these services, or when required by law.
We do not sell customer booking information.
6. Reference Photos
Images uploaded with tattoo requests are used to understand your design ideas and prepare for possible appointments.
We will not publicly post your submitted reference photos without your permission.
7. Data Security and Retention
We take reasonable steps to protect the personal information we collect. However, no internet-based system can guarantee complete security.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for booking administration, customer service, legitimate business purposes, and applicable legal obligations.
8. Your Privacy Choices
You may contact Ink By Cord to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, subject to applicable legal requirements and necessary record retention.
You may also unsubscribe from promotional communications or opt out of text messages using the instructions provided.
9. Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended to collect personal information directly from children under 13. If we learn that such information has been collected without appropriate authorization, we will take steps to address it.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, booking services, or business practices change. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how your information is used, or would like to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information,
please contact:
Ink By Cord
Albertville, Alabama
Email: [email protected]
We will review and respond to privacy-related requests as appropriate under applicable law.