Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2025

Welcome to HairstylistAppreciationDay.com (“we,” “us,” “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when you use our TikTok voting site.

1. Information We Collect

• Session Cookie: We set a session cookie (PHPSESSID) only after you click “Accept Cookies.” This prevents duplicate votes and maintains your voting session.
• User-Submitted URLs: When you submit a TikTok post URL, we store that URL and the post’s publicly available author info (TikTok handle & profile link).
• Vote Records: We record each vote with:
  • stylist_id (the entry you voted for)
  • Your session identifier (to prevent repeat votes)
  • A timestamp (to power daily vs. all-time leaderboards)

2. How We Use Your Information

• Site Functionality: Cookies enable voting and block duplicate votes.
• Leaderboards: Vote records drive our daily and all-time rankings.
• Automatic Removal: We check TikTok’s oEmbed endpoint; if a post is deleted, we automatically remove it.
• Advertising: With your consent, we load Google Ads scripts to display ads and may collect advertising-related cookie data.

3. Cookies & Consent

• No cookies are set unless you click “Accept Cookies.”
• If you decline, you may browse and view leaderboards, but you cannot vote.
• Once you accept, we set:
  • cookie_consent=1 (to record your consent)
  • PHPSESSID (to enable voting)
  • Google Ads cookies (for ad delivery and measurement)
• You can withdraw consent by deleting the cookie_consent cookie; this disables voting and ad loading.

4. Third-Party Services

• TikTok oEmbed API: We fetch only publicly available embed HTML and author info.
• Google Ads: We load <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6123850391430588" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> after you accept cookies. Google may set advertising cookies under its AdCookie policies.
• Hosting & CDN: Our host and CDN may collect standard access logs; see their policies for details.

5. Data Retention

• We retain stylist entries and vote records indefinitely to preserve leaderboards.
• TikTok posts that become unavailable are automatically purged.
• To request deletion of your vote data, contact us at privacy@hairstylistappreciationday.com.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request deletion of your data (deleting your session cookie also “forgets” your votes).
• Withdraw your cookie consent at any time (via browser settings).

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. The “Last updated” date above reflects the most recent revision.