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Privacy statement

Your information, handled with care.

This statement explains what K-Beauty collects, why it is collected and the choices available to you.

Effective: 25 September 2026Applies to: kbeautynz.co.nz and K-Beauty communications

Who we are

K-Beauty is an independent editorial website operated in New Zealand. For privacy enquiries, contact hello@kbeautynz.co.nz.

Information we collect

The website offers optional membership through email verification and does not offer direct checkout. If you email us, we collect the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, message and any attachments. The hosting service may process basic technical information needed to deliver and secure the website, such as IP address, browser type, request time and error or security logs.

Why we use it

Cookies and analytics

K-Beauty uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website. Google may receive information such as pages viewed, traffic source, device and browser type, approximate location and interactions; Analytics may use cookies or similar identifiers. We use aggregated reports to improve the site and do not use Analytics to identify visitors. You can limit collection through your browser settings or the Google Analytics opt-out add-on. Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Retailer and affiliate links

Buttons to Olive Young Global and YesStyle open third‑party websites. Those retailers may collect information and use cookies under their own privacy policies. K-Beauty does not control their checkout, accounts, delivery or privacy practices. Selected YesStyle affiliate links redirect through Commission Factory and contain our publisher and advertiser identifiers to attribute clicks and eligible purchases. Commission Factory and the retailer may use cookies or other tracking under their own policies. Our affiliate relationship is explained in the website’s affiliate disclosure.

Sharing, storage and retention

We do not sell personal information. Information may be handled by service providers that support email, hosting, security or professional advice, only as reasonably necessary for those services or where required by law. Email enquiries are retained only for as long as needed to respond, manage the relationship, meet legal obligations or resolve disputes, then deleted or anonymised where reasonably practicable.

Your rights

Under the Privacy Act 2020, you may ask whether we hold personal information about you and request access to or correction of that information. Email hello@kbeautynz.co.nz with “Privacy request” in the subject line. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

Children

The editorial content is intended for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly seek personal information from children.

Changes

This statement may be updated when the website’s services or legal obligations change. The effective date above will show the latest revision.

Shopping country preference

We remember your NZ / AU country and currency choice in your browser’s local storage. On a first visit, we may suggest a country from the request’s country code; this does not require precise location permission. You can change your choice at any time. Confirm your delivery country separately at the retailer.

Email subscriptions

If you choose to subscribe, we collect your email address and record your consent, confirmation and unsubscribe times. We use these records to manage your subscription and send NZ sale updates and makeup guides, at most once a day. We use Resend to deliver emails; this may involve processing outside New Zealand. You must confirm your email before receiving marketing updates.

Every marketing email will include an unsubscribe link. You may ask to access, correct or delete your subscription information by contacting admin@kbeautynz.co.nz. We do not sell subscriber email addresses. We retain subscription records only while needed to manage your subscription and honour your opt-out. Technical controls limit repeated signup attempts.

Membership and site statistics

If you register, we collect your name, address, email and phone number to manage your membership. We store registration and email verification times, accepted terms version, and hashed sign-in tokens. Resend delivers account emails and may process data outside New Zealand. Email links expire after 15 minutes and are single use; a secure sign-in cookie lasts up to seven days. Your address is not sent to retailers as a delivery address. Unverified accounts cannot access member information. Membership does not give consent to marketing emails. Account records are retained while your membership remains active; request access, correction or deletion at admin@kbeautynz.co.nz.

We count homepage page views and estimated daily visitor sessions for private administrator reports. A random session identifier is stored in your browser’s session storage, and only a daily hash of it is stored on our server. We do not record your IP address in these statistics. These session records are retained for up to 35 days and removed during successful catalogue updates; aggregated daily counts can be retained longer. Existing Google Analytics collection is described above.