Privacy Policy
How HairTrendScout handles visitor and administrative data.
Last reviewed: August 26, 2026
Public visitors
Reading the public site does not require an account. HairTrendScout does not use third-party analytics scripts or analytics cookies. Raw IP addresses, full referrer URLs, and complete browser user-agent strings are not stored in the readership analytics table.
Privacy-first traffic measurement
For eligible public HTML requests, the server may record the page path, referrer host, broad device class, response status, coarse country code supplied by the hosting network, and server response time. A keyed anonymous visitor code rotates every UTC day and is not designed to identify a person across days. Requests carrying Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signals are excluded.
Retention and purpose
Page-view records are retained for up to 90 days to understand aggregate readership, diagnose broken pages, and plan editorial coverage. HairTrendScout does not sell this readership data or use it to build cross-site advertising profiles.
Administrative data
Authorized editors use a private account and session cookie. Login events, editorial changes, imports, AI jobs, publication actions, and operational failures may be recorded for security, accountability, and recovery. These records are not public readership analytics.
Third-party destinations
Creator credits and source references may link to Instagram or other external sites. Those services control their own data practices after you choose to follow a link.
Questions and requests
Privacy questions, correction requests, or requests concerning information you supplied directly can be sent through the editorial contact channel. HairTrendScout may need enough information to locate the relevant record and verify that a request is legitimate.