Privacy notice — Skinparency

Who we are

Skinparency is an independent skincare rating service. For data-protection purposes we are the controller of the personal data described here. Questions, requests or complaints: privacy@skinparency.com.

What we collect

Account data — email address and sign-in identifiers, handled by our authentication provider. We never see your password.
Profile data you choose to add — display name and, optionally, your Fitzpatrick skin tone.
Contributions — products you save, mark as tried, rate on our micro-review axes, flag, or write reviews about, plus contribution points.
Tool inputs — ingredient lists or pack photos you paste or upload for checking. Photos are used to verify ingredient lists.
Technical data — basic server logs and aggregate usage statistics needed to run and secure the site.

Skin tone: optional, single-purpose, removable

Skin tone can indicate ethnic origin, so we treat it as sensitive and ask for it only with your explicit consent. It is never required: every rating, review and tool works without it, and we never infer it from photos or anything else you do.

We use it for exactly one purpose — grouping white-cast reports so you can read them next to skin like yours, and flagging sunscreens with no reports from your tone. When you submit a white-cast style rating we store the tone alongside that rating so the grouping still works later. It is never shown next to your identity, never shared, never sold, and never used for profiling, advertising, or any other rating axis.

You can withdraw consent at any time on your account page. Removing it deletes the tone from your profile and from every rating you have submitted; your ratings stay, simply untagged.

For auditability we record a timestamp when you give consent and when you withdraw it, together with the action taken. These consent records are visible to you on your account page and in your data export, and contain no tone value after withdrawal.

Why we use it, and our legal basis

Contract — running your account, your saved and tried lists, and showing your own ratings back to you.
Legitimate interests — aggregating anonymous community counts, preventing abuse, and improving our ratings. Individual rows are never shown to other users; only aggregate counts are.
Explicit consent — optional skin tone (sensitive data under UK/EU GDPR Article 9), marketing or early-access emails, and any optional cookie set beyond what the site needs to function. You can withdraw consent at any time, and doing so does not affect anything else in your account.

Who we share it with

We do not sell personal data and we do not run advertising trackers. We use processors to host the site and database, send email, and (for AI-assisted ingredient parsing) process product text. Retailer links may pass a partner identifier to the retailer so a purchase can be attributed to us — see our disclosures. Data may be processed outside the UK/EEA under appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

How long we keep it

Account and contribution data are kept while your account is open. If you delete your account, we erase your profile, ratings, flags, reviews, lists and points. Aggregate counts that can no longer identify you may remain. Server logs are kept for a short period for security and troubleshooting.

Your rights

You can access, correct, export, restrict, object to, or delete your data. The fastest route is self-service on your account page, which offers a one-click JSON export and permanent deletion. You can also email privacy@skinparency.com. If you're unhappy with how we've handled a request, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office or your local supervisory authority.

Cookies and local storage

We use cookies and browser local storage that are strictly necessary to keep you signed in and remember your preferences. We do not use advertising cookies. If we ever add optional analytics, we'll ask first.

Children

Skinparency isn't intended for children under 16. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we'll remove it.

Changes

We'll update this page when our processing changes and move the "last updated" date. For material changes affecting your rights, we'll tell you in the app or by email.