Privacy Policy | Barbizon NYC

Barbizon NYC (“Barbizon NYC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you:

Visit www.barbizonnyc.com
Submit a website or advertising lead form
Contact us regarding modeling, acting, music, theater, or personal-development programs
Register or inquire on behalf of a child or student
Purchase merchandise through our online shop
Communicate with us by telephone, email, text message, social media, or another channel
Otherwise interact with Barbizon NYC

By using our website or voluntarily providing personal information, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect personal information you voluntarily submit, including:

First and last name
Email address
Telephone number
Date of birth or age
Parent or legal guardian information
Program interests, such as modeling, acting, music, theater, dance, or personal development
Preferred class, program, or training format
Appointment, consultation, audition, or enrollment information
Messages, questions, and other information submitted through forms
Communication preferences
Billing, shipping, and transaction information for online purchases
Photographs, videos, portfolios, résumés, measurements, performance materials, or other materials you voluntarily provide
Any other information you choose to provide to us

Please do not submit Social Security numbers, government identification numbers, medical records, bank-account information, or other highly sensitive information through a general inquiry or advertising lead form.

Information Collected Automatically

When you use our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:

Internet Protocol address
Browser and device type
Operating system
Approximate location derived from an IP address
Referring website, search engine, or advertisement
Pages visited and links selected
Date and time of visits
Website interactions and form activity
Cookie, pixel, and device identifiers
Advertising attribution and campaign information

We may collect this information through cookies, tracking pixels, analytics tools, tags, log files, and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

Respond to inquiries
Provide information about our programs, classes, services, events, and opportunities
Contact prospective students, parents, or legal guardians
Schedule consultations, appointments, interviews, classes, or other activities
Evaluate program interests and recommend relevant services
Process registrations, enrollments, payments, and purchases
Fulfill and deliver online merchandise orders
Provide customer service and administrative support
Communicate changes to schedules, programs, policies, or services
Send requested information by telephone, email, or text message
Send promotional communications where permitted by law
Maintain student, customer, and business records
Personalize and improve our website, programs, advertising, and communications
Measure website traffic and advertising performance
Detect fraud, misuse, unauthorized activity, or security incidents
Enforce our agreements, policies, and legal rights
Comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and contractual obligations
Protect the safety and rights of students, parents, employees, instructors, customers, and the public

Information collected through a lead form will be used consistently with the purpose disclosed when the form is submitted.

3. Lead Forms and Advertising Inquiries

When you submit information through a Barbizon NYC website form or an advertisement on platforms such as Google, Meta, TikTok, or another advertising service, we may use the information to:

Respond to your request
Discuss the program or service in which you expressed interest
Contact you regarding a consultation, appointment, class, or enrollment
Provide relevant information about Barbizon NYC
Measure and improve our advertising campaigns

We do not use lead-form information to imply that we know sensitive or private facts about you that you did not voluntarily provide.

Submitting a lead form is an affirmative, opt-in action. You may choose not to submit the form.

4. Calls, Emails, and Text Messages

By submitting a contact or lead form and providing your contact information, you authorize Barbizon NYC to contact you regarding your inquiry, programs, services, appointments, enrollment, and related opportunities.

Communications may be made by:

Telephone call
Email
Text message
Automated dialing technology
Prerecorded or artificial voice, where permitted by law

Consent to receive marketing communications is not a condition of purchasing a product, enrolling in a program, or receiving services.

Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency may vary.

You may opt out of marketing text messages by replying STOP. You may request assistance by replying HELP. You may unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us directly.

We may still send non-promotional communications relating to an active transaction, enrollment, appointment, payment, order, or service request.

5. Information About Children and Minors

Barbizon NYC offers programs that may be relevant to children, pre-teens, and teenagers.

Parents and legal guardians should submit inquiries and registration information on behalf of children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online directly from a child under 13 without appropriate parental or legal-guardian involvement and consent.

When information relates to a minor, we may collect:

The minor’s name
Age or date of birth
Program interests
Photographs, videos, or performance materials
Parent or guardian contact information
Scheduling, registration, and enrollment information

We use this information to respond to the parent or guardian, administer requested programs, provide services, and communicate about opportunities or activities.

Parents or legal guardians may contact us to review, correct, or request deletion of personal information relating to their child, subject to applicable law and legitimate recordkeeping requirements.

If you believe that a child under 13 has submitted personal information without appropriate parental involvement, please contact us using the information below.

6. Photographs, Videos, and Portfolio Materials

Students, prospective students, parents, or legal guardians may voluntarily provide photographs, videos, résumés, portfolios, audition materials, or other creative content.

We may use submitted materials to:

Evaluate program or service interests
Provide training or feedback
Support student-development activities
Coordinate auditions, classes, events, or opportunities
Maintain student or enrollment records
Carry out another purpose disclosed when the material is submitted

Public promotional use of a student’s name, image, voice, likeness, testimonial, or performance materials may be governed by a separate authorization, release, enrollment agreement, or consent form.

7. Online Purchases and Payment Information

Barbizon NYC operates an online shop offering branded merchandise.

When you make a purchase, we may collect or receive:

Name
Billing and shipping addresses
Email address
Telephone number
Order details
Transaction status
Partial payment-card information or payment confirmation

Payments may be processed by third-party payment providers. Payment providers process payment information under their own privacy policies and security practices.

8. How We Share Personal Information

We may disclose personal information to:

Barbizon NYC employees, instructors, administrators, booking personnel, and authorized representatives
Website hosting and website-management providers
Customer relationship management and lead-management platforms
Email, telephone, and text-messaging providers
Payment processors and e-commerce providers
Shipping, fulfillment, and delivery providers
Scheduling, registration, and enrollment platforms
Analytics and advertising providers
Information-technology, cybersecurity, and data-storage providers
Professional advisers, including attorneys, accountants, auditors, and insurers
Government agencies, courts, regulators, or law-enforcement authorities when legally required
A successor or potential successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale, or transfer of business assets

Service providers are permitted to use personal information only as necessary to perform services for us, subject to applicable agreements and law.

We may also disclose information:

With your consent
At the direction of a parent or legal guardian
To protect a person’s safety or prevent fraud
To comply with a subpoena, court order, legal process, or governmental request
To enforce our agreements or protect our legal rights

We do not sell personal information collected through our lead forms for monetary payment.

9. Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies

We may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to:

Operate the website
Remember user preferences
Understand website traffic and visitor behavior
Detect technical errors or security issues
Measure advertising effectiveness
Determine which advertisements generate inquiries
Improve our website and marketing campaigns
Display relevant advertising where permitted by law

Our website may use tools provided by Wix, Google, Meta, or other technology and advertising providers.

These providers may collect information through their technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies and user settings.

You may control certain cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some website functions.

10. Social Media and Third-Party Platforms

When you interact with Barbizon NYC through Instagram, Facebook, Google, TikTok, or another platform, that platform may separately collect and use information under its own privacy policy.

Information you publicly post on social media may be visible to others. Please avoid posting sensitive personal information in public comments or messages.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

Respond to inquiries
Manage prospective and current student relationships
Administer programs, registrations, appointments, and enrollments
Complete merchandise orders and transactions
Maintain business, tax, accounting, and legal records
Resolve disputes
Enforce agreements
Prevent fraud or misuse
Satisfy legal and regulatory obligations

Retention periods may vary according to the nature of the information and our relationship with you.

We may delete, anonymize, or aggregate information when it is no longer reasonably required.

12. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, physical, and technical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, loss, misuse, or disclosure.

However, no website, email system, internet transmission, or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should not send highly sensitive information through ordinary website forms, email, or text messages.

13. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you reside and applicable law, you may have the right to request that we:

Confirm whether we maintain personal information about you
Provide access to certain personal information
Correct inaccurate personal information
Delete certain personal information
Restrict or object to certain processing
Explain the categories of information we collect and disclose
Honor applicable opt-out rights
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

Parents and legal guardians may exercise applicable rights on behalf of their minor children.

To submit a privacy request, contact us using the information below. We may request information necessary to verify your identity and protect against fraudulent requests.

Certain information may be exempt from deletion or access requirements where retention is required or permitted by law.

We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

14. New York Residents

Residents of New York may contact us to request information about our privacy practices or to exercise rights available under applicable federal, state, or local law.

We will process valid requests in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

15. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.

We are not responsible for the privacy, security, accuracy, or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before submitting personal information.

16. International Visitors

Barbizon NYC is based in the United States. If you access our website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or another jurisdiction where our service providers operate.

Privacy laws in those locations may differ from those in your country.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in:

Our programs or services
Website functionality
Technology
Advertising practices
Legal or regulatory requirements

The updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

18. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, or privacy requests, contact:

Barbizon NYC
1501 Broadway, Suite 510
New York, NY 10036
United States

Telephone: (212) 239-1110
Email: info@barbizonnyc.com
Website: www.barbizonnyc.com

This privacy policy was last updated on: July 31, 2026