Privacy Policy

The Surgery Circle is an educational and community platform for women researching, preparing for, and recovering from cosmetic surgery. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. We are not a medical practice and we do not collect medical records.

We only collect what we need to serve you well:

• Contact details you provide, such as name and email address.
• Account information when you register for a membership, including a username and password.
• Payment information required to process membership fees. Payments are handled by our third-party payment processor; we do not store full card numbers on our servers.
• Content you post inside the private community, such as questions, comments, and replies.
• Basic technical information collected automatically, including IP address, device type, browser, and pages visited.

When you subscribe to our newsletter or become a member, we use your email address to send educational content, community updates, and service-related messages. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every email.

Membership subscriptions are billed through a trusted third-party payment processor. We receive confirmation of successful payment and limited billing metadata, but not your full card details. Please review your payment processor’s own privacy notice for how they handle your data.

We use a small number of cookies and privacy-respecting analytics to understand how the site is used and to improve it. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may limit some features of the site.

• To provide and improve our educational content and community.
• To process payments and manage your membership.
• To communicate with you about your account or our services.
• To protect the safety and privacy of our community.
• To comply with legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it with third parties for their own marketing.

We use industry-standard safeguards to protect your information. No service on the internet can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure, but we take security seriously and continue to invest in it.

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information at any time by writing to us. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails, close your account, or ask us to stop processing your data.

Questions about this policy may be directed to us through the contact page.