Privacy, consent and patient information

How Core Aesthetics Handles Your Information

A plain-language summary of health information, Square booking, optional analytics, consent choices, access, correction and privacy complaints.

Quick summary

Core Aesthetics uses personal and health information to respond to enquiries, manage appointments, provide consultation, keep clinical records, communicate about care and meet legal or professional obligations. Optional website analytics are blocked unless you expressly allow them. Booking-form contents, enquiry answers and clinical records are not sent to advertising platforms. Optional advertising measurement has separate choices described below.

What Does This Policy Cover?

Core Aesthetics collects and uses personal and health information to respond to enquiries, manage appointments, provide consultation, keep clinical records, communicate about care and meet legal or professional obligations. Health information is sensitive information and is handled separately from public marketing.

This policy applies to the Core Aesthetics website, clinic communications and records under the clinic’s control. Separate services such as Square, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Ahrefs and MailerLite also operate under their own privacy terms.

What Information May Be Collected And Why?

ContextInformation may includePurpose
Essential website operationSecurity logs, IP address, browser and device informationDeliver, secure and troubleshoot the website
Optional website analyticsOnline identifiers, approximate location, device and browser information, pages viewed and interaction dataUnderstand aggregate website use and improve the site, only after express consent
Enquiry or appointmentName, contact details, availability and appointment informationRespond and administer appointments
Consultation and careRelevant health history, medicines, allergies, symptoms, previous care, consent and clinical recordsAssessment, safety, records and follow up
Mailing listEmail address and consent recordSend general clinic updates when you choose to subscribe

Your Analytics Choice

Across the website, optional Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity and Ahrefs Web Analytics stay off until you allow analytics in Privacy choices. These services can receive online identifiers, device and browser information, approximate location, pages viewed and interaction data.

On the advertising consultation page, the choices are separate: Google Analytics measures visits, active time, video viewing, booking-link clicks and whether an enquiry was saved. Google Ads measurement also permits advertising cookies and ad-click identifiers to attribute those generic events to an ad. That page does not run Clarity, Ahrefs or session recording. A booking-link click is not a confirmed appointment.

Optional Meta page views: only on the advertising consultation page, a separate choice allows a basic Meta Pixel image to report a PageView. Meta receives your IP address, browser connection information, the clinic domain and any Meta cookies your browser permits. This reveals that you visited the clinic website; Meta may associate the visit with your account and use it for ad measurement under its own terms. We do not send the page path, query string, page text, enquiry answers, selected concerns, names, email addresses, phone numbers, enquiry events or booking events to Meta. The full Meta tracking script and automatic matching are not installed.

Meta measurement is off by default. Allowing Google analytics or Google Ads does not allow Meta. You can enable or disable Meta separately on the advertising page, or choose Use Essential Only to turn off optional measurement. Choices are remembered for up to six months in this browser. Changing your choice stops future collection; it does not recall information already sent. Refusing does not affect enquiries or booking.

Core Aesthetics does not use Meta Conversions API, enhanced conversions, patient/customer-list uploads or patient-activity retargeting for these campaigns. Browser or ad-blocking settings may prevent measurement. Read Meta’s Privacy Policy for its processing, retention and account controls.

Square Appointment Booking

Square provides the external appointment-booking service. When you follow a booking link, you leave the Core Aesthetics website. Square collects the information you choose to enter to administer your appointment under Square’s privacy terms.

Core Aesthetics does not configure its website analytics or advertising tools to receive Square booking-form contents or patient information. Please do not enter clinical information unless the Square form specifically asks for it and explains why it is needed.

Website And Communication Providers

Provider or functionWhen usedInformation and controlRetention and location
Website hosting, WordPress, LiteSpeed and CloudflareEssentialTechnical and security data needed to deliver and protect the siteProvider and clinic security settings apply; processing may occur outside Australia
Google Tag Manager and Google AnalyticsOptional, after Allow AnalyticsOnline identifiers, device, approximate location, page and interaction data; no form or booking contentsRetention follows the clinic’s configured Google settings and Google terms; processing may occur outside Australia
Microsoft ClarityOptional, after Allow AnalyticsDevice, page and interaction data; sensitive form and appointment contents are not configured for collectionRetention follows the clinic’s configured Microsoft settings and Microsoft terms; processing may occur outside Australia
Ahrefs Web AnalyticsOptional, after Allow AnalyticsWebsite-use and page interaction data for aggregate performance reportingRetention follows the clinic’s configured Ahrefs settings and Ahrefs terms; processing may occur outside Australia
Meta Pixel, basic image onlyOptional, after separate Meta consent on the advertising consultation pagePageView, IP/browser information, clinic domain and any Meta cookies permitted by the browser; no form answers, page text or booking eventsMeta may associate the visit with an account; processing and retention follow Meta terms and may occur outside Australia
Google Ads measurementOptional, after its separate choice on the advertising consultation pageAdvertising cookies, ad-click identifiers and generic interaction events, not enquiry answers or clinical recordsGoogle settings and terms apply; processing may occur outside Australia
SquareWhen you choose to bookInformation you enter to administer the appointmentSquare terms and applicable clinic record obligations apply; processing may occur outside Australia
MailerLiteWhen you choose to open and submit the mailing-list formEmail address and subscription consentKept until unsubscribe or another lawful retention requirement applies; processing may occur outside Australia

Advertising measurement disclosure updated 6 October 2026 with the clinic owner’s authorisation. The earlier reported privacy-adviser approval does not cover this revision. Provider settings and terms can change independently.

How Clinical Information Is Used, Shared And Stored

Clinical information is used for assessment, records, consent, care, follow up and legal or professional obligations. It is not used as a public testimonial or uploaded to advertising platforms.

Information may be shared with your consent, where reasonably expected and directly related to care, or where law or a professional obligation requires it. Access is limited according to role and need.

Access, Correction And Privacy Complaints

You may ask about access to personal information, correction of inaccurate details, communication preferences or a privacy concern. Identity may need to be verified before records are discussed or changed.

If a concern cannot be resolved directly, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner provides privacy guidance and complaint information.

Official Privacy Guidance

Privacy Questions

Does Core Aesthetics collect health information?

Consultation and care may require relevant health information such as medical history, medicines, allergies, symptoms, previous care and consent details so Corey Anderson RN can assess risks and safe next steps.

Do optional analytics run before I consent?

Can I use the website with essential technology only?

Yes. Select Use Essential Only. The website and external Square booking link remain available while optional analytics stay blocked.

Can I change my analytics choice?

Yes. Open Privacy Choices from the persistent control and choose again. The page reloads so the new setting applies to future website activity.

Does Core Aesthetics send appointment or patient information to advertising platforms?

We do not send enquiry answers, selected concerns, contact details, clinical records or Square booking-form contents to advertising platforms. With separate consent on the advertising consultation page, Meta receives a basic page-view signal, IP/browser information, the clinic domain and any Meta cookies the browser permits. This reveals a visit to the clinic website, but not an enquiry or booking. Google measurement has its own choices. We do not use Meta Conversions API, enhanced conversions or patient-list uploads for these campaigns.

What happens when I continue to Square?

You leave the Core Aesthetics website and Square collects the information you choose to enter to administer the appointment under its privacy terms.

Are clinical photographs used for advertising automatically?

No. Clinical-record consent is separate from advertising consent. Public use requires a separate, informed decision and is not required to ask about consultation.

Can I ask to access or correct my information?

Yes. Contact Core Aesthetics. Identity may need to be verified before records are discussed or changed.

Who do I contact about a privacy concern?

Email support@coreaesthetics.com.au, call 0491 706 705 or write to Core Aesthetics, 12A Atherton Road, Oakleigh VIC 3166.

Is this policy legal advice?

Is this for you?

Consider booking a consultation if

  • Patients who want to understand how Core Aesthetics handles personal or health information
  • Readers checking the clinic photo and records boundary
  • People who want a correction or privacy contact route

This may not be for you if

  • Personal legal advice
  • Urgent medical triage
  • Public treatment recommendations

Suitability is confirmed at consultation. This list is general guidance, not a substitute for clinical assessment.

Clinical references

  1. OAIC tracking pixels and privacy obligations
  2. OAIC guide to health privacy
  3. OAIC consent to handling personal information

Clinically reviewed by Corey Anderson RN, Ahpra NMW0001047575 · Reviewed 5 September 2026 · TGA and Ahpra guidance is regularly reviewed in preparing this website.

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Tell Corey what you have noticed, what matters to you and what you want to understand. The appointment can be used for questions and planning only.

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