Your privacy
East Coast Worldwide Studios respects your privacy. This page explains, in plain language, what information we collect, why, who we share it with to run the studio, and the choices you have.
Last updated: June 15, 2026
East Coast Worldwide Studios, Inc. is a tattoo, body-piercing, laser tattoo-removal, and fine-jewelry studio located at 8833 Perimeter Park Blvd, Suite 501, Jacksonville, FL 32216. In this policy, "we," "us," and "the studio" mean East Coast Worldwide Studios. "You" means anyone who visits our website, contacts us, books with us, shops with us, or comes into the studio.
This policy covers our public website (eastcoastworldwide.com and its subdomains, including our online jewelry shop), our booking and payment flows, and the data we handle as a business. If you have any questions, email us at [email protected].
We only collect what we need to provide our services, run appointments, take payment, meet our legal obligations as a body-art studio, and stay in touch with you.
| Appointment bookings | When you book online, we collect your name, email, phone number, the service you want, and your appointment details. Bookings are handled by our scheduling provider, Bookeo. |
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| Payments & deposits | Online deposits, gift-card purchases, and card payments are processed by Stripe. In the studio, in-person sales and gift cards run through our point-of-sale system, Lightspeed. We do not store full card numbers — our payment processors handle card data directly. |
| Consent forms & waivers | Before a tattoo, piercing, or laser session you complete a digital consent form and waiver through Smartwaiver. These capture the information required by law and for your safety — name, date of birth, ID/age verification, health-screening answers, the procedure, and your signature. Completed waivers are also imported into and retained on East Coast Worldwide’s own secured systems and linked to your customer record, so staff can confirm a current waiver is on file. |
| Jewelry shop browsing | Our online jewelry shop lets you browse in-stock pieces. Browsing is read-only — there is no checkout — so we don't collect personal information just because you look at it, beyond ordinary website logs and cookies (below). |
| Contact & quote forms | When you send a message, request a custom-jewelry quote, or apply for a job, we collect what you put in the form — typically your name, email, phone, and your message or portfolio link — so we can respond. Job applications are stored on our own secured systems (we keep promising applicants on file) and are seen only by management. |
| Email signups | If you join our newsletter, we collect your name and email to send studio news and offers. You can unsubscribe at any time. |
| Phone calls | When you call the studio, our phone system shows us the caller's number (caller ID) and we may match it to an existing customer record so we can serve you faster. We may keep a log of calls for follow-up. |
| Website usage | Like most websites, our servers automatically log basic technical data — IP address, browser type, the pages you view, and the date/time — to keep the site secure and working. |
| Staff portal (employees) | We run a private, login-protected staff portal for our team. It holds employee information — schedules, sign-offs, payroll and commission data, and contact details. This is internal employee data and is not part of the public website; it is restricted to authorized staff and management. |
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with the service providers we use to operate the studio, and only as needed for them to do their job for us:
| Bookeo | To schedule and manage your appointments. |
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| Stripe | To securely process online payments, deposits, and gift cards. |
| Lightspeed | Our in-studio point-of-sale — to process in-person sales and track products and gift cards. |
| Smartwaiver | To collect and store your digital consent forms and waivers. |
| Our Google Business Profile (maps, reviews, hours) and Google Analytics (GA4), which uses cookies to help us understand how the site is used (pages visited, general location, device) so we can improve it. | |
| Meta (Facebook & Instagram) | For our social-media presence and to display and manage our posts. See "Social media" below. |
| Email providers | To send appointment, newsletter, and transactional emails on our behalf. |
We may also share information when the law requires it (for example, age and health records required of body-art establishments, or a lawful request), or to protect the safety and rights of our customers, staff, and the studio.
We maintain Facebook and Instagram accounts to showcase our work. From time to time we re-share (repost) public content from the Instagram accounts of our affiliated artists and jewelry vendors, always with credit to the original account. We only repost content that is already public, and we credit the source. If you are an artist or vendor and would like a post removed or credited differently, email [email protected].
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to keep the site working (for example, to keep you logged in where applicable and to keep the site secure) and to measure general traffic. We use Google Analytics (GA4), which sets cookies to measure visits and how the site is used. Some embedded features — such as map, review, and social widgets — may set their own cookies. You can control or block cookies in your browser settings; some parts of the site may not work as well if you do.
We keep your information only as long as we need it for the purpose it was collected, and as long as the law requires. Consent forms, waivers, and health records are kept for the period required of body-art establishments. Booking and payment records are kept for our business and tax records. You can ask us to delete information we are not legally required to keep (see "Your choices and rights").
We use industry-standard safeguards to protect your information: encrypted (HTTPS) connections, access controls that limit data to authorized staff, and reputable service providers (such as Stripe and Smartwaiver) that handle sensitive data on certified systems. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable steps to keep your information safe.
You can:
To make any of these requests, email [email protected] and tell us what you'd like. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.
Our website and services are intended for adults. Tattoos are performed only on adults 18 and older; certain piercings are available to minors only with a parent or legal guardian present and consenting, as required by Florida law. We do not knowingly collect information from children online except where a parent or guardian provides it as part of a minor's appointment and consent.
As the studio grows and we add new features or services, we may update this policy. When we do, we'll change the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Significant changes may also be noted on the site.
Questions about your privacy or this policy? We're happy to help.
East Coast Worldwide Studios, Inc.
8833 Perimeter Park Blvd, Suite 501
Jacksonville, FL 32216
904.685.6516
[email protected]
Last updated: June 15, 2026.