Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 01.01.2026
Last Updated: 29.06.2026
Slotswave is a digital appointment scheduling platform that enables customers to book and manage appointments with businesses while allowing businesses to manage their services, staff, availability, schedules, and appointments.
This Privacy Policy explains how Slotswave (“Slotswave,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects personal information when you use our website, application, appointment booking services, chatbot, widgets, or other services (collectively, the “Platform”).
This Privacy Policy applies to customers, businesses, providers, staff members, and other users of the Platform (collectively, “Users”).
By accessing or using Slotswave, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who This Policy Applies To
This Privacy Policy applies to:
- Customers booking or managing appointments
- Businesses or providers offering services through Slotswave
- Staff members authorized by a business or provider
- Users managing services and subservices
- Users managing staff assignments and schedules
- Users interacting with Slotswave through the website, IVR, widgets, or other supported channels
2. Information We Collect
A. Information Collected from Customers
Depending on how you use Slotswave, we may collect:
- Name
- Phone number
- Email address
- Date of birth, where required or voluntarily provided
- Appointment details, including business, provider, staff member, service or subservice, location, date, and time
- Notes or other information voluntarily provided during the booking process
- Payment and transaction information, where applicable
- Communication history, including chats, messages, or appointment-related communications
- Appointment history and status
- Feedback, reviews, or other information voluntarily submitted by you
B. Information Collected from Businesses / Providers
We may collect:
- Full name
- Business or provider name
- Business details
- Professional or service-related information
- Contact information
- Business location details
- Services and subservices offered
- Staff information
- Staff-to-service or subservice assignments
- Availability and appointment schedules
- Account login and authentication information
- Payment or subscription information
Businesses/providers may assign staff members to specific services or subservices. Information relating to these assignments may be stored and displayed as necessary to facilitate appointment booking and scheduling.
C. Information from Google Calendar Integration
Slotswave allows eligible businesses, providers, or authorized users to connect their Google Calendar account to synchronize appointment schedules.
When you choose to connect Google Calendar and provide the required authorization, we may access and process:
- Google account email address and basic account information necessary to identify the connected account
- Google Calendar information necessary to synchronize appointments and availability
- Calendar event information required to create, update, retrieve, or delete appointment-related events
- Calendar event dates, times, titles, and other information necessary to perform the synchronization
Slotswave requests only the Google permissions necessary to provide the Google Calendar synchronization functionality.
We do not access or collect unrelated Google account information, including:
- Gmail messages
- Google Drive files
- Google Contacts
- Google Photos
- Google Maps data
- Other Google account information that is not necessary for the Google Calendar integration
Google Calendar information accessed through Slotswave is used only to provide the calendar synchronization functionality requested by the User.
D. Automatically Collected Information
When you access or use Slotswave, we may automatically collect:
- IP address
- Device information
- Browser and operating system information
- Application usage information
- Log files
- Access dates and times
- Pages, screens, or features accessed
- Cookies and similar technologies
- Technical information relating to errors and application performance
3. How We Use Information
We may use information collected through Slotswave to:
- Create and manage User accounts
- Enable customers to search for and book appointments
- Connect customers with businesses, providers, and staff
- Display available services and subservices
- Manage staff assignments
- Manage provider and staff availability
- Manage appointment schedules
- Send appointment confirmations, reminders, cancellations, and updates
- Facilitate communications between customers, businesses, providers, and authorized staff
- Process payments and subscriptions, where applicable
- Provide customer support
- Synchronize appointments with connected Google Calendar accounts
- Improve the functionality, performance, and user experience of the Platform
- Detect, prevent, and address fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical problems
- Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal obligations
Google Calendar Data
For Users who authorize Google Calendar integration, Google Calendar data may be used solely to:
- Synchronize appointments between Slotswave and Google Calendar
- Create appointment events in Google Calendar
- Update appointment events when appointment information changes
- Remove or cancel appointment events when applicable
- Retrieve relevant calendar information necessary to identify scheduling conflicts or maintain synchronization
- Keep appointment schedules consistent between Slotswave and the connected Google Calendar
Google user data is not used for advertising, marketing, profiling, or any purpose unrelated to providing the Google Calendar integration.
4. Personal and Sensitive Information
The type of information collected through Slotswave may vary depending on the business, provider, service, or appointment being booked.
Users may voluntarily provide additional information when booking or managing an appointment.
Users should avoid providing sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for the requested service or specifically requested by the applicable business or provider.
If sensitive personal information is collected, Slotswave will process such information only as reasonably necessary to provide, manage, secure, or support the requested service, or as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law.
5. Data Sharing and Disclosure
A. Customers, Businesses, Providers, and Staff
To facilitate appointments, we may share relevant information between authorized parties, including:
- Customer information with the business or provider selected by the customer
- Appointment details with the staff member assigned to the relevant service or subservice
- Relevant business, provider, staff, service, location, availability, and appointment information with customers
We aim to share only the information reasonably necessary to facilitate the appointment and related services.
B. Service Providers
We may share information with trusted third-party service providers that support our Platform, including:
- SMS, email, and notification providers
- Hosting and cloud infrastructure providers
- Payment processors and payment gateways
- Analytics and technical service providers
- Customer support and communication providers
- Google APIs and services necessary to provide Google Calendar synchronization
These service providers may process personal information only as necessary to provide services to Slotswave and are expected to maintain appropriate security and confidentiality measures.
C. Legal Requirements
We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable laws or regulations
- Respond to valid legal processes, court orders, subpoenas, or government requests
- Protect the rights, property, or safety of Slotswave, our Users, or others
- Detect, prevent, or investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or other unlawful activity
D. Business Transfers
If Slotswave is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.
6. Google User Data
If you connect your Google Calendar account to Slotswave, your Google user data will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the permissions you authorize.
Slotswave:
- Requests only the permissions necessary to provide Google Calendar synchronization.
- Uses Google Calendar data only to provide and maintain the requested synchronization functionality.
- Does not sell Google user data.
- Does not use Google user data for advertising or targeted marketing.
- Does not use Google user data for unrelated profiling or analytics.
- Does not transfer Google user data to third parties except where necessary to provide the requested functionality, comply with applicable law, or protect the security of the Platform.
- Does not access Gmail, Google Drive, Google Contacts, Google Photos, or unrelated Google account information.
Google Calendar information may be stored temporarily or persistently to maintain synchronization and provide appointment functionality, subject to the retention practices described in this Privacy Policy.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Provide and maintain Slotswave services
- Manage User accounts
- Manage appointments and appointment history
- Maintain business and operational records
- Resolve disputes
- Prevent fraud and abuse
- Meet legal, regulatory, tax, or accounting obligations
Appointment records may be retained after an appointment has been completed or cancelled when reasonably necessary for business, operational, or legal purposes.
Google Calendar data obtained through the Google Calendar integration will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide and maintain the synchronization functionality, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law.
When information is no longer required, it may be deleted, anonymized, or securely disposed of in accordance with applicable requirements.
8. User Rights and Choices
Depending on applicable law, Users may have the right to:
- Access personal information held about them
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of their account or personal information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request information about how their personal information is processed
- Disconnect their Google Calendar account
- Request deletion of Google Calendar data associated with their Slotswave account
Users may contact Slotswave using the contact information provided in Section 14 to exercise applicable rights.
Upon verification of a valid request, Slotswave will process the request in accordance with applicable law and any legal or operational requirements that require certain information to be retained.
Disconnecting Google Calendar
Users may disconnect their Google Calendar account from Slotswave at any time through the available account settings or by contacting Slotswave.
9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Slotswave may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Keep Users signed in
- Remember preferences
- Improve Platform performance
- Understand how the Platform is used
- Maintain security
- Improve the overall User experience
Users may control or disable cookies through their browser or device settings. Some Platform features may not function properly if required cookies are disabled.
10. Data Security
Slotswave uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.
These safeguards may include:
- Secure servers and infrastructure
- Encrypted communications
- Access controls
- Authentication and authorization mechanisms
- Monitoring and logging
- Secure handling of integration credentials and access tokens
Google Calendar access tokens and related credentials are securely handled using appropriate security practices.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage system is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Children’s Privacy
Slotswave is not intended for children under the age of 16 unless the applicable business or provider specifically permits appointments for minors in accordance with applicable laws.
Where an appointment is booked for a minor, the parent or legal guardian is responsible for providing the required information and ensuring that the booking complies with applicable laws and the requirements of the relevant business or provider.
12. International Data Transfers
Slotswave is operated in the United States.
We may use service providers and infrastructure located in the United States or other countries. As a result, personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country where a User resides.
Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards will be implemented for such transfers.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Slotswave may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When changes are made, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
Where required by law, we may also provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.
14. Contact Information
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us:
Email: enquiry@slotahead.com
Address: 2248 Broadway #1170, New York, NY 10024, United States