Privacy Policy
Privacy
Policy
Thank you
for choosing to be part of our community at SkinFx (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or
“our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right
to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy or our
practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at
privacy@skinfxboranique.com.
When you
visit us and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We
take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy policy, we seek to explain to
you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and
what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read
through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this
privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue the use of our
and our services.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our and/or any related
services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this
privacy policy as the "Services").
Please read
this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about
sharing your personal information with us.
1. WHAT
INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
The personal
information you disclose to us
In Short: We
collect personal information that you provide to us such as name, address,
contact information and passwords; please note we do not collect payment
information. All financial transactions are handled by our merchant processors
exclusively.
We collect
personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering at
expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and
services when participating in activities on the (such as posting messages in
our online forums or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise
contacting us.
The personal
information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us
and the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal
information we collect can include the following:
Credentials.
We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for
authentication and account access.
Social Media
Login Data. We provide you with the option to register using social media
account details, like your Facebook, Twitter or other social media account. If
you choose to register in this way, we will collect the Information described
in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS" below.
All personal
information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you
must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information
automatically collected
In Short:
Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics
– is collected automatically when you visit our website.
We
automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the
website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your
name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such
as your IP address, browser, and device characteristics, operating system,
language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location,
information about how and when you use our and other technical information.
This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of
our website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many
businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar
technologies.
2. WILL YOUR
INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In
Short: We only share information with
your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect
your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
We may
process or share data based on the following legal basis:
Consent: We
may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your
personal information for a specific purpose.
Legitimate
Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve
our legitimate business interests.
Performance
of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process
your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
Legal
Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to
do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial
proceeding, court order, or legal processes, such as in response to a court
order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet
national security or law enforcement requirements).
Vital
Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our
policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety
of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we
are involved.
More
specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal
information in the following situations:
Vendors,
Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data
with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform
services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do
that work. Examples include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery,
hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts. We may allow
selected third parties to use tracking technology on our website, which will
enable them to collect data about how you interact with the overtime. This
information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data,
determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online
activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade
any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
Business
Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or
during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or
acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Third-Party
Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you
visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to our
Website(s) and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other
tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and
services of interest to you.
Affiliates.
We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will
require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our
parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies
that we control or that are under common control with us.
Business
Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you
certain products, services or promotions.
Other Users.
When you share personal information or otherwise interact with public areas of
our website, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be
publicly distributed outside the in perpetuity. If you interact with other
users of our and register through a social network (such as Facebook), your
contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions
of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of
your activity, communicate with you within our website, and view your profile.
3. DO WE USE
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In
Short: We may use cookies and other
tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use
cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to
access or store information. Specific information about how we use such
technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie
Policy.
4. HOW WE DO HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In
Short: If you choose to register or log
in to our services using a social media account, we may have access to certain
information about you.
Our offer
you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media
account details (like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do
this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social
media provider. The profile Information we receive may vary depending on the
social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, e-mail
address, friends list, profile picture as well as other information you choose
to make the public.
We will use
the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this
privacy policy or that are otherwise made clear to you on our website. Please
note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your
personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend
that you review their privacy policy to understand how they collect, use and
share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences
on their sites and apps.
5. IS YOUR Did INFORMATION transfer INTERNATIONALLY?
In
Short: We may transfer, store, and
process your information in countries other than your own.
Our servers
are located in. If you are accessing our from outside, please be aware that
your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our
facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal
information (see "WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?"
above), in and other countries.
If you are a
resident in the European Economic Area, then these countries may not have data
protection or other laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will,
however, take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in
accordance with this privacy policy and applicable law.
6. WHAT IS
OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In
Short: We are not responsible for the
safety of any information that you share with third-party providers who
advertise, but are not affiliated with, our websites.
Our website
may contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us
and which may link to other websites, online services or mobile applications.
We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third
parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy
policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security
practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services
or applications that may be linked to or from our website. You should review
the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your
questions.
7. HOW LONG
DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In
Short: We keep your information for as
long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy
unless otherwise required by law.
We will only
keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes
set out in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or
permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No
purpose of this policy will require us to keep your personal information for
longer than 6 months.
When we have
no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we
will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example,
because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we
will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further
processing until deletion is possible.
8. DO WE
COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or
market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not
knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By
using our website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the
parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of
our website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18
years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take
reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you
become aware of any data, we have collected from children under age 18, please
contact us at privacy@skinfxbotanique.com
9. WHAT ARE
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In
Short: You may review, change, or
terminate your account at any time.
Account
Information
If you would
at any time like to review or change the information in your account or
terminate your account, you can:
Upon your
request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account
and information from our active databases. However, some information may be
retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any
investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.
Opting out
of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any
time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by
contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from
the marketing email list – however, we will still need to send you notification
of our tri-annual sales events as well as service-related emails that are
necessary for the administration and use of your account. To otherwise opt-out,
you may:
10. CONTROLS
FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web
browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a
Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy
preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and
collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT
signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser
signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not
to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must
follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised
version of this privacy policy.
11. DO
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In
Short: Yes, if you are a resident of
California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal
information.
California
Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits
our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a
year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information
(if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the
names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal
information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California
resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in
writing to us using the contact information provided below.
12. DO WE
MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?
In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary
to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may
update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be
indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be
effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this
privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of
such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to
review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting
your information.
13. HOW CAN
YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?
If you have
questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at
privacy@skinfxbotanique.com.