1st April 2012
At Sheer Skinz, we take the protection for your Personal Information (such as name; address; phone number; date of birth; e-mail address; credit card number; gender; language preference; and merchandise category preferences) very seriously.
We collect Personal Information that you provide to us voluntarily and process it for the following purposes (“Purposes”):
to understand and analyse our sales, and your needs and preferences;
to develop, enhance, market and provide products and services to meet your needs;
to direct market to you;
to enable you to participate in promotions and contests;
to enable you to participate in customer research or focus groups;
to process exchanges or product returns;
to respond to requests or complaints.
We may hold or process such Personal Information securely anywhere in the world, for as long as is necessary for the Purposes and we may only share it with franchisees and subsidiaries of Sheer Skinz.
We may communicate with you through a variety of channels, our customer loyalty schemes, and through the internet, and through a variety of means such as post, email, phone, fax, or text message, subject to your preference. You may unsubscribe at any time by writing to us in the manner explained in our communications.
1. Our Approach to Privacy
1.1. At Sheer Skinz, we recognize that the protection of your Personal Information is a very important principle in building trust and maintaining a good relationship with you. In this Privacy Policy the first person (“we”, “our”, “us”, “ours”) denotes the “Sheer Skinz” responsible for the collection of the Personal Information and bound by this Privacy Policy. The second person (“you”, “your”, “yours”) denotes you as the customer, or generally the individual providing Personal Information or any other information, being the subject matter of this Privacy Policy.
1.2. This Privacy Policy details our commitments and your rights regarding the processing of your Personal Information in line with applicable legislation.
1.3. We are responsible for the Personal Information under our control, including Personal Information disclosed by us to a Vendor (often referred to as the data processor). “Vendor” in this Privacy Policy means in relation to Personal Information any person or entity (other than an employee of the Sheer Skinz) who Processes the Personal Information on behalf of the Sheer Skinz “Processing”, in relation to Personal Information means for example obtaining, recording, holding or using the Personal Information anywhere in the world or carrying out any operation or set of operations on the Personal Information including (a) organisation, adaptation or alteration of the Personal Information, (b) retrieval, consultation or use of the Personal Information, (c) disclosure of the Personal Information by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, or (d) alignment, combination, blocking, erasure or destruction of the information or data.
1.4. By providing your Personal Information, you consent to the collection and use or otherwise Processing (including disclosure) of your Personal Information in the manner and for the Purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
2. About Information Collection
2.1. We communicate with you through a variety of means and channels, through the internet, and whether by post, email, phone, fax, or text messaging on your mobile phone, although we do generally note that our preferred means of communication is email which has the least impact on the environment. Such communications may involve giving to you, as well as receiving information from you. Some of the information that we receive is personally identifiable information (as defined in section 3 below), while some information (particularly information collected through your access of our web sites) is non-personally identifiable information (as described in section 4 below). This Privacy Policy is primarily concerned with the Processing of Personal Information.
3. Personal Information
3.1. We at Sheer Skinz limit the amount and type of information that we collect to that which is necessary for the identified Purposes and do not collect your Personal Information unless you (directly or indirectly) provide it to us voluntarily.
3.2. Although the precise details of the Personal Information collected will vary according to the specific purpose, we may typically collect the following Personal Information from or in relation to you:
name;
address;
phone numbers(s);
date of birth;
email address;
credit card number;
gender;
language preference
4. Non-Personally Identifiable Information
4.1. Where we collect information through our website, as is the case with many other web sites, we automatically collect certain non-personal information regarding web site use that does not identify you. Examples include the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer, the IP address of your Internet Service Provider, the date and time you access the web site, the internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our website, the operating system you are using, the sections of the web site you visit, the web site pages read and images viewed, and the content you download from our website.
5. Accuracy of Information
5.1. We at Sheer Skinz keep Personal Information as accurate, complete and up-to-date as necessary, taking into account its use and the interests of our customers.
5.2. You are responsible for informing us about changes to your Personal Information and for ensuring that such information is accurate and current.
6. Effective Date of the Privacy Policy
6.1. This Privacy Policy is effective as of 1st April 2012.
7. Children
7.1. We will never knowingly collect or solicit Personal Information from individuals under the age of sixteen (16) without first obtaining verifiable parental consent. If you are under the age of 16 you should not provide information to us. If we become aware that a person under 16 has provided Personal Information to us without verifiable parental consent , we will remove such Personal Information from our files.
8. Contacting Us
8.1. If there are any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the data collection practices outlined herein, please contact us as follows:
By Email:
sheerskinz@omegaremedies.net