Privacy Policy : Letoile Hypoallergenic Cosmetics

INTRODUCTION: L’etoile, Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, U.S.A. (referred to herein as "L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics," "we," "us" and "our" or “L’etoile”), understands the importance of the privacy of individuals (referred to as "users" and "you") who visit and interact with our websites. This Security and Privacy Statement (the "Statement") outlines the information L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics collects through l’etoilecosmetics.com, and how L’etoile will use and disclose that information. This Statement represents the sole, authorized statement of L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics practices with respect to the collection of information and use of such information. By using the L’etoile website, you agree to this Statement. If you do not agree to this Statement, please do not use the L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics website.

L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics controls and operates the l’etoilecosmetics.com website from its offices located in the State of Washington, U.S.A. and the L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics website is not intended to subject L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than those of the United States. L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics makes no representation or warranty that the l’etoilecosmetics.com website, in whole or in part, is appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the l’etoilecosmetics.com website from other locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with local laws, rules and regulations, if and to the extent local laws, rules or regulations are applicable.

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT: Because our business changes continually, we reserve the right to change this statement without prior notice. Any changes to this statement will become effective upon posting of the revised statement on the Internet, accessible through the l’etoilecosmetics.com website. Your continued use of the l’etoilecosmetics.com website following the posting of changes to our statement will signify your acceptance of those changes.

WHAT OUR PRIVACY POLICY COVERS: This Privacy Policy covers any personal information that L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics obtains from you when you use services on our site. We respect your privacy and it is important for you to understand what information we collect about you during your visit and what we do with that information. This policy does not cover the practices of companies that L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics does not own or control, or the actions of people that L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics does not employ or manage.

Your visit to the site is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions. Please note that this Privacy Policy governs only information provided to letoilecosmetics.com and communications from letoilecosmetics.com. It does not govern any other information or communications that may reference L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics.

This Privacy Policy was last updated 6/21/2007.

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII): We do not collect personally identifiable information about you, except when you provide it to us for the following services:

a. Becoming a Registered User: When you decide to complete a user registration form or online survey, you may be asked to provide certain information such as your contact information (name, e-mail address, mailing address, and telephone number), age group, gender and product and/or cosmetic concerns, and the brands and products you use. You do not have to be a registered user to visit letoilecosmetics.com. But, you will have to register if you want to place orders or make full use of our services.

b. Making a purchase: When you decide to place an order, we will also need to know your delivery and billing address, credit card number and expiration date. To protect your personal information, users registering at the site must also enter a user name/e-mail address and password. If you would prefer that we not collect any personally identifiable information from you, please do not provide us with any such information.

c. Beauty and Gift Advisors: If you are not already registered and you send an e-mail to our Gift or Beauty Advisor at esthetics@letoilecosmetics.com, we will create a registration profile for you. This will make you a registered user. We may also collect information about e-mails that you send to our advisors. We use this information for product and site analysis only.

When you submit your personally identifiable information on the site, you are giving your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

HOW L’ETOILE SKINCARE AND COSMETICS PROTECTS YOUR INFORMATION: We realize that our customers trust us to protect their personal information. We take that task seriously. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information. For example: We use industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer ("SSL") authentication to guarantee the confidentiality of online transactions made on our site. SSL authentication and encryption of the information that you send to us over the Internet help protect your online transaction information from third party interception.

We never display your full credit card number once it has been entered. We will only reveal the last four digits of your credit card for verification purposes.
We urge you to protect your own privacy. We recommend that you do not share your password with anyone or share your password in an unsolicited phone call or e-mail.

Unfortunately, despite all of our efforts, there is always a risk that third parties may unlawfully intercept transmissions. This reality is true of all Internet use. As a result, we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit, and you transmit all information at your own risk.

We implement various security measures in accordance with industry standards to protect the security of your personal information both online and offline. If you have any questions about security at the Site, please e-mail us.

USE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION BY LETOILECOSMETICS.COM:

Opt-In Email:

Email communications to Serve You:

These types of communications are necessary to serve you, respond to your concerns and to provide the high level of customer service that letoilecosmetics.com offers its customers.

WE DO NOT SELL, RENT OR LICENSE ANY OF OUR CUSTOMER’S PERSONAL INFORMATION

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

a. Fraud Protection and Compliance with Law: We may disclose any information, including personally identifiable information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. We may also exchange information, including your PII, with other companies and organizations for credit fraud protection and risk reduction.

b. Service Providers: We may retain other companies and individuals to perform functions consistent with our Privacy Policy on our behalf. Examples include customer support specialists, webhosting companies, fulfillment companies (e.g., companies that fill product orders or coordinate mailings), data analysis firms, e-mail service providers, processing credit card payments, investigating fraudulent activity and providing customer service. Such third parties may be provided with access to your PII needed to perform their functions, but may not disclose your PII information for any other purpose.

Some personal information is stored on servers owned by other companies. Only L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics has the right to access this information. We currently share aggregate information about our customers with advertisers and marketing partners. This information does not identify individual users.

Personal information may be disclosed if required by law.

L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics does not currently sell or license personal information. Before selling or licensing your personal information, we will post a notice in this Privacy Policy and on our home page.

At this time, L’etoile Skincare and Cosmetics does not share any personal information with its affiliates. It is possible that this policy will change in the future. If we do decide to share information with our affiliates, we will post a notice in this Privacy Policy and on our home page.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES: Occasionally, we may make available a link to a third party's web site. These links will let you leave the site. The linked sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. We are not responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any linked site. We provide the links to you only as a convenience. We do not endorse the site or its use or contents.

COOKIES AND IP ADDRESSES: A cookie is a piece of data that enables us to track and target your preferences. We may place a "cookie" on your computer's hard drive so we can recognize you as a return user and personalize your experience and your use of our site. The cookie will be stored on your computer's hard drive until you remove it. We may also use temporary or "session" cookies to help you shop. These cookies will expire when you place an order. We may use flash cookies to personalize your experience. You can have your browser and/or plugs to your browser, such as flash, notify you of, or automatically reject, cookies. If you reject our cookies, you may still use the site, but you may be limited in the use of some of the features. We may also use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track traffic patterns, and gather demographic information for aggregate use, as well as in combination with your PII for credit fraud protection and risk reduction.

We are continuously working to make your experience on our site better. To this end, we have retained a company, Evisibility, to assist us in better understanding your use of our site. Evisibility will place cookies on your computer to collect information on our behalf that will show us how you come to our site and how you use and navigate our Site. Evisibility is contractually required to maintain all information collected on our behalf in confidence. However, you may elect to limit or eliminate the data that Evisibility collects regarding your use of our Site by clicking here.

Some of our other business partners and service providers may also use cookies on the Site. However, we have no access to, or control over, these cookies and do not accept any responsibility for such use. Only Evisibility cookies may be accepted or declined as described in the preceding paragraph.

PIXEL TAGS AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGY: When you visit this Site or view one of our e-mails, we may use pixel tags (also called "clear" gifs), tracking links and/or similar technology to note some of the pages you visit on our Site and personalize your experience. We may also use pixel tags to determine what types of e-mail your browser supports. We may use the information collected through pixel tags, tracking links and similar technology in combination with your PII.

USE OF AGGREGATE INFORMATION: We may use the information you provide in aggregate (non-personally identifiable) form for internal business purposes, such as generating statistics and developing marketing plans. We may collect, store or accumulate certain non-PII concerning your use of the site, such as information regarding which of our pages are most popular. We may share or transfer non-PII with or to our affiliates, licensees and partners.

CHILDREN UNDER 13: We take special steps to safeguard the privacy of children. If you are under 13 years of age, you may browse our Site. However, you may not provide personal information to us. For example, you cannot register or make a purchase. This site is not designed for children and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any children under 13.

For more information about this federal law and about children's privacy, go to http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/kidz.htm

If you register with us and we discover that you are under 13, we will email you that we have deleted your registration. If you are under 13 and want to make a purchase, please ask a parent to place the order for you.

UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION: You have the ability to review, change and/or correct the PII you provide us by e-mailing us. If you are a registered user, you can also review, change or correct your personal information at any time by clicking here. You may request that we deactivate your account by e-mailing us.

CHOICE/OPT-OUT: You may opt-out of receiving future Opt-In Emails from letoilecosmetics.com when you register at the site or otherwise provide your contact information to letoilecosmetics.com. You may change your preferences at any time by revising your profile by clicking here, clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any Opt-In Email you receive from us and following the instructions provided therein, or by emailing us at customerservice@letoilecosmetics.com. Please note that this opt-out only applies to letoilecosmetics.com Opt-in Emails and does not apply to communications to serve you or to other communications that may reference letoilecosmetics.com.

COMMENTS: We have taken great measures to ensure that your visit to the site is an excellent one and that your privacy is constantly respected. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the site's privacy practices, please e-mail us at customerservice@letoilecosmetics.com or call us at 253-537-SKIN(7546).

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