At My Cosmetic Counter (MCC) we respect your privacy. This section describes the information we collect, including information that you provide to us, and information from third parties. Your visit to the Site is subject to our Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions. Please note that this Privacy Policy governs only information provided to this Site and communications from My Cosmetic Counter (MCC) through the Site. It does not govern any other information or communications that may reference MCC.
Information You Provide
MCC does not collect personally identifiable information about you, unless you choose to provide us with such information directly. If you register at this Site, make purchases through this Site, join our loyalty program, enter a contest or promotion, submit a consumer survey, photo, video or product review, sign up to receive emails or other communications, we collect and store the information provided. This information includes Personal Information that can be used to identify you as an individual, such as your name and email. If 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/email 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. When you submit your personally identifiable information on this Site, you are giving your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Use of Personal Information
If you opt-in during the Site registration process, or at other times when you submit personally identifiable information, the information you provide may be used by MCC to create and deliver emails to you such as newsletters, announcements, messages containing product and event information, cosmetics tips or promotions. If you have elected to provide us with your contact information, e.g., by registering at the Site, emailing Customer Service or placing an order, we may provide you with service related announcements concerning your order, our site, or contact you regarding your customer service requests. We may also contact you to respond to product questions or concerns that you may express. These types of communications are necessary to serve you, respond to your concerns and to provide a high level of customer service.
Device Identifiers
My Cosmetic Counter also automatically collects an IP address or other unique identifier information (“Device Identifier”) for the computer, mobile device, technology or other device (collectively, “Device”) you use to access the Sites. A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Device when you access a web site or its servers, and our computers identify your Device by its Device Identifier. We may use a Device Identifier to, among other things, administer the Sites, help diagnose problems with our servers, analyze trends, track users’ web page movements, help identify you and your shopping cart, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Third Parties Providing Services On Our Behalf
MCC may retain other companies and individuals to perform functions consistent with our Privacy Policy on our behalf, such as webhosting companies, fulfillment companies (e.g., companies that fill product orders or coordinate mailings), process transactions and payments, fulfill orders, provide customer service, loyalty program administration and redemption, email service providers , advertisers or other third parties that participate in or administer our promotions, contests, sweepstakes, surveys or provide marketing or promotional assistance. Such third parties may be provided with access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their functions, but may not use such information for any other purpose.
MCC 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 personally identifiable information, with other companies and organizations for credit fraud protection and risk reduction.
Cookies
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. Cookies may also be used to associate you with social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter and, if you so choose, enable interaction between your activities on the Sites and your activities on such social networking sites. 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 personally identifiable information for credit fraud protection and risk reduction.
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.
Legal Disclosure
My Cosmetic Counter may transfer and disclose information, including your Personal Information, Usage Information and Device Identifier, (including IP address), to third parties to comply with a legal obligation; when we believe in good faith that the law requires it; at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; to verify or enforce our Terms of Use or other applicable policies; to respond to an emergency; or otherwise to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of third parties, visitors to our Sites or the public.
Pixel Tags
When you visit this Site or view one of our emails, MCC 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 email your browser supports. We may use the information collected through pixel tags, tracking links and similar technology in combination with your personally identifiable information.
Links
The Site may contain links to or from other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information we collect on the Site. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of other websites you link to from the Site or otherwise visit.
Children Under 13
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. If we determine upon collection that a user is under this age, we will not use or maintain his/her Personal Information without the parent/guardian’s consent. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected personally identifiable information from a child under the age of 13, we will make reasonable efforts to delete such information from our records.
We strongly recommend that minors 13 years of age or older ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet and we encourage parents to teach their children about safe internet use practices.
If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under age 13, please contact us at info@mycosmeticcounter.com
Security
My Cosmetic Counter maintains reasonable safeguards to protect Personal Information against loss, unauthorized use, disclosure or destruction and when transferring information for processing and requires third parties providing services on our behalf to do the same. However, no electronic data transmission or storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
Notification of Changes
MCC reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. These changes may be made without prior notice to you, and any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy and Cookie Notice on the Site. Our rights to use your personally identifiable information will be based on the privacy policy in effect at the time the information is used. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Privacy Rights, Access and Updating
You may review, change and/or correct the personally identifiable information you provide, review/update your personal information, or request that we deactivate your account at any time. You can do this yourself by modifying your registered user information on your account on our site, or by sending us an email to deactivate your account. We will retain your Personal Information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
In accordance with our routine record keeping, we may delete certain records that contain Personal Information you have submitted through the Site. We are under no obligation to store such Personal Information indefinitely and disclaim any liability arising out of, or related to, the destruction of such Personal Information. In addition, you should be aware that it is not always possible to completely remove or delete all of your information from our databases without some residual data because of backups and other reasons.
Comments/Contact Us
We have taken great measures to ensure that your visit to our Site is an excellent one and that your privacy is respected. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy or Cookie Notice, please contact us at info@mycosmeticcounter.com.