Beau-Studio Pte Ltd recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of all consumers (“you” or “user”) who visit the Beau-Studio hosted or sponsored websites. We respect your concerns about privacy and value the relationship we have with you. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect about our customers, how we may use the information, with whom we may share it, and the choices available to our customers regarding our use of the information. Our Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how our customers can contact us about our privacy practices.
We also believe it is important to inform you about how we will use your personal information, and to give you choices about how this data will be used. For these reasons, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully.
This Privacy Policy is directed and applicable to individuals who visit those portions of the Beau-Studio website accessible at www.beaustudio-official.com. For avoidance of doubt, the Beau-Studio Careers section, which may collect, use or disclose personal information of job applicants, is governed by its own Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by us via the Sites and does not extend to any other website. Personal information collected over the Sites goes directly to servers housed in various regions of the world. The dynamics of the internet may mean that information is sent electronically to servers outside of Singapore and that the information may be used, stored and processed outside of Singapore. While it is possible that countries to which personal information is transferred will not be subject to an information protection regime as rigorous as that of Singapore, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that the information received is treated securely and adequately protected to a comparable standard as it would receive under the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (“PDPA”) and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2) Collection and Use of Information
(A.) INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may obtain personal information about you from various sources. We may collect this information when you provide it at our counters or in our stores, on our website, or in connection with our social networking or mobile applications, or at one of our events. Unless otherwise stated, this Privacy Policy does not address any data collection by our retail partners. When you visit this site, our social media/ social networking pages (or their relevant platforms or corresponding mobile applications), or when you use the services or features of one of our mobile applications, we may also collect certain information about your device or usage by automated means or by using technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons.
(B.) INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE
You may choose to provide personal information to us in a number of ways, such as when you participate in an offer or promotion, or when you make a purchase on our site, at our counters or in our stores. The types of personal information you may provide to us, if applicable, includes:
Contact information (such as name, postal address, email address, and mobile or another phone number)
Age and date of birth
Ethnicity, gender, preferred language
Username and password
Payment information (such as your payment card number, expiration date, delivery address, and billing address)
Purchase history
Product preferences and communication channel preferences
Your physical characteristics and skincare concerns and/or skincare regimes, skin type, skin conditions (sensitivities or allergies) and medications for the same that may be deemed sensitive personal information under applicable laws
Contact information of friends or other people you would like us to contact under their consent
Content you provide (such as photographs, videos, reviews, articles and comments)
Information provided to us through social media networks or one of our mobile applications when you visit our social media pages, register for our site or loyalty program using a social media account or use one of our mobile applications (such as your name, profile picture, likes, location, friend list and other information described on the social media network or in application sign-up page, or your geo-location details when using one of our mobile applications)
Your membership program or loyalty program account identification number.
It is voluntary for you to provide your personal information to us, but certain services and promotions may not be available to you if you do not provide your personal information.
(C.) HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION
We may use the information you provide to:
Send you promotional materials or other communications
Provide requested information and services to you
Contact you to follow up or confirm your orders, appointments, returns, or refunds and to send you other non-marketing communications related to products and services we provide to you
Process your payment and/or gift card transactions
Create and manage your online account, including access to your online and in-store purchase history
Assist with product selection and replenishment, including through our customer registry
Administer our membership list and loyalty program list
Respond to your inquiries
Tailor ads on our website, social media platforms and elsewhere to your interests and history with us
Communicate with you about, and administer your participation in, special events, contests, sweepstakes, programs (such as loyalty program, if any), surveys and other offers
Operate and communicate with you about our social networking or mobile applications
Operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products and services; enhancing and improving our products and services; managing our communications; analyzing our products; performing market researches, data analytics and customer relations management programs; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions)
Comply with applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies
To avoid duplication and ensure accuracy of your Information, periodically conduct data cleansing, linking or merging of our records, either internally or through our service providers.
We also may use the information in other ways for which we will provide specific notice of the purpose at the time of collection.
If you provide us with your personal information, we intend to use it for direct marketing purpose to offer or advertise the availability of our goods and/or services. However, we may not use your personal information for such purpose unless we have received your consent to our intended use.
All types of personal information listed in the section “Information You Provide” above may be used by us in direct marketing if you provide such personal information to us and you expressly consent to such use in writing. In such event, we may market the following classes of goods and services directly to you using your personal information:
Beauty and skincare products;
Any other products or services offered by us.
Direct marketing communications may be sent to you through various channels, including by telephone, post, email, SMS, through mobile apps, online apps, social media platforms and other online means.
We, Beau-Studio Pte Ltd, being the operating company of Beau-Studio in Singapore. To share with you more of our multi-brands’ beauty tips and information through our connection with you, when you sign up for an account or program with us (e.g. membership account, loyalty program etc.), or when you receive services from us, in addition to any interaction that you may have with the brand that you originally have contact with, you may be invited by that brand (i.e. us) to subscribe to marketing materials of our multiple adjacent brands offered by our company as a whole. Upon your consent, the personal information you provided in the form, or the personal information you provided at the time when you consented to the said subscription, would simultaneously be used by us for that marketing purpose. Our handling of any data transfer issues concerned under this paragraph would remain consistent with what is provided in this Privacy Policy.
If you do not wish us to use your personal information, you may opt out of our direct marketing or withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal information at any time by following the procedures set out in the section “Your Rights and Choices” below. We must, without charge to you, cease to use your Personal Information if you so require.
We will use the personal information supplied by you for direct marketing only in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012) (“PDPA”). Our direct marketing materials may come in several forms, including but not limited to marketing mails, emails and text messages, the details of which are set out in the following sub-sections.
(D.) INFORMATION WE COLLECT BY AUTOMATED MEANS
When you visit this site or click on our online advertisements (including our advertisements on third party websites), visit our social media/ social networking pages (or their relevant platforms or corresponding mobile applications), or download and/ or use one of our mobile applications, we also collect certain information about your usage or device by automated means or by using technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons. For example, if you use one of our mobile applications, we may collect your IP address, your unique device identifier (or other device identifier) and/or geo-location data in order to offer you certain features or functionalities within that mobile application. As set forth in more detail below, we may also collect information about your usage and browsing habits using various web-based technologies.
For your convenience, our mobile applications may also include functionality that allows you to remain logged in to the application so that you do not have to re-enter a password each time you want to access the application. IF YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN LOGGED IN, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANYONE WITH ACCESS TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS AND MAKE CHANGES TO YOUR MOBILE ACCOUNT AND MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE PURCHASES THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT. For that reason, if you choose to remain logged in to the application on your mobile device, we strongly recommend you enable the Passcode Lock security feature on your mobile device to protect against unauthorized access to and use of your mobile device and your account in the application.
Technologies We Use
Cookies, Web Server Logs And Web Beacons
Cookies: Cookies are small text files that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in your browser. Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies and how to restrict or disable certain cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our website.
Flash cookies: “Flash cookies” (also called Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) are data files similar to cookies, except that they can store more complex data. Flash cookies are used to remember settings, preferences, and usage, particularly for video, interactive gaming, and other similar services.
Web Server Logs: Web server logs are records of activity created by the computer that delivers the webpages you request to your browser. For example, a web server log may record the search term you entered or the link you clicked to bring you the webpage. The web server logs also may record information such as the address of the web page that linked you to our site and the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet, operating system type, browser type, domain, the cookies set on your browser by the server, the language your system uses and country and time zone in which your device is located.
Web beacons, clear pixels, or pixel tags: To control which web servers collect this information, we may place tags on our web pages called web beacons. These are computer instructions that link web pages to particular web servers and their cookies. They are small graphic images on a Web page or in an e-mail that can be used for such things as recording the pages and advertisements clicked on by users, or tracking the performance of e-mail marketing campaigns.
Geo-location technologies: Geo-location technology refers to technologies that permit us to determine your location. We may ask you to manually provide location information on our website, or to enable your mobile device to send us precise location information. We may also automatically collect general location information from your web browser.
Third Party Web Analytics Services
We may use third party web analytics services on this site, our social media/ social networking pages (or their relevant platforms or corresponding mobile applications), or our mobile applications, such as those of Adobe Site Catalyst and/or Google Analytics. The service providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons to help us analyze how visitors use the site. The information collected through these means (including IP address) is disclosed to these service providers, who use the information to evaluate use of the website. You may deactivate the ability of these analytics services to analyze your browsing activities on this site. To learn more about web analytics services, and exercise your choice with respect to their collection of information on this site:
To disable other third-party web analytics service provider cookies, some browsers indicate when a cookie is being sent and allow you to decline cookies on a case-by-case basis. You may also turn off cookies in your browser.
Targeted Advertising
We also may contract with third-party advertising networks that collect IP addresses and other information through the use of cookies, web server logs and web beacons on our websites and emails; on third-party websites and emails; and on our advertising placed on third-party websites. They use this information to provide advertisements about products and services tailored to your interests (including for companies not affiliated with us). You may see these advertisements on our websites and other websites. This process also helps us manage and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. To learn more about advertising networks and to opt out of interest-based advertising, visit the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://www.aboutads.info/choices or the Network Advertising Initiative at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.
We may also use third-party platforms, including platforms operated by social networks, such as Google, Facebook and Pinterest, WeChat, Line, Kakao, etc. to show interest-based ads. We may convert your email address, telephone number or other information into a unique value which can be matched by those third parties with a user on their platform or with other data they may have collected from you. This matching allows interest-based ads to be delivered on those platforms. To opt out of these ads, you must change your advertising preferences on those third-party platforms. These platforms may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review.
(E.) HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED BY AUTOMATED MEANS
We may use the information collected through automated means on this site for market research, data analytics and system administration purposes, such as to determine whether you have visited us before or are new to the site, to tailor ads displayed to you on our site and elsewhere to your interests and history with us, and for compliance with our legal obligations, policies and procedures, including compliance with relevant industry standards and the enforcement of our TERMS AND CONDITIONS. We also may use the information in other ways for which specific notice is provided at the time of collection.
PUSH NOTIFICATIONS AND IN-APP ALERTS AND UPDATES
When you download one of our mobile applications, we may provide you with the option to opt in to receive push notifications from us on your mobile device in connection with that mobile application. These push notifications may include promotional communications regarding our products and services. You may, after downloading the applicable mobile application, opt out of receiving push notifications by adjusting the settings on your mobile device. Opting out of push notifications will not affect other communications you receive from us, such as email communications. You also may receive alerts and updates within our mobile applications regarding our products and services or your accounts with us. To opt out of receiving these alerts and updates, you may uninstall the applicable mobile application from your mobile device.
3) Sharing of Personal Information
(A.) INFORMATION WE SHARE
We do not rent, or sell, or otherwise (except as described here) disclose personal information we collect about you, so as to permit those third parties to directly market to you. But as may be required for the performance of the purposes discussed in earlier sections, we may share your personal information with:
Service providers, licensees and/or joint venture partners who may be located overseas (including but not limited to Singapore, South Korea, and the United Kingdom), and they may perform services on our behalf based on our instructions and send you direct marketing materials in relation to the Goods and Services. We do not authorize these service providers to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. Examples of these service providers include entities that process credit card payments, fulfil orders, and provide web hosting and marketing services.
Other third parties through social networks, widgets and plug-ins with your consent. If you use any features made available to you on our website by a third party, it may result in information being collected or shared between us and the third party. For example, if you use Facebook’s “Like” feature, Facebook may register the fact that you “liked” us and may post that information on Facebook. Also, some of our Facebook applications may share information collected through those apps with your Facebook friends or other Facebook users
Where we need to share your personal information to third parties for the performance of purposes discussed above on our behalf, we would request such parties to adopt a privacy practice with personal data handling at an equivalent or even stricter level. We may not be able to offer certain services or benefits to you if you do not consent to the sharing of your data.
In addition, we may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.
We also reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your personal information with any inquiries concerning the use and processing of that information.
Children’s Privacy
If you are under 18 years of age, you may browse our Site. However, you may not provide personal information to us. This Site is not designed for persons under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of 18 on the Site, we will delete the information from our records.
(B.) YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
We offer you certain choices in connection with the personal information we collect from you, such as how we use the information and how we communicate with you. To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists or submit a request, please contact us as specified below.
Email Opt-Out
You can at any time tell us not to send you marketing communications by email by clicking on the unsubscribe link within the marketing emails you receive from us or by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section below.
Phone and Postal Mail Opt-Out
You can ask Beau-Studio to stop sending you marketing communications by phone or by postal mail by following the instructions that may be included in a particular promotion mail. You also can request that we refrain from sending you promotional postal mail by contacting us as indicated below.
Text Message Opt-Out
You can request that we refrain from sending you text messages by contacting us as indicated below.
Social Networking Application Opt-Out
To remove or delete our social media applications from your social networking account, follow the instructions from the social network.
When you use one of our mobile applications, you may be asked for your geo-location via such mobile application. You may choose not to share your geo-location details by adjusting your mobile device’s location services settings. To decline sharing your geo-location details, follow the instructions on your mobile device on changing the relevant settings; otherwise, please contact your service provider or device manufacturer.
Withdrawing Consent
You may at any time, withdraw any consent you previously provided to us to use your personal information for the notified purposes by sending an email to www.beaustudio-official.com. We will apply your preferences going forward. In some circumstances, withdrawing your consent to our use or disclosure of your personal information will mean that you cannot take advantage of some of our products or services.
Reviewing, Updating and Modifying Personal Information
We may retain and use your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes set out above. Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you, update and correct inaccuracies in your personal information, and have the information blocked or deleted, as appropriate. The right to access personal information may be limited in some circumstances by local law requirements. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. You may request to review, change or delete your personal information by sending an email to www.beaustudio-official.com with attention to our data protection officer.
(C.) DATA TRANSFERS
We may transfer the personal information we collect about you to countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected (including but not limited to China, Singapore, Japan and South Korea) and your personal information may be processed and stored outside your country of residence. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. However, when we transfer your information to other countries, we will protect that information as described in this Privacy Policy.
(D.) HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. However, no security system is perfect, and we cannot promise that information about you will remain secure in all circumstances, including the security of your data during transmission to us or the security of data on your mobile device.
(E.) LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently from us. Linked sites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for the sites’ content, any use of the sites, or the privacy practices of the sites.
4) Unsolicited Materials
Through the Sites, we request that you provide to us certain types of information so that we may better serve you. The requested information may include questions and comments about our products. Please do not provide us with materials, including but not limited to business, advertising, creative, marketing or any other types of proposals, concepts, know-how, ideas and the like (“Unsolicited Materials”). All Unsolicited Materials that we receive will not be subject to this Privacy Policy. By submitting any Unsolicited Materials, you agree that we shall have the sole discretion as to how to utilize such Unsolicited Materials and you automatically provide to us a perpetual, royalty free license to such end. If any Unsolicited Materials that you provide to us are protected by third party copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Beau-Studio, its parent, subsidiaries and/or affiliated entities, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, representatives, and third party providers (collectively, “the Beau-Studio Indemnitees”), against any claims or actions brought against any of the Beau-Studio Indemnitees arising out of or relating to our use or possession of the Unsolicited Materials.
5) Security
Protecting your information is of primary concern to us. We store the information that we collect on secure servers and otherwise take reasonable precautions to protect your Personal Information.
However, we cannot warrant and do not represent that our level of security meets or exceeds any specific standards. No Internet transmission is 100% secure or error-free, nor is stored data free from vulnerabilities. We cannot guarantee the security of our websites, databases or services, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. We are not responsible for the actions of third parties.
6) Change to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify, alter or otherwise update this policy at any time and you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates. We will notify you of material changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the revised policy with the date it was revised on this page and if you have registered with us, we may notify you by email to your email address of record. Your continued use (including access, browsing and/or use of any interactive feature) of our Sites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the Personal Information we collect.
7) Change to This Privacy Policy
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like us to update information, we have about you or your preferences, please contact us by email at www.beaustudio-official.com.
We will investigate your complaints and respond to you within 30 days. LAST UPDATED: Oct 2020
