KPSS, INC. ('KPSS') PRIVACY POLICY

KPSS Commitment to Data Privacy Protection

Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to KPSS. Therefore, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security. KPSS will, from time to time, review its personal data collection and use and disclosure practices in order to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. By using or accessing www.goldwell-northamerica.com , you are hereby accepting the principles and practices described in this privacy policy. We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what data KPSS may collect, how KPSS uses and safeguards that data and with whom we may share it.

Personal Data

On some www.goldwell-northamerica.com web pages, you can enter personal information. The types of personal data collected may include, but not be limited to, items such as: name, mailing address, age, telephone number, email address, gender and credit card numbers.

KPSS may also collect personal data from you if you choose to participate in any activities on www.goldwell-northamerica.com (such as sweepstakes, contests, surveys, or questionnaires), if you request us to furnish you with products, services or information or if you submit suggestions or content to us for our review or consideration.

We do not collect any personal data about you unless you provide it to us. If you email us or answer questions we have placed on our web site, or otherwise enter information through any web pages on this site, you are voluntarily releasing that information to us. Please do not submit personal data to us if you do not want us to have this information in our database.

Purpose of Use

When you do provide us with personal data, we usually use it to respond to your inquiry, process your order or provide you access to specific information or offers. We may also use your personal data to contact you for market research or to provide you with marketing information we think might be of particular interest. Also, to support our customer relationship with you:

 

  • we may store and process personal data and share it with our worldwide affiliates (which may include transferring personal data to other countries) to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services, or
  • we (or a third party on our behalf) may use personal data to contact you about a KPSS offer in support of your needs or to conduct online surveys to better understand our customers' needs. Whenever any personal data is transferred by us to a third party, that third party must abide by the terms of this privacy policy.

 

If you choose not to have your personal data used to support our customer relationship with you, we will respect your choice. We will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such contacts from us. We do not sell or otherwise market your personal data to third parties, except to KPSS affiliates or business partners.

Purpose Limitation

When permitted or required by law or court order, KPSS reserves the right to collect, use and/or disclose your personal data without giving notice, obtaining your consent or conducting related activities (for example, in connection with law enforcement investigations, to protect or defend the legal rights of KPSS, and its affiliates, employees, agents, contractors, successors and assigns, to protect the safety and security of the general public and/or to protect against fraud or other illegal activity).

In the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or acquisition of KPSS, or a KPSS business unit, information that KPSS has collected about you may be sold or otherwise transferred. However, this will only happen if the party acquiring the information agrees to be bound by the terms of the KPSS privacy policy and the notice provided to you when the information was collected.

Non-Personal Data Collected Automatically

When you access our Web sites, we may automatically collect non-personal data (e.g. type of Internet Browser and operating system used, domain name of the Web site from which you came, number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed). We may use this data and share it with our worldwide affiliates to monitor the attractiveness of our Web sites and improve their performance or content.

Cookies – Information Stored Automatically on Your Computer

When you view one of our Web sites, we may store some data on your computer in the form of a "cookie" or similar tool to automatically recognize your PC next time you visit. Cookies can help us in many ways, for example, by allowing us to tailor a Web site to better match your interests or to store your password to save you having to re-enter it each time. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies from your computer's hard drive, block all cookies or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored. If you block cookies, it may interfere with some of our web sites' functionality.

Your Choice

KPSS will not use or share the information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without letting you know and offering you a choice. We will also provide you the opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited direct marketing materials from us and we will make all reasonable efforts to honor such requests. We are not responsible for removing your information from the lists of any third party who has been provided your information in accordance with this policy, such as an affiliate or a business partner.

Collection of Information from Children

KPSS has no intention of collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not attempt to submit any personal information to us. If a child has provided KPSS with personal information, KPSS asks that a parent or guardian of the child contact KPSS using our Contact Us page to inform us of that fact. Once contacted, KPSS will use reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. We also recommend that any minors over the age of 13 obtain their parents' consent before submitting any personal information to us.

Security

KPSS is committed to taking reasonable steps to ensure the security of your personal information and we have put in place certain physical and electronic procedures to help safeguard and secure the personal information we collect or you post online. However, KPSS is not responsible for the unauthorized circumvention of any privacy settings or other security measures on our web site.

Whenever you voluntarily post pubic information to any public forums (e.g., message boards, reviews, etc.) that information can be accessed by anyone and can be used by any person who accesses that information.

Links to Other Web Sites

KPSS Web sites contain links to other Web sites and may contain advertisements from third parties. Third party advertisements that appear on www.goldwell-northamerica.com are sometimes sent directly to users. When this occurs, the third parties automatically receive your IP address. Third party web sites and advertisements may also contain cookies or similar tools such as JavaScript and "web beacons" to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Therefore, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are selected or reviewed. KPSS does not control the cookies or similar tools that may be used by third party advertisers even if such advertisements are placed on our web site. Third party advertisers will not have access to your personal data provided to us unless you choose to share it with them.

In no event will KPSS be responsible for the information collection or privacy practices of web sites or other services operated or provided by other parties even if such web sites or services are linked to the KPSS web site. Once you exit the KPSS web site (e.g., via a link to the web site or services offered by a third party), this privacy policy will not control such other web sites or services and you should always consult the applicable privacy policy of such third party to determine how that third party will use any information they may collect from you.

Non-Confidential

Any communication or material you post with us online or you transmit to us by email or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary. Except to the extent in contravention of this privacy policy, anything you transmit or post may be used by us for any purpose, including but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, you expressly agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to us without compensation and for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services using such information.

Questions and Comments

KPSS will respond to reasonable requests to review your personal data and to correct, amend or delete any inaccuracies. If you have any questions or comments about the KPSS Web Site Data Privacy Protection Policy (e.g. to review and update your personal data), please click on "Contact Us" portion of our web site.

United States of America

Our web site is maintained in the United States of America. By using our web site, you authorize the export of your personal information to the USA and its storage and use as specified in this policy. If you are located in a country other than the USA (e.g., in the European Union) and you choose to provide us with personal information, you are responsible for ensuring that such information complies with all local data protection laws (e.g., EU local data protection laws). KPSS is not responsible under such laws for the information that you may provide to us through the KPSS web site.

Consent; Changes to Privacy Policy

By using our web site, you consent to our use of your personal data as specified in this privacy policy. KPSS may, and reserves the right to, modify and update this privacy policy or its related business practices at any time, including, without limitation, to reflect industry practices and to comply with changes in law. Any such changes will be effective upon posting to the KPSS web site or on such other date as may be specified in the modified privacy policy, so we encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently. Your continued use of the KPSS web site after a posted change to the privacy policy signifies your acceptance of the modified privacy policy. Please ensure that you review this policy routinely for any modifications. KPSS will NOT apply changes to this policy retroactively to information KPSS has previously collected, unless you have been provided notice of, and have not objected to, such changes and the application of those changes to such previous information.

Steps You Can Take to Ensure Your Privacy

Remember that you play a vital role in ensuring the security of your information on this web site and the applications within this web site. Here are a couple of steps that you can take to help maintain the privacy of your information.

Close Your Browser When Finished

After you have finished your session with this web site, close your browser to erase information that may have been stored on your computer during your session. Any information you entered during your session may be temporarily stored in the memory storage area of your computer until you close the browser. Logging off and closing your browser will clear this temporary storage area from your computer.

Use of a Firewall

Consider using a firewall to help prevent unauthorized access to your network or personal computer, especially if you are using a DSL or Cable Modem to access the Internet.

Effective Date: This privacy policy is effective and was last updated on April 17, 2008.

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KPSS, INC. ('KPSS') PRIVACY POLICY

KPSS Commitment to Data Privacy Protection

Protecting the security and privacy of your personal data is important to KPSS. Therefore, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws on data privacy protection and data security. KPSS will, from time to time, review its personal data collection and use and disclosure practices in order to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. By using or accessing www.goldwell-northamerica.com , you are hereby accepting the principles and practices described in this privacy policy. We hope the policy outlined below will help you understand what data KPSS may collect, how KPSS uses and safeguards that data and with whom we may share it.

Personal Data

On some www.goldwell-northamerica.com web pages, you can enter personal information. The types of personal data collected may include, but not be limited to, items such as: name, mailing address, age, telephone number, email address, gender and credit card numbers.

KPSS may also collect personal data from you if you choose to participate in any activities on www.goldwell-northamerica.com (such as sweepstakes, contests, surveys, or questionnaires), if you request us to furnish you with products, services or information or if you submit suggestions or content to us for our review or consideration.

We do not collect any personal data about you unless you provide it to us. If you email us or answer questions we have placed on our web site, or otherwise enter information through any web pages on this site, you are voluntarily releasing that information to us. Please do not submit personal data to us if you do not want us to have this information in our database.

Purpose of Use

When you do provide us with personal data, we usually use it to respond to your inquiry, process your order or provide you access to specific information or offers. We may also use your personal data to contact you for market research or to provide you with marketing information we think might be of particular interest. Also, to support our customer relationship with you:

 

  • we may store and process personal data and share it with our worldwide affiliates (which may include transferring personal data to other countries) to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services, or
  • we (or a third party on our behalf) may use personal data to contact you about a KPSS offer in support of your needs or to conduct online surveys to better understand our customers' needs. Whenever any personal data is transferred by us to a third party, that third party must abide by the terms of this privacy policy.

 

If you choose not to have your personal data used to support our customer relationship with you, we will respect your choice. We will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving such contacts from us. We do not sell or otherwise market your personal data to third parties, except to KPSS affiliates or business partners.

Purpose Limitation

When permitted or required by law or court order, KPSS reserves the right to collect, use and/or disclose your personal data without giving notice, obtaining your consent or conducting related activities (for example, in connection with law enforcement investigations, to protect or defend the legal rights of KPSS, and its affiliates, employees, agents, contractors, successors and assigns, to protect the safety and security of the general public and/or to protect against fraud or other illegal activity).

In the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or acquisition of KPSS, or a KPSS business unit, information that KPSS has collected about you may be sold or otherwise transferred. However, this will only happen if the party acquiring the information agrees to be bound by the terms of the KPSS privacy policy and the notice provided to you when the information was collected.

Non-Personal Data Collected Automatically

When you access our Web sites, we may automatically collect non-personal data (e.g. type of Internet Browser and operating system used, domain name of the Web site from which you came, number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed). We may use this data and share it with our worldwide affiliates to monitor the attractiveness of our Web sites and improve their performance or content.

Cookies – Information Stored Automatically on Your Computer

When you view one of our Web sites, we may store some data on your computer in the form of a "cookie" or similar tool to automatically recognize your PC next time you visit. Cookies can help us in many ways, for example, by allowing us to tailor a Web site to better match your interests or to store your password to save you having to re-enter it each time. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies from your computer's hard drive, block all cookies or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored. If you block cookies, it may interfere with some of our web sites' functionality.

Your Choice

KPSS will not use or share the information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without letting you know and offering you a choice. We will also provide you the opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited direct marketing materials from us and we will make all reasonable efforts to honor such requests. We are not responsible for removing your information from the lists of any third party who has been provided your information in accordance with this policy, such as an affiliate or a business partner.

Collection of Information from Children

KPSS has no intention of collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not attempt to submit any personal information to us. If a child has provided KPSS with personal information, KPSS asks that a parent or guardian of the child contact KPSS using our Contact Us page to inform us of that fact. Once contacted, KPSS will use reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. We also recommend that any minors over the age of 13 obtain their parents' consent before submitting any personal information to us.

Security

KPSS is committed to taking reasonable steps to ensure the security of your personal information and we have put in place certain physical and electronic procedures to help safeguard and secure the personal information we collect or you post online. However, KPSS is not responsible for the unauthorized circumvention of any privacy settings or other security measures on our web site.

Whenever you voluntarily post pubic information to any public forums (e.g., message boards, reviews, etc.) that information can be accessed by anyone and can be used by any person who accesses that information.

Links to Other Web Sites

KPSS Web sites contain links to other Web sites and may contain advertisements from third parties. Third party advertisements that appear on www.goldwell-northamerica.com are sometimes sent directly to users. When this occurs, the third parties automatically receive your IP address. Third party web sites and advertisements may also contain cookies or similar tools such as JavaScript and "web beacons" to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. Therefore, they may compile information about where individuals using your computer or browser saw their advertisements and determine which advertisements are selected or reviewed. KPSS does not control the cookies or similar tools that may be used by third party advertisers even if such advertisements are placed on our web site. Third party advertisers will not have access to your personal data provided to us unless you choose to share it with them.

In no event will KPSS be responsible for the information collection or privacy practices of web sites or other services operated or provided by other parties even if such web sites or services are linked to the KPSS web site. Once you exit the KPSS web site (e.g., via a link to the web site or services offered by a third party), this privacy policy will not control such other web sites or services and you should always consult the applicable privacy policy of such third party to determine how that third party will use any information they may collect from you.

Non-Confidential

Any communication or material you post with us online or you transmit to us by email or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, nonconfidential and nonproprietary. Except to the extent in contravention of this privacy policy, anything you transmit or post may be used by us for any purpose, including but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, you expressly agree that we are free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to us without compensation and for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products and services using such information.

Questions and Comments

KPSS will respond to reasonable requests to review your personal data and to correct, amend or delete any inaccuracies. If you have any questions or comments about the KPSS Web Site Data Privacy Protection Policy (e.g. to review and update your personal data), please click on "Contact Us" portion of our web site.

United States of America

Our web site is maintained in the United States of America. By using our web site, you authorize the export of your personal information to the USA and its storage and use as specified in this policy. If you are located in a country other than the USA (e.g., in the European Union) and you choose to provide us with personal information, you are responsible for ensuring that such information complies with all local data protection laws (e.g., EU local data protection laws). KPSS is not responsible under such laws for the information that you may provide to us through the KPSS web site.

Consent; Changes to Privacy Policy

By using our web site, you consent to our use of your personal data as specified in this privacy policy. KPSS may, and reserves the right to, modify and update this privacy policy or its related business practices at any time, including, without limitation, to reflect industry practices and to comply with changes in law. Any such changes will be effective upon posting to the KPSS web site or on such other date as may be specified in the modified privacy policy, so we encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently. Your continued use of the KPSS web site after a posted change to the privacy policy signifies your acceptance of the modified privacy policy. Please ensure that you review this policy routinely for any modifications. KPSS will NOT apply changes to this policy retroactively to information KPSS has previously collected, unless you have been provided notice of, and have not objected to, such changes and the application of those changes to such previous information.

Steps You Can Take to Ensure Your Privacy

Remember that you play a vital role in ensuring the security of your information on this web site and the applications within this web site. Here are a couple of steps that you can take to help maintain the privacy of your information.

Close Your Browser When Finished

After you have finished your session with this web site, close your browser to erase information that may have been stored on your computer during your session. Any information you entered during your session may be temporarily stored in the memory storage area of your computer until you close the browser. Logging off and closing your browser will clear this temporary storage area from your computer.

Use of a Firewall

Consider using a firewall to help prevent unauthorized access to your network or personal computer, especially if you are using a DSL or Cable Modem to access the Internet.

Effective Date: This privacy policy is effective and was last updated on April 17, 2008.

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