Privacy Policy
Last updated and effective date: December 27, 2023
This privacy policy describes how Amintobeauty (collectively, “Amintobeauty”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collect, use, disclose, and protect our customers’ personal information. It also tells you about the rights and choices you have with respect to your personal information, and how you can reach us to get answers to your questions.
- What Our Privacy Policy Covers
This privacy policy covers Amintobeauty’s customer facing operations in Brunei, and applies to the personal information Amintobeauty obtains in various contexts, both online and offline, including when you access or use our websites, or any other applications or services that link to this privacy policy; visit us in our stores, communicate with us; shop with our third-party partners; engage with us on social media; or participate in any of our programs or events.
We may provide different or additional privacy notices in connection with certain activities, programs, and offerings. We may also provide additional “just-in-time” notices that may supplement or clarify our privacy practices or provide you with additional choices regarding your personal information.
Our websites may include links to websites and/or applications operated and maintained by third parties. Please note that we have no control over the privacy practices of websites or applications that we do not own. We encourage you to review the privacy practices of those third parties.
- What Personal Information We Collect
The types of personal information we obtain about you depends on how you interact with us and our products and services. When we use the term “personal information,” we are referring to information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with you. The following are the categories and specific types of personal information that we collect:
Basic Identifying Information
Including your full name, alias, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, date of birth, account name, signature, username, social media handle, or other similar identifiers.
Device Information and Other Unique Identifiers
Including device identifier, internet protocol (IP) address, cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad identifier, or similar unique identifiers.
Internet or Other Network Activity
Including browsing or search history and information regarding your interactions with our websites, mobile applications, emails, or advertisements.
Geolocation Data
Including information that permits us to determine your location, such as if you manually provide location information or enable your mobile device to send us precise location information.
Payment Information
Including credit or debit card numbers.
Commercial Information
Including products or services you have purchased, returned, exchanged, or considered; preferences; and rewards activity related to Beauty Insider membership.
User Content
Including your communications with us and any other content you provide (such as social media profiles, photographs, images, videos, survey responses, comments, product reviews, testimonials, and other content).
Audio and Visual Information
Including photographs, images, videos, and recordings of your voice (such as when we record customer service calls for quality assurance).
Inferences
Inferences drawn from or created based on any of the information identified above.
Sensitive Personal Information Amintobeauty only collects sensitive personal information, as defined by applicable privacy laws, for the purposes allowed by law or with your consent. Amintobeauty does not collect or process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
- How We Collect Your Personal Information
We collect personal information about you from various sources. For example, we collect and obtain information:
Directly from You
We collect personal information you provide, such as when you make a purchase; register for an account or create a profile; contact us; respond to a survey; interact with us in store; or sign up to receive emails, text messages, and/or postal mailings.
From Social Media Platforms and Networks
If you interact with us on social media or use features, such as plugins, widgets, or other tools made available by social media platforms or networks (including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Google) in connection with our website, we collect information that you disclose to us, or that the social media platforms disclose to us. For more information about the privacy practices of those social media platforms, please review the privacy policies and settings of the social media platforms and networks that you use.
From Other Sources
For example, we may obtain information about you from other sources, such as data analytics providers, marketing or advertising service providers, fraud prevention service providers, vendors that provide services on our behalf, or publicly available sources. We also create information based on our analysis of the information we have collected from you.
- Cookies and Similar Online Tracking Technologies
We and our third–party partners and service providers (such as advertising networks, analytics providers and social media platforms and networks) use pixels, web beacons, software developer kits, third–party libraries, cookies, and other similar online tracking technologies (collectively, “online tracking technologies”) to gather information when you interact with our websites, and email communications. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our websites and your account, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions.
We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our websites for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements, to tailor advertisements to your interests, or to send abandoned shopping cart reminders (depending on your communication preferences). The third parties and service providers use their technology to provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests which may appear either on our websites or on other websites.
To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a “sale” / “sharing” (which includes targeted advertising, as defined under the applicable laws) under applicable Brunei laws, you can opt-out of these online tracking technologies by submitting a request via Your Privacy Choices, which is available at the bottom of the Amintobeauty website and under “Contact Us, FAQ, Legal” in Amintobeauty Mobile Apps. Please note, some features of our websites may not be available to you as a result. For Google Analytics, at your end, you may exercise an opt out going to tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You may adjust your Google advertising settings by visiting adssettings.google.com.
- How We Use Your Personal Information
We collect and use personal information for various purposes, including:
Providing Products and Services
We use your personal information to provide products and services, such as to fulfill your orders and/or complete the transactions you request; to process your payments; to provide you receipts and order updates; to send notifications to you related to your account, purchases, returns, exchanges, subscriptions, and reservations; to create, maintain, and otherwise manage your account, profile, or program membership, including offering functionalities such as easy checkout and the ability to save user preferences and transaction history; and to provide a forum for discussion, asking questions, posting photos and reviews, and sharing experiences.
Depending on the products and/or services you request, the categories of information used for these purposes may include Basic Identifying Information, Payment Information, and Commercial Information.
Communicating With You
We use your personal information to communicate with you, such as to respond to and/or follow-up on your requests, inquiries, issues, or feedback, and to provide customer service.
Marketing and Promotional Purposes
We use personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising, and promotional communications by email, text message, or postal mail (such as trend alerts, promotions, new product launches, and event invitations); to show you advertisements for products and/or services tailored to your interests on social media and other websites; and to administer our sweepstakes, contests, and other similar promotions.
Analytics and Personalization
We use personal information to conduct research and analytics, including to improve our services and product offerings; to understand how you interact with our websites, advertisements, and communications with you; to determine which of our products or services are the most popular; to improve our websites and marketing campaigns; to personalize your experience; to save you time when you visit our websites to customize the marketing and advertising that we show you; to create a more personalized experience for you when you visit our stores; to provide services; to better understand our customers’ needs; and to provide personalized recommendations about our products and services.
Security and Fraud Prevention
We use personal information to detect, investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including fraudulent transactions; attempts to manipulate or violate our policies, procedures, and terms and conditions; security incidents; and harm to the rights, property, or safety of Amintobeauty and our users, customers, employees, or others.
Legal Obligations
We use personal information to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, to establish or exercise our rights, and to defend against a legal claim.
Core Business Functions
We use personal information to support core business functions, including to maintain records related to business process management, loss and fraud prevention; to collect amounts owing to us; and to provide and maintain the functionality of our website, including identifying and repairing errors or problems.
- How We Disclose Your Personal Information
In addition to the specific situations discussed elsewhere in this privacy policy, such as the “Cookies and Similar Online Tracking Technologies” section above, we disclose personal information in the following circumstances:
Service Providers
We disclose certain personal information to service providers that perform services to support our core business functions and internal operations including: fulfilling orders; delivering packages; complying with your request for the shipment of products to or the provision of services by an intermediary; sending postal mail, e-mails, and text messages; analyzing customer data; providing marketing assistance; administering our Ratings & Reviews; supporting beacons; processing credit card and debit card payments; investigating fraudulent activity; conducting customer surveys; and providing customer service.
Social Media Platforms and Networks
Some of our websites have features such as, plugins, widgets, and/or other tools made available by social media platforms and networks that may result in information being collected or disclosed between us and such parties. Their use of your information is not governed by this privacy policy.
Legal Process
We may disclose personal information in response to subpoenas, warrants, court orders, government inquiries, or investigations; or to comply with relevant laws and regulations. We may also disclose information to establish, exercise, or protect the rights of our company, employees, agents, and affiliates; to defend against a legal claim; to protect the safety and security of our visitors; to detect and protect against fraud; and to take action regarding possible illegal activities or violations of our policies.
Other Instances
We may ask if you would like us to disclose your information with other third parties who are not described elsewhere in this privacy policy.
- How We Protect Your Personal Information
Personal information is maintained on our servers or those of our service providers, and is accessible by authorized employees, representatives, and agents as necessary for the purposes described in this privacy policy.
We realize that individuals trust us to protect their personal information. We maintain reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to help protect your personal information. While we attempt to protect your personal information in our possession, no method of transmission over the internet or security system is perfect, and we cannot promise that information about you will remain secure in all circumstances.
For your convenience, our websites include functionality that allows you to remain logged in so that you do not have to re-enter your password each time you want to access your account. If you choose to remain logged in, you should be aware that anyone with access to your device will be able to access and make changes to your account and may be able to make purchases through your account. For that reason, if you choose to remain logged in, we strongly recommend that you take appropriate steps (such as enabling the “Passcode Lock” security feature on your mobile device) to protect against unauthorized access to, and use, of your account. Please also notify us as soon as possible if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account or password.
- Your Rights
Consistent with applicable law, you may exercise the rights described in this section. Please note that some of the rights may vary depending on your country, province, or state of residence.
If you do not have a Amintobeauty account or if you are not logged into your Amintobeauty account, your request to opt out of “sale” / “sharing” will be linked to your browser identifier only and not linked to any account information because the connection between your browser and the account is not known to us.
Categories of personal information disclosed that may be considered “sale” / “sharing”: Basic Identifying Information, Device Information and Other Unique Identifiers, Internet or Other Network Activity, Geolocation Data, and Commercial Data.
Categories of third parties to whom personal information was disclosed that may be considered “sale”/ “sharing” include advertisers and marketing partners, data analytics providers, and social media networks.
The Right to Access, Correct, and Delete Personal Information
You may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information.
Responding to Requests
Once you have submitted your request, we will respond within the time frame permitted by the applicable law. Please note that we may charge a reasonable fee for multiple requests in the same 12-month period, as permitted by law.
Identity Verification
For us to process some requests, we will need to verify your identity to confirm that the request came from you. We may contact you by phone or e-mail to verify your request. Depending on your request, we will ask for information such as your name, an e-mail address that you have used with Amintobeauty, or a phone number you have used with Amintobeauty. For certain requests, we may also ask you to provide details about the most recent purchase you made online or in store.
Managing Communication Preferences
You can stop receiving promotional e-mails at any time by:
Clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any promotional e-mail that you receive from us; or
Logging into your account on Amintobeauty.com, clicking on the “My Account” page, and managing your email preferences.
Text Messages
You can opt-out of receiving text messages from us by replying “STOP” to the text message you receive from us. Please note that this will only opt you out of the specific text messaging program associated with that number.
Removing Content from Amintobeauty Public Forums
You can request that we remove content or information that you have posted on a public page on some of our website. Please note that while we will endeavor to honor your request, our removal of your content or information does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of that information from our website. For example, historical copies, or “caches,” may remain.
Right to Non-Discrimination
We do not discriminate against customers who exercise any of their rights described in our privacy policy.
- Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for or directed to children under the age of 14. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under the age of 14 without parental consent. If we become aware that a child under the age of 14 has provided us with personal information, we will delete the information from our records.
- Changes To This Policy
We may revise this privacy policy from time to time and will post the date it was last updated at the top of this privacy policy. We will provide additional notice to you if we make any changes that materially affect your privacy rights.