Mary Kay Cosmetics (UK) Ltd. Online Privacy Statement

Mary Kay Cosmetics (UK) Ltd. is committed to preserving and safeguarding your right to privacy.  As part of this commitment, we want you to be fully aware of what happens to the personal information we collected through your use of our website located at www.marykay.co.uk (the “Website”).  Accordingly, this Privacy Statement sets out the manner in which we will collect, use, disclose and otherwise manage your personal information.

Collection of Personal Information

We collect personal information that you provide us when you:

·           Access the Website;

·           Purchase Mary Kay® products or services through the Website;

·           Enter into a contest or sweepstakes through the Website;

·           Request our e-mail communications

·           Respond to one of our on-line votes or surveys;

·           Provide us with comments or suggestions; or

To access the Website, or to receive our e-mail communications, we collect your name, address, telephone number, and may also collect certain optional demographic information, such as your date of birth and gender.  To purchase Mary Kay® products or services through the Website, we also collect your credit card information and address for shipping.  We also collect your responses to our on-line votes and surveys and any comments, suggestions and other feedback you provide.

Cookies

When you access the Website, some information in the form of a "cookie" or similar file may be automatically downloaded to your computer. This allows us to tailor the Website to your specific interests and preferences. If you do not want cookies sent to or stored on your system, most Internet Browsers will allow you to delete cookies from your computer hard drive, prevent them from being stored or signal a warning before a cookie is stored. You should refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. 

Use of Personal Information

The personal information you provide us when you access and/or use the Website, or to receive e-mail communications, is used to identify who you are and to provide you with information you requested to receive about Mary Kay® products, promotions, Website features, and information about upcoming events.  We also may use this information to administer your participation in our contests, sweepstakes, surveys or other promotions offered through the Website.  Any credit card and shipping address information you provide is used solely to process any orders you place for Mary Kay® products offered through the Website.  Survey and feedback information you provide may be retained to better address your needs such as to understand your product preferences and to determine how Mary Kay® products and Website can be improved.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Except as expressly set out in this Privacy Statement, we will not sell, transfer or otherwise disclose any of your personal information to any third party without your knowledge and consent.

We must provide your personal information in response to a search warrant or other legally valid enquiry or order, or to an investigative body in the case of a breach of an agreement or contravention of law, or as otherwise required by law.  We may also disclose personal information to assist us in collecting a debt owed by you.

Other third party links
The Website may include links to other third party websites. These linked sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We have no control over such sites and therefore have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations who operate such linked sites may collect, use or disclose and otherwise treat your personal information.

Security of Personal Information

We will maintain your personal information in secure data storage to safeguard it from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We will maintain the strict confidentiality of all personal information collected, and will only disclose such information to employees, affiliates and third party contractors of Mary Kay Cosmetics (UK) Ltd. who require such information for the purposes set out above.  When you provide us with sensitive information (such as your credit card number) that information is encrypted on our web servers and is protected with SSL encryption software. We will only keep your personal information for as long as it remains necessary or relevant for the purposes stated above or as otherwise required by law.

Consent

Mary Kay Cosmetics (UK)  Ltd. respects your online privacy. By using the Website, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Mary Kay Cosmetics (UK) Ltd. in a manner consistent with the guidelines stated in this Privacy Statement.

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