Privacy Policy – Gatineau Skincare

      Privacy policy

      Privacy Policy

      At gatineau.com​, owned and operated by The Beauty Room Online we’re committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

      The website gatineau.com is owned by the team at The Beauty Room Online. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy at all times.

      This Policy explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

      We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.

      Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to dataprotection@gatineau.com

       or by writing 57 Victoria Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1EH. Alternatively, you can telephone 0300 303 2603
      .


      Who are we?
      We are gatineau.com​, the official UK distributor website selling Gatineau skincare products. The registered partnership address of gatineau.com is Holt Manor, Leigh Road, Holt BA14 6PR

      How do we collect information from you?
      We obtain information about you when you use our website, for example, when you contact us about products and services, to make a purchase, enter a competition from an advertisement or if you register to receive our news and updates.

      What type of information is collected from you?
      The personal information we collect might include your name, address, email address, IP address, and information regarding what pages are accessed and when. If you purchase a product from us, your card information is not held by us, it is collected by our third-party payment processors, who specialise in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions, as explained below.

      How will we use the information about you?

      We may use your information to:

      • process an order that you have made;
      • process orders that you have submitted;
      • to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into by you and us;
      • dealing with entries into a competition;
      • seek your views or comments on the products we provide;
      • notify you of changes to our services;
      • send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include information about campaigns, promotions, products and services;
      • process products for your passport points
      • for use in re-marketing advertising on our social media accounts

       

      We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant contract you hold with us.

      Who has access to your information?
      We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.

      Third Party Service Providers working on our behalf:
      We may pass your information to our third party service providers, agents subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (for example to process orders and send you mailings). However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service and we have a contract in place that requires them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. Please be reassured that we will not release your information to third parties beyond the gatineau.com​ Network for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so, or we are required to do so by law, for example, by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime. We use MailChimp as our marketing automation platform. If your consent is given in our forms the information you provide will be transferred to MailChimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.

      Third Party Product Providers we work in association with: 
      When you are using our secure online shopping cart, your purchase is processed by a third party payment processor, who specialises in the secure online capture and processing of credit/debit card transactions, including fraud protection purposes. They are bound by Data Protection covenants and must process the personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. If you have any questions regarding secure transactions, please contact us.

      We may transfer your personal information to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets to any third party or as part of any business restructuring or reorganisation, or if we’re under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our supporters and customers. However, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected.
      We will share your information with the police if we are requested to under authority of legal investigations or any other regulatory authority investigating suspected illegal activities to provide your personal information; we are entitled to do so.

      Your choices
      You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive direct marketing communications from us about our exciting products, services and promotions, then you can select your choices by ticking the relevant boxes situated on the form on which we collect your information.
      We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email: dataprotection@gatineau.com

       or you can telephone on 0300 303 2603
      .


      How you can access and update your information?
      The accuracy of your information is important to us. We’re working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please email us at: dataprotection@gatineau.com
      , or write to us at: 57 Victoria Street, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1EH. Alternatively, you can telephone 0300 303 2603
      .


      How you can withdraw your consent?
      The processing of your personal data for the purposes specified above is based on your consent. Declaring consent is voluntary. We will only process your personal data on the basis of this consent for the aforementioned purposes until you revoke your consent or object to the processing. To withdraw your consent or update/amend any of your personal details, you can contact us:

      Email: dataprotection@gatineau.com

      Post: gatineau.com​, 57 Victoria Street, Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom SL4 1EH

      The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing activities based on consent prior to withdrawal or other lawful processing activities. You have the right to request access to, or rectification, erasure, or restriction of the processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with us or the Information Commissioner's Office at any time

      Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information
      When you give us personal information, we take steps to ensure that it’s treated securely.

      This is a Secure Website. gatineau.com​ uses a SSL to offer secure communications by encrypting all data to and from the site. gatineau.com​ employs SSL to provide secure credit card transactions. SSL is a communications protocol for transmitting private information over the internet. It works by encrypting data that is transmitted over the SSL connection. When you place an order, your credit/debit card information is encrypted and then sent over the internet using an SSL connection. No one can read or access the data that is being transmitted. Our payment card systems are fully PCI compliant.

      Non-sensitive details (your email address etc.) are transmitted normally over the Internet, and this can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

      Profiling & Marketing?
      We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information relevant to you. We may make use of additional information about you when it is available from external sources to help us do this effectively. We may also use your personal information to detect and reduce fraud and credit risk.

      Klarna

      In order to be able to offer you Klarna’s payment options, we will pass to Klarna certain aspects of your personal information, such as contact and order details, in order for Klarna to assess whether you qualify for their payment options and to tailor the payment options for you.


      General information on Klarna you can find here. Your personal data is handled in accordance with applicable data protection law and in accordance with the information in Klarna’s privacy policy.


      Use of 'cookies'
      Like many other websites, the gatineau.com​ website uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalised service.
      It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to switch off cookies on your computer, visit our full cookies policy. Turning cookies of may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.

      Links to other websites
      Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.
      In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.

      16 or Under
      We are concerned to protect the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under‚ please get your parent/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide us with personal information.

      Transferring your information outside of Europe
      As part of the services offered to you through this website, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to the UK. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights continue to be protected as outlined in this Policy.
      If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.

      Review of this Policy:
      We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in May 2020.

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