Some of the information that we collect from you is defined by the applicable privacy laws as (“Personal Information”). Personal Information means any information that can identify you, such as your name, e-mail or postal addresses, and your telephone number or indirectly through pseudonymized data such as a unique ID number. It could also include unique numerical identifiers such as your computer’s IP address or your mobile device’s MAC address, as well as cookies. Personal Information does not include anonymous or aggregated information that cannot be tracked back to you personally.
Subject to Section 5 below, Beiersdorf does not collect Personal Information from you except when you specifically provide such data (e.g. when subscribing to e-mail newsletters, taking part in a survey or contest/sweepstakes, ordering samples or brochures, through online interaction with our websites or requesting information) and consent to its use. If you set up an account that is password protected or any other purpose for which a password is needed, that password is also part of your personal data.
The Personal Information you provide to Beiersdorf enables us to do the following: (i) fulfil your order(s) for our goods and services (ii) respond to your questions or concerns regarding our products and services (iii) notify you of new products, services, features, updates, enhancements, contests, promotions and or any other special events and offers (iv) deliver content, product offerings and promotions tailored to your wants and needs.
In order to do this, it may be necessary for Beiersdorf to transfer Personal Information to other companies within the worldwide Beiersdorf group, or to external service providers for further data processing, analysis or storage. Service providers may, for example, be used in the context of shipping goods, distributing advertising material or in the administration of contests. Beiersdorf requires that these parties agree to process Personal Information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy.
Any other transfer of your personal data, for example the transfer of logon data from our websites to a third party’s social community website or web service like Facebook or Twitter, requires your explicit prior consent. Beiersdorf guarantees that it will not sell or lease your personal data to a third party. We may, however, have to disclose information about you if we are required to do so by law or in response to enforceable governmental requests.
Beiersdorf and its third–party service providers may also use a variety of technologies that passively or automatically collect information about how the Sites are accessed and used including but not limited to the users browser type, device type, operating system, application version, the pages served to you, the time you browse, preceding page views, and your use of features or applications on the Sites.
a. Creating a user profile on the Eucerin website
“I am in agreement with a user profile being created to compile personalised content. I have read the Privacy Policy. This consent can be revoked at any time.”*
*Sample consent
If you have agreed to a user profile being created using the sample declaration shown in the above box, we will use your data in the following ways: When you register we will set up a user profile for you, in which all your activities on our website will be compiled (participation in prize draws, subscribing to the Eucerin newsletter, ratings submitted etc.). Your personalised user profile provides us with the opportunity to be able to offer you highly individualised content concerning our products and services. The components and content of your user profile are visible for you at all times. As a registered user you can also submit ratings on our products. If you submit a rating, we may display your first name and the rating you submitted on our website.
If we wish to use the data stored in your account for promotional purposes, and you have given us consent to contact you, we will always obtain your additional express consent. Should you no longer want a Eucerin account, you can delete it at any time. To do this, please log in to your account and complete the deregistration process, or send us your revocation of consent (opt out notification) by e-mail. "
b. Eucerin ® Newsletter
“Yes, l would like to receive the Eucerin newsletter. I have read the Privacy Policy. This consent can be revoked at any time.”*
*Sample consent
If you have subscribed to the Eucerin newsletter and have agreed to the declaration shown in the above box, we will use your data in the following ways:
The Eucerin newsletter contains news, offers and other information from Eucerin or other brands of Beiersdorf (e.g. NIVEA, Elastoplast). In the Eucerin newsletter you will receive individualized advertising about our products or services, or proposals for participating in campaigns such as prize draws or product tests.
By registering for the Euceirn newsletter you declare that you are in agreement that, in order to put together a personalised compilation of news, offers and other information for the Eucerin newsletter and deliver this to you, we evaluate your purchasing and clicking patterns on our websites so that we can compile a newsletter for you that is customised in line with your requirements and interests. Your details are also saved and used for market research and promotional purposes. For this purpose we will only contact you by e-mail. Finally, we will also use your data to analyse and improve the effectiveness of our websites.
Should you no longer wish to receive the Eucerin newsletter, you can opt out unsubscribe from it at any time. To do that, please click on the link included in every newsletter. You will then be taken through the unsubscribe process, or you can send us your opt out notification by email.
c. Social log-in
When registering for or logging into to the Eucerin customer account, you also have the option of authenticating yourself and thereafter registering or logging in with your existing profile at one of the following social networks: Facebook, Twitter or Google+.
For this purpose, you will find the corresponding symbols of the respective providers of the social networks supported by our website on the registration page or login page. Before a connection to the provider is established, you need to explicitly declare that you are in agreement with the process and data transmission described below:
When you click on the respective symbol, a new window (app) opens where you need to log in with your login data for the social network. After you have successfully logged in, the social network informs you which data (name and e-mail address) is transmitted to us for authentication within the scope of the registration or login process. Should you have agreed to this data transmission, the fields required by us for registration are filled in with the data transmitted. The data required by us to register or log in are (i) your name and (ii) your e-mail address.
Only if you have explicitly agreed to the use of the data transmitted and required will your data be stored by us and used for the purposes cited under No. 2. No link between the Eucerin customer account set up with us and your account at the corresponding social network takes place via the authentication process. In order to be able to carry out the authentication process for registration and for logging in, your IP address is transmitted to the respective provider of the social network. We have no influence upon the purpose and scope of the collection and further processing of the data by the respective provider of the social network. For further information in this regard, please read the data Privacy Policy of the respective provider.
Facebook data Privacy Policy - https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Google+ data Privacy Policy - http://www.google.ca/policies/privacy/?hl=en
Twitter data Privacy Policy - https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en
