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| PRIVACY POLICY |
Welcome to www.skintologyny.com (the “Site”). This page (together with the documents referred to on it) tells you our privacy policy governing our use of information gathered about you ("Information"). BHIP, Inc., a New Jersey corporation and Skintology, its Registered Trademark (together with its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, hereinafter referred to as "Skintology") maintains this Site. Although Skintology is committed to maintaining your confidence and trust in all of our activities with you, this Privacy Policy does not govern our collection of data about you through channels other than this Site. Please review our Terms and Conditions governing use of our site, this page, and this policy.
By using this Site, you signify your assent to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy, you are hereby directed to immediately exit this Site. Skintology reserves the right, at our complete discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check back periodically for any changes we may make to the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use will mean you accept these changes.
Updates.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on October 8, 2010. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and any changes or modification in our Privacy Policy will be effective immediately. If you are a regular visitor to this Site, we suggest that you check this Privacy Policy on a regular basis. By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use and transfer of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy then-in effect at the time of each visit. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Site and exit immediately.
Information.
Every time you visit our Site, our internet server automatically recognizes only the user’s domain name, but not the e-mail address. This Site uses cookies, which are small files that contain text-information and are placed in your web browser during your session. The Site may use cookies for the following purposes: to carry data about your current session at the Site from one web page to the next, to identify you to the Site, to deliver content to you based on the country you select at the age screener and to facilitate pixel tags (See "Pixel Tags") below. We use cookies in order to help us ensure that only authorized users use the site, and to collect anonymous information about visitors’ use of the Site. Some pages of our Site may not function properly if the cookies are turned off. You should look to your web browser’s Help section for more information about how to turn cookies on and off. While ensuring network security and consistent service for all users, we employ software programs to do such things as monitor network traffic, identify unauthorized access or access to nonpublic information, detect computer viruses and other software that might damage our computers or the network, and monitor and tune the performance of our networks. In the course of such monitoring, these programs may detect such information as e-mail headers, addresses from network packets, and other information. Information from these activities is used only for the purpose of maintaining the security and performance of our networks and computer systems. We and our service providers may also use so-called "pixel tags", "web beacons", "clear GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") in connection with some pages on our Site and HTML-formatted e-mail messages to, among other things, compile aggregate statistics about Website usage and response rates. A Pixel Tag is an electronic image, often a single pixel (1x1), that is ordinarily not visible to Website visitors and may be associated with Cookies on the visitor's hard drives. When used in HTML-formatted e-mail messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and when the e-mail has been opened. The information that we collect and share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. This particular information does not contain your name, address, telephone number or email address.
How We Use Your Information.
The information we collect is stored in our databases and is used for statistical purposes, to improve the content of our Site, to improve the product and services we offer, and to contact users for our research, for marketing purposes and for updating of our databases. Skintology does not obtain personal Information about you other than that which you choose to provide, and except as noted below, we will not sell, rent, trade or otherwise disclose the personal information you provide to anyone outside of Skintology. Skintology also may share your Information with the following entities:
Skintology’s affiliated companies. |
Skintology’s and affiliated companies’ advertising and promotional agencies and consultants. |
Unaffiliated service providers with whom Skintology may subcontract, including web site hosting companies, fulfillment companies, and other third party service providers. |
Government agencies and law enforcement officials, when required to do so to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process, or to establish or exercise legal rights or defend against legal claims. |
Skintology also reserves the right to share Information with other organizations in the following situations:
As permitted by law in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violation of Skintology’s intellectual property rights, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the Site’s Terms and Conditions of Use or other agreements, or otherwise as required by law. |
When we have your consent to do so, and |
When we need to share Information to provide any product or service you have requested. |
Opting Out and Receiving Information.
If you do not want to be contacted for these purposes or if you would like to obtain a copy of the personal information gathered by this site, or correct or delete such information from our site’s database, you can always contact us at the address provided at the very end of this page.
Asset Transfers.
It is contemplated that in the ordinary course of its businesss, operations, or foreseeable business plan, Skintology may sell or acquire certain assets and, in such transactions, customer and user Information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the unlikely event that Skintology or substantially all of its assets are acquired, such Information may be one of those transferred assets, and we reserve the right to buy or sell such assets.
External Sites.
The Site may provide links to other web sites that may contain privacy provisions different from those provided herein. Skintology is not responsible for the collection, use or disclosure of information collected through those web sites, and Skintology hereby expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such collection, use or disclosure. You are directed to read the privacy policies of all sites and domains reached through the use of links from the Site.
Security.
Skintology undertakes various protections in an effort to maintain the security of your visit to our Site. Although the Site has such security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of Information under our control, we cannot guarantee that such security measures will be sufficient and that your Information may not be accessed in any unauthorized manner. Certain Information may be transmitted to you by electronic mail. Although it may be illegal to intercept or disclose these messages, these transmissions are not secured and you are hereby directed to act accordingly.
Children’s Privacy.
The Site is intended for use by adults only and does not target children or provide products or services for use by children. Skintology does not knowingly collect Information from persons under the legal age of 18 years. If you are under the age of 18 years or the legal age for our services as proscribed by your locality, you may not use this Site. Please exit immediately.
Contact Us. For any questions or comments, please contact us at:
Skintology
181 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10011 |
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