THE SKIN IQ SPA®
PRIVACY POLICY & SECURITY STATEMENT
Thank you for visiting The Skin IQ Spa’s (hereinafter “SkinIQ”) website located at www.theskinIQspa.com (hereinafter the “Web Site”), and for reviewing our Privacy Policy and Security Statement. This Privacy Policy and Security Statement is applicable to our Web Site, as well as, to The Skin IQ Spa® and its affiliated subdomains and partners (hereinafter “SkinIQ” or “SIQ”) as an organization. At SIQ we take your right to privacy very seriously. For that reason we have set forth this privacy policy so we can make sure you understand how and why we use the information you give us. Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you with notice and choices about the collection and use of your information. To make this notice easy to find, links are provided at the bottom of the Web Site homepage and on every page within our Web Site. By visiting www.theskinIQspa.com you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This policy applies to all users of www.theskinIQspa.com, whether or not the user is a SkinIQ customer, user, subscriber or casual browser.
Our Privacy Policy and Disclosure of Information
SIQ does not disclose, give, sell, or transfer any personal information about your visit unless required by law to do so. SIQ respects the privacy of each and every visitor to our Web Site. We collect a limited amount of information on usage of the Web Site for statistical purposes, in order to measure the number of visitors to the various sections of our site and to help us make our site more useful to visitors, as well as to directly market to our existing customers should there be a promotion or opportunity SIQ determines in its sole discretion may be applicable or interesting to you. The information that is provided to us through our Web Site is treated with respect and confidentiality. If you identify yourself by sending us e-mail, we will use this information to respond to your inquiry or request. We may additionally add your e-mail address to our database for future use in connection with direct mailing of relevant and related information. If you do not wish to be included in our database, please Opt-Out (as identified below). For the sake of clarity, SIQ may use your personal information and may disclose such information to our third party partners for marketing purposes and SIQ may use your information in connection with your purchases, for payment authorization, fraud compliance, risk reduction, and for direct marketing and promotions, including without limitation, text messaging and email promotion solicitations.
We currently do not use cookies for tracking, content, analysis or any other purpose but we reserve the right to modify this policy by posting an update notice on the Web Site. For this reason, among other reasons, it is important for visitors to review this Privacy Policy and Security Statement each and every time you access the Web Site.
However, despite the fact that we currently do not use cookies, if you visit our site to read or download information, we do collect and store only the following information about you:
• The domain name from which you access the Internet. For example, if you connect to the Internet through Earthlink, then the domain name is “earthlink.com.”
• The Internet protocol address of the computer you use to access the Internet. An Internet Protocol Address (IP Address) is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you log on to your internet service provider, ex. Earthlink.
• The Internet address of the web site from which you “jumped” to our site, if you did not directly input www.theskinIQspa.com.
• The date, time and duration of your visit to our site and the pages you viewed while at our site.
In addition, as an e-commerce website, we do collect your personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as when you (i) register with our website; (ii) place an order via our website; and (iii) when you contact us via email or otherwise. The personal information we collect may include your name, age, mailing address, telephone number, email address, password and payment information. In the event our business is sold, our customer information may be one of the included assets in any such sale agreement. By using our website, you agree to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in the within Privacy Policy and Security Statement. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our website.
Your Options & Opting Out
Any personal information that you voluntarily provide to the SIQ Web Site (via e-mail or otherwise) and/or SIQ may be used for marketing or promotional purposes by SIQ or any of its affiliates. The information provided by you may also be used for the following: to communicate items of interest from SIQ or to communicate offers from other companies that offer information that may be of value to you. If you object to these uses for any reason, or no reason at all, you may opt to remove your personal information from our database by unsubscribing to any e-mail you may receive or by sending an e-mail request with “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject line to theskiniqspa@gmail.com
We respect your privacy and allow you to restrict internal and external sharing of your personal information. We recognize that you may wish to limit the ways in which we contact you and we offer the following options:
1. Do not contact me by telephone.
2. Do not contact me by postal mail.
3. Do not contact me by email.
4. Do not share my contact information with other organizations.
5. Do not contact me with solicitations related to SIQ.
6. Limit your direct mail to me to once a month.
7. Do not contact me or share my information with anyone.
If you contact us with an opt-out request, all reasonable efforts will be taken to ensure that you will not receive any of the selected communications from us in the future. If you do not wish to opt out at this time, you may do so at a later date should you so desire. However, even if you Opt Out of marketing material and solicitations, you may continue to receive non-marketing email messages from us, including without limitation, email order confirmations, as well as delivery tracking updates, etc.
If you opt back into a specific service, you will receive communication in that manner, regardless of your overall opt out selections. These services may include newsletter subscriptions or e-mail communication by asking a question using “Contact Us.”
Linking Policy
SIQ is an organization committed to the highest ethics and standards, both in fact and appearance. While SIQ encourages and permits text links to the content on SIQ Web Site, we cannot ensure the protection of any personal information that you provide to a third-party site that links to or from the SIQ Web Site. Additionally, although the SIQ Web Site does provide links to other third-party websites, we cannot assume any liability with respect the privacy of any information you choose to provide to the third-party websites. These third-party websites may have their separate privacy and data collection practices. Any personal information that you provide to these third-party websites will be regulated by their own privacy policy, if any. SIQ can assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the practices, actions or policies of these third-party sites, and cannot be responsible for the content or privacy practices of such sites.
Security Precautions
We are aware that you may be concerned about the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. Therefore, we have taken precautions to ensure that this information is safe and secure. No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network will be 100% secure. While we take steps to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us and do so at your own risk. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to help protect your personal information. Upon receiving your transmission, we make commercially reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems. The SIQ takes every precaution to protect our users’ private information. When online subscribers enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number), that information is encrypted and protected with industry standard encryption software.
While we use industry standard encryption software to protect confidential and sensitive information online, we also take commercially reasonable steps to protect your sensitive information offline. All of our users’ information is restricted and password protected at all SIQ offices. Only individuals who need the private information to perform a specific purpose are granted access to this sensitive information. These individuals have agreed to hold such information confidentially and to use such information only for the purposes for which that information was provided. Furthermore and in order to further protect access to confidential and sensitive information, the SIQ maintains its web servers in an environment in which access to such servers is limited to authorized individuals only and is subject to a variety of electronic, physical and procedural security measures.
Furthermore, certain programs and/or operating systems may maintain information on the computer used to contact our Web Site. As such, each individual user should be cautioned and are hereby directed to refer to the user manual(s) provided by the software publisher of the operating system and/or web browser for information about the security and privacy procedures that are available. SIQ can assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the operation and/or data collection procedures employed by each individual user’s operating system and/or web browser.
SSL Certificate
SIQ is protected by an SSL Certificate issued by Network Solutions, a trusted internet innovator for over 10 years. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, which is the standard security technology for creating an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browser remains private and secure. All Secure Link SSL certificates from Network Solutions are encrypted at 256 bits, which is the highest encryption level currently available.
Powerful 256-bit Encryption
Encryption is the process of changing data into a form that can be read only by the intended receiver. 256 Bit SSL is also referred to as strong SSL security. The 256 Bit tells users that the size of the encryption key used to encrypt the data being passed between a Web browser and Web server is 256 Bits in size. Because the size of the 256 Bit key is large it is computationally unfeasible to crack and hence is known as strong SSL security. 256-bit encryption means that the data cryptographically encoded during an SSL session is at the highest level currently available, and nearly impossible to break. Compared to a 40-bit encrypted SSL certificate, a 128-bit is more than 300 septillion (300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) times stronger, as such 256-bit encryption is more than 600 septillion times stronger than 40-bit encryption. All Secure Link SSL certificates from Network Solutions are encrypted at 256 bits.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection
SIQ does not knowingly collect contact or personal information from children under 13 The SIQ Website is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and is designed to block our knowing acceptance of any such information. It is possible that by fraud or deception we may receive information pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 13, please do so by emailing us at theksiniqspa@gmail.com.
Privacy Outside of the United States
To the extent you are accessing the Web Site from outside of the United States or reside outside of the United States, SIQ strives to comply with the most stringent of local privacy laws. By way of example, Canadian law governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in a manner that recognizes individuals’ right of privacy with respect to their personal information. In Canada, the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) sets out rules and principles for the management of personal information by commercial organizations. SIQ complies with the PIPEDA and the use of your information.
Further, SIQ has joined the U.S. Department of Commerce's "Safe Harbor" program with respect to the EU Personal Data and utilizes such information in strict accordance with the Safe Harbor principles. The Safe Harbor principles can be found at www.export.gov/safeharbor. SIQ is committed to protecting the privacy of personal data that is gathered and maintained on behalf of employees, employers and clients requesting client data. We certify that, in relation to EU Personal Data, we adhere to the seven "Safe Harbor Principles" of the United States Department of Commerce as outlined in the European Commission's Directive on Data Protection. If you have any complaints about our compliance with the Safe Harbor, please contact us at info@theskinIQspa.com so that we may address your concerns in a prompt manner.
Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Web Site, you agree that you have reviewed and accept these conditions and limitations regarding the privacy and/or security of any personal information you provide to us. You further acknowledge that you agree to this Privacy Policy and Security Statement. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the SIQ Web Site. SIQ reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Your continued use of the SIQ Web Site following the posting of changes to our Privacy Policy will signify your acceptance of those changes.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and Security Statement and/or the practices of the Web Site or the SIQ please feel free to contact us at theskiniqspa@gmail.com.
UPDATED: July 1, 2012