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All employees and invited members are required to observe the following terms and conditions:

  • • Use of The Online Company Store site is restricted to members only.
  • • Your email and password are for your exclusive use and cannot be used by any other person.
  • • Product purchased from the Estée Lauder Companies The Online Company Store is for your own personal use or gifting and is not to be resold.
  • • We do not offer refunds or exchanges for change of mind.
  • • Goods purchased through The Company Stores are purchased on an “as is” basis and cannot be returned, exchanged or refunded unless deemed faulty.
  • • Other returns (for example; faulty goods or goods that are not of acceptable quality), must be accompanied by proof of purchase.
  • • Please ensure your membership address is correct as we are unable to ship to alternate addresses.
  • • We reserve the right to suspend or cancel membership should these conditions not be met.


Welcome to The Company Store New Zealand Website (the "Site").

All employees and invited members are required to observe the following terms and conditions: 

  • Use of the Site is restricted to members only.
  • Your email and password are for your exclusive use and cannot be used by any other person.
  • Product purchased from the Estée Lauder Companies The Company Store is for your own personal use or gifting and is not to be resold.
  • We do not offer refunds or exchanges for change of mind.
  • Subject to the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, goods purchased through these outlets are purchased on an “as is” basis and cannot be returned, exchanged or refunded either at the The Company Store or at a retail facility, unless deemed faulty.
  • Other returns (for example, faulty goods or goods that are not of acceptable quality) must be accompanied by proof of purchase.
  • Please ensure your membership address is correct as we are unable to ship to alternate addresses.
  • We reserve the right to suspend or cancel membership should these conditions not be met.

The Online Company Store, operated by Estee Lauder Limited NZBN 9429039448682 (“The Online Company Store”) provides the content and services available on the Site to you subject to the following terms and conditions, our Privacy Policy and other terms and conditions and policies which you may find throughout our Site in connection with certain functionality, features or promotions as well as customer service, all of which are deemed a part of and included within these terms and conditions (collectively, "Terms and Conditions"). By accessing or using the Site, you are acknowledging that you have read, understand, and agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

  1. Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy so that you may understand our privacy practices.

  1. Products and Services for Personal Use

The products and services described on the Site, and any samples we may provide to you, are for personal use only. You may not sell or resell any of the products, services or samples that you purchase or otherwise receive from us. We reserve the right, with or without notice, to cancel or reduce the quantity of any order to be filled or products or services to be provided to you that we believe, in our sole discretion, may result in the violation of our Terms and Conditions.

  1. Purchase Related Policies and Procedures

To view policies and procedures related to orders placed through this Site (such as order processing, shipping and handling, returns and exchanges), visit our FAQs or Delivery Information pages. Alternatively you can click here to contact us for more information.

 

  1. Accuracy of Information

We attempt to be as accurate as possible when describing our products on the Site; however, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we do not warrant that the product descriptions, colours, information or other content available on the Site are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.

  1. Intellectual Property

All information and content available on the Site and its “look and feel”, including but not limited to trademarks, logos, service marks, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, data compilations and software, and the compilation and organisation thereof (collectively, the "Content") is the property of Estee Lauder Limited New Zealand Online, our affiliates, partners or licensors, and is protected by New Zealand and international laws, including laws governing copyrights and trademarks.

Except as set forth in the limited licenses in Section 6 below, or as required under applicable law, neither the Content nor any portion of the Site may be used, reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, accessed, modified, or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, for any purpose without our express, prior written consent.

  1. Limited Licenses

We grant you a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive license to access and make personal use of the Site. This limited license does not include the right to: (a) frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose the Site or any portion thereof; (b) republish, redistribute, transmit, sell, license or download the Site or any and/or all Content (except caching or as necessary to view the Site); (c) make any use of the Site or any and/or all Content other than personal use; (d) modify, reverse engineer or create any derivative works based upon either the Site or any and/or all Content; (e) collect account information for the benefit of yourself or another party; (f) use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing any and/or all Content; or (g) use software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or take any other action that may impose an unreasonable burden or load on our infrastructure. You must retain, without modification, all proprietary notices on the Site or affixed to or contained in the Site.

We also grant you a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive license to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Site for personal, non-commercial use only. A website that links to the Site (i) may link to, but not replicate, any and/or all of our Content; (ii) may not imply that we are endorsing such website or its services or products; (iii) may not misrepresent its relationship with us; (iv) may not contain content that could be construed as distasteful, obscene, offensive, controversial, illegal or inappropriate for any ages; (v) may not portray us or our products or services, in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive or objectionable manner, or associate us with undesirable products, services, or opinions; and (vi) may not link to any page of the Site other than the home page. We may, in our sole discretion, request that you remove any link to the Site, and upon receipt of such request, you shall immediately remove such link and cease any linking unless separately and expressly authorized in writing by us to resume linking.

Any unauthorised use by you of the Site or any and/or all of our Content automatically terminates the limited licenses set forth in this Section 6 without prejudice to any other remedy provided by applicable law or these Terms and Conditions.

  1. Your Obligations and Responsibilities

In the access or use of the Site, you shall comply with these Terms and Conditions and the special warnings or instructions for access or use posted on the Site. You shall act always in accordance with the law, custom and in good faith. You may not make any change or alteration to the Site or any Content or services that may appear on this Site and may not impair in any way the integrity or operation of the Site. Without limiting the generality of any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, if you default negligently or wilfully in any of the obligations set forth in these Terms and Conditions, you shall be liable for all the losses and damages that this may cause to The Company Store New Zealand Online, our affiliates, partners or licensors.

  1. Third Party Links

We are not responsible for the content of any off-website pages or any other websites linked to or from the Site. Links appearing on the Site are for convenience only and are not an endorsement by us, our affiliates or our partners of the referenced content, product, service, or supplier. Your linking to or from any off-website pages or other websites is at your own risk. We are in no way responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, off-website pages or any other websites linked to or from the Site, nor do we assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, content, products, or services of such pages and websites, including, without limitation, their privacy policies and terms and conditions. You should carefully review the terms and conditions and privacy policies of all off-website pages and other websites that you visit.

  1. Special Features, Functionality and Events

The Site may offer certain special features and functionality or events (such as contests, promotions or other offerings) which may (a) be subject to terms of use, rules and/or policies in addition to or in lieu of these Terms and Conditions; and (b) be offered by us or by third parties. If so, we will notify you of this and if you choose to take advantage of these offerings, you agree that your use of those offerings will be subject to such additional or separate terms of use, rules and/or policies.

  1. Submissions

It is our policy to decline unsolicited suggestions and ideas. Notwithstanding our policy with regard to unsolicited suggestions and ideas, any inquiries, feedback, suggestions, ideas or other information you provide us (collectively, "Submissions") will be treated as non-proprietary and non-confidential. Subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy, by transmitting or posting any Submission, you hereby grant us full ownership of the Submission as if we had created, developed and posted the Submission for our own purposes. We reserve the right to copy, use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, license, distribute, sell or assign the Submission in any way as we see fit, including but not limited to copying in whole or in part, creating derivative works from, distributing and displaying any Submission in any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, alone or as part of other works, or using the Submission within or in connection with our products or services. You expressly and irrevocably waive all moral rights in respect of your Submission, including but not limited to the right to be identified as the author of your Submission. You also acknowledge that your Submission will not be returned and we may use your Submission, and any ideas, concepts or know how contained therein, without payment of money or any other form of consideration, for any purpose including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing, distributing and marketing products.

If you make a Submission, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise are entitled to grant the rights to your Submission without infringement or contravention of the rights of any third party. You further represent and warrant that such Submission does not constitute or contain software viruses, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead us as to the origin of any Submission. You agree to indemnify us for all claims arising from or in connection with any claims to any rights in any Submission or any damages arising from any Submission.

  1. User Content

When you transmit, upload, post, e-mail or otherwise make available data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, images, videos, messages or other materials ("User Content") on the Site, you are entirely responsible for such User Content. Such User Content constitutes a Submission under Section 10 above. You agree not to engage in or assist or encourage others to engage in transmitting, uploading, posting, e-mailing or otherwise making available on the Site User Content that (a) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise wrongfully discriminatory or objectionable; (b) you do not have a right to make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships; (c) is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading; (d) you were compensated for or granted any consideration by any third party; or (e) infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party. In addition, you agree not to transmit, upload, post, e-mail, or otherwise make available any software viruses, unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, solicitation or promotional material, including chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You further agree not to (i) impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity; (ii) "stalk" or otherwise harass including advocating harassment of another, entrap or harm any third party including harming minors in any way; (iii) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any User Content; (iv) intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law; or (v) collect or store personally identifiable data about other users.

We do not endorse or control the User Content transmitted or posted on the Site and therefore, we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of User Content. You understand that by using the Site, you may be exposed to User Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable to you. Under no circumstances will we be liable in any way for any User Content, including, without limitation, for any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred by you as a result of the use of any User Content transmitted, uploaded, posted, e-mailed or otherwise made available via the Site.

You acknowledge that we have the right (but not the obligation) in our sole discretion to refuse to post or remove any User Content and we reserve the right to change, condense, or delete any User Content. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or any other provision of these Terms and Conditions, we have the right to remove any User Content that violates these Terms and Conditions or is otherwise objectionable and we reserve the right to refuse service and/or terminate accounts without prior notice for any users who violate these Terms and Conditions or infringe the rights of others.

  1. Copyright Complaints

We respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that copyrighted materials have been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send an e-mail or written notice to our Designated Agent for notices of infringement and provide the following: (i) identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim has been infringed and confirmation that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; (ii) a description of the material that you claim is infringing and the location of that material on the Site; (iii) your address, telephone number and email address.

Our Designated Agent for notice for claims of copyright infringement is Mark Hargreaves, Principal, AJ Park, Leve 22 State Insurance Tower, Willis Street, Wellington, NZ. Telephone: +64  4 474 0999. Email: mark.hargreaves@ajpark.com.

NOTE: THE ABOVE CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR NOTIFYING ESTEE LAUDER LIMITED NEW ZEALAND ONLINE THAT COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL MAY HAVE BEEN INFRINGED. ALL OTHER INQUIRIES WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE GROUP BY EMAIL.

  1. Representations and Warranties; Limitation of Liability

The site is presented "as is." we make no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, in connection with these terms and conditions or the site, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, non-infringement or fitness for a particular purpose, except to the extent such representations and warranties are not legally excludable.

Certain legislation, including the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, may imply warranties or conditions or impose obligations upon Estee Lauder Limited New Zealand Online which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified or cannot be excluded, restricted or modified except to a limited extent. These terms of service must be read subject to these statutory provisions. If these statutory provisions apply, to the extent to which Estee Lauder Limited New Zealand Online is able to do so, its liability under those provisions will be limited, at its option, in the case of services to (a) the supplying of the services again or (b) the payment of the cost of having the services supplied again and, in the case of goods to (i) the replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods; (ii) the repair of the goods; (iii) the payment of the cost of replacing the goods or of acquiring equivalent goods; or (iv) the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired. 

You agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we will not be responsible or liable (whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise), under any circumstances, for any (a) interruption of business; (b) access delays or access interruptions to the site; (c) data non-delivery, misdelivery, corruption, destruction or other modification; (d) loss or damages of any sort incurred as a result of dealings with or the presence of off-website links on the site; (e) computer viruses, system failures or malfunctions which may occur in connection with your use of the site, including during hyperlink to or from third party websites (f) any inaccuracies or omissions in content or (g) events beyond our reasonable control.

Further, to the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind or loss of profits, revenue or interest related to the Site or your use thereof regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages and in no event shall our maximum aggregate liability exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). 

  1. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless for any loss, damages or costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any third-party claim, action, or demand resulting from your use of the Site or breach of these Terms and Conditions. You also agree to indemnify us for any loss, damages, or costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from your use of software robots, spiders, crawlers, or similar data gathering and extraction tools, or any other action you take that imposes an unreasonable burden or load on our infrastructure.

  1. Disputes

Your use of this Site shall be governed by the laws of New Zealand and the parties hereto submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand.

  1. Consent to Receive Notices Electronically by Posting on the Site and Via Email

You consent to receive any agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications (collectively, “Notices”) to which these Terms and Conditions refer from us electronically including without limitation by e-mail or by posting notices on this Site. You agree that all Notices that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. To withdraw your consent to receive Notices electronically, you must notify us of your withdrawal of such consent by emailing us and discontinuing your use of this Site. In such event, all rights granted to you pursuant to these Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to the limited licenses set forth in Section 6 hereof, shall automatically terminate. Unfortunately, we cannot provide the benefits of this Site to any user that cannot consent to receipt of Notices electronically.

Please note that this consent to receive Notices is entirely separate from any election you may make with respect to receipt of marketing communications. Your options with respect to receipt of marketing communications are set forth in our Privacy Policy.

  1. Maximum Purchase Policy

In line with the The Company Store policy, customers may purchase up to 8 units of a given product and up to a total of 14 saleable units per customer, per transaction, per day.

  1. General

You acknowledge and agree that these Terms and Conditions constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between us concerning your use of the Site, and supersede and govern all prior proposals, agreements, or other communications.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting the changes on the Site. Any changes are effective immediately upon posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Site thereafter constitutes your agreement to all such changed Terms and Conditions. We do not promise to continue to offer or maintain the Site online. We may withdraw it from use in accordance with our business strategy from time to time. Accordingly we may, with or without prior notice, terminate any or all of the rights granted by these Terms and Conditions. If you violate these Terms and Conditions, we may terminate any or all of the rights granted by these Terms and Conditions. You shall comply immediately with any termination or other notice, including, as applicable, by ceasing all use of the Site.

Nothing contained in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between us. Our failure to require your performance of any provision hereof shall not affect our full right to require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall our waiver of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision itself. In the event that any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by any applicable arbitral award or court decision, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these Terms and Conditions unenforceable or invalid as a whole but these Terms and Conditions shall be modified, to the extent possible, by the adjudicating entity to most fully reflect the original intent of the parties as reflected in the original provision.

If you have any questions regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact us.

 

Terms & Conditions last updated 5 August 2021.

Estee Lauder Limited Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 August 2021

Estee Lauder Limited ("we", "us", or "our") respect your concerns about privacy and value the relationship we have with you. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information we collect about our customers, how we may use the information, with whom we share it, and the choices available to our customers regarding our use of the information, in compliance with the requirements of the Privacy Act 2020 and any other applicable laws. Our Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information we collect and how our customers can contact us about our privacy practices.

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 Information We Collect

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We may obtain personal information about you from various sources. We may collect this information when you provide it at our counters or in stores, on our website, or in connection with our social networking or mobile applications, or at one of our events. Unless otherwise stated, this Privacy Policy does not address any data collection by our retail partners. When you visit our site, our social media/ social networking pages (or their relevant platforms or corresponding mobile applications), or when you use the services or features of one of our mobile applications, we may also collect certain information about your device or usage by automated means or by using technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons.

Information You Provide

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You may choose to provide personal information to us in a number of ways, such as when you participate in an offer or promotion, or when you make a purchase on our site, at our counters or in our stores. The types of personal information that you provide to us may include (for example):

  • Contact information (such as name, postal address, email address, and mobile or other phone number)
  • Age and date of birth
  • Gender and preferred language
  • Username and password
  • Payment information (such as your payment method, payment card number, expiration date, delivery address, and billing address)
  • Purchase history
  • Product preferences and communication channel preferences
  • Your physical characteristics and skincare concerns and/or skincare regimes, skin type, skin conditions (sensitivities or allergies) and medications for the same
  • Contact information for friends or other people you would like us to contact (after you have obtained their consent to do so)
  • Content you provide (such as photographs, videos, reviews, articles and comments)
  • Information provided to us through social media networks or one of our mobile applications when you visit our social media pages, register for our site or loyalty program using a social media account or use one of our mobile applications (such as your name, profile picture, likes, location, friend list and other information described on the social media network or in application sign-up page, or your geo-location details when using one of our mobile applications)
  • Your membership program or loyalty program account identification number
  • If you have an online store account, we will also collect your order and return request history and replenishment service selections, your reward points balance and redemption details associated with your account if applicable.
  • If you register to be on a loyalty program list, we will also collect a record of your consent to join the loyalty program list and any subsequent opt out information and your anniversary date.

We do not collect health information about you without your consent.

For some services you may not be required to identify yourself. However, if you do not provide us with the information we request, we may not be able to contact you and may not be able to customise our services to suit you or provide you with information, products and/or services you have requested.

It is voluntary for you to provide your personal information to us, but certain services and promotions may not be available to you if you do not provide your personal information.

How We Use The Information

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We may use the information you provide to:

  • Send you promotional materials, marketing communications or other communications if you have consented to receive such materials or if we are otherwise permitted to send these to you
  • Provide requested information, products and services to you
  • Contact you to follow up or confirm your orders, appointments, returns, or refunds and to send you other non-marketing communications related to products and services we provide to you
  • Process your payment and/or gift card transactions
  • Create and manage your online account, including access to your online and in-store purchase history
  • Assist with product selection and replenishment, including through our customer registry
  • Administer our membership list and loyalty program list
  • Respond to your inquiries
  • Tailor ads on our website and elsewhere to your interests and history with us
  • Process and communicate with you about your orders and return requests
  • Communicate with you about, and administer your participation in, loyalty program, special events, contests, sweepstakes, programs, surveys and other offers
  • Operate and communicate with you about our social networking or mobile applications
  • Operate, evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products and services; enhancing and improving our products and services; managing our communications; analysing our products; performing market researches, data analytics and customer relations management programs; and performing accounting, auditing and other internal functions)
  • Comply with applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards and our policies
  • To avoid duplication and ensure accuracy of your information, periodically conduct data cleansing, linking or merging of our records, either internally or through our service providers.

We also may use the information in other ways as required, permitted or authorised by law or for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

Information We Collect by Automated Means

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When you visit our site or click on our online advertisements (including our advertisements on third party websites), visit our social media/social networking pages (or their relevant platforms or corresponding mobile applications), or download and/or use one of our mobile applications, we also collect certain information about your usage or device by automated means or by using technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons. For example, if you use one of our mobile applications, we may collect your IP address, your unique device identifier (or other device identifier) and/or geo-location data in order to offer you certain features or functionalities within that mobile application. As set forth in more detail below, we may also collect information about your usage and browsing habits using various web-based technologies.

For your convenience, our mobile applications may also include functionality that allows you to remain logged in to the application so that you do not have to re-enter a password each time you want to access the application. If you choose to remain logged in, you should be aware that anyone with access to your mobile device will be able to make changes to your mobile account and maybe able to make purchases to your account. For that reason, if you choose to remain logged in to the application on your mobile device, we strongly recommend you enable the Passcode Lock security feature on your mobile device to protect against unauthorized access to and use of your mobile device and your account in the application.

Technologies We Use

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Cookies, Web Server Logs and Web Beacon

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Cookies: Cookies are small text files that websites send to your computer or other Internet-connected devices to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in your browser. Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies and how to restrict or disable certain cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our website.

Flash cookies: "Flash cookies" (also called Local Shared Objects or "LSOs") are data files similar to cookies, except that they can store more complex data. Flash cookies are used to remember settings, preferences, and usage, particularly for video, interactive gaming, and other similar services.

Web Server Logs: Web server logs are records of activity created by the computer that delivers the webpages you request to your browser. For example, a web server log may record the search term you entered or the link you clicked to bring you the webpage. The web server logs may also record information such as the address of the web page that linked you to our site and the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet, operating system type, browser type, domain, the cookies set on your browser by the server, the language your system uses and country and time zone in which your device is located.

Web beacons, clear pixels, or pixel tags: To control which web servers collect this information, we may place tags on our web pages called web beacons. These are computer instructions that link web pages to particular web servers and their cookies. They are small graphic images on a web page or in an e-mail that can be used for such things as recording the pages and advertisements clicked on by users, or tracking the performance of e-mail marketing campaigns.

Geo-location technologies: Geo-location technology refers to technologies that permit us to determine your location. We may ask you to manually provide location information on our website, or to enable your mobile device to send us precise location information. We may also automatically collect general location information from your web browser.

Third Party Web Analytics Services

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We may use third party web analytics services on our site, our social media/social networking pages (or their relevant platforms or corresponding mobile applications), or our mobile applications, such as those of Adobe Site Catalyst and/or Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. The service providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons to help us analyse how visitors use our site. The information collected through these means (including IP address) is disclosed to these service providers, who use the information to evaluate use of the website, compile reports on the website activities, and to provide additional services connected with the website. You may deactivate the ability of these analytic services to analyse your browsing activities on our site by adjusting the settings on your browser software, however, you may not be able to fully use all of the functions of our site if you do so. To learn more about web analytics services, and exercise your choice with respect to their collection of information on our site:

  • For Adobe Site Catalyst, please click here.
  • To disable Google Analytics, please download the browser add-on for the deactivation of Google Analytics provided by Google at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. To learn more about privacy and Google Analytics please consult the Google Analytics overview provided by Google at: http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.
  • To disable other third-party web analytics service provider cookies, some browsers indicate when a cookie is being sent and allow you to decline cookies on a case-by-case basis. You may also turn off cookies in your browser.

Targeted Advertising

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We also may contract with third-party advertising networks that collect IP addresses and other information through the use of cookies, web server logs and web beacons on our websites and emails; on third-party websites and emails; and on our advertising placed on third-party websites. They use this information to provide advertisements about products and services tailored to your interests (including for companies not affiliated with us). You may see these advertisements on our website and other websites. This process also helps us manage and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. To learn more about advertising networks and to opt out of interest-based advertising, visit the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://www.aboutads.info/choices or the Network Advertising Initiative at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.

We may also use third-party platforms, including platforms operated by social networks, such as Google, Facebook, Pinterest, WeChat, Line, Kakao, etc. to show interest-based ads. We may convert your email address, telephone number or other information into a unique value which can be matched by those third parties with a user on their platform or with other data they may have collected from you. This matching allows interest-based ads to be delivered on those platforms. To opt out of these ads, you must change your advertising preferences on those third-party platforms. These platforms may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review.

How We Use the Information Collected by Automated Means

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We may use the information collected through automated means on our site for market research, data analytics and system administration purposes, such as to determine whether you have visited us before or are new to the site, to tailor ads displayed to you on our site and elsewhere to your interests and based on your history with us, and for compliance with our legal obligations, policies and procedures, including compliance with relevant industry standards and the enforcement of our Terms & Conditions. We also may use the information in other ways for which specific notice is provided at the time of collection.

PUSH NOTIFICATIONS AND IN-APP ALERTS AND UPDATES

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When you download one of our mobile applications, we may provide you with the option to opt in to receive push notifications from us on your mobile device in connection with that mobile application. These push notifications may include promotional communications regarding our products and services. You may, after downloading the applicable mobile application, opt out of receiving push notifications by adjusting the settings on your mobile device. Opting out of push notifications will not affect other communications you receive from us, such as email communications. You also may receive alerts and updates within our mobile applications regarding our products and services or your accounts with us. To opt out of receiving these alerts and updates, you may uninstall the applicable mobile application from your mobile device.

Information We Share

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We do not rent, sell or otherwise (except as described here) disclose personal information we collect about you, so as to permit those third parties to directly market to you. As may be required for the performance of the purposes discussed in earlier sections, we may share your personal information with:

  • Our affiliates within the Estée Lauder umbrella of companies for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise specified in the notice provided at the time of collection. For additional information regarding our corporate affiliates, please see http://www.elcompanies.com/.
  • Service providers, licensees and/or joint venture partners who may be located overseas (including India, China, Singapore, South Korea, UK and US), and they may perform services on our behalf based on our instructions and send you direct marketing in relation to the Goods and Services. We do not authorize these service providers to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. Examples of these service providers include entities that process credit card payments, fulfil orders, support our returns process and provide web hosting and marketing services.
  • Other third parties through social networks, widgets and plug-ins with your consent. If you use any features made available to you on our website by a third party, it may result in information being collected or shared between us and the third party. For example, if you use Facebook’s "Like" feature, Facebook may register the fact that you "liked" us and may post that information on Facebook. Also, some of our Facebook applications may share information collected through those apps with your Facebook friends or other Facebook users.

Where we need to share your personal information to third parties for the performance of purposes discussed above on our behalf, we request such parties adopt privacy practices in relation to the handling of personal data that is equivalent or even stricter level than as set out in this Privacy Policy.

In addition, we may disclose information about you without your consent (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities or other government officials, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.

We also reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your personal information with any inquiries concerning the processing of that information.

Your Rights and Choices

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We offer you certain choices in connection with the personal information we collect from you, such as how we use the information and how we communicate with you. To update your preferences, ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists or submit a request, please contact us as specified below.

Text Messaging

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If you so elect, you may provide your mobile phone number to Estée Lauder Limited. By submitting your mobile phone number, you consent to receive text message alerts from us containing product and event information, cosmetics tips or promotions that may be sent using automated dialling systems ("Text Messages"). Your consent to receive Text Messages is not otherwise required to purchase any goods or services from us. You may not consent to receive Text Messages on behalf of someone else or provide someone else’s phone number.

You may receive approximately five texts per year. We do not charge a fee for you to receive Text Messages from us, however, your mobile service provider may charge you for sending and/or receiving text messages and air-time, as well as any other standard applicable rates charged by your mobile service provider.

Text Messages are distributed via third party mobile network providers and, therefore, we cannot control certain factors relating to message delivery or guarantee availability or performance of this service, including liability for transmission delays or message failures.

You may unsubscribe from receiving Text Messages any time by texting the word "STOP" back to the number used to send the marketing test message to your device. You may also choose not to receive Text Messages by emailing us via the Contact Us form here and specifying that this is your preference.

We may also obtain the date, time and content of your messages in the course of your use of Text Messages. We will use the information we obtain in connection with our Text Messages in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Email Opt-Out

You can at any time tell us not to send you marketing communications by email by clicking on the unsubscribe link within the marketing emails you receive from us or by contacting us as indicated in the "How to Contact Us" section below. 

Postal Mail Opt-Out

You can ask Estee Lauder Limited to stop sending you marketing communications by postal mail by following the instructions that may be included in a particular promotion mail. You also can request that we refrain from sending you promotional postal mail by contacting us as indicated in the "How to Contact Us" section below.

Social Networking Application Opt-Out

To remove or delete our social media applications from your social networking account, follow the instructions from the social network:

Facebook: provided by the Facebook Help Centre (https://www.facebook.com/help/170585223002660)

Geo-Location Information

When you use one of our mobile applications, you may be asked for your geo-location via such mobile application. You may choose not to share your geo-location details by adjusting your mobile device’s location services settings. To decline sharing your geo-location details, follow the instructions on your mobile device on changing the relevant settings; otherwise, please contact your service provider or device manufacturer.

Withdrawing Consent

You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us, or object at any time on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your personal information. We will apply your preferences going forward. In some circumstances, withdrawing your consent to our use or disclosure of your personal information will mean that you cannot take advantage of some of our products or services.

Reviewing, Updating and Modifying Personal Information

We may retain and use your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes set out above. Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you, update and correct inaccuracies in your personal data, and have the information blocked or deleted, as appropriate. The right to access personal information may be limited in some circumstances by local law requirements. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. You may request to review, change or delete your personal information by sending an email to privacy@nz.estee.com  – with attention to our privacy officer. If you have an online store account, you may update your profile information yourself by logging into your account.

If you wish to have your personal information deleted, please let us know in the same manner as referred to above and we will take all reasonable steps to delete it unless we need to keep it for legal reasons.

Data Transfers

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We may transfer the personal information we collect about you to countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected (including India, China, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, UK and US) and your personal information may be processed and stored outside your country of residence. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. However, when we transfer your information to other countries, we will protect that information as described in this Privacy Policy.

How We Protect Personal Information

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We maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use. However, no security system is perfect, and we cannot promise that information about you will remain secure in all circumstances, including the security of your data during transmission to us or the security of data on your mobile device.

Links To Other Websites

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Our website may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently from us. Linked sites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for the sites’ content, any use of the sites, or the privacy practices of the sites.

Updates To Our Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a prominent notice on our website to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate at the top of the Policy when it was most recently updated.

How To Contact Us

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If you have any questions, complaints or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, please contact us by privacy@nz.estee.com or telephone at  0800 352 822. You also may write to:

Privacy Officer
PO Box 12737
Penrose, Auckland

We will investigate your complaint and will respond within a reasonable time. If we fail to respond to your complaint or if you are dissatisfied with the response that you receive from us, you may have the right to make a complaint to the applicable privacy authorities. In New Zealand, this is the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (www.privacy.org.nz).