Marketing Email

If you so elect, the information you provide may be used by Estée Lauder Singapore Online to create and deliver to you emails such as our newsletters, surveys or other email messages containing product and event information, cosmetics tips or promotions (“Emails”).  If you do elect to receive them and later decide that you would no longer like to receive these Emails, see the “Your Choices” Section below.  You may receive the benefit of hearing from Estée Lauder Singapore Online via mail or phone even if you have not elected to receive Emails.  If you do not wish to receive direct mail or phone, see “Your Choices” Section below.

Text Messages

If you so elect, you may provide you mobile phone number in order to receive text message alerts containing product and event information, cosmetics tips or promotions (“Text Messages”).  There is no fee from Estée Lauder Singapore Online to receive Text Messages, however, your mobile service provider may charge for 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. If you do elect to receive them and later decide that you would no longer like to receive these Text Messages, see the “Your Choices” Section below.

Communications to Serve You

If you have elected to provide us with your contact information, we may provide you with service related announcements by any means, including email, concerning the Site or contact you regarding your customer service requests or questions.  These types of communications are necessary to serve you, respond to your concerns and to provide the high level of customer service that Estée Lauder Singapore Online offers its customers.

Customized Service

We may use your personal information to provide you with customized service and use of our Site.  For example, we may suggest products that would be of particular interest to you.

Special Events, Questionnaires and Surveys

On occasion, Estée Lauder Singapore Online may sponsor special events (such as contests, sweepstakes or other offerings), questionnaires and surveys.  There may be specific rules applicable to these promotions that explain how any personal information you provide will be processed.  We strongly suggest you review any applicable rules before participating.  To the extent any special event, questionnaire or survey is not subject to specific rules, the processing of personal information is governed by this Privacy Policy and the purposes it sets forth.

Employment

If you provide personal information to us with respect to employment, such as your resume, we will treat such personal information as confidential and use it only to consider you for current and future employment opportunities and to contact you with respect to employment with us or our affiliates.  An “Affiliate” is a person or entity that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, our company.  We will retain your information for further recruitment opportunities that may arise, unless you tell us that you no longer wish for us to retain your information.

Web Beacons and Tracking Links

Web beacons (also called clear gifs and pixel tags), tracking links and/or similar technology consist of a few lines of code and are embedded on the pages of our Site.  They are often used in combination with cookies and are often not visible to the user of the Site.  Web beacons may relay information to third parties such as our service providers and may be used in order to track customer response to certain advertising, to better target interactive advertising and to enhance customer support and usability.  If you reject our cookies (see “Cookies” section below), you will prevent Web beacons from relaying this information about you and may limit your use of some of our Site features.

Cookies

Browser cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit our Site.  Flash cookies are similar to browser cookies except that they can store data more complex than simple text and are stored in your browser rather than on your hard drive.

You can have your browser and/or plugs to your browser, such as flash, notify you of, or automatically reject, cookies.  Rejecting our cookies will disenable the Coremetrics cookies (described below) as well. If you reject our cookies you may still use this Site, but you may be limited in the use of some of its features.

Coremetrics

We are continuously working to make your experience on our Site better.  To this end, we have retained a company, Coremetrics, to assist us in better understanding your use of our Site.  We will place cookies on your computer to collect information that will show us how you come to our Site and how you use and navigate our Site.  Coremetrics does not receive any personal information about you. Coremetrics tracks visitor behavior on our Site through the use of an anonymous permanent cookie which contains no personal information about you.  Coremetrics is contractually prohibited from using the data for any other purpose. Coremetrics is required to maintain all data collected on our behalf in confidence.  You may deactivate the ability of Coremetrics to track your behavior on the Site.  To learn more about the various levels of privacy and confidentiality you can select with respect to Coremetrics and to exercise your choice, please click here.

Estée Lauder Companies

We may share your personal information with our Affiliates that distribute and market Estée Lauder products (the “Estée Lauder Companies”).  Estée Lauder Companies may use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy including, if you have so elected, to send you Email containing product information, cosmetic tips or promotions.  If you prefer that we not share your personal information with Estée Lauder Companies, please do not provide it to us.  We are unable to offer the benefits of Estée Lauder Singapore Online to anyone who does not consent to the sharing of their personal information with Estée Lauder Companies.

Third Parties

We may retain other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf consistent with this Privacy Policy.  Examples include data analysis firms, customer support specialists, email vendors, webhosting companies and fulfillment companies (e.g., companies that coordinate mailings).  Such third parties may be provided with access to personal information needed to perform their functions but may not use such information other than on our behalf and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

In addition, in some instances, you may be offered the opportunity to consent to the sharing of your information with a third party such as an event or promotion co-sponsor.  If you consent, we will share your information with such third party and the information you provide may be used by such third party for their own purposes and in accordance with their own policies.

Business Transfers

As we continue to develop our business, we might sell certain of our assets.  In such transactions, user information, including personal information, generally is one of the transferred business assets, and by submitting your personal information on the Site you agree that your data may be transferred to such parties in these circumstances.  You may choose not to have your information transferred as a business asset by contacting us as described in the “Your Choices” Section.

Compliance with Law

We may disclose information that is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.  In addition, we may disclose any information when it is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with suspected or actual illegal activity.

Updating Your Information

You have the ability to review, change or request deletion of your personal information by sending an email to info@esteelauder.com.sg.

Opt-Out and Managing Your Preferences

You may choose whether or not you would like to receive Email from us.  You may change your preferences with respect to Email at any time clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of each Email you receive from us, or emailing us at info@esteelauder.com.sg.  You may unsubscribe from receiving Text Messages, by contacting info@esteelauder.com.sg.  You may also choose not to receive mail or phone communications by emailing us at info@esteelauder.com.sg and specifying that this is your preference.