PRIVACY AND TERMS

Privacy Policy

At Maritime Beauty Supply Company Limited (“Maritime Beauty”), we are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) applies to Maritime Beauty retail locations and our family of websites (each a “Site”), and describes how we collect, use, and disclose the personal information of our customers. By providing your personal information to Maritime Beauty or by using a Site, you understand and agree to our collection, use, and disclosure terms under the Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect

From You: When you use a Site or visit a store, create an account with us, register for classes, purchase our products or services, or make customer service inquiries, we may collect personal information.  Personal information is that which can be used to identify an individual, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, professional cosmetology licence number, credit card number or other personal information. 

From Third Parties: Maritime Beauty may also receive personal information from our business partners and other third parties, provided that such third parties are authorized to share data about you and confirm to us that you have permitted them to share such information or as otherwise permitted by law.

About Your Activity on a Site: In addition to the information you provide, Maritime Beauty collects information about how and when you use a Site. This information may include your IP address, domain name, browser type and version being used, referring website address, type of operating system, and other information about the devices you use to access a Site. This data is used by us in order to operate and improve each Site, maintain the quality of our services and generate statistics regarding use of each Site. For example, we keep track of the sites and pages our customers visit within a Site in order to determine where traffic comes from and how and where it flows. This helps us to track what products and services are the most popular and enables us to offer recommendations for products and services that may be of interest to you.

How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To operate and improve content and usability of a Site;
• To process your transaction and deliver products and services, including to send you emails to confirm your order status and shipment;
• To manage your account with us, including verification of your identity;
• To communicate with you and provide customer service support, including responding to questions and requests for information;
• To conduct surveys, contests and promotions in which you choose to participate;
• To customize existing products or services or develop new products and services to better meet your needs and preferences;
• To ensure the consistency and quality of our products and services;
• To conduct research and data analysis;
• To send you information about products, services, or events we think may interest you;
• To provide information to you about changes or enhancements to a Site or products or services;
• To prevent, detect or investigate fraud, misuse or other illegal activities and to enforce our policies;
• As we reasonably believe is necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, to comply with legal processes, (b) to respond to requests from government authorities, (c) to protect the rights, safety or property of Maritime Beauty and our employees, customers and others; and
• As otherwise permitted or required by applicable laws

Maritime Beauty may also use your business contact information (such as your name, title, work address, work telephone number, work fax number or work email address) for the purpose of communicating or facilitating communications with you in relation to your business.  While privacy laws do not prohibit the collection, use, or disclosure of business contact information, Maritime Beauty wishes to inform its customers that such information may be used in support of programs and initiatives aimed at improving our customers’ experience, including but not limited to third party loyalty programs and the analysis of relevant sales data.

How We Share Your Information

Affiliates, Partners and Service Providers. Maritime Beauty may share your personal information with affiliates, partners and service providers, in order for such parties to provide services in relation to the functions described in the previous section. We prohibit any third parties from using your personal information except to provide these services to Maritime Beauty, and they are contractually required to maintain the confidentiality of such personal information.

Business Transactions. We may share personal information in connection with a business transaction (e.g., a sale, financing, merger or amalgamation of Maritime Beauty, or a lease of its assets).

Required by Law and to Protect Our Lawful Interests. We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law (e.g., if the disclosure is necessary to comply with legal processes, respond to requests from government authorities, enforce our agreements or protect the rights, safety or property of Maritime Beauty, our employees, customers, and others).

Consent. We may disclose your personal information when you have given us your consent or directed us to share your personal information for a designated purpose.

Anonymous and Aggregated Information. We may share anonymous, aggregated information of our customers and Site users, such as demographic statistics, numbers of users and user access times, with third parties for research, analytics or other lawful purposes.

Other Countries. In some instances, your personal information may be disclosed, processed and/or stored outside of Canada, and may be available to government authorities under lawful orders and laws applicable in those countries.

Cookies and Targeted Advertising

When you use a Site, Maritime Beauty and our service providers may collect information using cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior over time and across different websites. This information may be used to improve our website, personalize your experience and offer you recommendations or other advertisements that may be of interest to you.  For example, we use cookies to save you time by recalling information you have recorded on a Site, such as your billing or shipping address, and your preferences so that when you return to the same Site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved quickly and you can easily use the features that you customized.

Companies that place advertising on a Site may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about your online browsing behavior in order to provide advertising that may be of interest to you on other websites you visit.  For more information about this practice or how you may opt-out of receiving interest-based advertisements, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada website: http://youradchoices.ca/choices.

You can set your browser to accept or reject specific cookies or delete cookies that have been stored on your computer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not have access to certain features or functions of a Site.

How We Protect Your Information

Maritime Beauty is committed to ensuring the protection of your personal information. We maintain appropriate and reasonable physical (e.g., locked filing cabinets, alarm systems), technological (e.g., passwords, encryption), and organizational (e.g., limiting access on a “need to know” basis, training, agreements) security safeguards to protect your personal information. For example, we secure the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled environment, which is protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information, such as a credit card number, is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

As no transmission of information over the Internet is completely secure, you can help protect the security of your personal information. For instance, never give out your password or log in information, since this is what is used to access your account or registration information. Also, it is important to remember to log out of your account and close your browser window when you finish using a Site.

Accuracy and Access to Your Information

Maritime Beauty will make every effort to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up-to-date. You may review and update your personal information at any time by contacting us.  If you are unsure whether we have a record containing your personal information, please contact our Privacy Officer using the contact information below and provide your name, address, and the email address we have on file.  We will then inform you if we have any personal information relating to you and, if so, how it has been used and disclosed.  In certain circumstances, we may not be permitted or required by law to provide access to personal information, including information that would reveal personal information about another individual or that cannot be disclosed for legal, security or commercial proprietary reasons.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain your personal information only as long as it is necessary to satisfy the purpose for which it was collected or for such period as required by law.

Links to Other Websites

Maritime Beauty is not responsible for third party websites accessed via a Site, for the privacy practices of such third parties or for the content of their websites. We encourage you to review the privacy statements or policies of websites you choose to link to from a Site so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and disclose your information.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

Please note that we may update and amend this Privacy Policy from time-to-time.  We encourage you to visit the Site on a regular basis as any updates to the Privacy Policy will be posted here.

Opt-Out

If you no longer want to receive marketing or promotional information communications from us, you can unsubscribe or withdraw your consent at any time using the unsubscribe method provided in the message, or by contacting our Privacy Officer at the address and telephone numbers provided below. Please note that even if you choose not to receive marketing communications from Maritime Beauty, you may still receive communications regarding transactional, product and account-related messages that we are allowed or required by applicable law to provide you.

If you change your mind, you can start receiving promotional communications from us again by logging into your account online and changing your preferences, by signing up when you visit a Maritime Beauty retail location, or by contacting us at the address and telephone number provided below.

Contact Information

Maritime Beauty welcomes your questions, comments, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy. Please contact our Privacy Officer via email at [email protected], write to us at Maritime Beauty Supply, 3695 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS, B3K 2Y3, or call us at 1-800-565-7721.