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American Academy of Facial Esthetics Privacy Policy Overview

Welcome to American Academy of Facial Esthetics. As a customer of the American Academy of Facial Esthetics, your trust is our most important asset. We take the protection and proper use of your personal information seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information in our possession. In order to preserve your trust, we want you to understand what personal information we may collect from you, how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of this information.

In this policy, “personal information” means any information by which you can be identified or contacted, such as your name (first and last), address (city, state, zip), e-mail address, telephone number, etc.

This Privacy Policy governs your experience on this website unless otherwise indicated.

Messaging Terms & Conditions

AAFE | American Academy of Facial Esthetics | 2120 S Green Rd South Euclid OH US 44121

General Mobile SMS Policy

  • When you opt-in to the service, we will send you a message to confirm your signup.
  • By opting into messages, you agree to receive recurring automated marketing and informational text messages from American Academy of Facial Esthetics for AAFE. Automated messages may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system to the mobile telephone number you provided when signing up or any other number that you designate.
  • Message frequency varies, and additional mobile messages may be sent periodically based on your interaction with AAFE. American Academy of Facial Esthetics reserves the right to alter the frequency of messages sent at any time to increase or decrease the total number of sent messages. American Academy of Facial Esthetics also reserves the right to change the short code or phone number where messages are sent.
  • Message and data rates may apply. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your wireless provider. Your wireless provider is not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
  • Your consent to receive marketing messages is not a condition of purchase.

Carriers

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Cancellation

You can cancel any time by texting “STOP“. After you send the SMS message “STOP“, we will send you a message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed and no more messages will be sent. If you would like to receive messages from American Academy of Facial Esthetics again, just sign up as you did the first time and American Academy of Facial Esthetics will start sending messages to you again.

Info

Text “HELP” at any time and we will respond with instructions on how to unsubscribe. For support regarding our services, email us at info@facialesthetics.org.

Transfer of Number

You agree that before changing your mobile number or transferring your mobile number to another individual, you will either reply “STOP” from the original number or notify us of your old number at info@facialesthetics.org. The duty to inform us based on the above events is a condition of using this service to receive messages.

Privacy

If you have any questions about your data or our privacy practices, please visit our [Privacy Policy].

Messaging Terms Changes

We reserve the right to change or terminate our messaging program at any time. We also reserve the right to update these Messaging Terms at any time. Such changes will be effective immediately upon posting. Your continued enrollment following such changes shall constitute your acceptance of such changes

Categories of Information We Collect
We collect personal information when communicating or interacting with you through FacialEsthetics.org. Some examples include:

  • registering for a shopping account, Wish List or Product Review account on our website
  • when you request that merchandise be sent to you or others, make purchases or returns with us, place an order with us online, via phone, mail, e-mail or fax, or request an e-receipt
  • fulfilling orders you place and delivering packages
  • requesting a catalog or other content and communications from us or when offering recommendations to you
  • subscribing to American Academy of Facial Esthetics  E-mail Updates (our e-mail newsletter) or other communications from us or managing your preferences with us
  • applying for an account with us
  • your Financial Account numbers when transacting with us
  • interacting with our websites or mobile sites, mobile applications and services
  • when you participate in any of our programs such as contests, sweepstakes, surveys, loyalty programs etc.
  • working with our salespeople who assist you with your needs and purchases
  • through communications with you
  • contacting us with a comment, question or complaint

We may also collect personal information about you from other third parties, such as demographic firms, to make our future service and marketing efforts more efficient and personalized for you. We may combine all information we collect and we may disclose this information within our corporate family of companies or our service providers. When you visit our websites we may also gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or other device identifiers, browser information, Internet Service Provider (ISP), operating system, location, date/time stamp and clickstream data.

How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information that we and our service providers collect to conduct our business and to provide you with the best possible products, services and experience. We may collect and use your information to provide you products and services, notify you of product recalls or safety issues, process and respond to your application for current or future career opportunities, process membership requests when you apply or otherwise administer your participation in our programs, to respond to your comments, questions or complaints, determine your satisfaction with our programs and service, to personalize your experiences, if you ask us to, send you marketing communications and other information you have chosen to receive regarding our products, services, marketing or special events. We also use your personal information for our everyday business purposes such as security, payment processing, analytics, operations, fraud detection and prevention, reporting, making back-ups and legal compliance.

How We Share Your Information
To best serve you, we may share your personal information with other members of the American Academy of Facial Esthetics family of companies and with service providers that provide support services to us or that help us market our products and services, administer our programs, operations, fulfill your requests, surveys, contests, sweepstakes and product reviews, or provide you with membership information. Service providers, third parties who perform services on our behalf, are contractually restricted from using your information in any manner other than in helping us to provide you with the products and services available from American Academy of Facial Esthetics. We may also, in certain instances, disclose your personal information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify you, contact you, to advise you of a product recall, detect and protect you or us from fraud or theft, manage information security or bring legal action to protect your rights or the rights of American Academy of Facial Esthetics or others. We may also disclose your personal information when you ask us to do so or when we believe it is required or permitted by law.

Mobile Privacy
American Academy of Facial Esthetics offers mobile applications (commonly known as “apps”) that allow you to shop online, check product availability, learn about store events, or receive other information from American Academy of Facial Esthetics. All personal information collected by American Academy of Facial Esthetics via our mobile application is protected by this Privacy Policy.

Although you do not have to provide your location information to American Academy of Facial Esthetics to use our mobile applications, many specific services such as find-a-facial-esthetics-provider require a zip code to function. You may manually enter a zip code and we will save your zip code(s) for future reference. Alternatively, when you download our mobile application, you may choose to allow it to obtain your precise location from your mobile device when you click the “near me” button. In this case, we will determine your zip code from the precise location data received from your mobile device. We do not store precise location data; we only store the zip code associated with the location. We may also update our mobile applications to offer automatic (or “push”) notifications. We will provide push notifications only to those customers who opt-in to receive such notifications from American Academy of Facial Esthetics. If you have questions about location and notification privacy, please contact your mobile service provider or the manufacturer of you device to learn how to adjust your settings.

In the future, we may offer updated or enhanced versions of our mobile applications that include additional features created by us or using third party functionality. Our applications or the third party may automatically collect information about your precise location from your device, but only if you allow it.

Cookies, Web Beacons, and Other Similar Technologies
Our website uses “cookie” and “web beacon” technology. We use cookies and web beacons to identify your device, provide website user authentication, conduct fraud prevention and management services, distinguish you from other visitors, record your IP address and understand your use of our site, and identify the name of the Web site from which you linked to American Academy of Facial Esthetics. This information is used for fulfilling contracts with our business partners, and to help us serve you better by improving our website design, as well as our products, services, and promotions. We do not otherwise track any information about your use of other websites. Information obtained through cookies and web beacons may be shared with or obtained by service providers on our behalf.

A cookie is a small data file that is placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit a website. A “session cookie” expires immediately when you end your session (i.e., close your browser). A “persistent cookie” stores information on the hard drive so when you end your session and return to the same website at a later date, the cookie information is still available. A web beacon is a small string of code that represents a clear graphic image and is used in conjunction with a cookie.

When you visit our website, we may use both a session and a persistent cookie. This American Academy of Facial Esthetics-placed cookie may contain information (such as a unique user ID) that is used to track your usage of our website and in some cases, your e-mail address. Your e-mail address is only saved in this American Academy of Facial Esthetics-placed cookie if you register with us. A web beacon allows us to capture certain additional types of information about a visitor’s actions on a web site, such as a visitor’s cookie number, the time, date, duration and number of page views, a description of the page where the Web beacon is placed, and details about any items that were purchased.

If you register with us, this American Academy of Facial Esthetics-placed cookie allows us to recognize you when you return to our website and provides you with access to your account information. If you save your information with or order from us, we may also use cookies to monitor and maintain information about your use of our website. If you have not saved your information with or ordered from us, we may monitor and maintain information about your use of our website in a manner that does not identify you. You can disable cookies at any time by using your browser options; however, if you turn off cookies, we will not be able to track your order or enable you to make a purchase from our website. In addition, we will not be able to recognize you as a registered user to allow you access to your account information.

We may use Flash Cookies (also known as Local Stored Objects) or other similar technologies. A Flash cookie is a small data file placed on a computer using Adobe Flash technology that may be built into your computer or downloaded by you to your computer. We use these technologies to personalize and enhance your online experience, facilitate processes, personalize and store your settings. Flash cookies may help our website visitors to, for example, set volume preference associated with a video experience, play games and perform surveys. They help us improve our sites by measuring which areas are of greatest interest to customers. We do not use Flash cookies for marketing or behavioral targeting purposes. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies and the cookie management tools provided by your browser will not remove Flash cookies. Learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies. If you disable Flash cookies or other similar technologies, please be aware that you may not have access to certain features and services that make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.

Third-Party Advertising Partners
We use third-party service providers to serve advertisements (banners or links) on our behalf across the Internet.

These advertising service providers may collect non-identifiable information about your visits to our website, and your interactions with our products and services. Such non-identifiable information does not include your name, address, e-mail address or other personal information. The information is collected through the use of cookies and pixel tags (also known as action tags), which is industry-standard technology used by most major websites.

In addition to the information about your visits to our website, our service providers may also use the information about your visits to other websites to target advertisements for products and services available from American Academy of Facial Esthetics.

Currently, we use third party-placed tracking pixels and cookies from the following advertising delivery partner: Google. In the future we may partner with other companies to provide interest-based advertising, both on and off www.facialesthetics.org.  If this occurs, American Academy of Facial Esthetics provides you with an opportunity to opt out when these advertisements are served. You may manage your third-party advertising preferences by clicking here.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices for not having this information used by third-party service providers, please select here.

Facebook Custom Audience Ads from American Academy of Facial Esthetics
We may display interest-based ads to you when you are using Facebook through a tool offered by Facebook called the Custom Audience Tool. This tool allows us to personalize our ads based on your shopping experience with us. We do not share any of your personal information, including your shopping history, with Facebook. The tool lets American Academy of Facial Esthetics convert your e-mail address to a unique number that Facebook uses to match to unique numbers Facebook generates from e-mail addresses of its users. You may opt-out of Facebook Custom Audience ads from emailing the American Academy of Facial Esthetics by clicking here.

Social Media Interactions
American Academy of Facial Esthetics invites you to socialize and share your inspiration, finds and purchases with your friends using Social Media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. If you choose to use these tools, you may be sharing certain profile elements, including your comments. This sharing is subject to each social media program’s privacy policies. We also use Facebook Social Plugins to allow Facebook to share information and friends’ activities with its members while they are on our website. For example, Social Plugins allow Facebook to show you and your friends’ “Likes” on our product pages if you are logged into Facebook while shopping at FacialEsthetics.org.  American Academy of Facial Esthetics does not receive or control any of the content from Facebook Social Plugins. To remove a Facebook “Like” through American Academy of Facial Esthetics, place your cursor in the “grayed out” Like button and click on the “X” that appears. This removes the “Like” from your Facebook Page, as well as from American Academy of Facial Esthetics’s websites. You can also delete comments made while at Facialesthetics.org from your Facebook Page.

For more information about Facebook Social Plugins and other social media tools, click here.

We may allow you to sign in to your Facialesthetics.org  account using Facebook Connect. If you choose to do this, we may collect information necessary to facilitate social interactions such as friend lists, birthday, check-ins, basic profile information and your profile picture but only if the privacy settings you and your friends set within Facebook allow it. We will use the information we collect to create and facilitate an interactive social experience and to bring you products, services and programs from American Academy of Facial Esthetics. American Academy of Facial Esthetics will always comply both with its privacy policy as well as with Facebook Connect terms regarding use of Facebook profile information.

Links to Other Websites and Services
Websites provided by the American Academy of Facial Esthetics family of companies may include links to other Internet sites, content, or videos (embedded or direct links) maintained by third parties (‘Linked Sites’). American Academy of Facial Esthetics provides Linked Sites to you solely as a convenience, and the inclusion of Linked Sites does not imply endorsement by American Academy of Facial Esthetics of the Linked Sites. You access Linked Sites at your own risk and by accessing them you leave American Academy of Facial Esthetics’s website. Linked Sites are not under the control of American Academy of Facial Esthetics and American Academy of Facial Esthetics is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including the privacy policies or tracking technologies they may use. We encourage you to check the applicable privacy policy to determine how they will handle any personally identifying information they collect from you.

Browser Do Not Track Signals
Although our websites currently do not have a mechanism to recognize the various web browser Do Not Track signals, we do offer our customers choices to manage their preferences that are provided in the previous sections above. To learn more about browser tracking signals and Do Not Track please visit here.

Your Information, Your Choice
To update us with your preferences, you may contact us using one of the following methods:

Please note your preference as stated below:

“I prefer not to receive e-mail advertisements, such as updates regarding products and services, special promotions or upcoming events.”

“I prefer not to receive direct mail advertisements, such as periodic catalogs and mailings regarding products and services, special promotions or upcoming events.” (Please note that direct mail requests may take up to six to eight weeks to become effective.)

“I prefer not to receive marketing phone calls such as special events, special appearances, or promotions or new product arrivals from my salesperson or the company.”

Your Access
We respect your need to be able to access and update the personal information that you have provided to us. If you have registered online, you may access and update your personal information at any time by logging into your account. You may also request access and update your personal information by e-mail or writing to the American Academy of Facial Esthetics Privacy Office at the contact information set out below (subject to certain exceptions and as prescribed by law). We may request certain personal information to verify the identity of the individual seeking access to their personal information records.

California Privacy Rights
California law entitles residents to ask us for a notice describing what categories of personal information we share with third parties or with corporate affiliates for those entities direct marketing purposes. American Academy of Facial Esthetics does not provide any personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. If you want to request a notice or have any questions about American Academy of Facial Esthetics privacy practices, please contact us at privacy@facialesthetics.org

Children’s Privacy
American Academy of Facial Esthetics will never knowingly request or collect personal information from any person under 13 years of age without prior verifiable parental consent. If you are under 13 years old please do not provide your information on our website.

If we become aware that an individual is under the age of 13 and has submitted any information to American Academy of Facial Esthetics for any purpose without prior verifiable parental consent, we will delete his or her information from our files.

Security
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of personal information transmitted to us using this website. To help guard your information, our website uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). SSL encrypts your credit card number, name and address so only American Academy of Facial Esthetics is able to decode your information. Please note that e-mail is not encrypted and is not considered to be a secure means of transmitting credit card information.

To be sure your connection is secure, look at the bottom status bar of your browser window. If you see an unbroken key or a closed lock (depending on your browser) the SSL is active and your information is secure. Most browsers offer additional security alerts as well. If for some reason you are unable to connect to our secure server, please call us toll free at 1-800-952-0521.

We also ask customers to carefully review their accounts and immediately report any unexpected activity to American Academy of Facial Esthetics and their issuing bank or credit card company. Additionally, we are asking all our customers to take measures to help protect personal information in their online accounts, including the following:

  • Install the latest security updates and anti-virus software on your computer to help prevent malware and viruses
  • Reset your e-mail account password
  • Use complex passwords (a minimum of 7 alpha/numeric cAsE sEnsitive characters)
  • Do not use the same password on more than one website
  • Do not share your password with others
  • Sign out/log off website sessions so that your session is closed and cannot be accessed by another user on the same computer, especially when using a public computer or terminal
  • Visit these additional resources:
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  • https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/
  • https://clark.com/

Fraud Alerts: Protecting Your Personal Information
You may come in contact with websites, e-mails or texts that try to lure you into providing personal information with the offer of a American Academy of Facial Esthetics gift card. American Academy of Facial Esthetics does not sponsor these offers nor are we affiliated with the promotion originators. If you become aware of any potentially fraudulent activity on a website or in an e-mail or text, please forward the information to privacy@facialesthetics.org  or call us at 1-800-952-0521 so that we can follow up. We take these matters, and the protection of our customers’ sensitive information, very seriously.

Data Processing and Storage
American Academy of Facial Esthetics and its third party service providers may process or store your personal information outside of the United States or Canada and other countries. In accordance with the laws of those countries, in certain circumstances your personal information may be accessible by foreign law enforcement, regulatory bodies or other authorities. For more information of our use of foreign service providers please contact us as described below.

Business Transitions
As we continue to develop our business, we may undergo a business transition such as acquiring another company, merging with an existing company, or selling a portion of our assets. In such transitions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. In the unlikely event that American Academy of Facial Esthetics, LLC. or substantially all of its assets are acquired or enter a court proceeding, you acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that your personal information can continue to be used as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

Policy Changes
This policy replaces all previous disclosures we may have provided you about our information practices. We reserve the right to change this policy, and to apply any changes to information previously collected, as permitted by law. If there are material changes to this policy or our information practices change in the future, we will notify you by posting the policy changes on our website.

Additional Information
If you’re not comfortable shopping online (and would prefer to make your purchase via telephone), just give us a call at 800-952-0521. Our Customer Service Representatives will be happy to assist you. For your convenience, American Academy of Facial Esthetics may link to unaffiliated third party websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to unaffiliated third party websites.

If you have questions regarding our Privacy Policy please contact us at:

American Academy of Facial Esthetics Privacy
2120 South Green Road
South Euclid, OH 44121
800-952-0521
privacy@facialesthetics.org

The examples contained in this Privacy Policy are illustrations only, and are not intended to be exhaustive.

09/08/14