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General
Welcome to the Internet Sites of Alberto-Culver Company, its subsidiaries and
affiliates (collectively, "Alberto," "Company," "we" or "us") which operate
various Web sites such as alberto.com, VO5.com, stives.com, proline-intl.com,
mrsdash.com, dietitiancenter.com, tresemme.com, jfmvipclub.com and
motionshair.com, sugartwin.com, sugartwin.ca, sugartwin-french.ca,
mystaticguard.com and fdsinfo.com (collectively, "Alberto Web sites"). The
Alberto Web sites are intended for use only by persons residing in the United
States , its territories and possessions. This policy only applies to Alberto's
information collection and use practices, through the Alberto Web sites, of
certain information regarding customers and other consumer visitors to the
Alberto Web sites This Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms of Use.
Links
There may be links from an Alberto Web site to other Web sites This privacy
policy only applies to Alberto Web sites and not to Web sites of any other
company or organization linked to an Alberto Web site. Accessing those third
party Web sites or sources requires you to leave Alberto Web sites We do not
control those third party Web sites or any of the content contained therein and
you expressly acknowledge and agree that we are in no way responsible or liable
for any of those third party Web sites, including, without limitation, their
content, policies, failures, promotions, products, services on or actions of
those Web sites and/or any damages, losses, failures or problems caused by,
related to or arising from those Web sites Alberto encourages you to review all
policies, rules, terms and regulations, including the privacy policies, of each
Web site that you visit.
Gathering Information
Alberto may request and/or collect personal information that you elect to
provide to us ("Personal Information") when you (1) register with us, (2)
participate in events, contests, or promotions, (3) send questions or comments
to us, (4) purchase items and/or (5) submit your resume to us online. The
types/categories of Personal Information we collect may include: contact
information (e.g., name, address, phone number and email address), birth date,
credit card and ID verification information, such as credit card number, date of
birth, Social Security Number, and Driver’s License Number, certain preferences
(for example, types of preferred products, types of magazines read, etc.) and
information regarding how you became aware of the Alberto Web sites At any of
these times, you may have the opportunity to chose to receive promotional and/or
other marketing information about products, services and offerings from Alberto.
We do not participate in bulk email solicitations that you have not consented to
receiving (i.e., "spam"). If you would like to review and/or correct or update
your Personal Information, please contact Alberto by visiting www.alberto.com and
sending us an e-mail or call us at (708) 450-3000 and ask for Customer
Relations.
In such instances where you want us to remove your Personal
Information from our database, you merely need to contact us by: (a) visiting us
at www.alberto.comand filling out an email to us requesting
removal of your Personal Information; (b) by visiting the specific Alberto Web
site at which you registered and filling out an email request on that web site
requesting the removal of your Personal Information; or (c) calling us at (708)
450-3000 and asking for Customer Relations. Alberto will then take all
reasonable efforts to delete your Personal Information from the Alberto database
within a reasonable time frame, but, please be advised that Alberto may retain
some residual information about you in our backup and archival copies of our
database (e.g. our records of deletion) to send you important service-related
communications (e.g. materials related to your registration, your purchases
and/or your account) that are not promotional in nature. Moreover, if you would
like to update your Personal Information, please visit the specific Alberto Web
site at which you registered and click through to "Edit Profile" section of the
web site.
Cookies
We may use cookies to obtain non-personally identifiable information from Web
site visitors Such information may include your "Internet Protocol Address,"
operating system browser type and the referring Web site's address, if any
("non-Personal Information"). Cookies are files your web browser places on your
computer when you visit a Web site. Depending on your browser, you may be able
to reject cookies or indicate when a cookie has been sent. Cookies enable
Alberto to customize your user interface to speed up the process and facilitate
your navigation through Alberto Web sites
Use and Disclosure of Personal Information
Alberto uses the Personal Information for the purposes indicated at the time
you voluntarily provide such information and/or set forth in this Privacy
Policy. The Personal Information that you provide will be available to Alberto,
our agents, representatives and trusted service providers and contractors for
limited purposes. These categories of use include, but may not be limited to,
communicating to Alberto Web sites visitors, offering certain products and
services in connection with Alberto Web sites (for example, Alberto may ask for
Personal Information in order to send you information, with your consent, on new
products, special offers, and performance of the Company), notifying and
contacting Alberto Web site contest participants and winners, in connection with
surveys related to our product and the Alberto Web sites, enhancing and
improving the shopping experience of our customers and potential customers,
aggregate research, promotional purposes and/or future Alberto Web site
development. In addition, in the course of completing a transaction with
Alberto, some of your Personal Information may be shared with certain
fulfillment entities to perform functions on our behalf, such as package
deliveries and credit card payment processing. The companies who have access to
Personal Information are required to protect such Personal Information by, for
example, using the information only to carry out the services they are
performing for you or for Alberto.
In addition, we may, from time to time, share your information with selected
third parties in a variety of categories including, but not limited to,
marketing, strategic partners and providers of similar products and
services to provide you with opportunities to purchase products,
programs or services that may be of interest to you. We also may, from time to
time, supplement the information we collect online with outside records to
enhance our ability to serve you, to tailor our content to you, and to offer you
opportunities to purchase products or services that we believe may be of
interest to you. In addition, Alberto may share Alberto Web site usage
information about visitors, who have received a targeted promotional campaign,
with a reputable third-party advertising company for the purpose of targeting
future campaigns and upgrading visitor information used in reporting statistics.
For this purpose, we and our third-party advertising company may note some of
the pages you visit through the use of pixel tags (also called clear gif's).
We will also disclose Personal Information if in our opinion such disclosure
is required (i) by law, (ii) to protect and/or defend Alberto’s rights and/or
(iii) to protect the personal safety of any individual. In addition, in the
event that all or substantially all of Alberto's stock and/or assets are
transferred or sold to another entity, Alberto may transfer Personal Information
to the acquiring entity.
Changes
The Alberto Web sites policies, content, information, promotions,
disclosures, disclaimers and features may be revised, modified, updated, and/or
supplemented at any time and without prior notice at the sole and absolute
discretion of Alberto. Changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on the
Alberto Web sites. You should review the Privacy Policy each time you access any
Alberto Web site. Also, please note that the information that we gather now is
subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of Alberto's use of the
information.
Just For Me Web Site (jfmvipclub.com) Privacy
Terms
While, in general, the Alberto Web sites are not directed at children, the
jfmvipclub.com web site is designed for children. Your child’s privacy is
important to us at jfmvipclub.com Alberto is committed to safeguarding
children’s Personal Information collected online, and to helping parents and
their children learn how to exercise control over Personal Information while
exploring the Internet. The additional measures Alberto has taken to help
children protect their privacy while online include not asking children to
disclose more Personal Information than is necessary for them to participate in
an activity.
To help ensure a rewarding online experience for your child, Alberto provides
you with this summary of our information practices on jfmvipclub.com.
Specifically, this section of the Privacy Policy governs the collection and use
of information solely at jfmvipclub.com.
While Alberto generally collects only a limited amount of Personal
Information, to enable children to participate in some of our online activities,
Alberto may ask children to provide Alberto with their first name, hometown, and
e-mail address.
On some pages of jfmvipclub.com, such as where children can send electronic
postcards to their friends, Alberto also may ask your child to provide Personal
Information about other people. This is usually limited to a first name and
e-mail address. Alberto also may ask for the name and e-mail address of the
child’s parent.
Similarly to the other Alberto Web sites (as described above), when children
visit jfmvipclub.com, Alberto automatically collects certain non-Personal
Information such as the type of computer operating system (e.g., Windows 2000 or
Mac OS) and browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) being used, and the
domain name of the Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Earthlink).
As noted above, we sometimes use the non-Personal Information that we collect to
improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your
Internet experience.
Alberto never shares children’s Personal Information with third parties
without first obtaining appropriate parental consent. Alberto uses children’s
information only for our internal purposes such as to enable children to express
their opinions on various topics, to send electronic postcards to their friends,
to subscribe to our online newsletter, and to enter one of our sweepstakes or
contests.
Alberto also uses the information that we collect to enable the children to
communicate with each other, for example, to send an electronic greeting card to
a friend, or to obtain your consent for participation in these activities, such
as to allow us to notify you when your child has entered one of our contests or
promotions.
Also as discussed above, we also will disclose Personal Information if in our
opinion such disclosure is required (i) by law, (ii) to protect and/or defend
Alberto’s rights and/or (iii) to protect the personal safety of any individual.
In addition, in the event that all or substantially all of Alberto's stock
and/or assets are transferred or sold to another entity, Alberto may transfer
Personal Information to the acquiring entity. We will disclose information we
maintain when required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court
order or a subpoena. We also may disclose such information in response to a law
enforcement agency’s request.
Like the other Alberto Web sites, jfmvipclub.com contains links to other
sites whose information practices may be different than those at this site. The
privacy terms for jfmvipclub.com only applies to jfmvipclub.com and not to Web
sites of any other company or organization linked to jfmvipclub.com or any other
Alberto Web site. Linking to third party Web sites requires you to leave
jfmvipclub.com. We do not control those third party Web sites or any of the
content or services that they provide and we are not responsible for any damages
or problems arising from those Web sites jfmvipclub.com encourages you to review
all policies and terms of each Web site that you visit.
As described above, we may use cookies that could enable us to relate any
visitor’s use of jfmvipclub.com
While currently, we do not store the e-mail addresses that we receive in
connection with certain children’s activities on our site, we have, however, put
in place appropriate safeguards to secure the very limited Personal Information
that we receive from children for the very limited time it is in our possession.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy
and/or practices as it relates to any or all of the Alberto Web sites, please
contact us at the following e-mail address, address and telephone
number:
E-Mail
Simply fill out the form found at www.alberto.com.
Once the form is completed, click on submit and an e-mail will be sent to us.
Address
Alberto-Culver Company
Consumer Relations
2525 Armitage
Ave.
Melrose Park, Illinois 60160
Telephone Number
(708) 450-3000 and ask for Customer
Relations
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