Alberto Culver Privacy Policy

The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is October 22, 2008.

GENERAL

Welcome to the Internet Sites of Alberto Culver (S.A.) (Proprietary) Limited ("Alberto Culver," "we" or "us") which operates websites such as www.tresemme.co.za. This Alberto Culver Website is intended for use only by persons residing in South Africa. This policy applies to Alberto Culver's collection, processing use and storage of your Personal Information. We define "Personal Information" as information which relates to and identifies you personally, e.g. your name, address, e-mail address etc. This Privacy Policy is subject to the Alberto Culver Terms of Use.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of:

the kinds of Personal Information which we may collect about you and how it may be used;
any disclosure of your Personal Information to third parties;
the transfer of your Personal Information to the US;
your ability to correct, update and delete your Personal Information;
the security measures we have in place to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of Personal Information under our control;
retention of the Personal Information we hold; and
enforcement of this Privacy Policy.

You consent to us collecting, processing, using and storing your Personal Information in accordance with this policy. You acknowledge and agree that we may share certain of your Personal Information with an affiliate party (which includes companies within the Alberto Culver group, our subsidiaries, our shareholders and other business partners) in the ordinary course of our business of providing you with the services which you opt in for.

Links

There may be links from this Alberto Culver Website to other websites belonging to or operated by third parties. This privacy policy only applies to this Alberto Culver Website and not to websites of any other company or organization linked to the Alberto Culver Website. Accessing those third party websites or sources requires you to leave the Alberto Culver Website. We do not control those third party websites or any of the content contained therein and you expressly acknowledge and agree that we are in no way responsible for any of those third party websites, including, without limitation, the content, policies, failures, promotions, products, services or actions of those websites and are in no way liable for any damages, losses, failures or problems caused by, related to or arising from those websites. Alberto Culver encourages you to review all policies, rules, terms and regulations, including the privacy policies, of each website that you visit. You agree that if you use and/or provide any of your Personal Information to such third party websites, you do so entirely at your own risk.

Gathering Information

You consent to Alberto Culver collecting, processing and/or storing Personal Information that you elect to provide to us when you (1) register with us, (2) sign up to participate in events, contests, or promotions, (3) send questions or comments to us. The types of Personal Information we collect may include:

your name
your address
your phone number
your email address
your date of birth
your gender; and
your age

In addition, we may request certain details regarding your preferences (for example, types of preferred products, types of magazines read, etc.) and information regarding how you became aware of the Alberto Culver Website which you may disclose to us if you wish.

At any of these times, you may have the opportunity to choose to receive promotional and/or other marketing information about products, services and offerings from Alberto Culver. 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 Culver www.alberto.com or call us at 708-450-3000 and ask for Consumer Relations.

In such instances where you want us to remove your Personal Information from our database, you merely need to contact us at www.alberto.com or call us at 708-450-3000 and ask for Consumer Relations. Alberto Culver will then take all reasonable efforts to delete your Personal Information from the Alberto Culver database within a reasonable time frame, but, please be advised that Alberto Culver 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.

Please note that when anyone visits the Website, we automatically collect 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 personalise your Internet experience.

You agree that we may use cookies from this Website to your hard drive to obtain non-personally identifiable information from you. Such information may include your "Internet Protocol Address," operating system browser type and the referring website’s address, if any ("non-Personal Information"). Cookies are files your web browser places on your computer when you visit a website. Depending on your browser, you may be able to reject cookies or indicate when a cookie has been sent. Cookies enable Alberto Culver to customise your user interface to speed up the process and facilitate your navigation through the Alberto Culver Website.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

You consent to the Personal Information that you provide being made available to Alberto Culver, our parent and affiliated companies and trusted third party service providers and contractors for the following purposes:

to process enquiries received via our Websites;
to enable you to receive newsletters for which you may have registered;
to provide you with information about products and promotions that may be of interest to you, from ourselves, although only if you have specifically agreed to receive such information;
to notify and contact Website contest participants and winners;
in connection with surveys related to our products/services and the Alberto Culver Website;
enhancing and improving the shopping experience of our customers and potential customers, aggregate research, promotional purposes and/or future Alberto Culver Website development; and/or
any other purpose indicated at the time you voluntarily provide your Personal Information.

In addition, you agree that we may, from time to time, share your Personal Information with selected third parties to provide you with opportunities to purchase products, programmes 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 Culver may share Alberto Culver Website 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 gifs).

Any third party which Alberto Culver lawfully provides access to Personal Information is required to protect such Personal Information and to use it only to carry out the services they are performing for you or for Alberto Culver. We will ensure that any such third party is aware of our obligations under this Privacy Policy and we will enter into contracts with such third parties by which they are bound by terms no less protective of any Personal Information disclosed to them than the obligations we undertake to you under this Privacy Policy or which are imposed on us under applicable data protection laws.

You acknowledge and agree that we may disclose Personal Information if, in our opinion, such disclosure is required (i) by law, (ii) to protect and/or defend Alberto Culver’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 Culver's stock and/or assets are transferred or sold to another entity, Alberto Culver may transfer your Personal Information to the acquiring entity.

Transfer of Personal Information to the US

You agree that we may export, process and/or store all your Personal Information on servers based in the US. Please be assured that we will take all reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information.

Correction/Updating/Deletion of Personal Information

You have the right to access your Personal Information and to require the correction, updating, blocking, deletion or destruction of inaccurate and/or incorrect data. If your Personal Information changes, you should click through to the "Edit Profile" section of our website and update your Personal Information as required. Or, if you want us to delete your registration you can contact us at www.alberto.com or call us at 708-450-3000 and ask for Consumer Relations.

Security

We have implemented security measures to ensure the confidentiality of your Personal Information and to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorised personnel of Alberto Culver have access to your Personal Information, and these personnel are required to treat the information as confidential. The security measures in place will, from time to time, be reviewed in line with legal and technical developments.

Retention of Personal Information

We will hold your personal information only for as long as it is necessary for us to do so, having regard to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Changes

The Alberto Culver Website 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 Culver. However, if we change this Privacy Policy we will take steps to notify registered users by a notice on our website and will post the amended Privacy Policy on the Website. Any such amendments will come into effect immediately. You should review the Privacy Policy each time you access the Website.

Children

Alberto Culver is committed to protecting the on-line privacy of children. To that end, no information should be submitted on this Website by children under the age of 16 without their parent’s or guardian’s permission. In addition, if a user younger than 16 wishes to send us Personal Information, he or she must first give us his or her parent’s or guardian’s e-mail address so that we can obtain their permission. No Personal Information will knowingly be accepted from a child under 16 before this permission is obtained. If your child has already provided us with Personal Information, you may ask to see the information for the purpose of correcting it or ask us to remove the information from our records entirely (please contact us below).

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices as they relate to the Alberto Culver Website, please contact us at the following e-mail address, address and telephone number:

E-Mail

Fill out the "contact us" form on the Website. Once you have completed the form, click on submit and an e-mail will be sent to us.

Address

Alberto Culver Company Consumer Relations 2525 Armitage Avenue Melrose Park, Illinois 60160

Telephone Number

708-450-3000 and ask for Consumer Relations

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