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Mentholatum Company Ltd. ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of the personal information you provide to us. Please take a moment to read the details of our privacy statement which outlines the type of information collected on our websites, or when you submit it to us and how we use and protect it.

NON-PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION

Non-personal information is information concerning the manner in which you access our websites. This information includes the type of browser you use, your computer's operating system, the name of your Internet Service Provider as well as the pages you visit and links you click. Non-personal information is automatically collected when you access our websites.

Non-personal information is also used to diagnose problems with our servers, gather broad demographic information and to administer our website. Such information does not allow us to personally identify you.

You may have heard of "cookies", which are small text files stored by your browser on your hard drive whose purpose is to enhance your browsing experience. We may use cookies to tailor our websites to match your interest and preferences, analyze trends, administer the site, and to facilitate the collection of personal and non-personal information, such as demographic information for aggregate use. You can configure your web browser to either refuse accepting any cookies, or prompt you before a cookie is placed on your computer. Refusal of cookies may, in some cases, prevent you from visiting certain sections of the site or from receiving personalized information when visiting the site.

We also collect site measurement statistics through the use of Web Trends Live for our sites in an effort to continuously enhance your browsing experience. We may use Internet tags, navigational data, log file data, redirect tags and/or web beacons to enhance your Internet experience. This information is collected anonymously and used in the aggregate to help us provide you with the best browsing experience possible. In addition, we continuously strive to improve the way in which we promote our sites, and as such may measure the effectiveness of our promotional efforts by tracking what you clicked on to arrive at our sites.

You should refer to the Web Trends Live privacy policy to learn how they collect and use information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Purpose and Consent

We will not collect, use or disclose personal information without your express consent, that may be given by you in writing, verbally, electronically. Please do not provide us with your personal information if you prefer that we do not collect, use or disclose your personal information. Furthermore, if you do not consent to any of these terms, please do not submit any personal information to us. The submission of your personal information or update constitutes your consent to the use of your personal information for these purposes. The purpose for which your information is collected will be identified and your information will be used only for the purpose for which it is collected unless we further obtain your consent. If you choose not to provide us with any such information, it might prevent you from participating in various promotional offers or receiving product updates and we may not be able to provide you with the product, service or information you requested.

Collection of Personal Information

Your personal information is unknown to us unless you voluntarily submit it. When you register with one of our web sites, for example to enter our contests or join our mailing lists, you may be asked for personal information such as, but not restricted to, your contact information (name, telephone numbers, e-mail address, mailing address), date of birth, which brands and products you use, security information (user name and password). You may also be asked additional marketing-related questions by completing questionnaires, surveys and profile data to help us better understand your needs and those of potential customers. You may also be requested to give your delivery and billing address, credit card number and expiration date when you place an order.

Collection of Information from Children

You must be thirteen (13) years of age or older to register with us. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of thirteen. However, if children under the age of thirteen provide us with personal information, upon written request by a parent or legal guardian, we will delete this information from our files.

Use of Personal Information

The personal information you provide to one of our web sites will be used only by our authorized personnel. Rest assured that we do not share, sell, rent, or otherwise give your personal information to any third party without your consent, unless expressly permitted by our Privacy Policy or by law.

With your consent we may contact you for various promotional purposes, such as sample offers, new product updates as well as sending you other promotional and product information.

You agree that we may disclose your personal information with our contractors in connection with specific services to be carried out for us, such as the maintenance and operations of our websites and databases or other reasons related to operation of our business, like sending you information or products you sign up for. The contractors are required to keep your personal information secure and confidential and must respect our privacy policy. Their use of your personal information is always restricted to the services to be carried out to us and to no other purpose than what is necessary to fulfill their contract. Rest assured that they categorically cannot share, sell, rent, or otherwise give your personal information to anyone and must keep it confidential, unless required by law.

If you prefer not to share your personal information, you can choose not to participate in promotions and contests. Finally, you recognize that we may buy or sell corporate assets and that your personal information may be one of the transferred business asset in such transaction.

Limiting Collection, Use or Disclosure of Personal Information

We limit our collection of personal information to what is reasonable under the circumstances. Your data will only be used and disclosed for the purposes identified to you.

Retention of Personal Information

We keep your personal information as long as it is needed in order to fulfill the purposes to which you consented to and always for a reasonable period of time. We will make sure that your information is updated regularly, in order to maintain its accuracy and completeness.

Security

Should we keep a file concerning you, we take all security and safety measures and reasonable precautions as are appropriate to ensure the confidentiality of your file and protect your personal information both online and offline.

Openness and Access

If you have already submitted personal information and would like us to remove it from our records, or if you no longer wish to receive communication from us and would like to unsubscribe, or if you have registered to one of ours online privileged member websites and would like to deactivate your accounts you can forward such requests and all other comments or enquiries to us at any point at enquiries@mentholatum.co.uk. We will respond to your request within a reasonable time. If we cannot positively answer your request, we shall provide you with an explanation as to why your request was not granted.

At any time, you may also access your file and the personal information held by us, review it, modify it, or correct it, by sending us a written request to

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