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BeauteSchool Inc. Website and Learning Management System

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on Tuesday, February 12, 2023.  

Introduction
Thank you for visiting the BeauteSchool Inc. website (the "Site") and/or the BeauteSchool Learning Management System. BeauteSchool is committed to providing our visitors with content and services characterized by outstanding quality and customer service. This Privacy Policy explains how BeauteSchool collects and processes your Personal Data (as defined herein). Each time you use BeauteSchool Services, the current version of this BeauteSchool Privacy Policy will apply. Please check for updates regularly by referring to the Effective Date of the Privacy Policy. 

Your continued use of the BeauteSchool Services following any such change will constitute your acceptance of all terms and conditions. In addition, by visiting the Site, you agree that your visit, usage, and any dispute over privacy, are governed by this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions. 

Please read both carefully before using the BeauteSchool Inc. Services.

"Personal Data" is any information that enables us to identify you, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as your name, location, or data.

Our Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. 

The Information We Collect:
We will request only the information we need to provide the highest level of service to you. On some pages of the Site, you can order products, make requests, and register to receive additional information about BeauteSchool Services. The types of Personal Data collected on these pages include:

Personal Data that you give us:

• Name (first and last)
• Job Title / Position
• Company Information
• Work Email Address
• Mailing Address
• Phone Number
• Country

Non-Personal Data:
Our Site logs IP addresses and browser types for the purposes of system administration and user functionality. These logs will be analyzed to improve the value of the materials available on our website. User sessions and user browsing behaviours may be tracked. We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website. We also may collect browser type, device type (such as desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, etc.), operating system and local time zone. Please check your web browser if you want to learn what information your browser sends or how to change your settings.

How We Use Personal Data:
We will only process your Personal Data, including sharing it with third parties, where:

1. you have provided your consent which can be withdrawn at any time,
2. the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party,
3. we are required by law,
4. processing is required to protect your vital interests or those of another person, or
5. processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate commercial interests, except where such interests are overridden by your rights and interests.

We may use Personal Data you give us for the following purposes:

• To carry out our obligations arising from your certification and purchases of courses;
• To respond to your questions and provide related certification services; and
• To ensure that BeauteSchool content is presented most effectively for you and the device you are viewing it on.

We may use Personal Data we collect about you for the following purposes:

• To administer BeauteSchool Services and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
• To improve BeauteSchool Services to ensure that content is presented most effectively for you and the device you are viewing it on;
• As part of our efforts to keep BeauteSchool Services safe and secure;
• To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, to deliver relevant advertising to you, and;
• To make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of BeauteSchool Services about goods or services that may interest you or them.

When we share and who can access your Personal Data

We may share your Personal Data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy with:

• employees of BeauteSchool,
• partners, suppliers, and sub-contractors,
• analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of BeauteSchool Services,
• in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your Personal Data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets solely for the purposes of the transaction.

We will not sell your Personal Data to third parties without your consent. From time to time with your consent, we may send information about our services to the email or mailing address provided by you. To be removed from receiving any mailings, you may contact our customer service department at contact@beauteschool.com. Unless we think that such action is necessary to comply with the law or legal process or to protect the interests of BeauteSchool or others, we will not release your Personal Data without your consent.

We are headquartered in Canada. Your Personal Data may be accessed by us or transferred to our affiliates, partners, merchants, or service providers who are located worldwide. By using our Service, you consent to any transfer of this information.

We will store your Personal Data, in a form which permits us to identify you, for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which the Personal Data is processed. We may retain and use your Personal Data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements and rights, or if it is not technically reasonably feasible to remove it. Consistent with these requirements, we will try to delete your Personal Data quickly upon request.

Cookies
Like many websites, our Site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Site. This helps us to analyze the use of the Site to customize and improve the content and the layout of the Site.

You do not have to accept our cookies and can block them by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse some or all cookies. You may also delete them after they have been placed on your hard drive. If you do not accept our cookies or delete them, some areas of the Site that you access may take more time to work or may not work at all.

Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. However, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to us over the internet. 

Web Linking
BeauteSchool may link to other websites. These sites may collect user information or solicit personal information. Since we do not control these sites, we are not responsible or liable for the privacy practices or content of such sites.

How To Access or Correct Your Information
You may access or correct the Personal Data that we maintain by contacting our customer service department at contact@beauteschool.com. 

How To Contact Us
Should you have any other questions or concerns about this privacy policy please contact us at contact@beauteschool.com 
 

BeauteSchool Inc. Website 

Terms and Conditions

This Terms of Use was last updated on Tuesday, February 7, 2023.  

Welcome to the BeauteSchool Inc. website at www.beauteschool.com. BeauteSchool provides its services to you subject to the following Terms and Conditions. If you visit, use a service, or make purchases at www.beauteschool.com, you agree to abide by these Terms and Conditions when you use the Site. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions of Usage, do not use any portion of the Site. BeauteSchool reserves the right to revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating these Terms and Conditions of Use. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to comply with such revisions, so please visit this page from time to time.

1. Nonexclusive License
We grant you a nonexclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access and display the Site and the material provided herein for personal use, provided that you comply fully with these Terms and Conditions of Use. No portion of the Site may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the express prior written consent of BeauteSchool Inc. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of BeauteSchool without our express prior written consent. Any unauthorized use terminates the rights granted herein by BeauteSchool. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Site so long as the link does not portray BeauteSchool, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any BeauteSchool logos or other proprietary graphics or trademarks as part of the link without the express prior written permission of BeauteSchool.

2. Prohibited Uses
Unauthorized use or modification of any information stored on the Site may result in criminal and/or civil prosecution under applicable local laws. You may not use the Site for anything other than a lawful and legitimate purpose. You agree not to use the Site to (i) promote any unlawful activity or purpose, including without limitation, any activity that could give rise to criminal or civil liability; (ii) carry out any unauthorized alteration of any data or information on or supplied by another user of the Site; or (iii) conduct any activity that infringes on the copyright, patent, trademark, service mark or other rights of any person or entity. You shall not restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying any service conducted on the Site. You are solely responsible for the content of any transmissions you make to the Site or to any BeauteSchool employee.

You agree that you will not send, post or otherwise publish through the Site, any message, material, user name or other communication that: (i) is unlawful, offensive, obscene, vulgar, indecent, pornographic, profane, sexually-oriented, threatening, abusive, false or misleading with respect to origin or fact, slanderous, libelous or defamatory; (ii) impersonates any person or entity; (iii) provides personally identifiable information of any person or entity such as an address or phone number; (iv) constitutes or encourages the conduct of a criminal offense; (v) gives rise to liability; (vi) promotes the use of controlled substances; (vii) causes injury of any kind to any person or entity; (viii) infringes or violates the intellectual property rights, contract rights, or any other rights of any third party; (ix) contains harmful or malicious components or code designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (x) creates a link to another Site. 

You agree not to interrupt, or attempt to interrupt, the operation of the Site in any way. You may not advertise or solicit on or through the Site without the express prior written permission of BeauteSchool. You agree that you will not use the Site for chain letters, junk mail, “spamming,” solicitations (commercial or non-commercial) or bulk communications of any kind including, but not limited to, distribution lists to any person who has not given specific permission to be included in such a list.

3. Usage and Monitoring
BeauteSchool reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion and without notice, to deny access to the Site to anyone at any time. If you do submit content of any nature, and unless indicated otherwise, you grant BeauteSchool a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media now known or hereinafter invented. You also grant BeauteSchool the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content. BeauteSchool respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your material has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright or trademark infringement, please notify us immediately.

4. Privacy
Your use of the Site constitutes your consent to the BeauteSchool privacy policy posted on the Site which is updated from time to time. 

5. Copyright Ownership
All content included on this Site, including but not limited to text, graphics, photographs, logos, and software, and all derivative rights thereof are the property of BeauteSchool or its content suppliers and are protected by Canadian and international copyright laws. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, republishing, uploading, downloading, posting, transmitting, or duplicating any of the material is prohibited. BeauteSchool and its content suppliers do not grant any express or implied rights to you under any patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets.

7. Web Linking
Links may appear on the Site that may be used to link to other websites. These links are provided as a courtesy to our visitors. BeauteSchool has no control over the linked websites or other materials, information, goods, or services available or contained on these linked sites. BeauteSchool is not responsible for and does not endorse or guarantee accuracy in any way of such sites. If you decide to access any of the linked sites, you do so entirely at your own risk. BeauteSchool reserves the right to terminate any link at any time.

8. Purchases
BeauteSchool does not provide refunds or refund credits once a purchase of content is complete.  

9. Disclaimer and Limitation of Damages

a. BeauteSchool is neither responsible nor liable for any viruses or other contamination of your computer system or other device used to access the Site as a result of your use of the Site. BeauteSchool makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, that access to or operation of the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free. In no event will BeauteSchool, its suppliers, or any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Site's content be liable for the truth, accuracy or completeness of any information on the Site, for errors or mistakes made by humans or machines, or for any actual, special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages that may arise from the use of, or the inability to use, the Site and/or the materials and information contained on or available through the Site.

b. Use of the Site is at your own risk. You assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from your downloading and/or use of files, information, other communications, content, or other material (including, without limitation, software) accessed through or obtained by means of the Site.

c. Although we do not share or sell customer profile information including email addresses gathered on the Site with outside organizations, we make no guarantee of confidentiality or privacy of any communication or information transmitted on the Site or any site linked to the Site. We will not be liable for the privacy of e-mail addresses, registration, and identification information, disk space, communications, confidential or trade-secret information, or any other content stored on our equipment, transmitted over networks accessed by the Site, or otherwise connected with your use of the Site.

10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold BeauteSchool and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site, violation of these Terms and Conditions, or other infringement by you, or any other user of your member’s name, of any intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity.