Last updated: (Privacy Policy v.3.5 Published on December 24th, 2024)

This privacy policy describes the personal information that we, StyleDerma, Inc., and our subsidiaries collect about you, why we collect it, how we use it, and when we share it with third parties or unaffiliated service providers.

This privacy policy covers our website StyleDerma.com (the “Site”) and our associated services. Our policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect and use your information.

If our information practices change, we will post an updated policy on our website. You can tell if the policy has changed by checking the “last updated” date that appears above. If you do not agree to the new terms, you should stop using our websites/mobile apps or otherwise providing information to us.

To protect your personal information, StyleDerma Corporation complies with any applicable law such as 「the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)」 and 「the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection」, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), etc.

StyleDerma strives to prevent the leakage and damage of your personal information.

Article 1 (Purpose of Collecting and Processing Personal Information)

  1. StyleDerma collects only basic personal information necessary to provide its services and seeks your consent when collecting additional information for services tailored to your tastes and interests.

    • If you are a registered user, not providing optional information will not restrict your use of services.
    • If you are not a registered user, you may refuse to give your consent, in which case you will not be able to purchase items at StyleDerma.

  2. StyleDerma does not collect any sensitive personal information such as your race or ethnicity, religion and philosophical beliefs, country of origin, political opinions, criminal record, medical information, and sexual orientation.

Article 2 (Personal Information StyleDerma Collects and Methods of Collection)

StyleDerma collects the following personal information:

1. Personal Information Items Processed without the Data Subject’s Consent

2. Personal Information Items Processed with the Data Subject’s Consent

Methods & Collected/Processed Information:

  • When you register at StyleDerma online:

    • Password, E-mail Address, Age Group, Name

  • Sign-up Registering through social accounts:

    • Google: Email ID, name, language preference
    • Apple: Email ID, name

  • When you purchase an item at StyleDerma online:

    • Shipping Information: Name, Contact No., Address, E-mail Address
    • Collection of personal customs clearance number (ID Number) or passport number required for shipping to specific countries

  • Payment Information:

    • When you pay by credit card: IP Address, Payment Information such as Credit Card No.
    • When you pay via a payment gateway: IP Address, Payment Information such as Credit Card No.

  • When you agree to the use of your information for marketing activities:

    • Date of Birth, Gender, Referrer email address

  • When you submit a beauty profile:

    • Skin Tone, Skin Type, Skin Concern, Hair Color, Hair Type, Hair Concern, Eye Color

Article 3 (Outsourcing of Personal Information Handling)

StyleDerma outsources certain services to the following companies. In accordance with applicable laws, essential terms and conditions are stipulated in contracts with the entrusted companies to safeguard your personal information.

Company Name (Service Provider):

  • KCP (Reconsignment: DHL, Yongin Post Office, QXPRESS INC, On.U) – Collecting Shipping Information and Shipping Purchased Products & Giveaways for Events, Export declaration agency service
  • Transcosmos Korea – Customer Service Operation & Customer Consultation
  • KR Partners – Payment Processing
  • KSNET – Payment Processing

Article 4 (Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties)

  1. StyleDerma processes your personal information only for the reasons specified under ‘Purpose of Collecting and Processing Personal Information’ and does not use the information or share it with third parties for any other purpose.

  2. However, your personal information can be shared for the following reasons:

    1. When you give your consent.
    2. Compliance with legal provisions or statutory obligations.
    3. Performance of duties under the jurisdiction of public institutions.
    4. Urgent interests in life, body, or property.
    5. Achievement of legitimate interests of the personal information processor.
    6. Urgent need for public health, public safety, and well-being.

Article 5 (Retention, Processing Period, and Disposal of Personal Information)

  1. Once the purpose of collection is fulfilled, your personal information is immediately disposed of by StyleDerma. However, if longer retention is required by any applicable law or you agree to an extended retention and processing period of your information, the data is securely stored and used only for the intended purposes.

    1) If longer retention and processing period are required by applicable laws (not limited to the following):

    • Record of Contracts and Subscription Withdrawal: 5 Years
    • Record of Payment and Provision of Goods: 5 Years
    • Record of Customer Complaint and Dispute Resolution: 3 Years
    • Date and Time of Visit: 3 Months (Excluding the date and time of your last visit to confirm the period of service)

    2) To minimize any loss or damages from repetitious account withdrawal and re-registration and to enable you to reactivate your account as required, your data will be destroyed immediately after your account is withdrawn.

    3) Valid commercial credit (such as reward points) is retained until it expires.

  2. Your information is disposed of or deleted by the following methods depending on its form:

    • Personal information stored on paper is shredded or incinerated.
    • Electronically stored personal information is securely disposed of and is not retrievable.

Article 6 (Children’s Privacy)

Our website is not intended for or directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under the age of 13 without parental consent. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete the information from our records.

Article 7 (Additional Information for California Residents)

Based on CCPA, The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 or “CPRA” (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100 et seq.) has strengthened regulations on business operators by expanding consumer’s right to privacy to be closer to the European Union’s GDPR.

If you reside in California, this section applies to you and describes our data practices today and in the preceding 12 months.

  1. Categories of Personal Data
    We collect the following categories of personal data: identifiers (such as your name, email, or IP address); commercial information (such as records of products you purchased); characteristics of protected classifications under California or U.S. federal law (such as your age or gender); internet or electronic network activity (such as information about your activity on our website); geolocation data (such as your city of residence); audio, electronic, visual, or similar information (such as phone recordings when you call our customer service channels); and inferences drawn from your personal data to create a profile (such as your shopping preferences). For examples of the precise data points we collect and the sources of such collection, please see the Information We Collect section above. We use personal data for the business or commercial purposes described in the Use of Information section above. We disclose personal data for the business purposes described in the Disclosure of Information section above.

  2. Your Privacy Rights

  1. Right to Know(Access) about Personal Information Collected and Disclosed
    You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection, use, and disclosure your Personal Information.
  2. Right to Request Correction of Inaccurate Personal Information
    You have the right to request we correct any inaccuracies of your Personal Information we maintain about you. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable Consumer request, we will correct (and direct our Services Providers and/or Third Parties to correct) the Personal Information we maintain about you.
  3. Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information
    You have the right to request that we delete the Personal Information that we have collected and retained about you. Once we receive and confirm your Consumer request, we will delete (and direct our Services Providers and/or Third Parties to correct) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.
  4. Right to Opt-Out of the Sharing of Personal Information
    The CPRA defines “sell” as the disclosure of Personal Information to a Third Party for monetary or other valuable consideration. The CPRA defines “share” as the disclosure of Personal Information to a Third Party for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell Personal Information and will not sell Personal Information without providing you with prior notice and an opportunity to opt-out, as required by law. We use services that provide interest-based advertising to you, and our websites and applications use cookies or similar technologies to share personal information, including information about your behavior, with our advertising partners to do so. StyleDerma only allows our advertising partners to collect your personal information in this way with your consent.
  5. Right to Request Non-discrimination
    You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of your rights.

Article 8 (Additional Information for EEA Residents)

Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR”, if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), this section applies to you and we process your Personal Information under the following lawful bases:

• Your consent
• The performance of the contract between you and the Site
• Compliance with our legal obligations
• To protect your vital interests
• To perform a task carried out in the public interest
• For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms

Where we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

  1. Your Privacy Rights
  1. Right to Access your Personal Information
    You have the right to access to your personal data so that you can verify the processing of your personal data and its lawfulness.
  2. Right to Request Data Portability
    You have the right to request a copy of your Personal Information in electronic form and to transfer that use on a third party’s services.
  3. Right to Request Correction of Inaccurate Personal Information
    You have the right to request we correct any inaccuracies of your Personal Information we maintain about you. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable Consumer request, we will correct (and direct our Services Providers and/or Third Parties to correct) the Personal Information we maintain about you.
  4. Right to Request Erased of Personal Information
    You have the right to demand that the Data Controller erase the Personal Data relating to you without delay. We shall delete personal information in the event of the achievement of the purpose of personal information processing, withdrawal of consent by the information subject, etc.
  5. Right to Request Restriction of Data Processing
    You have the right to restrict the processing of personal information about you if any of the following applies to you. If you request a restriction on data processing, the controller can only keep your data.

• You have challenged the accuracy of the personal data
• If the processing is unlawful and you request the restriction of processing of your personal data instead of objecting to erasure.
• We no longer need the Personal Data, but you need the Personal Data for the exercise or defense of legal claims.
• Until we determine whether the legitimate interests of the controller are overridden by the legitimate interests of the data subject.

  1. Right to Object to Processing of Personal Data (including automated decision-making)
    You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data, including automated decision-making (including profiling), and also include processing for marketing.

Article 9 (How to Request Your Rights)

  1. You may exercise your rights by:
    • Email us: support@stylederma.com
    Please note that we need to verify your identity based on your email and name before we can process your CPRA and GDPR-related request. We will send you a confirmation of your identity via the email address you provide, so please include the email address you actually use (we do not accept requests for representation). If you are a verifiable California resident, you may only request your rights twice within a 12-month period. Registered users can raise a complaint to the supervisory authority about the processing of personal information of StyleDerma. Please do not include any Personal or Sensitive information beyond what is requested in the email. You generally have the option of interacting with us anonymously or using a pseudonym under Australian law, or a court or tribunal order, however in some instances this may prevent us from being able to provide you with products and services, for example where you place an order for products online.

  2. Registered customers can always correct and delete their information.

  1. Personal Information Inquiry and Revision
  • To Inquiry and Revision your Personal Information: visit My Account
  1. You can always Consent or Withdraw Optional Consent
  • To Consent or Withdraw your Optional Consent: visit My Account
  1. You can always Close your Account
  • When you close your account, StyleDerma will immediately take any necessary action such as prompt disposal of personal information.
  1. Responses to your rights requests and reply statistics
    Under the CPRA, StyleDerma is required to annually disclose its processing of personal information for the preceding 12 months. StyleDerma provides these reports once a year based on the previous 12 months. Currently, there have been no guarantee claims submitted to StyleDerma.
  • As a request under the GDPR only.
    ** Requests that cannot be validated due to failed identity verification or that cannot be processed under applicable law. These requests are not included in the totals above.

Article 10 (Notice of Financial Incentives)

We offer various financial incentives. For example, we may provide discounts or other benefits to customers who sign up to receive our marketing emails. When you participate in a financial incentive, we collect personal data from you, such as identifiers like your name and email address. You can opt in to a financial incentive by following the sign-up instructions, and you have the ability to opt out of the program by contacting us at support@stylederma.com. In some cases, we may provide additional terms and conditions for a financial incentive, which we will provide to you when you sign up. The value of your personal data is reasonably related to the value of the offer or discount presented to you.

Article 11 (Your Rights as a Registered User)

  1. Registered customers can always view, revise, and request their personal information.
  1. Personal Information Inquiry and Revision
  2. Information which you can request StyleDerma to provide.
  • Your personal information which StyleDerma retains.
  • Status of your consents for collecting, processing, and sharing your personal information.
  • Status of sharing your personal information with service providers and third parties.

  1. When you make a request to correct erroneous information on your profile, the relevant personal information will not be used or provided until corrections are applied. In case incorrect information is provided to third parties, StyleDerma will immediately notify them of the correct information and instruct them to apply to their services.

  2. If you are a registered user, you may request StyleDerma to provide or get access to your personal information, in which case StyleDerma will reply to your request within 10 days.

  1. You can always withdraw your consent to the Privacy Policy on collecting, processing, and sharing your personal information. When you close your account, StyleDerma will immediately take any necessary action such as prompt disposal of personal information.

  2. Notwithstanding Articles 1 and 2 above, requests to view or correct your personal information may be restricted for the following reasons.

  1. In case of threats to the life, rights, interests, or assets of you or a third party.
  2. In case of significant disruptions to the service providers.
  3. In case of breaches of applicable laws.

  1. StyleDerma restricts membership and its service for children under 16 years of age.

  2. Registered users can raise a complaint to the EU supervisory authority about the processing of personal information by StyleDerma.

Article 12 (Matters on the Operation of Automatic Collection Devices and Opt-Out Thereof)

  1. Automatic Cookie Collection
    StyleDerma uses collected ‘cookies’ to provide a more personalized experience on the website.
    Cookies are small text files sent to your browser by the web server you visit and stored in the hard disk of your device (such as your desktop, smartphone, tablet PC, etc.) when you use services on StyleDerma’s website. Cookies identify the device you are using but not you as an individual. Cookies expire when you close the browser or sign out.

The data collected by cookies can be used for the following purposes:

  1. To analyze the frequency and time of your visits, figure out your interests and patterns of use, and target your visits and events you participate in.
  2. To track your most viewed items and provide services tailored to your interests for a more personalized experience on the website.
  3. To analyze customer behavior for service improvement initiatives.

You have the right to accept or disable cookies. You can accept all cookies, choose to be notified every time a cookie is issued, or disable all cookies.

Block/allow personalized ads via web browser

  1. Internet Explorer (Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 10)
  • In Internet Explorer, select the Tools button, then select Internet Options.
  • Select the Privacy tab, select Advanced under Settings, then Block or Allow Cookies.
  1. Microsoft Edge
  • In Edge, click the “…” mark in the upper right corner, then click Settings.
  • After clicking “Privacy, Search and Services” on the left side of the settings page, select whether to prevent tracking and the level in the [Tracking Prevention] section.
  • Choose whether to “Always use ‘Strict’ Tracking Protection when browsing InPrivate.”
  • In the [Privacy] section below, choose whether to “Send a ‘do not track’ request.”
  1. Chrome
  • In Chrome, click the top right “⋮” mark (Customize and control Chrome), then click Settings.
  • Click “Show advanced settings” at the bottom of the Settings page and click Content Settings in the [Privacy] section.
  • In the Cookies section, check the box for “Block third-party cookies and site data.”

[Refusal Method]

  • iOS: Home > Settings > Privacy > Tracking > Allow Apps to Request to Track (OFF)
  • Android: Home > Settings > Google > Ads > Delete Advertising ID
    ※ The menu and methods are contingent upon the version of the mobile operating system.
  1. Weblogs Analytics Using Google Analytics
    StyleDerma Corporation uses Google Analytics, a weblog analysis tool provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Weblog analysis refers to the analysis of the customer’s use of website services. Google processes the information on behalf of StyleDerma Corporation and analyzes your website usage. StyleDerma Corporation does not process any personally identifiable information in this process. If you do not want Google to process your data, you can opt out of this by downloading and installing add-ons for your web browser at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

[How to opt out]

  • For Chrome: Click [Download Browser Add-on to block Google Analytics] > Click [Add to Chrome] > When pop-up window is displayed, click [Add Extension] > Click Done.
  • For Internet Explorer (IE): Click [Download Browser Add-on to block Google Analytics] > Click [Agree and Install] > Click [Run] or [Save] on the window displayed at the bottom > Click [Restart Later] or [Restart Now], as the changed setting will only be applied after restarting the browser > Upon clicking [Restart Now], the pop-up on how to use the add-on will appear. Then, click [Use] > Done.

For more information on Google Analytics’ processing of information, please visit support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

If you want to stop log analysis through an external analysis tool, you can cancel the setting through the guidance page below.
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en

Article 13 (Notice and Changes to the Privacy Policy)

The privacy policy stated above may be revised in compliance with government policies, applicable laws, and due to the security system update, and we will put out a notification online of all changes such as the addition, removal, or amendment of the privacy policy with the reasons.