Privacy Policy

Summary Privacy Notice & Notice at Collection

Updated July 2023

When we say “Us”, “Our”, or “We”, We are referring to L’Oréal USA, Inc.  This Summary Privacy Notice supplements Our Privacy Notice by providing key information to You about how We collect and use personal information about You.  This Summary Privacy Notice is for consumers in the United States only.

Our detailed Privacy Notice describes the types of personal information We collect from You directly, from Your interactions with Us (on Our websites, mobile apps, and digital tools (collectively, “Sites”) and advertising), and from third parties; how We use it; how We protect it; and Your rights as Our consumer.  Visitors from other countries should visit the Privacy Notice for Your part of the world.  There is a separate privacy notice located on the L’Oréal Careers website for job applicants and a separate Business Customer Privacy Notice for individuals who engage with L’Oréal in a professional capacity.  Our contact details are available at the end of the detailed Privacy Notice in the “How to Contact Us” section.

What Types of Personal Information Do We Collect and for What Purposes?

The personal information that We collect about a specific person will depend on, for example, Our relationship or interaction with that person. We collect personal information that You provide to Us, from Your engagement with Our brand Sites and platforms, advertising, media; from third parties who have Your permission to share it with Us; and automatically collected (such as through cookies and other similar technologies).

We collect the following categories of personal information:

Categories of Personal Information
Examples

Identifiers

  • Name

  • Postal Address

  • Telephone number

  • Online identifiers (e.g., Cookie IDs/MAC address)

  • Internet Protocol address

  • E-mail address

  • Account name/username

  • Social handle or moniker

  • Device identifiers

Internet or similar network activity

  • Browsing history

  • Account login information

  • Search history

  • Information on Your interaction with a website, application, or advertisement and related information  

  • Smart device and sensor data

Payment Information

  • Credit or debit card information

  • Information to process payments and prevent fraud

Legally Protected Characteristics

  • Characteristics of protected classes or groups under state or federal law.     For example:

  • Age (40 and over)

  • Race, ethnicity, national origin

  • Sex, gender identity, gender expression

  • Marital status

Purchasing Information

  • Products or services purchased, obtained, or considered

  • Other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies (e.g., beauty routines, beauty concerns)

  • Loyalty activity and redemption

  • Account information

  • Customer service records

  • Health and safety-related information

  • User-generated content (e.g, product testimonials, ratings and reviews, etc.)

Purchasing Information

  • Geolocation data includes information such as the following: 

  • General location information indicating the general physical location of you or your device (e.g., IP address or zip code)

  • Precise information about your location if you allow us (or a third party who provides it to us) to collect it

Audio Visual Information

  • Photographs that you upload or share with us

  • CCTV video recorded at our facilities

  • Call center recordings

  • Video images

Professional or employment-related personal information

  • Career/profession

  • Professional credentials (e.g., professional license)

Other Information Considered Personal Information*

*Some information in this category is addressed in other categories as well.

  • Name

  • Contact details such as telephone number and address

  • Age

  • Signature (including electronic signature)

  • Physical characteristics or descriptions

  • Payment information

  • Address

  • Driver’s license or state ID number

  • Education

  • Employment

  • Medical/health information

Inferences drawn from any of these personal information categories

  • Inferences based on personal information about an individual to create a summary about, for example:

  • Beauty and related preferences

  • Characteristics

  • Behaviors on and off Site

  • Purchase patterns

  • Demographics

  • Household information

We collect and use this information within the L’Oréal family of brands to:

  • Fulfil Your requests for products or services, manage Your orders, and process payments

  • Administer and manage Your account or loyalty program membership

  • To send You marketing communications, which may be tailored to Your ‘profile’ based on what personal information we know about You and Your preferences

  • To provide tailored and personalized content, services, advertisements and offers, including based on Your beauty characteristics and preferences

  • Post Your content and reviews on the Sites, our social media pages, and related-third party sites that retail or feature Our brands and products

  • Manage any competitions, promotions, surveys, sweepstakes, giveaways, or contests You choose to enter

  • To manage, improve, and develop Our business,

  • Verify Your identity and detect and prevent fraud, and to maintain the security of Our products, Sites, and systems

  • To communicate with You, answer questions and otherwise interact with You, and create better experiences

  • Provide You with requested services or to complete transactions You request

  • To collect, evaluate, and monitor reports of undesirable events during or after use of Our products

  • Support Our everyday operations, including to meet risk, legal, and compliance requirements

  • To enforce Our terms, and to protect Our rights, property, and safety, or the rights, property, and safety of others

  • For corporate governance, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, and to otherwise comply with applicable laws

We combine information that We collect via one method (e.g., from a website or Our digital advertising) with another method (e.g., an offline event).  For example, if You have an account with Us and are logged in, or otherwise provide personal information like an email, We associate information We observe about You with other information You or a third party provide to Us.  We do this to get a more complete view of Your preferences for Our beauty products and services, which, in turn, allows Us to serve You better and with more customization and better beauty products.  A more detailed description of the information We collect and how We use this information is available in the “How We Collect and Use Personal Information” section of the detailed Privacy Notice.    

When Do We Share Personal Information?

We share personal information with third parties (vendors, agencies, and businesses) that help Us run Our Sites, Our business, and retail Our products to further L’Oréal’s beauty mission.  We may disclose information to Our service providers, to complete a transaction requested by You, when required by law or authorities, and in the event of a sale or reorganization of Our company. More information is available about how we share personal information about You in the “How We Share Personal Information” section of Our detailed Privacy Notice.  

We do not ‘sell’ (as ‘sell’ is traditionally defined) personal information about Our consumers.  We do not make available or provide consumer’s names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, or other personal information to third parties in exchange for money.  Like many companies, however, We do share or make available personal information We collect with third parties to provide You with personalized advertising from Us and analytics.  For example, we share personal information with third parties such as social media platforms to optimize our marketing campaigns, display ads for Us, and measure the effectiveness of those ads on such platforms.  These companies use personal information to improve their own products and optimize their own ad targeting systems.  In some jurisdictions, this type of activity is considered (1) a ‘sale’, (2) a ‘share’ or ‘use’ of personal information for targeted advertising, or both, and subject to a right of opt-out.

To exercise the right of opt-out where available in your jurisdiction please use one or more of the following:

How Long Do We Retain Personal Information?

We will retain personal information about You for so long as Your account is active, you engage with Us, as needed to provide You services, and as necessary to comply with Our legal and/or regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, to manage Our rights, and to enforce Our agreements. We do not control certain privacy settings and preferences maintained by Our social media partners like Facebook and Twitter. If You wish to make changes to those settings and preferences, You may do so by visiting the settings page of the appropriate social media site.‍

Detailed Privacy Notice

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For questions directed at specific brands, we invite you to please leverage the contact information listed on our Consumer Inquiries page.