Brazil Privacy & Cookies Policy

PRIVACY & COOKIES POLICY

1. Introduction

1.1. This Privacy Policy sets out the privacy and cookies policy for users and visitors (“Visitor(s)”) of WGSN Limited, company number 4858491 (England and Wales). (“WGSN”).

1.2. WGSN is committed to protecting the privacy of its Visitors and the purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe to Visitor how WGSN will use the registration data and personal information (“Personal Data”) that is submitted to WGSN.

1.3. By providing Personal Data to WGSN, Visitor explicitly agrees to this Privacy Policy and consents to the collection and use of it and any other information provided to WGSN in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If at any time Visitor wishes to change the uses of the Personal Data to which Visitor has consented, please contact us at security@wgsn.com.

1.4. WGSN may revise this Privacy Policy at any time by posting an update on its website(s). Please ensure that this website and any other WGSN website(s) are checked from time to time to review the then current Privacy Policy and to update Visitor’s preferences. This Privacy and Cookies Policy was last updated in January 2013.

2. Collection of Personal Data

2.1. The types of Personal Data collected and stored by WGSN might include name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, fax number and credit/debit card details (to the extent permitted by the Data Protection Act 1998 and related legislation (“the DPA”).

2.2. WGSN (or any of its sub-contractors) may collect personal information about Visitors in the following ways:

(i) any data which Visitor provide when Visitor completes and submits an application to WGSN in order to register on its website(s) or to receive email alerts or other communications from WGSN;

(ii) any data that Visitor provides via postings to forums and blogs and any other posting that Visitor makes to an WGSN website (in such circumstances the information posted by Visitor will also be available to Visitors of the website throughout the world);

(iii) during any transaction with WGSN; and

(iv) any other data which Visitor provides to WGSN when enquiring about the content of the site, email, telephone or write to WGSN or otherwise provide WGSN with personal information.

2.3. WGSN (or any of its sub-contractors) may also receive Personal Data from third parties, for example a Visitor who wants to tell a friend about one of WGSN’s websites.

3. Storage and retention of Personal Data

3.1. WGSN will keep Visitor’s Personal Data on a secure server. The technology that WGSN uses and the security policies which WGSN has implemented are intended to safeguard Visitors’ Personal Data from unauthorized access and improper use.

3.2. WGSN will keep Visitor’s Personal Data (to the extent permitted by the Law) to enable WGSN to use it for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

4. Use of Personal Data

4.1. WGSN may use the Personal Data (subject in each case to the requirements of the DPA) for the following purposes:

(i) administering Visitor’s website account(s) and otherwise in connection with any service for which Visitor has provided Personal Data, including any email alerts, transactions with WGSN, competitions and promotions that Visitor takes part in;

(ii) responding to any enquiry Visitor makes to WGSN;

(iii) subject to Visitor’s consent, sending newsletters and/or alerts and information regarding WGSN’s or any third party’s future services (in all formats to which Visitor has consented e.g. post, email, text); and

(iv) for generating aggregated statistics about users, traffic patterns etc. of the WGSN website(s), as well as developing WGSN’s marketing plans.

4.2. Visitor agrees that WGSN discloses of Visitor’s Personal Data (subject in each case to the requirements of the DPA) as follows:

(i) to other organizations selected by WGSN or its partners to enable them to contact Visitor or send information by post, telephone and/or email, unless specifically indicated otherwise ; and

(ii) to any sub-contractors and agents appointed by WGSN to perform the above functions on its behalf and in accordance with its instructions.

(iii) to third parties selected by WGSN as part of aggregated and anonymized statistics about users, traffic patterns etc. of the WGSN website(s);

(iv) to such individuals and/or bodies as necessary to ensure WGSN’s compliance with any applicable law, regulation, legal proceeding or governmental request;

(v) to any relevant authority or third party requiring WGSN to disclose the identity of or locate anyone eventually posting offensive material on an WGSN website (being such any material that does or may constitute a criminal offense, breach the rights of a third party, give rise to a civil action or breach the Terms & Conditions of the applicable website and any material of which the disclosure, in any way, is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of WGSN and its customers); and

(vi) to any individual making a subject information request to WGSN, at WGSN’s discretion.

4.3. In the event that WGSN (or a relevant part of WGSN) is acquired by or merges with another company, Personal Data may be passed to the purchasing/merging company amongst the transferred business assets. This will enable Visitor’s relationship to continue with the relevant WGSN business despite the change of ownership. Personal Data may also be passed (on a confidential basis) to companies with whom WGSN is negotiating such a sale/merger as part of the verification exercise carried out on WGSN by the third party.

4.4. In processing Personal Data in accordance with the above, WGSN may (to the extent permitted by the DPA) send it outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). WGSN will take all reasonable steps to ensure that in such circumstances Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Nonetheless, WGSN does not guarantee or assume responsibility for the enforcement of this Privacy Policy outside the EAA, considering that the laws of other countries may provide lesser protection to Visitor’s information than the UK. When Visitor submits Personal Data to WGSN, Visitor consents to the transfer of such information outside EAA unless specifically indicated otherwise.

5. Cookies

When Visitor visits a WGSN website(s), WGSN uses “cookies” technology to try to make that experience simple, personalized and meaningful. Cookies are small pieces of information which are issued to Visitor’s computer or any similar device Visitor uses to access the internet (e.g. smart phone, tablet or other mobile device when Visitor visits a website), and which store and sometimes track information about Visitor’s use of the website. A number of cookies WGSN use last only for the duration of Visitor’s web session and expire when Visitor closes the browser. Other cookies are used to record information for Visitor’s future accesses to the website and will last for longer.

WGSN use cookies to:

• create a specific log-in session for Visitors of a WGSN website in order that page requests by Visitor are delivered in an effective, secure and consistent manner;

• recognise when Visitors to a WGSN website have visited before; this means WGSN can identify the number of unique Visitors received on the website and allows WGSN to make sure it has enough capacity for the number of Visitors that it gets;

• customise elements of the promotional layout and/or content of the pages of the website;

• store Visitor’s product selections to the shopping basket;

• collect statistical information about how Visitors use the website(s) so that WGSN can improve the website(s) and learn which parts are most popular to Visitors; and

• gather information through our advertising partners, about the pages on the WGSN website(s) that Visitors visit, and also other information about other websites that Visitors visit, so as to place Visitor in an “interest segment”. This information will then be used to serve interest-based advertisements, which it are believed to target Visitor’s interests. For more information about this type of interest based advertising, and about how to turn this feature off please visit www.youronlinechoices.co.uk or follow the link to the website of our advertising partners shown below. Without these cookies, advertisements Visitors encounter will be less relevant to Visitors and to Visitors’ interests.

Some of the cookies used by WGSN websites are set by WGSN itself, and some are set by third parties who are delivering services to WGSN. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but, if preferred, Visitor can change the browser to prevent that or to notify Visitor each time a cookie is set. Visitors can also learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org, which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different types of browser. Please note however, that by blocking or deleting cookies used on a WGSN website(s) Visitor may not be able to take full advantage of the website(s).

6. Third Party Websites

Please be aware that WGSN does not control and is not responsible for any third party websites that are referred to or linked from its own websites and that use of Personal Data on these websites is not subject to this Privacy and Cookies Policy and shall be made entirely at Visitor’s own risk.

7. Registration

7.1. To access certain parts of the WGSN websites, WGSN may require Visitor to register and provide certain information.

7.2. In addition to the provisions of this Privacy and Cookies Policy, Visitor also agrees to:

(i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the relevant registration form (“Registration Data”); and

(ii) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it fully up to date.

8. Electronic Identity

Visitor shall assume full responsibility for the confidentiality and proper use of username and password, created when registering for WGSN website access.

9. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by, and will be construed in accordance with English Law.

The parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales in relation to any legal actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Policy, save that this submission will not preclude any party from applying to any other court having jurisdiction for urgent or interim relief in aid of proposed or pending proceedings in England.