Terms & Conditions
TERMS & CONDITIONS
- privacy policy
- returns & refunds
- delivery time-frames
- product guarantee
- and more
Welcome to Skincare Concepts.com. Skincare Concepts.com and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit or shop at Skincare Concepts.com, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future Skincare Concepts.com service or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with Skincare Concepts.com, whether or not included in the Skincare Concepts.com Web site, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business.
Privacy
This notice describes our privacy policy and forms part of our website terms and conditions. By accepting our Website Terms or by visiting this website you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.We believe it is important to protect your Personal Data and are committed to giving you a personalised service that meets your needs in a way that also protects your privacy. This policy explains how we may collect Personal Data about you. It also explains some of the security measures we take to protect your Personal Data, and tells you certain things we will do and not do. You should read this policy in conjunction with the Website Terms. When we first obtain Personal Data from you, or when you take a new service or product from us, we will give you the opportunity to tell us if you do or do not want to receive information from us about other services or products (as applicable). You can normally do this by ticking a box on an application form or contract. You may change your mind at any time by emailing us at the address below.
1. Collecting Information:
We may collect Personal Data about you from a number of sources, including the following:
1.1. From you when you agree to take a service or product from us, in which case this may include your contact details, date of birth, how you will pay for the product or service and your bank details.
1.2. From you when you contact us with an enquiry or in response to a communication from us, in which case, this may tell us something about how you use our services.
1.3. From documents that are available to the public, such as the electoral register.
2. Using Your Personal Information:
2.1. Personal Data about our customers is an important part of our business and we shall only use your Personal Data for the following purposes and shall not keep such Personal Data longer than is necessary to fulfil these purposes:
2.1.1. To help us to identify you when you contact us.
2.1.2. To help us to identify accounts, services and/or products which you could have from us or selected partners from time to time. We may do this by automatic means using a scoring system, which uses the Personal Data you have provided and/or any information we hold about you and Personal Data from third party agencies (including credit reference agencies).
2.1.3. To help us to administer and to contact you about improved administration of any accounts, services and products we have provided before, do provide now or will or may provide in the future.
2.1.4. To allow us to carry out marketing analysis and customer profiling (including with transactional information), conduct research, including creating statistical and testing information.
2.1.5. To help to prevent and detect fraud or loss.
2.1.6. To allow us to contact you in any way (including mail, email, telephone, visit, text or multimedia messages) about products and services offered by us and selected partners unless you have previously asked us not to do so.
2.1.7. To keep you up to date with our member benefit scheme under which, as part of your membership benefits, we will give you membership information and details of discounts and offers we negotiate from time to time on behalf of our members. If you do not wish to receive this benefit, please write to our Data Protection Manager at the address given in clause 7 below.
2.1.8. We may monitor and record communications with you (including phone conversations and emails) for quality assurance and compliance.
2.1.9. We may check your details with fraud prevention agencies. If you provide false or inaccurate information and we suspect fraud, we will record this.
2.2. We will not disclose your Personal Data to any third party except in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 2.3. We may allow other people and organisations to use Personal Data we hold about you in the following circumstances:
2.3.1. If we, or substantially all of our assets, are acquired or are in the process of being acquired by a third party, in which case Personal Data held by us, about our customers, will be one of the transferred assets. 2.3.2. If we have been legitimately asked to provide information for legal or regulatory purposes or as part of legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings.
2.3.3. We employ companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf and we may disclose your Personal Data to these parties for the purposes set out in clause 2.1 or, for example, for fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and email, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analysing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links) and providing customer service. Those parties are bound by strict contractual provisions with us and only have access to Personal Data needed to perform their functions, and may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process the Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by the Data Protection Act 1998. From time to time, these other people and organisations to whom we may pass your Personal Data may be outside the European Economic Area. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Data Protection Act 1998.
2.4. Where you give us Personal Data on behalf of someone else, you confirm that you have provided them with the information set out in this Privacy Policy and that they have not objected to such use of their Personal Data.
2.5. In connection with any transaction which we enter into with you:
2.5.1. We, and other companies in our group, may carry out credit and fraud prevention checks with one or more licensed credit reference and fraud prevention agencies. We and they may keep a record of the search. Information held about you by these agencies may be linked to records relating to other people living at the same address with whom you are financially linked. These records will also be taken into account in credit and fraud prevention checks. Information from your application and payment details of your account will be recorded with one or more of these agencies and may be shared with other organisations to help make credit and insurance decisions about you and members of your household with whom you are financially linked and for debt collection and fraud prevention. This includes those who have moved house and who have missed payments.
2.5.2. If you provide false or inaccurate information to us and we suspect fraud, we will record this and may share it with other people and organisations. We, and other credit and insurance organisations, may also use technology to detect and prevent fraud.
3. Protecting Information:
We have strict security measures to protect Personal Data.
3.1. We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
3.2. We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing. 3.3. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage and disclosure of personally identifiable customer information. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.
3.4. It is important for you to protect against unauthorised access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.
4. The Internet and Cookies:
4.1. If you communicate with us using the Internet, we may occasionally email you about our services and products. When you first give us Personal Data through the Website, we will normally give you the opportunity to say whether you would prefer us not to contact you by email. You can also always send us an email (at the address set out below) at any time if you change your mind.
4.2. Please remember that communications over the Internet, such as emails and webmails (messages sent through a website), are not secure unless they have been encrypted. Your communications may go through a number of countries before they are delivered - this is the nature of the Internet. We cannot accept responsibility for any unauthorised access or loss of Personal Data that is beyond our control.
4.3. We may use 'cookies' to monitor how people use our site. This helps us to understand how our customers and potential customers use our website so we can develop and improve the design, layout and function of the sites. A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive through your browser, to recognise your browser and which records how you have used a website. This means that when you go back to that website, it can give you tailored options based on the information it has stored about your last visit. You can normally alter the settings of your browser to prevent it from accepting cookies.
4.4. If you do not want us to use cookies in your browser, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer. However, you may not be able to use some of the products or services on our website without cookies.
4.4. We may use cookies to provide a service known as Retargeting. Our advertising partners may utilise cookies on this website for the display of targeted advertisments on partner websites. We have no access to or control over Partner cookies but requires that each Partner only collect NPII information for the use of serving retargeted ads.
5. Turning Off Cookies in Different Browsers
The Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-ons settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.
6. Links
6.1. The Website may include third-party advertising and links to other websites. We do not provide any personally identifiable customer Personal Data to these advertisers or third-party websites.
6.2. These third-party websites and advertisers, or Internet advertising companies working on their behalf, sometimes use technology to send (or "serve") the advertisements that appear on the Website directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise advertising content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices. In addition, the Network Advertising Initiative offers useful information about Internet advertising companies (also called "ad networks" or "network advertisers"), including information about how to opt-out of their information collection.
6.3. We exclude all liability for loss that you may incur when using these third party websites.
7. Further Information
7.1. If you would like any more information or you have any comments about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@Skincare Concepts.com
7.2. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice to you, in which case, we will publish the amended version on the Website. You confirm that we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any change to this Privacy Policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine whether this Privacy Policy has changed.
7.3. You can ask us for a copy of this Privacy Policy and of any amended Privacy Policy by writing to the above address.
8. Storing Financial Details
8.1. We do not, and have no intention of storing, saving or keeping any kind of copy of your financial details, bank details or credit and debit card details.
8.2. We carefully select highly secure merchant companies to handle our payment processing procedures.
Returns and Refunds Policy
If you are not entirely satisfied with your purchase on arrival, you can either return your order for a refund or exchange it for something else. You can return or exchange your purchase for up to 7 days from the date of receipt. Returned or exchanged products must be unopened and in the original condition you received them in. Return costs are for your own account and shipments may need to be returned to country of manufacture. A 10% restocking fee is applicable to returned orders.
Order Dispatch and Delivery Timeframes
Average delivery time for airmail is usually 7 to 14 working days for most destinations from time of mailing. This is only an average time frame and is not guaranteed. We cannot be held responsible for delays in shipment. This may be caused by a variety of factors such as postal strikes, customs and other factors outside our area of control. In order to ensure the freshest possible product - shipments may be dispatched directly from the country of manufacture.
Product Guarantee
We offer a 110% guarantee regarding the freshness of all products we sell. Should a product ever be found to be beyond its expiry date - we will not only offer a full refund but will offer a 110% credit voucher, too, for use on a future purchase.
Electronic Communications
When you visit Skincare Concepts.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Copyright
Any trademarks, company names, product names, and/or logos set forth in this website, including those of or related to any products, are the property of their respective owners. Skincare Concepts does not claim to own any of these trademarks and Skincare Concepts is not related to, endorsed by, or in any other way connected or associated with these companies. License and Site Access Skincare Concepts.com grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Skincare Concepts.com. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Skincare Concepts.com. 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 Skincare Concepts.com and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Skincare Concepts.com's name or trademarks without the express written consent of Skincare Concepts.com. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Skincare Concepts.com. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of Skincare Concepts.com so long as the link does not portray Skincare Concepts.com, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any Skincare Concepts.com logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.
Payments
Credit card payments may be processed in a foreign currency equivalent.
Delivery Contract
All items purchased from Skincare Concepts.com are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier. Insurance is offered at checkout for all shipments. Should you elect not to insure your parcel, we cannot be held liable in the unlikely event that your order is lost during transit. Should an insured parcel fail to be delivered - Skincare Concepts.com will file for the necessary postal insurance on your behalf and dispatch a replacement order to you.
Product Descriptions
Skincare Concepts.com and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as possible. However, Skincare Concepts.com does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by Skincare Concepts.com itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.
Pricing & Independent Nature
Except where noted otherwise, the List Price displayed for products on our website represents the full retail price listed on the product itself, suggested by the manufacturer or supplier, or estimated in accordance with standard industry practice; or the estimated retail value for a comparably featured item offered elsewhere. The List Price is a comparative price estimate and may or may not represent the prevailing price in every area on any particular day. For certain items that are offered as a set, the List Price may represent "open-stock" prices, which means the aggregate of the manufacturer's estimated or suggested retail price for each of the items included in the set. Where an item is offered for sale by one of our merchants, the List Price may be provided by the merchant. We are not responsible for any local customs duties, taxes or import charges that may be levied. These are the sole responsibility of the purchaser. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items in our catalog may be mispriced. If an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, either contact you for instructions before shipping or cancel your order and notify you of such cancellation.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liabilities
This site is provided by Skincare Concepts.com on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Skincare Concepts.com makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, materials, or products included on this site. you expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk. Certain laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. if these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.
Disputes
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to Skincare Concepts.com or to products you purchase through Skincare Concepts.com shall be submitted first to arbitration, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Skincare Concepts.com's intellectual property rights, Skincare Concepts.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief at a forum of our choosing, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
Site Policies
Please review our other policies, such as our pricing policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to Skincare Concepts.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Privacy and Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.