Privacy Policy
At Natal by Nature, your privacy and trust are our top priorities. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website or purchase our products.
- Natal by nature (referred to collectively as “Natal by nature”, “we”, “our” or “us”) respect your legal rights of privacy when collecting, holding, storing, using, processing, transmitting or otherwise handling personal data and this Privacy Policy Statement explains our privacy practices. We are committed to comply with the requirements under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, Chapter 486 of the Laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Nothing in this Privacy Policy Statement shall limit or restrict your rights as a data subject under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
- Please read the following carefully to understand our policy and practices regarding how your personal data will be treated. This policy may from time to time be revised. If there is any inconsistency between the English and Chinese version of this Privacy Policy Statement, the English version shall prevail.
- Throughout this Privacy Policy Statement, the term “personal data” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
- Types of Personal Data Collected
- • You may need to provide certain personal data in using our services, including but not limited to your name, gender, age, passport or identity card number, date of birth, phone number, facsimile number, address, email address, credit card details, education level, occupation, household income, hobbies or preferred activities. Failure to provide such data and/or provision of incomplete or inaccurate data may prevent us from providing certain services to you.
- • If you are under the age of 18, you must obtain the consent from parents or guardians before disclosing any of your personal data to us, and we shall not collect your personal data without such prior consent.
- Purposes for which we will collect and use your Personal Data
- Your personal data may be collected when you make a purchase, participate in promotional activities or apply to be a member of any of the brands of fragrance, cosmetics, beauty care and related products operated by us from time to time.
- Certain personal data is required to be provided on an obligatory basis if you wish to receive certain services from us. These data will be marked as “mandatory” in the Member Record Form and you MUST provide your personal data to us if you want us to provide the service for which you are applying. If personal data is only required on a voluntary basis, it will not be marked “mandatory” and it is entirely up to you to decide whether you want to provide such information to us or not.
- Your supply of personal data is mandatory if you wish to receive one or more of the following services:
- (a) Enrolment into and maintaining your membership as our member;
- (b) Accumulating bonus points as our member;
- (c) Communicating to you your entitlements and privileges as our member;
- (d) Redemption of privileges as a member;
- (e) Notification of any amendment to the membership program;
- (f) Data cleansing and customers profile updates; and
- (g) Other continuous customer support services directly in relation to your membership.
- We may use any personal data provided by you (whether on an obligatory and/or voluntary basis) to enable us to provide the following additional services to you and/or carry out the following activities:
- (a) To enable us better to understand the demographics of our customers;
- (b) For internal research and analysis to enable us to provide rewards, services and product information or offerings better tailored to your needs;
- (c) Market research;
- (d) To enable our beauty consultant/specialist to follow up;
- (e) To distribute customer satisfaction survey; and
- (f) To send our VIP newsletters and VIP program updates.
- Disclosure of Personal Data
- In cases where we do collect personal data from you, we will:
- (a) Inform you (by way of this Privacy Policy Statement or by a separate notification) that we are doing so and the purpose(s) for which we will use the personal data collected;
- (b) Where relevant, give you the opportunity to opt-out and object to any of the purpose(s) for which we will use the personal data collected (including but not limited to the circumstances described in paragraph 5 below); and
- (c) Tell you how we will store your personal data and how you can review, change and delete the personal data we have stored.
- All personal data collected and held by us will be kept confidential but we may provide and/or disclose such information to the following parties (whether within or outside Hong Kong) for the purposes set out in paragraph 3 above:
- (a) Any member companies, subsidiaries, holding companies, associated companies, or affiliates of, or companies controlled by, or under common control with Natal by nature;
- (b) Any agent, contractor or third party service provider (“Third Party Service Providers”) who provides administrative, telecommunications, computer and other services to us in connection with the processing and storage of your data;
- (c) Any actual or proposed assignee or transferee of all or any part of our assets, shares or services, or successor of Natal by nature in carrying on all or any part of our business; and
- (d) Government, judicial or regulatory authorities, law enforcement agencies or other organizations as required or authorized by applicable laws in or outside Hong Kong.
- Our Third Party Service Providers are under a duty of confidentiality and are contractually bound to protect your personal data privacy and to only use your personal data in connection with the purposes specified in paragraph 3 above and not for their own purposes (including direct marketing).
- Use of Data in Direct Marketing
- We may also use your personal data including name, telephone number, address and email for direct marketing. By law, we may not use your personal data for this purpose unless we have received your consent (including an indication of no objection).
- Upon your consent, your personal data may be used for:
- (a) Communicating to you regarding new product launch and other promotional offers, including where applicable, skincare products, cosmetics products, make up products, body care products, make up services, body care services and facial services;
- (b) Communicating to you regarding our promotional events including where applicable, makeup classes and/or demonstrations, skincare seminars, other beauty classes, PR events, VIP gatherings, value sets, shop opening events, store announcement/ events, exhibitions and news update;
- (c) Communicating on-counter or out of counter services and events related to skincare, makeup or beauty services for promotion or rewarded purpose;
- (d) Marketing reward programs, birthday celebration offers, free sampling, digital campaigns, roadshow/ outpost, in store promotion updates;
- (e) Communicating joint promotion or events with shopping malls, department stores, credit cards, banks, trades, celebrities, magazines, television, websites, mileage programs, cultural, art or musical societies/ organizations, charities or nonprofit organizations; and
- (f) Cross brand joint promotions and/ or events with brands within Natal by nature (when applicable).
- If at any other point of time you do not wish us to use your personal data for use in direct marketing as described above, you may exercise your opt-out rights by notifying us through the communication channels as stated
- In paragraph 10 below. Please note that in order to opt-out from receiving direct marketing you may be required to provide your personal details for our processing and identity confirmation.
- Security
- All personal data provided by you will be properly stored in our customer service system and can only be accessed by authorized persons who have received training on our privacy policies.
Effective Date: 1 November 2024