Privacy Policy

AUKO Beauty Prof Company (“us”, “we”, “our”, or “the Company”) operates the aukoskin.com website (the “Service”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from www.aukoskin.com.

This Privacy Policy has been prepared to comply with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (for individuals in the European Union/United Kingdom) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APP) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (for individuals in Australia).

Information Collection And Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data” or “personal information”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

– Email address
– First name and last name
– Phone number
– Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
– Cookies and Usage Data

We collect this information only where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more of our functions or activities (APP 3), and on lawful bases under GDPR (e.g., your consent, performance of a contract, legitimate interests, or legal obligation).

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

– Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
– Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
– Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Where required by law (including GDPR and APP), we will seek your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.

Use of Data

AUKO Beauty Prof Company uses the collected data for the following purposes:

– To provide and maintain the Service
– To notify you about changes to our Service
– To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
– To provide customer care and support
– To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
– To monitor the usage of the Service
– To detect, prevent and address technical issues
– To comply with legal obligations (including tax, consumer, and privacy laws)

Under GDPR, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:

– Consent: where you have given clear consent (e.g., for marketing communications).
– Contract: where processing is necessary to perform a contract with you (e.g., processing orders).
– Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., fraud prevention, security, analytics), provided these are not overridden by your rights.
– Legal obligation: where we must process data to comply with applicable laws.

Under APP, we collect, hold, use and disclose personal information only for purposes that are reasonably expected and directly related to our functions and activities, or with your consent.

Transfer Of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the Republic of Korea and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the Republic of Korea and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

GDPR-specific: Where we transfer personal data from the EU/UK to countries not recognised as providing an adequate level of protection, we will implement appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or UK Government) and ensure enforceable rights and effective legal remedies for data subjects.

APP-specific: Before disclosing personal information to an overseas recipient, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that the recipient does not breach the APPs in relation to that information (APP 8), unless an exception applies (e.g., you consent after being expressly informed that we will not take such steps, or disclosure is required/authorised by law).

AUKO Beauty Prof Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure Of Data

Legal Requirements

AUKO Beauty Prof Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

– Comply with a legal obligation
– Protect and defend the rights or property of AUKO Beauty Prof Company
– Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
– Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
– Protect against legal liability

We may also disclose your personal information where required or authorised by law (including to government agencies, regulators, or law enforcement) in accordance with APP 6 and other applicable provisions.

Security Of Data

The security of your data is important to us. We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your Personal Data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction, in line with APP 11 and GDPR security requirements.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in serious harm to you, we will notify you and the relevant supervisory authority (e.g., OAIC in Australia or the relevant EU/UK data protection authority) as required by applicable law.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated by contract not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. Where such providers process personal data on our behalf, we ensure appropriate data processing agreements are in place in accordance with GDPR and APP requirements.

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers and notify you where required by law.

Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR & APP)

If you are in the EU/UK (GDPR)

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

– Right of access: to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
– Right to rectification: to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
– Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): to request deletion of your data in certain circumstances.
– Right to restrict processing: to request limitation of how we use your data.
– Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and transmit it to another controller.
– Right to object: to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
– Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
– Right to lodge a complaint: with a data protection authority (e.g., in your country of residence).

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below. We will respond within one month, as required by GDPR, unless an extension applies.

If you are in Australia (APP)

Under the Australian Privacy Principles, you have the right to:

– Access: request access to the personal information we hold about you (APP 12).
– Correction: request correction of inaccurate, out-of-date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading personal information (APP 13).
– Anonymity/pseudonymity: interact with us anonymously or via a pseudonym where lawful and practicable (APP 2).
– Complaint: make a complaint about how we handle your personal information. We will investigate and respond within a reasonable period. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

To make an access, correction, or complaint request, please contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

Where required by law (including GDPR and APP), we will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service prior to material changes becoming effective, particularly where those changes affect how we use or disclose your personal data.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:

– By email: Elle.Nayko@aukoglobal.com

For EU/UK residents, you may also contact our designated data protection contact point (if appointed) at the same email address.