Privacy Policy

AESOP L'ORÉAL MALAYSIA

PRIVACY POLICY

(Updated as of: January 2025)

For a Bahasa Malaysia translation of this Privacy Policy, please click here. In the event of conflict, the English version of this Privacy Policy prevails.

L’Oréal’s ambition is to be an exemplary corporate citizen to help make the world a more beautiful place. We place great value on honesty and clarity and we are committed to building a strong and lasting relationship with our consumers based on trust and mutual benefit. Part of this commitment means safeguarding and respecting your privacy and your choices. Respecting your privacy is essential to us. This is why we set out “Our Privacy Promise” and our full Privacy Policy below. 

OUR PRIVACY PROMISE

  1. We respect your privacy and your choices.
  2. We make sure that privacy and security are embedded in everything we do.
  3. We do not send you marketing communications unless you have asked us to. You can change your mind at any time.
  4. We never offer or sell your data.
  5. We are committed to keeping your data safe and secure. This includes only working with trusted partners.
  6. We are committed to being open and transparent about how we use your data.
  7. We do not use your data in ways that we have not told you about.
  8. We respect your rights, and always try to accommodate your requests as far as is possible, in line with our own legal and operational responsibilities.

For more information about our privacy practices, we set out in this Privacy Policy the types of Personal Data that we may collect/receive from you directly or from your interaction with us, how we may use it, who we may disclose it to, how we protect and secure it, and your rights around your Personal Data in our possession. While the information in this Privacy Policy may not fully apply to you, this Privacy Policy intends to provide an overview of one or more possible situations which may apply to you based on your interactions with us.

The more you interact with us, the more you let us know about you and the more we are able to offer you tailored services.

If this Privacy Policy changes in any way, it will be updated on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are updated on the information which is collected, how it is used and under what circumstances, if any, it is shared with other parties.

When you share personal data with us or when we collect personal data about you, we use it in line with this Privacy Policy. Please read this information and our Q&A page (if any) carefully. If you have any questions or concerns about your personal data, please contact us via the contact details set out in the "Contact" section below.

Please note that you must be at least eighteen (18) years old, or have obtained your parent’s or legal guardian’s consent, to use our services. 

WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY? 

1. Who are we?

2. What is personal data?

3. What data do we collect from you and how do use it?

4. Your rights and choices

5. Contact


1.     WHO WE ARE

Aesop is a part of the L’Oréal Malaysia Sdn Bhd (199401042730 [328418-A]) (“L’Oréal”, “our”, “us”, or “we”) brand portfolio. L’Oréal is responsible for the Personal Data that you share with us. L’Oréal is the “data controller” for the purposes of the Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) and the applicable data protection laws in relevant jurisdictions. L’Oréal Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a subsidiary of the L’Oréal Group, with a portfolio of numerous brands provided by our four divisions: Consumer Products, L’Oréal LUXE, Professional Products and L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty as follows:

Consumer Products

  • Garnier
  • L’Oréal Paris
  • Maybelline
  • 3CE

  L’Oréal LUXE

  • Aesop
  • Giorgio Armani Beauty
  • Helena Rubinstein
  • IT Cosmetics
  • Kiehl’s
  • Lancome
  • Shu Uemura
  • Yves Saint Laurent

Professional Products

  • Kerastase
  • L’Oréal Professionnel

  L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty

  • Cerave
  • La Roche-Posay

 (The brands listed above are hereinafter collectively referred to as the [“Brands”])  

Business address: L’Oréal Malaysia Sdn. Bhd, Crown Penthouse, 1 Powerhouse, No. 1, Persiaran Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Representative: L’Oréal Malaysia Customer Service ([email protected] ) Website: https://malaysia.aesop.com/

2.     WHAT IS PERSONAL DATA?

“Personal data” means any information or pieces of information that could identify you either directly (e.g. your name) or indirectly (e.g. through pseudonymized data such as a unique ID number) and / or information which makes you identifiable. This means that personal data includes things like email/home addresses/mobile phone, usernames, profile pictures, personal preferences and shopping habits, user generated content, financial information, and welfare information. It could also, in certain circumstances, include unique numerical identifiers like your computer’s IP address or your mobile device’s MAC address, as well as cookies.

3.     WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT FROM YOU AND HOW DO WE USE IT?

L'Oréal believes that you, the consumer, are at the heart of what we do. We love hearing from you, learning about you, and creating and delivering products that you enjoy. And we know that many of you love talking to us. Because of this, there are many ways that you might share your personal data with us, and the way that we might collect it.

(i)     How do we collect or receive your Personal Data?

We might collect, record, hold, store, use, disclose, receive and/or process (collectively referred to as "Process") data from you via our websites, forms, apps, devices, L’Oréal products or the Brands pages on social media or otherwise. Sometimes you give this to us directly (e.g. when you create an account, when you contact us, when you purchase from our websites/apps or stores/beauty salon), sometimes we collect it (e.g. using cookies to understand how you use our websites/apps) or sometimes we receive your data from other third parties, including other L’Oréal Group entities. When we collect data, we indicate the mandatory fields via asterisks where such data is necessary for us to:

  • Perform our contract with you (e.g. to deliver the products you have purchase on our websites/apps);
  • Provide you with the service you have asked for (e.g. to provide you with a newsletter);
  • Comply with legal obligations (e.g. invoicing, e-invoicing); or
  • Perform the issuance and/or validation of E-Invoice including the processing of subsequent/related tax matters as part of the compliance to the requirements of the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (“IRBM”);

If you do not provide the data marked with an asterisk, this may affect our ability to provide the products and services to you. We set out further details in the table below, explaining:

  • When do we collect or use your Personal Data? This column explains what activity or situation you are involved in when we use or collect your data. For example, whether you are making a purchase, signing up to a newsletter, or browsing a website/app.
  • What personal data may we receive from you directly or resulting from your interaction with us? This column explains what types of data we may Process about you depending on the situation.
  • How and why we may use it? This column explains what we may do with your data and the purposes for Processing it.
  • What is the legal basis for using your personal data? This column explains the reason we may use your data.

Depending on the purpose for which the data is used, the legal basis for the processing of your data can be:

  • Your consent;
  • Our legitimate interest, which can be:
    • Improvement of our products and services: more specifically, our business interests to help us better understand your needs and expectations and therefore improve our services, websites / Apps / devices, products and the Brands for our consumers’ benefit.
    • Fraud prevention: to ensure payment is complete and free from fraud and misappropriation .
    • Securing our tools: to keep tools used by you (our websites/Apps/devices) safe and secure and to ensure they are working properly and are continually improving.
  • The performance of a contract: more specifically to perform the services you request from us;
  • Legal grounds where a processing is required by law.

   

Information overview on your interactions with us and their consequences on your data  
When do we collect or use your Personal Data What personal data may we receive from you directly or resulting from your interaction with us?   How and why we may use your data ? What is the legal basis for using your personal data?  
  Account Creation and management   Information collected during the creation of an account on L’Oréal websites/apps, through a social media login, or in store.

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Name and surname;
  • Gender;
  • Email address;
  • Address;
  • Phone number;
  • Photo;
  • Birthday or age range;
  • Username, and password;
  • Personal description or preferences;
  • Order details;
  • Social media profile (where you use social login or share this personal data with us).

To: 

  • Manage your orders;
  • Manage any competitions, promotions, surveys or contests you choose to enter;
  • Respond to your questions and otherwise interact with you ; 
  • Offer you a loyalty program;
  • Allow you to manage your preferences;  
  • Performance of a contract:
    To provide you with the service you requested (e.g. create an account, complete a survey, or purchasing a product).
  • Send you marketing communications (where you have asked us to) which may be tailored to your “profile” (i.e. based on the personal data we know about you and your preferences);  
  • Consent
    To send you direct marketing communications.  
  • Offer personalized services based on your beauty characteristics;
  • Monitor and improve our  websites/apps ;
  • Run analytics or collect statistics
  • Secure our websites/apps and protect you and us against fraud;  
  • Consent  ·       Legal grounds
    To ensure our websites/apps remain secure, to protect them against fraud, and to help us better understand your needs and expectations and therefore improve our services, products and the Brands.    
Newsletter and commercial communications subscription  

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Email address;
  • Name and surname;
  • Preferences;
  • Social media profile (where you use social login or share this personal data with us).

To :

  • Send you marketing communications (where you have asked us to) which may be tailored to your “profile” based on the Personal Data we know about you, and your preferences (incl. location of your favourite store);  
  • Consent
    To send you direct marketing communications.      
  • Run analytics or collect statistics.  
  • Consent
    To tailor our marketing communications, understand their effectiveness, and ensure you receive the most relevant experience; to help us better understand your needs and expectations and therefore improve our services, products and  the Brands.    
  • Keep an up to date suppression list if you have asked not to be contacted.    
  • Legal grounds
    To keep your details on the suppression list if you have asked us not to send you any direct marketing anymore.  
Purchases and order management   Information collected during the purchase process made on L’Oréal website/apps/social pages or in store

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:   

  • Name and surname;
  • Email address;
  • NRIC and/or Tax identification no. (for invoicing/e-invoicing); 
  • Address (delivery and invoicing, including e-invoicing);
  • Phone number; 
  • Personal description or preferences;
  • Social media profile (where you use social login or share this personal data with us); 
  • Transaction information including purchased products and store location; 
  • Payment and information; 
  • Purchase history; or
  • Other information as required under applicable law  

To

  • Contact you to finalize your order where you have saved your shopping cart or placed products in your cart without completing the checkout process;
  • Inform you when a product you wanted to purchase is available;
  • Process and follow your order including delivering the product to the address you indicated;
  • Manage the payment of your order. To be noted, payment information (credit card number / Paypal information / bank account details) are not collected by us but directly by payment service providers;
  • Manage any contact you have with us regarding your order;
  • To issue invoice/e-invoice to you as and where necessary    
  • Performance of a contract ·       Legal grounds
    To provide you with the service you requested (purchase).   To issue to you invoice (including e-invoice) pursuant to your purchase of our services/products, as per your request in line with requirement under applicable law.  
  • Secure the transactions against fraud. To be noted, we use a third party provider’s solution to detect fraud and ensure the payment is complete and made by you or someone authorized by you;
  • Enrich your profile if you place a purchase using your account information;
  • Measure satisfaction;
  • Send you satisfaction surveys following previous interaction (e.g post purchase, consumer care);
  • Manage any dispute relating to a purchase;
  • For statistics purposes;  
  • Consent
    To protect you and us from fraudulent transaction and to ensure the payment is complete and free from fraud and misappropriation and to help us better understand your needs and expectations and therefore improve our services, products and brands.    
Online browsing   Information collected by cookies or similar technologies (“Cookies”*) as part of your browsing on L’Oréal website/apps and/or on third-party website/apps.     For information on specific Cookies placed through a given website/app, please consult the relevant cookie table.                                 * Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet or mobile) when you are on the Internet, including on L’Oréal Group’s websites.

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Data related to your use of our  websites/apps:
  • Where you came from;
  • Login details;
  • Pages you looked at;
  • Videos you watched;   
  • Ads you click on or tap;
  • Products you search for;
  • Your location;
  • Duration of your visit;
  • Products you selected to create your basket.   Technical information:
  • IP address;
  • browser information;
  • device information.  

A unique identifier granted to each visitor and the expiration date of such identifier.        

We use Cookies, where relevant, with other personal data you have already shared with us (such as previous purchases, or whether you’re signed up to our email newsletters) or the following purposes:

  • To allow proper functioning of our website/apps:
    • proper display of the content;
    • creation and remembering of a cart;
    • creation and remembering of your login;
    • interface personalisation such as language;
    • parameters attached to your device including your screen resolution, etc;
    • improvement of our websites/apps, for example, by testing new ideas.:  
  • To ensure the website/app is secure and safe and protect you against fraud or misuse of our websites or services, for example through performing troubleshooting.  
  • To run statistics:
    • To avoid visitors being recorded twice;
    • To know users’ reaction to our advertising campaigns;
    • To improve our offers;
    • To know how you discovered our websites / apps.  
  • Consent
    to ensure we are providing you with websites/apps, advertising and communications that are working properly and are continually improving for cookies that are (i) essential for the functioning of our  websites/apps, (ii) used to keep our  websites/apps  safe and secure.      
  • To deliver online behavioural advertising:
    • to show you online advertisements for products which may be of interest to you, based on your previous behaviour;
    • to show you ads and content on social media platforms.   ·       To tailor our services for you:
    • to send you recommendations, marketing, or content based on your profile and interests;
    • to display our  websites/apps in a tailored way like remembering your cart or login, your language, the user-interface customization cookies (i.e. the parameters attached to your device including your screen resolution, font preference, etc).
  • To allow sharing of our content on social media (sharing buttons intended to display the site).
  • Consent
    For all other cookies.  
Promotional operations   Information collected during a game, contests, promotional offer, sample requests, surveys, events.

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Name and surname;
  • Email address;
  • Phone number; 
  • Birth date;
  • Gender;
  • Address;
  • Personal description or preferences;
  • Video and audio recording (including digital), and/or images of you;
  • Social media profile (where you use social login or share this personal data with us);
  • Other information you have shared with us about yourself (e.g. via your “My Account” page, by contacting us, or by providing your own content such as photos or a review, or a question via the chat function available on some  websites/apps, or by participating in a contest, game, survey).  
  • To complete tasks that you have asked us to, for example to manage your participation in contests, games and surveys, including to take into account your feedback and suggestions.  
  • Performance of contract
    To provide you with the service you requested.    
  • For statistics purposes.  
  • Consent
    To help us better understand your needs and expectations and therefore improve our services, products and the Brands.    
  • To send you marketing communications (where you have asked us to)
  • To administer your participation in the event(s).              
  • Consent
    To send you direct marketing communications. 

    To administer and manage your participation and presence in the event(s) as part of our promotional activities.  
User Generated Content   Information collected when you submitted some content on one of our social platforms or accepted the re-use of content you posted on social media platforms by us.  

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Name and surname or alias; 
  • Email address;
  • Photo;
  • Personal description or preferences;
  • Social media profile (where you use social login or share this personal data with us);
  • Other information you have shared with us about yourself (e.g. via your “My Account” page, by contacting us, or by providing your own content such as photos or a review, or a question via the chat function available on some  websites/apps).  
  • In accordance with the specific terms and conditions accepted by you: o    To post your review or content; o    To promote our products.  
  • Consent
    To reuse the content you posted online.
  • For statistics purposes.  
  • Consent
    To help us better understand your needs and expectations and therefore improve and promote our services, products and the Brands.    
Use of apps and devices   Information collected as part of your use of our apps and/or devices.

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Name and surname; ·         Email address;
  • Location;
  • Birth date;
  • Personal description or preferences;
  • Photo;
  • Welfare data including skin tone, skin/hair type
  • Geolocation.  

To

  • Provide you with the service requested (for example, virtually test our products, purchase our products through the app or on related e-com websites;  advice and notifications regarding your sun exposure, your hair routine);
  • Analyse your welfare characteristics and recommend the appropriate products (including bespoke products) and routines;
  • Provide you product & routine recommendations;
  • Performance of a contract
    To provide you with the service requested (including, where needed, analysis by the research and innovation team of the algorithm necessary to provide the service).  
  • For research and innovation by scientists within L’Oréal Group;
  • For monitoring and improvement of our apps and devices;
  • For statistics purposes.  
  • Consent
    To always improve our products and services to match your needs and expectations and for research and innovation purposes;  
Enquiries   Information collected when you ask questions (e.g. through our consumer care) relating to our Brands, our products and their use.  

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Name and surname;
  • Phone number;
  • Email address; 
  • Other information you have shared with us about yourself in relation to your enquiry (which may include welfare and health data).  
  • To answer your enquiries; Where needed, to connect you with the relevant services;  
  • Consent
    To process your enquiry.  
  • For statistics purposes;
  • Send you satisfaction surveys following previous interaction (e.g post purchase, consumer care)      
  • Consent
    To help us better understand our customers’ needs and expectations and therefore improve our services, products and the Brands
       
  • For Cosmétovigilance:
    • To monitor and prevent any undesirable effect linked to the use of our products;
    • To perform studies relating to the safe use of our products;
    • To perform and follow-up on corrective measures taken, where needed.  
·  Legal grounds To comply with the legal obligation to monitor undesirable effects of its products;  
Sponsorship

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:

  • Name and surname;
  • Phone number;
  • Email address.
  • To send information on our products and or information tagged in a wish list to a person at another person’s request.  
  • Performance of a contract
    To process the request.

And

  • Consent To contact the person at another person’s request.
Contact Tracing   Information collected when you enter our premises  

Depending on how much you are interacting with us, those data may include:  

  • Name and surname;
  • Phone number;
  • Body temperature.  
  • To assist the Government of Malaysia in managing the COVID-19 outbreaks in the country: o   To gather information from individuals who may have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive with COVID-19; o   To contact individuals who are at risk of potential exposure of COVID-19.  
  • Consent  ·  Legal grounds
CCTV Surveillance Pictures, audio, or video recordings that our CCTV surveillance device/system may have captured of  yourself during your presence in our office premises and/or our boutique stores.
  • For legal and security purposes, such as to detect, prevent, and prosecute harmful, fraudulent, or illegal activity, loss prevention and to comply with applicable le