Paul Mitchell Connect

PaulMitchellConnect.Com

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Overview

The purpose of PaulMitchellConnect.com is to connect Paul Mitchell students with career opportunities in the professional hair and skin care industry.

John Paul Mitchell Systems respects your privacy when you visit PaulMitchellConnect.com, our Web site. It is important that you understand what information is collected about you during your visit and what we do with that information. We strive to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to the Paul Mitchell Connect Web site and does not apply to information we collect in any other fashion. Your use of this Web site constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and your consent to the practices it describes. This Privacy Policy was last updated March 3, 2007.

Your data will be stored and processed in whole or in part in the United States. The information we gather may be shared with affiliated companies on a worldwide basis in order to deliver the products and services we offer to employers such as searches for job seekers or in order to undertake an analysis of our database such as aggregate profiling of our registered users. “Affiliated companies” means entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with John Paul Mitchell Systems.

Registered Users

Only Paul Mitchell Focus Salons and Paul Mitchell Schools will be eligible to post profiles and list job openings on the Web site. Other potential employers may register to visit the Web site and search for students, but they will not be able to post profiles or list job openings. All contacts between schools, salons, students, and other potential employers will be through the internal message system (Connect Message Center).

Registration

1. Paul Mitchell Future Professionals: The computer system will generate single-use registration codes for each student. Each school will identify a moderator, who will give the registration codes to his/her students. Students will input the registration code and access the Web site, where they will create their Web site profiles. The profiles will be submitted to the moderator who will approve the profile prior to its being posted on the Web site.

2. Focus Salons and Paul Mitchell Schools: Focus Salons will be verified through the Paul Mitchell Salon Locator database system. Paul Mitchell Schools are verified by Paul Mitchell Advanced Education. The salon or school profile will be generated automatically, including the salon or school name, city, and state. The school or salon job posting and contact information will be supplied by the salon or school.

3. Public Users: Web site users that are not students, Focus Salons, or Paul Mitchell Schools are required to provide contact information, including name, company name, address, a verifiable e-mail address, and other identifying information that will be maintained in a database. Registration may include questions about salon use of products or other information relevant to the advertising and marketing of hair and skin care products and educational opportunities.

4. Personal Information Shown on the Web Site: Students will be referred to by their user name, not their real name. Personal information (name, address, phone number, e-mail address) will NOT be visible or available through the Web site. Potential employers wishing to contact students will do so through the Connect Message Center.

The default information for Focus Salons and Paul Mitchell Schools will be their salon/school name, street address, city, state, and phone number. All information will remain invisible on the Web site unless the salon/school chooses to make their profile visible.

Collection and Use of Information by Paul Mitchell Connect

We may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, contact information, and any other information from which your identity is discernible. We may collect demographic information such as ZIP Codes, age, preferences, gender, interests, and favorites.

We may also gather information about your use of Paul Mitchell Connect, such as the areas you visit and which services you access.

We use the information, whether personal or demographic, for the purpose of operating and improving the Paul Mitchell Connect Web site, to create a positive user experience and to provide services.

We may use your information to send you e-mails or other communications updating the services offered. We may also provide you with communications, promotions, and information on new opportunities and additional job postings. You may receive free information regarding career management advice or other relevant subjects.

When we ask for and you submit feedback, the feedback you submit in these areas becomes our property, and we can use such feedback, like success stories, for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.

Automatic Collection of Anonymous Information

For each visitor to our Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes the consumer’s domain name, if any, and collects the date and time of visit, the client IP address, and referring site. We collect the information above, as well as e-mail addresses visitors to our Web site choose to give us, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

Personally Identifiable Information

We do not collect personally identifiable information about you, except when you provide it to us. This may occur when you complete user registration forms or online surveys. The information may include your name, e-mail address, mailing address and telephone number, age group, gender, and product preferences. If you prefer that we not collect this information, please do not provide us with such information. By giving us the information, you are consenting to its collection, use, and disclosure as set forth below.

Use of Information

The anonymous and personal information we collect is used for internal review; used to improve the content of our Web site; used by us to contact consumers for informational, marketing and commercial purposes; and not shared with other organizations for any purpose except those circumstances stated below:

• When you expressly authorize such disclosure.
• In response to a request from local, state, or federal law enforcement officials.
• In response to a request by any judicial, administrative, or similar proceeding or order, such as subpoena.
• Where we have a good-faith belief that such disclosure is required by law.
• In order to provide the services or uses identified above, including contacting consumers for informational, marketing, and commercial purposes. PAUL MITCHELL, like many organizations, may utilize third-party service providers for some routine services such as promotional mailings. In such cases, PAUL MITCHELL provides only the information necessary to ensure the service is delivered and requires that the service provider sign a nondisclosure agreement agreeing to keep the customer’s information confidential and secure and limiting its use to the purpose for which it was disclosed. After the service provider has completed the service, the service provider must either destroy the information or return it to PAUL MITCHELL.
• In special circumstances, such as in response to a physical threat or perceived physical threat to any individual.
• In the event that we merge with another business entity or substantially all of its assets related to the products or services that you receive from us are acquired by another business entity, it is likely that customer information will be one of the assets transferred to the other business entity. In the event of such a merger or acquisition, we reserve the right to disclose your personal information to the other business entity pursuant to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personally identifiable information submitted to the site by children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that a child under 13 years of age has submitted personally identifiable information to the site, we will not use that information and will immediately delete the information from its record.

“Cookies” and Advertisers
Additionally, we may use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on your computer to gather and keep track of information and help us review traffic patterns and improve the site. We use cookies to record Focus Salon user-specific information on the pages those users may access or visit. Although many browsers are set to accept cookies, you can set your browser to reject cookies, but this may prevent you from using some of the features of the site.

With respect to ad servers: We do not partner with or have relationships with any ad server companies. We will never provide your personally identifiable information to third parties for their use in marketing their products and services to you without your consent.

Links

The Web site may contain links to or from other Web sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy policies of other Web sites. This Privacy Policy applies only to the information we collect on this Web site. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of other Web sites you link to from this Web site or otherwise visit.

Choice/Opt-Out

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by using the hyperlink below to send us a message through the Paul Mitchell Connect Message Center or by writing to us at the address below. Requests to remove your e-mail address for our lists may take up to two weeks to fulfill. If you supply us with your postal address on-line, you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by using the hyperlink below to send us a message through the Paul Mitchell Connect Message Center or by writing to us at the address below. Requests to remove your postal address from our mailing lists may take up to six weeks to fulfill. If you receive postal mail from us during this six-week period, please disregard the mail.

Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers online may receive telephone contact from us with information regarding new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such telephone calls, please let us know by using the hyperlink below to send us a message through the Paul Mitchell Connect Message Center or by writing to us at the address below.

Changes in Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may use customer information for unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, please check back at our Web site periodically.

Access to Personal Information

Upon a reasonable request we will provide site visitors with access to information that we maintain about them. Students, Focus Salons, and Paul Mitchell Schools can request this information by writing to us at the address below. Upon a reasonable request we offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information. Students/Focus Salons/Paul Mitchell Schools can have this information corrected by using the hyperlink below to send us a message through the Paul Mitchell Connect Message Center or by writing to us at the address below.

Security

With respect to security: We have commercially reasonable security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at John Paul Mitchell Systems, Attn.: Web Privacy, 9701 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
or you can reach us by telephone at (800) 793-8790
or you can click here to contact us through the Paul Mitchell Connect Message Center.

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