Your Privacy and the Security of Your Personal Information is Very Important to
Us.
www.giordano-me.com, value our customers and visitors to our Website and
respect your concerns about the privacy of your personal information and data security.
Our Privacy and Security Policy (the Privacy Policy) is intended to protect your
privacy and provide you with a safe and secure experience in fashion, style and
shopping. This Privacy Policy applies to our Website hosted in the United Arab Emirates,
and to our fashion marketing and sales activities, including sales through our store
locations, in the United Arab Emirates. This Privacy Policy protects consumers providing
information through our Website and stores and is not designed to protect business
information. By using our Website or providing information to us at our stores,
you consent to the collection and use of your personal information. In addition
to reviewing our Privacy Policy, you should also read our Terms of Use for our Website.
Your use of our Website constitutes your agreement to its terms and conditions.
Our Privacy Policy Will Change Over Time
Because we continue to develop our Website and take advantage of technologies to
improve the services we provide, our policies will change over time. We encourage
you to refer to this Privacy Policy from time to time to stay abreast of our most
current privacy policy practices. If you are a registered user of our Website, we
may notify you by email of material changes to our Privacy Policy using the most
current email address you have provided to us. Your continued access and use of
our Website will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to our Privacy
Policy. Summary of Our Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy explains and summarizes
how we collect, use and protect your personal information as you interact with us
online and through our customer and technical support. This Privacy Policy explains:
• What information Giordano gathers from users of our Website.
• How the personal information that you share with us and that we learn about you
because of our relationship.
• How Giordano uses cookies and IP Addresses.
• What personal information, if any, Giordano may share about you with others and
the conditions that protect your information if it must be shared.
• What kind of security measures Giordano takes to protect your information from
loss or disclosure and how Giordano will inform you in the event of a security breach.
• The circumstances under which you can access your personal information you have
shared with Giordano and have that information corrected, restrict Giordano’s use
of that information, and even have it removed from our records.
• Other things you should know about privacy and Giordano.
The Type of Information our Website and Stores Collect About You
Giordano collects information that you provide to us or that we learn about you
from your use of our Website or shopping at our stores. We receive and store information
you enter on our Website, provide to us at our stores, or give to us in any other
way. For example, you may provide information to us when you register with our Website,
sign-in, search, add items to your shopping cart, pay for an item, participate in
a survey, contest or promotion, apply for a job, request to receive our marketing
materials, or communicate with Giordano's customer service. As a result of those
actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, phone
number, email address, payment card information, and personal shopping and product
preferences. In applying for a job with us, you may provide to us your name, address,
phone number, email address, previous work experience, references and other personal
information about your background and experience.
We also automatically receive and store certain types of information whenever you
visit our Website. We might also receive information about you from other sources,
such as in providing you special offers that we think will be of interest, and we
may add that information to our account information.
How Giordano uses information about you
We use information we have collected about you to provide you with the very best
shopping experience, the most current fashion clothing and accessories, and personal
style news. We do not sell your personal information to third parties for any reason.
We do not disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties, or to
our affiliates, who may want to offer you their own products and services unless
you have requested or authorized us to do so.
We may share your personal information with third parties or affiliates of Giordano
where it is necessary for us to complete a transaction you authorized or perform
some other activity you have asked us to do.
We may share your personal information with third parties or affiliates of Giordano
with whom we have contracted to perform services on our behalf. All companies that
act on our behalf are contractually obligated to keep the personal information we
provide to them confidential and to use the personal information we share only to
provide the services we ask them to perform.
We may disclose personal information about our customers as permitted or required
by law or in connection with a merger, acquisition or bankruptcy, as discussed further
below. We may disclose information about you to protect against fraud and other
crimes and to enforce our contracts with you.
We try to provide you with the information you need to make informed reasonable
choices with respect to how our Website uses or shares your information.
Giordano collects and uses personal information from you in several ways:
Website usage - Giordano or Giordano’s authorized service providers may observe
activities, preferences and transactional data (such as your IP address, browser
type and operating system) relating to your use of our Website. We may use this
collected or logged information in order to provide better service, to facilitate
our customers' use of the website, to track usage of the website, and to address
security hazards. Giordano, or one of Giordano’s authorized service providers, may
use this information to track aggregate traffic patterns throughout our Website
for Giordano’s internal analysis.
Online Transactions - We collect information about you when you shop on our website.
You may visit our site without registering, but if you wish to add merchandise to
your shopping cart, create a wish list or use other special features offered on
our site, you will need to provide us with certain information, including your name,
address, phone number and email address, to open an account with us. We will assist
you in creating a user id and a password to protect your account information. Similarly,
if you wish to apply online for a job position with us, you will be required to
submit relevant information about your background and experience.
Retail Store Transactions - We collect information about you when you purchase
merchandise in our stores or sign-up in our stores to receive our marketing materials
or apply for a job.
Our Security Practices
Our internal data security policies restrict access to customers' personal information
to authorized employees. Authorized employees may use our customers' personal information
for Giordano’s business purposes only. Our employees are bound by Giordano’s policies
that require them to maintain the confidentiality of our customers' personal information.
Employees who violate these requirements are subject to disciplinary action, up
to and including termination.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that are designed
to guard our customers' personal information. For example, for the security of your
online visit to our Website, we may make use of firewall barriers, encryption techniques
and/or authentication procedures. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure. As a result, while we strive to protect
your personal information, Giordano cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. In the event of
a breach of the confidentiality or security of your personal information, we will
notify you as necessary and to the extent possible so you can take appropriate protective
steps. Unless you indicate otherwise, we may notify you under such circumstances
using the email address you provided to us when you registered with our Website.
What are Cookies and how does our Website Use Them?
We may use cookies to collect or log certain information. A cookie is a small
piece of information that a website stores on a personal computer and which it can
later retrieve. We may use cookies for some administrative purposes, for example,
to store our customers' preferences for certain kinds of products or to store a
password so that you do not have to input it every time you visit our website. The
cookies will not contain information that will enable anyone to contact our customers
via telephone, email, or any other means. If our customers are uncomfortable with
the use of cookie technology, they can set their browsers to refuse cookies. Certain
of our services, however, could be dependent on cookies and our customers may disable
those services by refusing cookies.
Links to Third Party Sites and Website Containing our Website Branding
Our Website may contain links to third party sites. Please be aware, however,
that Giordano is not responsible for and cannot control the privacy policies of
these other sites or their practices. We encourage you to read the privacy policies
for these other sites, as they may differ from ours. This Privacy Policy applies
solely to personal information collected by Giordano.
Contact Preferences and Accessing Your Personal Information
You have choices when it comes to how Giordano uses your personal information.
When you register online with our Website or sign-up in our stores, you can choose
not to receive information about merchandise, services and special promotional offers
from us by direct mail and/or email. If you elect not to receive such product marketing
information by direct mail or email, Giordano may continue to contact you as necessary
to service your account and process your transactions. You can change your preferences
by following the instructions for opting out at the end of the marketing email,
or by following the instructions for Account Information on the Website.
Keeping your account information accurate and up to date is very important so
we can provide you with excellent service. If your account information is incomplete,
inaccurate or not current, please follow the instructions for My Account on our
Website to correct or update your account information online, or you may contact
Customer Service
Like almost every website, our Website may be accessed by an international audience.
If you are a non-U.A.E visitor to our website, by visiting our website and providing
us with data, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be processed
for the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy. In addition, such data may be
stored on servers located in the United Arab Emirates, which may have less stringent
privacy practices than those your own resident jurisdiction. By providing us with
your data, you consent to transfer of such data. Mergers, Acquisitions and Bankruptcy
If Giordano should ever file for bankruptcy or merge with another company, or
if Giordano should decide to buy another business, or sell or reorganize part or
all of Giordano's business, Giordano may be required to disclose your personal information
to prospective or actual purchasers and other parties. It is Giordano’s practice
to obtain appropriate protections for information disclosed in these types of transactions.
Giordano cannot, however, guarantee that Giordano’s Privacy Policy will remain unchanged
if Giordano is sold or merges with another company.
Our Website are Not for Use by Children
Children are not eligible to use our Website. We ask that minors (under the age
of 18) only use our Website in conjunction with your parents or guardians. Children
under 13 years of age should not send any information about themselves to Giordano.
If a child under 13 submits information through any part of our Website, and Giordano
becomes aware that the person submitting the information is a child, we will attempt
to delete this information as soon as possible. Because we do not knowingly collect
any personal information about children under 13, we do not use or disclose such
information to third parties.
What else should I know about my privacy?
You should be careful to maintain the secrecy of your passwords and/or account
information and be responsible about protecting your personal information and identity
whenever you are online.
Giordano Fashions LLC
P.O.Box 21254
Sheik Suhail Building
3rd Interchange
Shaik Zayed Road
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 4 3476868
Fax:+971 4 3476222