Ralph Lauren Corporate Website Privacy Notice
Last modified: May 2019
Ralph Lauren Corporation (650 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022) (“Ralph Lauren”) respects your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Notice applies to personal information we collect on the Ralph Lauren Corporate Website (the “Site). It describes the types of personal information we collect on this site, how we use that information, with whom we share it and the rights and choices you may have regarding our use of the information. The notice also describes the measures we take to protection the security of the personal information, how long we retain it and how you can contact us to exercise your rights.
This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our privacy practices or relevant laws. We will post a prominent notice on the site and/or send you an e-mail to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Notice and indicate at the top of the notice when it was updated.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
The types of what personal information we may collect directly from you (either on a voluntary basis or through automated means) when you visit our Site, and the purposes for which we will process it include:
Contact Us
If you contact us through the “Contact Us” form on this site, we will ask you for information such as your title, name, e-mail address, message and the Ralph Lauren department you are trying to reach. This information is necessary to process your request. Without that information, we may not be able to respond to you. In addition, you may choose to provide the name of your company and your phone number. We use this information to respond to and communicate with you about your questions and comments based on our legitimate interests to do so.
Information We Collect by Automated Means
We obtain certain information by automated means when you visit this Site, such as through cookies, web beacons, web server logs and other technologies. The information we collect in this manner may include your IP address, unique device identification, web browser characteristics, device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, clickstream data, and dates and times of website visits.
Cookies are bits of text that are placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit certain websites. “Web beacons” (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs) are computer instructions that link web pages to particular web servers and their cookies.
We use cookies, for example, to measure activity on the site and determine which areas and features of the site are most popular. We also use cookies that are essential in order to allow you to move around the website safely and use all its features.
You can manage cookies through your web browser settings. If you decide to change your settings and disable cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of all our website features.
The following external links will explain you how to manage cookies for the most common browsers:
Cookie Settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie Settings in Google Chrome
To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before collecting information using cookies or similar automated means and will tell how you can manage your cookie settings and preferences at any time.
Information We Share
We do not disclose personal information we obtain about you, except as described in Privacy Notice. Your personal information will be processed only by duly authorized personnel of Ralph Lauren in charge of responding to your request. We may share your personal information with our affiliated companies, including Club Monaco U.S., LLC in the United States for these purposes, depending on the subject of your request or the department you are seeking to contact. We also may share personal information with our service providers who perform services on our behalf based on our instructions, including companies providing technical support and infrastructure for this website.
We also may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process (such as a court order), (ii) in response to a request by law enforcement authorities, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity. We also reserve the right to transfer personal information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Notice. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your personal information with any inquiries concerning the processing of that information.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
Security Safeguards
We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide on this website against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use and other unlawful forms of processing.
Transfer of Personal Information to Other Countries
The personal information collected through this Site will be transferred to Ralph Lauren Corporation in the U.S. It also may be transferred to its affiliates and third party service providers in other countries than the country in which you originally provided it, including the United States. If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), United Kingdom and Switzerland, Ralph Lauren Corporation and Club Monaco US, LLC, are certified to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks. To view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/. Click here to read our EU/Swiss-US Privacy Shield Policy. U.S. companies certified to the Privacy Shield are recognized by the European Commission and Swiss Administration as providing an adequate level of data protection.
How Long We Retain Personal Information
If you contact us through the “Contact Us” form on this site, we will keep your request and the response provided to your request for a period of three (3) years following our last contact.
Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may (1) request access to the personal information we maintain about you; (2) request that we update, correct, amend, or erase your information; or (3) request the restriction of our use of your personal information. In addition and also subject to applicable law, you may object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the use of your personal information based on our legitimate interests as described above.
If you are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, and wish to exercise these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer as specified in the “How to Contact Us” section below. Please include your name, email address, postal address and a copy of your identity card or passport in your request. This will allow us to verify your identity. If you have authorized a third party to submit a request on your behalf, we will ask them to prove that they have your permission to act on your behalf. If you are not satisfied by our response or if you consider your privacy rights have been breached, you may lodge a complaint with a data protection authority, in particular in the EEA country of your habitual residence, place of work or place of our alleged infringement of the European data protection rules.
Children’s Privacy
This website is not directed to children under the age of eighteen (18) and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of eighteen (18) on the site. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of eighteen (18) on this site, we will promptly delete the information from our records.
Links to Other Sites
This website may contain links to other pages or sites for your convenience and information. Linked pages or sites may have their own privacy policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked pages or websites. We are not responsible for the content of any websites that are not affiliated with Ralph Lauren, any use of those sites, or the privacy practices of those sites.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, or if you would like to exercise your rights with respect to your personal information, please contact us as indicated below:
Ralph Lauren CorporationAttention: Chief Privacy Officer
c/o Legal Department
625 Madison Avenue
12th Floor
New York, New York 10022
If you are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, please contact our Data Protection Officer by email at DataProtectionOfficer@RalphLauren.com.