1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect certain personal information about you and your use of our Services, including when you visit and interact with our Sites and Apps, or when you visit and make a purchase in our Stores. Personal information is any information that relates to you, identifies you personally, or could be used to identify you. The personal information that we collect generally falls into three primary categories: (1) information you voluntarily provide to us; (2) information we collect from you automatically; and (3) information we collect from third parties.
When You Interact with Our Sites and Apps
Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us. We, or service providers that assist us in providing, maintaining, and operating our Sites and Apps, may collect the following types of personal information from you:
- Online Shopping. You may be able to browse and purchase Ralph Lauren products and gift cards through our Services. We may provide you some shopping features or functionality, such as the option to reserve items in your cart or favorite certain items. Utilizing such features are optional and often require the collection and use of information such as your shopping habits, product selections, and other tracking information. To process your purchase, we ask for information such as your name, billing and shipping address, telephone number, email address, and payment card information. We use this information to process your purchase, confirm your order, and deliver the items to you. We also may use your contact information to communicate with you about our products, services, and promotions.
- If you purchase an item or gift card through our Services or ask us to deliver your purchase to someone else, we ask for the recipient’s name, postal address, and email address. We use this information to send the gift card or item to the recipient. If you ask us to do so, we also may use this information to notify the recipient of your gift before it arrives.
- Account Registration and Management:You may be able to register to create an account through our Services. To do so, we ask for information such as your name and email address. You also may provide your age and gender. Through the “My Account” feature, you can store billing and shipping information, so you will not have to enter it again when you make another purchase through our Services. You also can store credit card information and details of your past purchases. To use this feature, we ask you to provide your credit card information and the corresponding billing address.
- You can also use the “My Account” feature to create a wish list of products you want and share your list by email with friends and family. If you choose to share your list, we ask for your name and email address and the recipient’s email address. This information is used to email your list to your desired recipients pursuant to your request.
- You can create and save an address book on your account, you also can delete entries in the address book.
- Surveys, Sweepstakes, and Promotions: You may be able to participate in surveys, sweepstakes, and other promotions through our Services. If you choose to participate in these promotions, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address, and telephone number. We use the information you provide to administer our contests, sweepstakes and other promotions. We also may use the information to communicate with you about our products, services, and other promotions.
- Electronic Newsletters: You may be able to sign up through the Services to receive electronic newsletters and promotional emails from Ralph Lauren, including new ideas, special offers and event information. To sign up, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, age, gender, shopping preferences and email preferences. We use this information to send you communications about our products and services, invitations to specials sales and events at Stores located near you, and notices of new arrivals. We also use this information to tailor our newsletters to reflect your preferences. You can choose at any time not to receive marketing emails from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link within our marketing emails. You also may use the email preferences section of the “My Account” feature to opt out of receiving marketing emails or to specify which, if any, communications you would like to receive from us. There is no charge to you to unsubscribe.
- Mobile Marketing: You may be able to sign up to receive communications about our products and services through your mobile device by submitting your mobile telephone number online or by texting us. If you sign up for mobile communications, we may send you autodialed marketing text messages about our products, services and promotions. It is your responsibility to notify Ralph Lauren in the event that you disconnect your mobile number or change carriers. For information about how you can opt out of receiving text message communications, please follow the instructions in the "Your Choices" section below.
- POLOconnect: You may join our customer appreciation program, POLOconnect, through our Services. To join, we may ask for your name, postal address, email address or mobile telephone number. We may also collect your birth date and communication preference. We use this information to communicate with you by email, mail or SMS text message about products and services and exclusive offers tailored to reflect your interests and preferences, including early access to new arrivals and a birthday surprise. We also use the information for internal analysis and customer service purposes. When you join POLOconnect, we also maintain a record of your purchase history to enable you to return or exchange merchandise without a receipt. If you sign-up to receive SMS text messages, depending on the terms of your mobile phone contract, you may incur standard rate charges for receiving and sending text and data on your mobile device. Ralph Lauren is not responsible for these charges.
- You can choose at any time not to receive marketing or other communications from us by following the instructions in the "Your Choices" section below. Please note that you may continue to receive certain transactional or account-related messages from us.
- Blogs: You may be able to submit comments to blogs we host on our Services. You may include personal information in your comment, and you also may submit your name with your comment. We use your name to identify you as a commenter.
- Email to a Friend: You may be able to share certain content from our Services with your friends. To send information to your friends, we ask for your friends’ and your email addresses. We do not retain the information you provide in connection with this feature, except to send the requested content. We will not include any other advertisements within the messages sent to your friends.
- Contact Us: If you communicate with us through the “ ” link in any of the Services, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address, ZIP code, and telephone number to respond to and communicate with you about your questions and comments.
- Other Site Features: We offer our Services to visitors using various features for their information and enjoyment, which we may change from time to time. We may ask you to submit certain personal information so we can provide you with these features and send you communications about our products, services, and promotions. We may also use information from Apple’s TrueDepth camera to improve the quality of our AR experiences on the Ralph Lauren App. Information from the TrueDepth camera is used in real time—we do not store this information on our servers or share it with third parties.”
Information We Automatically Collect. To the extent permitted under the applicable law, we may collect certain types of information automatically, such as whenever you interact with our Sites and Apps. We may collect the following types of information automatically from you:
- Usage Data. When you browse our Sites, we automatically collect log data such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, domain names, referring and exit pages and URLs, pages viewed and the order of these page views, the date and time you access our servers, and other diagnostic data.
- Device Information. When you use your desktop or mobile devices to access our Sites and Apps, we may be able to identify your device’s unique device identifier, MAC address, operating system, and your mobile device’s advertising ID.
- Location Information. When you use our Sites and Apps, we may infer the generic physical location and geographic regions of your device from your WiFi, Bluetooth and other device settings. For example, your IP address may indicate your general geographic region. You may choose not to share your location details with us by adjusting your mobile or desktop device’s location services settings. For instructions on changing the relevant settings, please contact your service provider or device manufacturer.
- Aggregate and Analytic Data. We may also combine the information we collect among our Services and across your devices for analytic, security and fraud prevention purposes. For example, we use algorithms that analyze your account status and payment information to detect the unsafe and unsecured payment. We may also use analytic data to assess your account security and provide you suggestion for improvement.
Information We Collect from Third Parties. From time to time, we may obtain information about you from third party sources as required or permitted by law. These sources may include:
- Social Media: We may offer you the opportunity to engage with our content on or through third-party social networking websites, plug-ins and applications. When you engage with our content on or through third-party social networking websites, plug-ins and applications, you may allow us to have access to certain information associated with your social media account (e.g., name, username, email address, profile picture, gender) to deliver the content or as part of the operation of the third-party website, plug-in or application. When you provide information from your social media account, we may use this information to personalize your experience on our Services and on the third-party social networking websites, plug-ins and applications, and to provide you with other products or services you may request.
When You Visit Our Stores
Our products are available for sale in many department stores and through other retailers. This Notice does not address the information practices of third-party stores in which our products are sold. Those stores may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review when you provide them with your personal information. We are not responsible for such stores’ personal information practices.
Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us. Here are some of the ways we collect personal information from you in our Stores and a description of how we use the information:
- Shopping: When you buy products or obtain services in our Stores, we ask you for information we need to process your purchase or provide you with the services you requested. Depending on the payment method you use, and as permitted by applicable law, we may ask for information such as your name, mailing address, telephone number, driver’s license or ID number, passport number, and checking account information or payment card information. We also collect information about your purchase (such as the items you bought, the price of the items, the payment method you used, and if the product was on sale) to provide our products and services and communicate with you.
- Customer Registry: You may join our Customer Registry at our Stores. To join, we ask for your name, postal address, email address, and mobile and home telephone numbers. You also may choose to provide us with your birth date and gender. We use this information to communicate with you about our products, services and promotions, and for other marketing and Customer Assistance purposes.
- Customer Satisfaction Surveys: When you buy products or obtain services in our Stores, we may ask you to complete a customer satisfaction survey. In submitting a survey, you may provide information such as your name, email address, telephone number, age, gender, and other demographic information, in addition to your comments. Providing any of this information is optional. We use the information you provide to improve our products and services, and enhance your shopping experience.
- Ralph Lauren Credit Card: At some of our Stores, you may obtain and complete an application for a Ralph Lauren credit card. Ralph Lauren credit cards are offered by a third-party credit card issuer. If you choose to complete an application at one of our Stores, at your request, we will forward your application to the issuer or you may submit the application directly to the issuer by postal mail. Ralph Lauren does not maintain your credit card application. The information you provide in connection with your credit card application is managed solely pursuant to the issuer’s terms of use and privacy notice. We strongly recommend that you review these documents if you apply for a Ralph Lauren credit card. This Privacy Notice does not govern the collection or use of the information you provide in connection with your credit card application.
- QR Codes: We use QR codes in connection with certain promotions, contests, and special events. If you scan our QR code, you will get an invitation on your mobile device to join our mailing list. To sign up, we ask you for information such as your name, mailing address, email address, telephone numbers, and age. We use the information to communicate with you about our products, services, and promotions.
- Customer Assistance: You may call our Customer Assistance line for information about our products or personal shopping advice. If you do so, we may ask you for information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, and, if you choose to make a purchase, your payment card information. We use this information to respond to your request and process your transaction.
Information We Automatically Collect. To the extent permitted under the applicable law, we may collect certain types of personal information automatically when you visit one of our Stores:
- CCTV: We may use closed-circuit television, video recordings, photography, and/or similar technology to monitor our stores for security, fraud, loss prevention, incident reporting, and operational purposes. We may also collect and aggregate data from video recordings and photographs for a variety of purposes, including to track and analyze how individuals move through the store, analyze trends, make changes to the layout, and optimize visitor experience.
- In-Store Wi-Fi Data Collection: In certain Stores, we use a service that analyzes Wi-Fi signals from mobile devices to measure Store occupancy and to identify customer traffic patterns in the Store. The service determines the location of a smartphone or wireless device by observing Wi-Fi or Bluetooth signals that are broadcast from that device. Individual devices are identified by device identifiers. For the service to collect information from your device, the device’s Wi-Fi must be turned on while you are in the Store. The service provider that collects information from mobile devices in our Stores hashes the device identifiers before using them for analysis purposes. The service provider’s reports to us contain only aggregated statistics about visitors to the Store.
When You Visit Ralph Lauren Restaurants
When you make a reservation at a Ralph Lauren restaurant in the United States (“US”), including RL Restaurant and The Polo Bar, we ask you to provide your name, telephone number, and email address. In connection with your reservation, you may choose to provide additional personal information such as food allergies and information about others. We use this information to communicate with you, to process your reservation, and to enhance your experience at our restaurants and bars.
When you visit a Ralph Lauren restaurant in the United States, we may ask you to provide contact information so that we can communicate with you about our products, services, promotions, and special events or process your request.
If you communicate with us through the “ ” link on the RL Restaurant’s website, we ask you for personal information such as your name, telephone number, email address, ZIP code, and other information you may choose to provide. We use this information to communicate with you about your questions and comments. In addition, if you order a gift certificate for the RL Restaurant, we ask for your name, telephone number, shipping address, and payment card information to process your order.
Reservations at our restaurants and bars may be made through third-party reservation platforms. We are not responsible for the content of any third-party platforms that are not affiliated with us, any use of these platforms, or the privacy practices of the operators of these platforms.