PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

This Privacy Notice supplements our U.S. Privacy Policy and applies solely to the processing of the personal information of California residents. This section is intended to address the relevant notice requirements of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (together, the “CCPA”), and uses certain terms having the meaning given in the CCPA and related regulations.

The document entitled “CCPA Notice at Collection for California Employees and Applicants” specifically addresses the personal information of our employees, job applicants, and independent contractors who are California residents.

Please refer to the sections in the Policy above explaining 1) what data we collect, 2) the purposes of such collection , 3) the sources of such information, 4) the categories of recipients with which we disclose the information and whether such information is sold and shared, and 5) the retention or storage period of such information (Section 1., Section 2., Section 4., Section 6., Section 10., and Section 12. of the Privacy Policy) )

As noted above, we engage in various activities in relation to the handling of data collected and processed via the Website, through VALENTINO, and jointly with VALENTINO.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE HAVE COLLECTED

Listed below are the categories of consumer personal information that we have collected in the preceding 12 months, the business purposes for which it was collected and the sources of the information: 

A legitimate interest is present when we have a business or commercial reason to use your personal information, so long as this interest does not outweigh your rights and interests under the CCPA.

We only use sensitive personal information for the business purposes described above.

2. SALE OR SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION, PURPOSES FOR SALE OR SHARING AND THIRD PARTIES RECEIVING THE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Certain data collection and processing on the Website may be deemed by the CCPA as a “sale” or “sharing” of “personal information”. Under the CCPA, sharing solely refers to the disclosure of personal information for cross-contextual behavioural advertising and is treated similarly under the law to the selling of personal information in exchange for consideration.

In the preceding 12 months, we have shared the following personal information to third parties, and we continue to share personal information with third parties, as specified below:

We do not knowingly provide services to anyone under the age of 16 nor do we have actual knowledge that we sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

3. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSED FOR A BUSINESS PURPOSE, REASON FOR DISCLOSURE AND THIRD PARTIES RECEIVING THE INFORMATION

In the preceding 12 months we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for the business purposes indicated to the following categories of third parties:

4. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE CCPA

You have the right under the CCPA, to exercise, free of charge, the following rights:

a.   Right to Know. You have the right to request information about the personal information we have collected about you, including the categories of personal information, sources of collection, and the business purposes for collecting it.

You have the right to request information about the personal information we sold, shared or disclosed, including the categories of personal information, the categories of third parties to whom the information was sold, shared, or disclosed, and the business purposes for collecting, sharing or disclosing it. Additionally, you have the right to request specific pieces of personal information in a portable and structured format.

b.   Right to Correct. You can request the correction of inaccuracies in your personal information.

c.   Right to Delete. In certain circumstances, you have the right to request the deletion or de-identification of your personal information. However, please note that this right does not apply in specific situations, such as when the information is necessary to provide services, fulfil a contract, protect security and rights, comply with legal obligations, or engage in research or other lawful uses.

d.   Right to Opt-Out. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information or sharing of your personal information for the purpose of cross-contextual behavioural advertising. You may opt-out of sale or sharing of your personal information by sending an email to privacy@valentino.com  with the subject line “Do Not Sell or Share my Personal Information”, sprecifying your full name and the email address associated with your account or interactions with VALENTINO..

5. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS

To exercise your rights as described above you may contact us by:

• Visiting https://www.valentino.com/en-us/help/contactUs
• Calling us directly at +1 855 967 1970 from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  and Saturday from 10:00 a.m to 7:00 PM (EST, excluding public holidays)
• Emailing us at privacy@valentino.com.

Please note that we can deny a CCPA-related data access or data portability disclosure request if you already made such request twice within a 12-month period.

If you choose to contact us directly by phone or email to exercise your rights, you must provide us with: (i) sufficient information for us to identify you; (ii) proof of your identity and address (e.g., a copy of your driver’s license or passport and a recent utility or credit card bill); and (iii) a description of what right(s) you want to exercise and the information to which your request relates.

We are not obligated to satisfy a request for a data access or data portability disclosure, or to correct personal information, if we cannot verify that the person making the request is the person about whom we collected information, or is someone authorized to act on such person’s behalf.

Any personal information we collect from you to verify your identity in connection with you request will be used solely for verification purposes.

You may designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights under the CCPA. If you utilize an authorized agent to exercise a right, you must furnish the following proof that you have authorized the agent to act on your behalf:

• Your written permission for the authorized agent to act on your behalf and separate verification of your identity; or
• Proof that the authorized agent holds a power of attorney to act on your behalf pursuant to Cal. Probate Code §§ 4121--4130.

6. NO DISCRIMINATION

If you choose to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, you have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by us.

7. SECURITY AND RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use reasonable and appropriate measures to protect your personal information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into due account the risks involved in the processing undertaken and the nature of the personal information we collect.

We will keep your personal information, including sensitive personal information, for as long as we need it, or as otherwise prescribed by law, for the purposes set out in this Policy. The retention period will vary depending on your interactions with us. We may retain your personal information for a longer period of time if we believe valid legal grounds for doing so exist; for example, in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider many factors, including the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements. For more information, please contact the DPO at privacy@valentino.com.

8. DO NOT TRACK

Some web browsers have “Do Not Track” features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. The Website does not currently process or respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

9. CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice for California residents, and/or our privacy and information practices, you can direct them to us by:

• Visiting https://www.valentino.com/en-us/help/contactUs
• Contacting us directly at +1 855 967 1970 from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  and Saturday from 10:00 a.m to 7:00 PM (EST, excluding public holidays)
• Emailing us at privacy@valentino.com.

10. CONFLICTS

This Privacy Notice is a supplement to, and is incorporated into, our U.S. Privacy Policy. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Privacy Notice and the terms of the Privacy Policy, this Privacy Notice shall prevail with respect to your personal information that is governed by California law.