Racoon International registered number 02679957 is a provider and marketer of hair extensions training, hair extension products and services to registered salons and hair stylists throughout the world. Your trust is important to us. We are committed to protecting your privacy and security of your information and will always treat you and your data with the respect you deserve.
We would like to assure you that we will never share your personal data with third parties and that the information we hold is solely used for the purpose of informing you about our latest products, technical advice for hair extension services and for training development in hair extension applications.
At Racoon International we take your privacy seriously and only use the information we collect to provide our services. We never sell your information and will only share with a third party to fulfil a service to you.
At any time, you may request a copy of information we have recorded about you. You may also request we remove all identifiable information with respect to yourself. As a matter of course, we will delete your identifiable information if you have not undertaken business with us after 3 years.
For transparency, listed are the business services we provide and how each service uses the information we collect.
All calls to us are routinely monitored and recorded for training and quality purposes. All recordings are securely kept and only accessed by relevant internal personnel. No recordings are provided to any third party.
We request the minimum level of personally identifying information to run our business effectively. This is data you provide us directly, for example, your name and contact details.
We store notes with respect to services we undertake to ensure we maintain and exceed our level of service. For example, your previous orders, education undertaken with us, preferred shades, types.
We consider you have provided consent for us to store personally identifying information and information about your services based on your receiving services from us.
Depending on the particular service/s we are providing we may be required to ask questions related to your medical history. We will obtain your consent prior to storing information related to your medical history (HAIR IN RECOVERY). Examples of medical data may be allergies, pregnancy or an injury that may impact our service.
We will not undertake phone, mail, email or SMS marketing without you first providing consent for us to do so. Our marketing campaigns are automated and use rules based on services and products purchased and information we collect from you. Of course, you may opt out of receiving marketing material at any time.
We will contact you via phone, email or SMS to confirm orders made and remind you of upcoming orders you may require. We consider your having made orders with us as consent to undertake this activity but, if you want, you may opt out at any time.
We use numerous leading software solutions within our business to provide the services listed above. These software solutions store and process data in numerous locations outside our business premise. For a list of software providers and data storage locations please contact dpo@racooninternational.com We never sell your information and will only share with a third party to fulfil a service to you. Third parties include our group companies, franchise partners, service providers and business partners i.e. email and SMS service providers. Your information is secure and only used for the purpose it is provided. You may contact us at dpo@racooninternational to:
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If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
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