Please read this privacy notice (“Notice”) carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your
Personal Data and how we will treat it. This Notice applies to individuals who interact with Nestlé services as
consumers (“you”). This Notice explains how your Personal Data are collected, used, and disclosed by Nestlé
Middle East FZE (“Nestlé”, “We”, Us”). It also tells you how you can access and update your Personal Data and
make certain choices about how your Personal Data are used.
This Notice covers both our online and offline data collection activities, including Personal Data that We
collect through our various channels such as websites, apps, third party social networks, Consumer Engagement
Service, points of sale and events. Please note that We might aggregate personal data from different sources
(website, offline event). As part of this, We combine Personal Data that were originally collected by different
Nestlé entities or Nestlé partners. Please see Section 9 for further information on how to object to this.
If you do not provide necessary Personal Data to us (We will indicate to you when this is the case, for example,
by making this information clear in our registration forms), We may not be able to provide you with our goods
and/or services. This Notice can change from time to time (see Section 11).
- SOURCES OF PERSONAL DATA
This Notice applies to Personal Data that We collect from or about you, through the methods described
below (see Section 2), from the following sources:
Nestlé websites. Consumer-directed websites operated by or for Nestlé, including sites
that We operate under our own domains/URLs and mini-sites that We run on third party social networks
such as Facebook (“Websites”).
Nestlé mobile sites/apps. Consumer-directed mobile sites or applications operated by or
for Nestlé, such as smartphone apps.
E-mail, text and other electronic messages. Interactions with electronic communications
between you and Nestlé. Nestlé CCCC. Communications with our Consumer Conversation and Care Center
(“CCCC”).
Offline registration forms. Printed or digital registration and similar forms that We
collect via, for example, postal mail, in-store demos, contests and other promotions, or events.
Advertising interactions. Interactions with our advertisements (e.g., if you interact
with on one of our ads on a third party website, we may receive information about that interaction).
Data We create. In the course of our interactions with you, we may create Personal Data
about you (e.g. records of your purchases from our websites).
Data from other sources. Third party social networks (e.g. such as Facebook, Google),
market research (if feedback not provided on an anonymous basis), third party data aggregators, Nestlé
promotional partners, public sources and data received when we acquire other companies.
- PERSONAL DATA THAT WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT
Depending on how you interact with Nestlé (online, offline, over the phone, etc.), We collect various
types of information from you, as described below.
Personal contact information. This includes any information you provide to Us that would
allow Us to contact you, such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, social network details, or
phone number
Account login information. Any information that is required to give you access to your
specific account profile. Examples include your login ID/email address, screen name, password in
unrecoverable form, and/or security question and answer.
Demographic information & interests. Any information that describes your demographic
or behavioural characteristics. Examples include your date of birth, age or age range, gender,
geographic location (e.g. postcode/zip code), favourite products, hobbies and interests, and household
or lifestyle information.
Information from computer/mobile device. Any information about the computer system or
other technological device that you use to access one of our Websites or apps, such as the Internet
protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer or device to the Internet, operating system type,
and web browser type and version. If you access a Nestlé website or app via a mobile device such as a
smartphone, the collected information will also include, where permitted, your phone’s unique device ID,
advertising ID, geo-location, and other similar mobile device data.
Websites/communication usage information. As you navigate through and interact with our
Websites or newsletters, We use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information
about your actions. This includes information such as which links you click on, which pages or content
you view and for how long, and other similar information and statistics about your interactions, such as
content response times, download errors and length of visits to certain pages. This information is
captured using automated technologies such as cookies and web beacons, and is also collected through the
use of third party tracking for analytics and advertising purposes. You have the right to object to the
use of such technologies, for further details please see Section 4.
Market research & consumer feedback. Any information that you voluntarily share with
Us about your experience of using our products and services.
Consumer-generated content. Any content that you create and then share with Us on third
party social networks or by uploading it to one of our Websites or apps, including the use of third
party social network apps such as Facebook. Examples include photos, videos, personal stories, or other
similar media or content. Where permitted, We collect and publish consumer-generated content in
connection with a variety of activities, including contests and other promotions, website community
features, consumer engagement, and third party social networking.
Third party social network information. Any information that you share publicly on a
third party social network or information that is part of your profile on a third party social network
(such as Facebook) and that you allow the third party social network to share with Us. Examples include
your basic account information (e.g. name, email address, gender, birthday, current city, profile
picture, user ID, list of friends, etc.) and any other additional information or activities that you
permit the third party social network to share. We receive your third party social network profile
information (or parts of it) every time you download or interact with a Nestlé web application on a
third party social network such as Facebook, every time you use a social networking feature that is
integrated within a Nestlé site (such as Facebook Connect) or every time you interact with Us through a
third party social network. To learn more about how your information from a third party social network
is obtained by Nestlé, or to opt-out of sharing such social network information, please visit the
website of the relevant third party social network.
Payment and Financial information. Any information that We need in order to fulfil an
order, or that you use to make a purchase, such as your debit or credit card details (cardholder name,
card number, expiration date, etc.) or other forms of payment (if such are made available). In any case,
We or our payment processing provider(s) handle payment and financial information in a manner compliant
with applicable laws, regulations and security standards such as PCI DSS.
Calls to Consumer Conversation and Care Center. Communication with a CCCC can be
recorded or listened into, in accordance with applicable laws, for local operational needs (e.g. for
quality or training purposes). Payment card details are not recorded. Where required by law, you will be
informed about such recording at the beginning of your call.
Sensitive Personal Data. We do not seek to collect or otherwise process sensitive
personal data in the ordinary course of our business. Where it becomes necessary to process your
sensitive personal data for any reason, we rely on your prior express consent for any processing which
is voluntary (e.g. for marketing purposes). If we process your sensitive personal data for other
purposes, we rely on the following legal bases: (i) detection and prevention of crime (including the
prevention of fraud); and (ii) compliance with applicable law (e.g. to comply with our diversity
reporting).
- PERSONAL DATA OF CHILDREN
We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal data from children below the age of 13. If we discover
that we have unintentionally collected personal data from a child below 13, we will remove that child’s
personal data from our records promptly. However, Nestlé may collect personal data about children below
the age of 13 years of age from the parent or guardian directly, and with that person’s explicit
consent.
- COOKIES/SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES, LOG FILES AND WEB BEACONS
Cookies/Similar Technologies. Please see our Cookie Notice to learn how you can manage
your cookie settings and for detailed information on the cookies We use and the purposes for which We
use them.
Log Files. We collect information in the form of log files that record website activity
and gather statistics about your browsing habits. These entries are generated automatically, and help Us
to troubleshoot errors, improve performance and maintain the security of our Websites.
Web Beacons. Web beacons (also known as “web bugs”) are small strings of code that
deliver a graphic image on a web page or in an email for the purpose of transferring data back to Us.
The information collected via web beacons will include information such as IP address, as well as
information about how you respond to an email campaign (e.g. at what time the email was opened, which
links you click on in the email, etc.). We will use web beacons on our Websites or include them in
e-mails that We send to you. We use web beacon information for a variety of purposes, including but not
limited to, site traffic reporting, unique visitor counts, advertising, email auditing and reporting,
and personalisation.
- USES MADE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
The following paragraphs describe the various purposes for which We collect and use your Personal Data,
and the different types of Personal Data that are collected for each purpose. Please note that not all
of the uses below will be relevant to every individual.
What We use your Personal Data for |
Our reasons |
Our legitimate interests |
Consumer service. We use your Personal Data for consumer service
purposes, including responding to your enquiries. This typically requires the use of
certain personal contact information and information regarding the reason for your
inquiry (e.g. order status, technical issue, product question/complaint, general
question, etc.). |
- Fulfilling contractual obligations
- Legal obligations
- Our legitimate interests
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- Improving and developing new products and services
- Being more efficient
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Contests, marketing and other promotions. With your consent (where
required), We use your Personal Data to provide you with information about goods or
services (e.g. marketing communications or campaigns or promotions). This can be done
via means such as email, ads, SMS, phone calls and postal mailings to the extent
permitted by applicable laws. Some of our campaigns and promotions are run on third
party websites and/or social networks. This use of your Personal Data is voluntary,
which means that you can oppose (or withdraw your consent in certain countries) to the
processing of your Personal Data for this purposes. For detailed information on how to
modify your preferences about marketing communication, please see Sections 9 and 10
below. For more information about our contests and other promotions, please see the
official rules or details posted with each contest/promotion. |
- With your consent (where required)
- Fulfilling contractual obligations
- Our legitimate interests
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- Working out which of our products and services may interest you and telling you
about them
- Defining types of consumers for new products or services
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Third party social networks: We use your Personal Data when you
interact with third party social networking features, such as “Like” functions, to serve
you with advertisements and engage with you on third party social networks. You can
learn more about how these features work, the profile data that We obtain about you, and
find out how to opt out by reviewing the privacy notices of the relevant third party
social networks. |
- With your consent (where required)
- Our legitimate interests
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- Working out which of our products and services may interest you and telling you
about them
- Defining types of consumers for new products or services
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Personalisation (offline and online). With your consent (where
required), We use your Personal Data (i) to analyse your preferences and habits, (ii) to
anticipate your needs based on our analysis of your profile, (iii) to improve and
personalise your experience on our Websites and apps; (iv) to ensure that content from
our Websites/apps is optimised for you and for your computer or device; (v) to provide
you with targeted advertising and content, and (vi) to allow you to participate in
interactive features, when you choose to do so. For example, We remember your login
ID/email address or screen name so that you can quickly login the next time you visit
our site or so that you can easily retrieve the items you previously placed in your
shopping cart. Based on this type of information, and with your consent (where
required), We also show you specific Nestlé content or promotions that are tailored to
your interests. The use of your Personal Data is voluntary, which means that you can
oppose the processing of your Personal Data for this purpose. For detailed information
on how to opt-out please refer to Section 10 below. |
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Order fulfilment. We use your Personal Data to process and ship your
orders, inform you about the status of your orders, correct addresses and conduct
identity verification and other fraud detection activities. This involves the use of
certain Personal Data and payment information. |
- Fulfilling contractual obligations
- With your consent (where required)
- Legal obligations
- Our legitimate interests
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- Improving and developing new products and services
- Being more efficient
- Protect our systems, networks and staff
- Compliance with legal obligations
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Other general purposes (e.g. internal or market research, analytic,
security). In accordance with applicable laws, We use your Personal Data
for other general business purposes, such as maintaining your account, conducting
internal or market research and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We
reserve the right, if you have Nestlé accounts, to reconcile those accounts into one
single account. We also use your Personal Data for management and operation of our
communications, IT and security systems. |
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Legal reasons or merger/acquisition. In the event that Nestlé or its
assets are acquired by, or merged with, another company including through bankruptcy, we
will share your Personal Data with any of our legal successors. We will also disclose
your Personal Data to third parties (i) when required by applicable law; (ii) in
response to legal proceedings; (iii) in response to a request from a competent law
enforcement agency; (iv) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, or the
public; or (v) to enforce the terms of any agreement or the terms of our Website. |
- Legal obligations
- Our legitimate interests
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- Compliance with legal obligations
- Protect our assets and staff
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- DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
In addition to the Nestlé entities mentioned in the data controllers & contact section (see Section 12),
We share your Personal Data with the following types of third party organisations:
Service providers. These are external companies that We use to help Us run our business
(e.g. order fulfilment, payment processing, fraud detection and identity verification, website
operation, market research companies, support services, promotions, website development, data analysis,
CRC, etc.). Service providers, and their selected staff, are only allowed to access and use your
Personal Data on Our behalf for the specific tasks that they have been requested to carry out, based on
our instructions, and are required to keep your Personal Data confidential and secure. [Where required
by applicable law, you can obtain a list of the providers processing your Personal Data (see Section 12
to contact Us).
Credit reporting agencies/debt collectors. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
credit reporting agencies and debt collectors are external companies that We use to help Us to verify
your creditworthiness (in particular for orders with invoice) or to collect outstanding invoices.
Third party companies using Personal Data for their own marketing purposes. Except in
situations where you have given your consent, We do not license or sell your Personal Data to third
party companies for their own marketing purposes. Their identity will be disclosed at the time your
consent is sought.
Third party recipients using Personal Data for legal reasons or due to
merger/acquisition. We will disclose your Personal Data to third parties for legal reasons
or in the context of an acquisition or a merger (see Section 5 for details).
- RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
In accordance with applicable laws, We will use your Personal Data for as long as necessary to satisfy
the purposes for which your Personal Data was collected (as described in Section 5 above) or to comply
with applicable legal requirements. Personal data used to provide you with a personalized experience
(see Section 5 above for details) will be kept for a duration permitted by applicable laws.
- DISCLOSURE, STORAGE AND/OR TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use appropriate measures (described below) to keep your Personal Data confidential and secure. Please
note, however, that these protections do not apply to information you choose to share in public areas
such as third party social networks.
People who can access your Personal Data. Your Personal Data will be processed by our
authorised staff or agents, on a need to know basis, depending on the specific purposes for which your
Personal Data have been collected (e.g. our staff in charge of consumer care matters will have access to
your consumer record).
Measures taken in operating environments. We store your Personal Data in operating
environments that use reasonable security measures to prevent unauthorised access. We follow reasonable
standards to protect Personal Data. The transmission of information via the Internet is, unfortunately,
not completely secure and although We will do our best to protect your Personal Data, We cannot
guarantee the security of the data during transmission through our Websites/apps.
Measures We expect you to take. It is important that you also play a role in keeping
your Personal Data safe and secure. When signing up for an online account, please be sure to choose an
account password that would be difficult for others to guess and never reveal your password to anyone
else. You are responsible for keeping this password confidential and for any use of your account. If you
use a shared or public computer, never choose to have your login ID/email address or password remembered
and make sure to log out of your account every time you leave the computer. You should also make use of
any privacy settings or controls We provide you in our Website/app.
Transfer of your Personal Data. Because of the international nature of our business, we
may need to transfer your personal data within the Nestlé group, and to third parties as noted in
Section 6 above, in connection with the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice. For this reason, we may
transfer your personal data to other countries that may have different laws and data protection
compliance requirements to those that apply in the country in which you are located.
- YOUR RIGHTS
Access to Personal Data. You have the right to access, review and request a physical or
electronic copy of information held about you. You also have the right to request information on the
source of your Personal Data.
These rights can be exercised by sending Us an e-mail at care.center@n4hk-mena.com or writing to us at
Nestlé Middle East FZE PO Box 17327 Jebel Ali Free Zone - Dubai, UAE attaching a copy of your ID or
equivalent details (where requested by Us and permitted by law). If the request is submitted by a person
other than you, without providing evidence that the request is legitimately made on your behalf, the
request will be rejected. Please note that any identification information provided to Us will only be
processed in accordance with, and to the extent permitted by applicable laws.
Additional rights (e.g. modification, deletion of Personal Data). Where provided by law,
you can (i) request deletion, the portability, correction or revision of your Personal Data; (ii) limit
the use and disclosure of your Personal Data; and (iii) revoke consent to any of our data processing
activities. Please note that, in certain circumstances, We will not be able to delete your Personal Data
without also deleting your user account. We may be required to retain some of your Personal Data after
you have requested deletion, to satisfy our legal or contractual obligations. We may also be permitted
by applicable laws to retain some of your Personal Data to satisfy our business needs.
Where available, our Websites have a dedicated feature through which you can review and edit the Personal
Data that you have provided. Please note that We require our registered consumers to verify their
identity (e.g. login ID/email address, password) before they can access or make changes to their account
information. This helps prevent unauthorised access to your account.
We hope that We can satisfy queries you may have about the way we process your Personal Data. However, if
you have unresolved concerns you also have the right to complain to competent data protection
authorities.
- YOUR CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Data that you provide to Us. The following
mechanisms give you the following control over your Personal Data:
Cookies/Similar Technologies. You manage your consent via (i) our consent management
solution or (ii) your browser so as to refuse all or some cookies/similar technologies, or to alert you
when they are being used. Please see Section 4 above.
Advertising, marketing and promotions. You can consent for your Personal Data to be used
by Nestlé to promote its products or services through tick-box(es) located on the registration forms or
by answering the question(s) presented by our CCCC representatives. If you decide that you no longer
wish to receive such communications, you can subsequently unsubscribe from receiving marketing-related
communications at any time, by following the instructions provided in each such communication. To
unsubscribe from marketing communications sent by any medium, including third party social networks, you
can opt-out at any time by unsubscribing through links available in our communications, logging into the
Websites/apps or third party social networks and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile
by unchecking the relevant boxes or by calling our CCCC. Please note that, even if you opt-out from
receiving marketing communications, you will still receive administrative communications from Us, such
as order or other transaction confirmations, notifications about your account activities (e.g. account
confirmations, password changes, etc.), and other important non marketing related announcements.
Personalization (offline and online): Where required by law, if you wish to have your
Personal Data used by Nestlé to provide you with a personalized experience/targeted advertising &
content, you can indicate so through the relevant tick-box(es) located on the registration form or by
answering the question(s) presented by our CCCC representatives. If you decide that you no longer wish
to benefit from this personalization, you can opt-out at any time by logging into the Websites/apps and
adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by unchecking the relevant boxes or by calling
our CCCC.
Targeted Advertising. We partner with ad networks and other ad serving providers
(“Advertising Providers”) that serve advertising on behalf of Us and other non-affiliated companies on
the Internet. Some of those advertisements are tailored to your interests based on information collected
on Nestlé sites or on non-affiliated websites over time. You can visit www.aboutads.info/choices to
learn more about this type of advertising, as well as about how to opt-out of interest-based advertising
practices from companies that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (“DAA”) self-regulatory
program. Additionally, you can opt-out of this type of advertising in mobile applications from companies
that participate in the DAA’s AppChoices app by downloading the app from the iOS or Android app store.
You can also stop the collection of precise location data from a mobile device by accessing your device
location service settings.
- CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
If We change the way We handle your Personal Data, We will update this Notice. We reserve the right to
make changes to our practices and this Notice at any time, please check back frequently to see any
updates or changes to our Notice.
- DATA CONTROLLERS & CONTACT
To ask questions or make comments on this Notice and our privacy practices or to make a complaint about
our compliance with applicable privacy laws, please contact Us at: www.nestle-family.com or writing to
us at ask@nestle-family.com or call our CCCC on
UAE & KSA (Toll Free) 800-116 101
Other Countries + 9714810000
We will acknowledge and investigate any complaint about the way we manage Personal Data (including a
complaint that We have breached your rights under applicable privacy laws).
Data controllers |
Responsible for |
Nestlé Middle East FZE (“Nestlé”)
P.O. Box 17327
Jebel Ali Free Zone - Dubai, UAE
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All activities |