L'Oréal Professionnel Paris terms of use of the application My Hair [iD].

Welcome on this application My Hair [iD] dedicated to a virtual try-on makeover tool for the general public (hereinafter “hair lover”) and a professional hair diagnosis tool dedicated to hair professionals (hereinafter “hair pros”) powered by L’Oréal Professionnel (hereinafter the "Application").

Please read carefully these Terms of Use which govern the use of this Application (hereinafter the “Terms of Use”).
By using this Application, you agree to these Terms of Use without reserve.
For any request relating to your use of the Application, you may contact Us at the following address: [email protected].

LEGAL NOTICE

Contact-mail:
[email protected]

Director of Publication:
Anne Machet

Publisher:
L’OREAL SA, company, with capital of 107.199.421,40 EUROS, having its registered offices at 8- 14 rue Royale, Paris (75008), registered with the Paris Registry of Trade and Companies under number 632 012 100 acting in the name and on behalf of its brand L'ORÉAL PROFESSIONNEL (hereinafter the "Publisher" or "We" or “Us”).

Hosted by:
Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, uncorporated under Laws of Ireland,having its registered offices at South County Business Park, Leopardstown - Dublin 18, D18 P521.

Effective as of 28/02/2024. Updated the 19/03/2023.

My Hair [iD] terms & conditions.

1. Access to the application.

a. Who can use it?

To access and use the “hair lover” part of the Application you need to be at least 16 old. If you are under 16, your parents’ prior authorization shall be required.
To access and use the “hair pro” part of the Application you need to be a professional working in the hair and beauty industry.

b. How to download and access it?

The Application shall be delivered solely via electronic download from Apple Store or Android Store (hereinafter the " Platform ").
You may download from the Platform (i) a copy of the Application ; and (ii) install it on the device as per the instructions p rovided during the installation and/ or posted on the Platform.

You may freely download and use the Application, without being required to sign in or create an account.

Access to certain sections of the Application thereof may require the use of PIN codes. In such case it is up to you to take the necessary steps to keep such codes secret.
You may naturally change them at any time.
However, the number of attempts to access the Application and/or certain section thereof may be limited in order to prevent any fraudulent use of such codes.
Please inform Us of any fraudulent us e that you may become aware of. In the event of any breach of the rules set forth under these Terms of Use, W e reserve the right to suspend your access.

c. On what device ?

The installation and use of the Application require a compatible d evice with an Internet connection.
The following operating systems are compatible: iOS 12.0 and later / Android 5.0.
You shall bear exclusive liability for any operation related to the required device, as well as any telecommunication expenses incurred in connection with the installation of, access to and downloading of, the Application.
Your operator may charge you additional expenses for accessing the Internet from a mobile phone or tablet. We shall bear no liability for any network or roaming costs in connection with the Application updates.

2. Use: licence & applicable requirements.

a. License

The Application is hereby licensed, not sold, to you.
As of the effective date of these Terms of Use, subject to compliance with the terms hereof, We hereby grant you on a non-exclusive, revocable and non-transferable license to use the Application, during the period of use of the Application, exclusively for Professional use regarding the Hair Pro tools and Personal Use for the Hair Lover Tool.
The territory for which the Application user license is hereby granted shall be the world.
The Application user shall procure compliance with these Terms of Use by anyone acting in your name or on your behalf.

b. Applicable requirements

In connection with your use of the Application, you hereby agree not to:

  • (a) Duplicate, copy or use the Application for any purposes other than as expressly authorized under these Terms of Use;
  • (b) Attempt (or encourage or support others’ attempts) to reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the Application, except for purposes of interoperability, as defined by law; 
  • (c) Adapt, correct, update or alter the Application in any way;
  • (d) Create any derivative work based on all or any part of the Application; 
  • (e) Disclose or publish the results of performance tests on the Application without our prior written consent;
  • (f) lease or sublicense the Application to any third party;
  • (g) Mask, remove or alter any notice or reference to our proprietary rights;  
  • (h) Correct any error, anomaly, bug or other malfunction or failure affecting the Application;  
  • (i) Download the Application if you are in a country We have expressly excluded;   
  • (j) Use the Application and/or publish any contents via the Application depicting any third parties and/or works protected under intellectual property rights , without the prior express consent of the right holder(s).


You may publish advertising or promotional content s for any products and/or services competing with the L’Oréal group trademarks after obtain ing the prior express consent of the relevant right holders.

Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions, you shall bear sole liability for all such content s as you may publish via the Application .

3. Virtual-try-on feature

This Application may provide you with a make-up or hair-color try-on feature. You can choose the live service (using your device webcam) or an existing picture (uploaded from your device).

The result of the experience (picture with make-up or hair-color) can be downloaded on your device and you may have the option to share it on social platforms. You are free not to use this service.

Pictures are not stored by Us, unless you use the sharing on social platforms, in such case, the picture will be stored during 49 hours. The picture is deleted automatically after such period.

If you share the result of the experience outside of the virtual-try-on feature (through native features available in your device), we are not involved in such sharing (no personal data processing by Us).

4. Intellectual property

  • a. Intellectual property rights

    Developing this Application involved significant investments.
    The Application and each of the elements it comprise s ( i.e ., brand s , images, text s , videos, etc.) are protected by intellectual property rights.
    No us e, reproduction or representation of the Application (in whole or in part), on any media whatsoever, for any other purposes, including, but not limited to, commercial purposes, shall be authorized.

    We may make available to you via this Application contents that you are authorized to download (here in after the " Downloadable Content ").
    We grant you, for your personal and private use only, free of charge and for the legal protection period of intellectual property rights as defined by French and foreign laws and international treaties, a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use the Downloadable Content.
    Any reproduction, representation, modification or distribution of the Application shall be prohibited.
    By downloading or using such Downloadable Content , you agree to use them in accordance with these Terms of Use.

    In the event that W e make an Application available to you which enables you to edit a picture (especially in order to virtually test a cosmetic), you hereby acknowledge and agree that such Application shall be only for your own private use in compliance with its intended purpose.
    You shall not be authorized to make any such use of this Application as may be detrimental to the honor, repute or rights of any third parties as described below.

  • b. Third - party rights

    We hereby remind you that you shall secure all the necessary authorizations and rights from any relevant rights holders in connection with any content you may wish to post via the Application, including any and all intellectual property rights and/or literary, artistic and/ or industrial property rights, and publicity rights (including the right to one's image), to allow your quiet use of such contents.
    For example, you shall secure the rights in and to any contents (especially photographs) showing recent architectural items, advertising designs or apparel designs that might appear ( acronyms , logos, etc.).

  • c. User Contents

    We may make available via th is Application a space dedicated to user content s , such as te x t, photos, videos, opinion s , etc. ( hereinafter " User Content ").

    By posting User Content via the Application , you hereby grant U s a royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide and for the legal protection period of intellectual property rights as defined by French and foreign laws and international treaties (including any subsequent suppletive or amending regulations) license to reproduce, display, use, copy, modify, adapt, edit, distribute, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distribute such User Content (in whole or in part) .

    Said use shall be authorized for all in -house or external, corporate or financial communication purposes, advertising, an d for all public relations, historical or archival purposes, of L’ORÉAL Group or its affiliates, its products and/or its brands, particular ly on the following media :

    • Posting in all format , in unlimited quantity,
    • The written p ress, unlimited number of publications,
    • Publishing, unlimited number of publications, particularly publishing for purposes of in -house communication, including sales force and distribution network (wholesalers, retailers, agents, etc.), events, leaflets for congresses, trade shows, stands ...; B - to - B communication, in the professional press, for an unlimited number of publications and/or quantities;
    • Electronic, IT , digital, multimedia, Internet and Intranet publishing, via any web si tes (whatever the website and/ or medium, including social networks such as Facebook, Tw itter, YouTube or Dailymotion),
    • Unlimited number of inserts and broadcasts , via any advertising media (including by way of advertising at retail outlets and on the L’ORÉAL Group brand products (hereinafter the “ Media ”).


    In addition, We hereby remind you that any Content may be referenced on a search engine and therefore to be accessed by a n audience outside the Application.
    This authorization gives Us the possibility to adapt your Content as initially fixed and/ or make any such clarification to the User Content as W e may consider useful, provided that the User Content shall not alter your image or words.
    Further, the use of User Content may come with such anonym ized information as y our city, country or age, and/ or, if you expressly authorized it, information allowing your i dentification such as your first name, or your alias.

    Any such User Content as you may publish via th is Application shall be chosen by you and under your sole liability.
    However, We would like to remind you that User Content shall not conflict with applicable legislation or acce pted standards of morality, or the principles stated herein.
    In this regard, W e reserve the right to remove at any time any such User Content as may not comply with these Terms of Use, including the Code of Conduct.

    In addition, if you access User Content created by another user, you shall be required to comply with said user’s rights and you shall, in particular, not reproduce or disseminate said Content published via other media without the relevant user’s prior consent.

    You are hereby informed that said social networks are platforms owned by third-parties and, accordingly, the circulation and use of User Content via said social networks shall be governed by thee terms of use defined by said third parties.
    Therefore W e shall not be held responsible for any use of the content by Us or any third part ies in accordance with the terms of use defined by the social networks, including without limitation, in terms of the scope and duration of licensed rights, and removal of Content.
    You shall be responsible for handling any third - party claims relating to the use of the Content in accordance with the terms of use defined by the social networks.

5. Code of conduct.

We support the values of tolerance and respect of others .
For this reason, by using this Application, you agree not to :

  • Publish or provide any personal data that may be considered ‘ sensitive ’:
    • personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs;
    • trade-union membership;
    • genetic data, biometric data processed solely to identify a human being;
    • health-related data;
    • data concerning a person’s sex life or sexual orientation ;
  • Convey any racist, violent, xenophobic, malicious, rude, obscene or unlawful co mments ;
  • Disseminate any content that may be harmful, defamatory, unauthorized, malicious or infringing on privacy or publicity rights , inciting violence, racial or ethnic hatred or qualify as gross indecency or incitement to commit certain crimes or offences ;
  • Use the Application for political, propaganda or proselytizing purposes ;
  • Publish any content advertising or promo ti ng any products and/ or services competing with the brand (s) displayed on the Application;
  • Divert the Application from its intended purpose, including by using it as a dating service ;
  • Disseminate any information that may directly or indirectly allo w the nominal and specific identification of an individual without prior and express consent, such as their last name, postal address, email address, tele phone number ;
  • Disseminate any information or content that may be upsetting for the young est ;
  • Intimidate or haras others;
  • Conduct illegal activities, including that may infringe anyone’s rights in and to any software, trademarks , photographs, images, texts, videos, etc.;
  • Disseminate content (including photographs and videos) portraying minors.


If you become aware of any such User Content as may condone crimes against humanity, incite racial hatred and/or violence , or relate to child pornography, you shall immediately notify Us at the following email address [email protected], specifying in your email / letter the date on which you discovered said content , your identity , the URL , description of the disputed content and the user ID of the author thereof .

If you consider that any User Content is in breach of the principles listed above, of your rights or any third party’s rights (e.g ., any infringement , insult, breach of privacy), you may send a notice to the following email address: [email protected] specifying in your email/letter the date on which you discovered said content, your identity, the URL, description of the reported content and the user ID of the author thereof.

As per the provisions of article 6-I-5 of Act 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 for confidence in the digital economy ( Loi pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique ), said notice shall contain :

  • the date of the notice ;
  • if the sender is an individual : last name, first and middle names, occupation, address, nationality, date and place of birth;
  • the addressee’s name and address or, if a legal entity, its corporate name and registered offices;
  • a description and specific location of the reported facts (e.g ., URL link to the reported content);
  • the reasons why such content should be removed , including an indication of the legal provisions and qualification ( justifications ) applicable to the facts;
  • a copy of any correspondence sent to the author or publisher of the reported information or activities requesting their interruption, removal or alteration, or justification that the author or publisher could not be reached .


Any incomplete notice may not be considered .

WARNING:
The fact for anyone to report any content or activity as unlawful in order to obtain the removal thereof or stop the dissemination thereof by submitting untrue or inaccurate information is punishable by a prison term of one year and a fine of EUR 15,000.

6. Information contained on the application.

a. General provisions

Furthermore, W e hereby remind you that inaccuracies and omissions may appear in the info rmation available on this Application , particular ly due to third parties. We hereby undertake to remove inaccuracies or to complete such information on the Application as soon as possible.

b. Information on the products and services

The products and services presented to you on this Application are not offer ed for sale but a general presentation of the range of the products and services that W e distribute in the country where this Application is available .

c. Advice and beauty profile

The advice provided on th is Application and/or the tools made available to define your beauty profile are merely simulations intended for obtain ing expert cosmetics advice.

The info rmation they deliver are for strictly indicative purposes and shall in no event replace a medical diagnosis or clinical consultation, nor be substitute d for a medical treatment.

Accordingly , We cannot guaranty your entire satisfaction with the advice that results from the use of such tools and assume no liability for any use you may make there of.

For any further information or in the event of doubt, We recommend that you consult your physician.

d. Hypertext links

The hypertext links included on the Application may lead you to w ebsites published by third parties and the content of which W e do can not control.

Accordingly, to the extent that said hypertext links were included on this Application for the sole purpose of facilitating your browsing experience of the Internet, looking up any third - party
websites shall be your own decision and your sole liability.

7. Personal data.

We may collect personal data related to you, particularly when you:

  • (i) subscribe for a service;
  • (ii) download Downloadable Content;
  • (iii) sign in ;
  • (iv) apply f or a game/competition;
  • (v) send U s an e-mail;
  • (v) respond to a poll or study.


For any further information on the processing of your personal data, please look up our privacy policy.

8. Cookies.

Cookies are small files that are left on your device while you browse the Application (such as the pages looked up, the date and time of such access , etc.) and which may be read whenever your access the same Application (hereinafter “ Cookies ”).
For further information on the use of cookies, please consult our cookie table.

9. Amendment to the application and the terms of use.

We may amend the contents and information included on the Application as well these Terms of Use, particularly for purposes of compliance with any new applicable legislation and/or regulations and/or to improve the Application .

Any amendment shall be notified to you via the Application before becoming effective under these Terms of Use.

Unless the amendment requires your express approval, your continued use of the Application shall be deemed as your acceptance of the new Terms of Use.

10. Disclaimer.

We shall use our best efforts to maintain access to the Application and Downloadable Content at all times.
However, We cannot guarantee the permanent availability and accessibility of the Application.
Indeed, we may be required to momentarily suspend access to all or part of the Application, particularly for technical maintenance purposes.

It is hereby further specified that the Internet and IT or telecommunication networks are not error- free and that interruptions and failures can occur.

We cannot provide any guarantee in this regard and shall not therefore be heldliable for any damage that may relate to the use of the Internet and IT or telecommunication networks, including, without limitation:

  • Poor transmission and/or reception of any data and/or information via the Internet;
  • Any external intrusions or computer viruses;
  • Any defaulting reception equipment or communication networks; and
  • Any such Internet malfunctions as may hinder the proper operation of the Application.


Lastly, our liability shall be limited to direct damage , excluding any other damage or loss whatsoever.
More specifically, any indirect damage relating, without limitation, to any loss of profit, revenue or goodwill.

11. Governing law and disputes.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of France .

For any issue, please contact our Customer Service: [email protected].

Pursuant to applicable rules governing mediation, any consumer dispute shall be primarily submitted in writing to Customer Service at the following address: [email protected].

After said referral to Customer Service, any consumer dispute may be submitted to the Online Dispute Resolution Platform (Plateforme de Règlement en Ligne des Litiges ), pursuant to section 14 of EU Regulation no. 524/2013, which is accessible via the following link: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr/.

If the dispute cannot be resolved through said mediation process, it shall be referred to the French courts of competent jurisdiction.