Privacy Policy

Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage personal information for the following purposes. The personal information being managed shall not be used for any purpose other than those described in the following, and in the event of any change to such purposes, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall take required actions such as separately obtaining the consent to such change or posting the revised policies on the website pursuant to the Act: 

1- Management of membership to the website 

Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage personal information for the verification of the intent of an applicant to become a member, identification and authentication of an individual for the provision of membership services, retention and management of membership eligibility, verification of individual identity according to the execution of the limited verification of identities system, prevention of improper usage of services, various types of notifications, management of grievances, improving contents of the website and provision of customized web-based service to members, etc.

2- Provision of goods or services, dealing with enquiries and requests, and management of accounts and records

Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage personal information to manage and fulfil purchase orders, sending of agreements and invoices, delivery of contents, delivery of customized services, identity and age authentication, payment or settlement of fees, and collection of debts, dealing with customers’ requests and enquiries, and management of our accounts and records etc. Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage personal information to send service-related communications, including announcements and administrative messages such as order confirmation and to manage and fulfil repair orders and to provide after service care.

3- Management of grievances and legal compliance

Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage personal information for the verification of the identity of a person who filed a complaint; identification of the matter being complained of; contact and notification for inquiry of facts; and notification of the result of the grievance management, etc.

Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage personal information for prevention of fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities and as part of our efforts to keep our website and platforms secure.

4- Customer management, market research, personalized services and marketing

Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage personal information:

·       to deal with your enquiries and requests;

·       for the purposes of sending you newsletters and marketing communications, direct marketing and advertisements in the business areas in which it operates and of providing information related to products, services or events, etc. through online display ads or using communication channels you have provided;  

·       to conduct customer satisfaction survey and market research based on your purchases via your account or guest checkout so that we can continuously improve the service we provide to our customers; and

·       to understand how our website and platforms are used so that we can continuously improve our platforms, services and other offerings.

5- Provision of integrated services

Jaeger-LeCoultre provides the services, as integrated services of ① to ④ above, from all channels, including websites, mobile applications, boutiques and/or client relations center. Under the membership service, once a customer registers with Jaeger-LeCoultre whether on the website or mobile applications, or with a boutique or client relations center, the customer can access services offered online, offline and client relations center. For example, a customer creating an online account would be able to receive both online and offline services. Where Jaeger-LeCoultre invites customers to join its care program to receive international extended warranty, the customers can also receive membership services.   

※ In commercial activities, we assume that a customer have the appropriate capacity for civil conduct. We understand the importance of safeguarding the personal information of minors. The Platforms are not directed at any minor who we know to be under the age of 14, nor do we collect any personal information from any minor who we know to be under the age of 14. We may collect your birthday information to verify your age. If you are under the age of 14, you should not use the Platform and should not submit any personal information to us. In case we find that you are under the age of 14 but you submit your personal information to us, we will terminate services to you (including account cancelation) and delete such personal information as soon as possible.

Jaeger-LeCoultre manages the following items of personal information. 

1- INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE WEBSITE

Purpose of collection: Management of membership to the website, access to call agents, reservation of visit and subscription to newsletter, deal with customers’ enquiries and requests, and provision of membership services 

1. Account creation/Membership registration

• Mandatory: Gender, Names, Password, Email address 

2. E-newsletters/catalogues/newsletter subscription 

• Mandatory: Country, Email address, Gender, Names 

3. Boutique appointment / Event registration 

• Mandatory: Title, Names, Mobile number, Email address, Place of residence

4. Contact Us / Enquiry 

• Mandatory: Country, Gender, Names, Email address, Phone number, Subect, Contact preference, message
• Optional: Product reference

5. Order (non-member)

• Mandatory: Country, Gender, Names, Address, email address, Phone number
• Optional: gift message

6. Survey (Only when collecting personal information)  

• Mandatory: English name (first name/last name), Korean name (first name / last name), phone number, email address 

7. Live Chat (and virtual chat) 

• Optional: Any information that you provide in the live chat

2- INFORMATION THAT MAY BE RECEIVED THROUGH CUSTOMER CARDS AT OFFLINE BOUTIQUES

Purpose of collection: management of membership, provision of goods or services, dealing with enquiries and requests, management of claims and legal compliance, customer management and marketing, and provision of membership services

Mandatory: Salutation, gender, Names, written language, mobile number or email address, country of residence, consent to providing personal information

Optional: Nationality, knows us from, interest, collections, hobbies, date of birth, address and postal code

3- INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED FROM THE CLIENT RELATIONS CENTER

Purpose of collection: Customer registration, receiving calls from customers, quotation of price for repairs, and answering inquiries on products and boutiques, telephone sale, and for security, training or development purposes, and provision of membership services.

Mandatory: Name, email address, phone number, country of residence, voice recording

Optional: Other digital platform I.D., address and postal code, date of birth, wedding anniversary, other information provided by the customer

4- INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED WHEN YOU PURCHASE PRODUCTS IN BOUTIQUES, ONLINE OR BY PHONE

Purpose of collection: completion of transactions, delivery of goods or services, dealing with enquiries and requests, and providing customer services (including customer care, after-sale and repair services), and provision of membership services

• Mandatory: Gender, Names, Language, Delivery address, Marketing consent, email address, Phone number

5- INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH OUR MOBILE APPLICATIONS OR WHEN YOU INTERACT WITH US OVER SOCIAL MEDIA OR OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS

Purpose of collection: answering customers’ queries on goods and services, making boutique appointments and providing information, customer management and marketing, analyzing preferences or interests of customers and update the contents, and location services etc.

Mandatory: Salutation/Gender, name, membership I.D., password, email address, country of residence, mobile number, address, postal cod

Optional: date of birth, wedding anniversary, other digital platform I.D., address and postal code, other information provided by the customer

6-INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED THROUGH CUSTOMERS’ ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE WEBSITE

Jaeger-LeCoultre operates a computer system whereby Jaeger-LeCoultre collects IP address (where available), MAC address, service usage records, visit records, improper usage records and other information collected by automatic tracking technologies, such as Cookies. Cookies are text files, containing small amounts of information, which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or mobile application. We use this information to better understand how visitors use our website and for internal reporting purposes. We will anonymise and not identify individuals through such information without your consent, and share the anonymized information with advertisers, sponsors or other business. Please see the section “Cookies and other information that we automatically collect” below.

Cookies and other information that we automatically collect

①  There are two broad categories of cookies:

·             First party cookies, served directly by Jaeger-LeCoultre to your computer or mobile device. They are used only by Jaeger-LeCoultre to recognise your computer or mobile device when it revisits our Platform. 

·             Third party cookies, which are served by a third-party service provider on our Platform and can be used by the service provider to recognise your computer or mobile device when it visits other platforms. Third party cookies are most commonly used for platform analytics or advertising purposes.

Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Jaeger-LeCoultre uses both 'session cookies' and ‘permanent cookies’. Session cookies exist only while your browser is open and are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Permanent cookies survive after your browser is closed and can be used to recognise your computer or mobile device when you open your browser and browse the internet again. 

②  What cookies does Jaeger-LeCoultre use?

The Platform serves only the following types of cookies to your computer or mobile device:

Type of Cookie: Purpose

Cookies necessary for essential purposes:

These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through this Platform and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like transactional pages and secure login accounts, would not be possible.

Functional Cookies:

These cookies serve a variety of purposes related to the presentation, performance and functionality of this Platform. Their overall purpose, however, is to enhance visitors’ experience and enjoyment of this Platform. 

For example, some of these cookies enable visitors to specify language, product or other platform preferences. 

Performance Cookies:

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our Platform.

The information gathered does not identify any individual visitor and is aggregated. It includes the number of visitors to our Platform, the platforms that referred them to our Platform and the pages that they visited on our Platform. 

We use this information to help run our Platform more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information and to monitor the level of activity on our Platform.

Advertising Cookies:

When you visit our Platform or click on advertisements or promotional areas on the Platform these cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising and promotion.

They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a platform and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers. 

Social Cookies:

These cookies enable users to share pages and content through third party social media and other platforms. The companies that serve these cookies may also use your information to serve targeted advertising on other platforms.

③  Purpose of collection: analysis of the frequency of customers’ visit and use of the website; implementation of targeted marketing (for example, to ensure that the adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests); provision of customized or personalized service (for example, to remember your language and/or product preferences); analysis of preference or interests of customers; and upgrade and improvement of the website and its contents; and provision of membership services; internal reporting

④  Rejection of cookies: Customers may choose not to store cookies by selecting the relevant option under the web browser. Customer may require Jaeger-LeCoultre to obtain a prior consent before Jaeger-LeCoultre collects cookies from the customer’s browser and may also refuse to provide any cookies to Jaeger-LeCoultre. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Platform.

1.      Setting in the web browser

- Microsoft Edge: Select "Settings" menu at the top right side of the browser. > “Cookies and data stored” > “Manage and delete cookies and site data”

- Chrome: Select "Settings" menu at the top right side of the browser. > "Show advanced settings" > In the "Privacy" section, click "Content settings". > Cookies

2.      A customer may contact the personal information protection officer or the department specified below or for exercising veto power on behavior information. 

①  Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage and retain personal information within the legal retention and use period of personal information or within the retention and use period of personal information consented to by the data subject at the time of collecting personal information.

  ② The period of managing and retaining personal information for the purposes set out in Article 1 is as follows.

1.     For the registration and management of membership to the website, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage and retain personal information until the earlier of (i) the achievement of the purpose of retention of personal information and (ii) 2 months following the withdrawal of membership from the website of business operator or organization; provided, however, in the case of an occurrence of any of the following events, until the end or resolution of such event:

1) Any pending investigation or probe following any violation of relevant laws, and

2) Any remaining debts or claims which arose from using the website.

2.     For the provision of goods or services, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage and retain personal information until the completion of the supply of such goods or services, and the completion of the payment or settlement of fees, or until the objective of personal information management is achieved; provided, however, that the personal information necessary for accounting treatment of Jaeger-LeCoultre or reflected in the books and records material to the business of Jaeger-LeCoultre shall be maintained for 10 years pursuant to the Commercial Code of Korea.

3.     For management of grievances and legal compliance, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage and retain personal information until the service or follow-up service of customers’ grievances and complaints is completed.

4.     For customer management and marketing, the personal information will be managed and retained until the earlier of (i) the time it is withdrawn by the customer and (ii) the time the purpose of collecting the personal information has been achieved.

5.     For the provision of integrated services, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage and retain personal information until the earlier of (i) the achievement of the purpose of retention of personal information and (ii) 2 months following the withdrawal of your consent.

6.     Notwithstanding the foregoing, Jaeger-LeCoultre may retain customers’ personal information for a longer time period as required by applicable laws or government orders.

-        Records on the contract or subscription withdrawal, etc.: Stored for 5 years pursuant to the Act on the Consumer Protection in the Electronic Commerce Transactions, etc.  

-        Records on the payment and supply of goods, etc.: Stored for 5 years pursuant to the Act on the Consumer Protection in the Electronic Commerce Transactions, etc.

-        Records on the consumer complaints or dispute settlement: Stored for 3 years pursuant to the Act on the Consumer Protection in the Electronic Commerce Transactions, etc.

-        Login information: 3 months pursuant to the Protection of Communications Secrets Act

①  Jaeger-LeCoultre shall manage the personal information of data subjects within the extent set forth in Article 1 (Purposes of Managing Personal Information). In order to better service customers and properly gather, process and manage customer data, Jaeger-LeCoultre may delegate the management and processing of such personal information to its overseas affiliates listed in paragraph ⑥ below necessary for execution and performance of contracts. Jaeger-LeCoultre has entered into an agreement for delegation of personal information processing services with such entities.

②  The date/time and method of transfer: transfer of personal information is carried out from time to time during the provision period of the services via electronic transfer using VPN

③  The purposes of delegating the management and processing of the personal information include providing technical and IT system, storage and support for client data, conduct analysis and research based on transactions (including analysis of purchase preferences), arranging logistics and product delivery, providing customer services and all other sale, customer card and after-sale services, handling customer’s requests and complaints, and providing customer communication services (including sending e-newsletter and marketing communications on behalf of Jaeger-LeCoultre). 

④  Items of personal information to be transferred are specified in Article 2 above.

⑤  Retention period of personal information performed for consignment work will be in accordance with Article 3.

⑥  Jaeger-LeCoultre shall ensure that all persons and affiliates receiving such personal information shall make best efforts to make sure that the information of data subjects is safely retained according to the Act and relevant laws. Jaeger-LeCoultre will delegate the personal information processing and management services to the following overseas affiliates:

NAME OF AFFILIATE:

Richemont International SA

LOCATION AND COUNTRY:

Route des Biches 10, 1752, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland

PERSON IN CHARGE OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES TO BE ENTRUSTED:

DE LAET Bernard

Email: bernard.de-laet@jaeger-lecoultre.com

NAME OF AFFILIATE:

Richemont Asia Pacific Limited

LOCATION AND COUNTRY:

6/F Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central Hong Kong

PERSON IN CHARGE OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES TO BE ENTRUSTED:

DE LAET Bernard

Email: bernard.de-laet@jaeger-lecoultre.com

Sub-consignees of Richemont International SA:

Maison Company

-        Company name[MC1] : Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre, branch of Richemont International SA, La Golisse 8 – Le Chenit, 1347

Le Sentier, Switzerland

-        Details of the duties consigned: sales and marketing, communications and client relationship management

Cloud services

-        Company name : AWS

-         Details of the duties consigned: cloud solutions and data storage

Client satisfaction survey

-        Consignee : Medallia Inc.

-        Details of the duties consigned: Conducting e-mail surveys about client satisfaction levels on behalf of Jaeger-LeCoultre

⑦  At the time of entering into consignment/delegation agreements, Jaeger-LeCoultre specifies in the agreements etc. the matters relating to prohibition of processing personal information beyond the purpose of performing the consigned duties, technical and administrative protection measures, restriction on re-consignment, management and supervision of the consignee, compensation for damages and etc., and supervises a safe management of personal information by the consignee in accordance with the Act.

⑧  In the event of any change to the contents or nature of the consigned duties or any change of the consignee, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall disclose without delay such change through this privacy policy.

⑨  You have the right to refuse consent to the overseas transfer of your personal information in the manner described above. If you wish to refuse the overseas transfer of your personal information, please contact the department in charge of personal information protection as listed under Article 9. If you refuse the overseas transfer of your personal information, you may not be provided with the services requested, including placing orders and making transactions online.

①  For a smooth management of personal information, in addition to consigning to our overseas affiliates for data processing as provided in Article 4 above, Jaeger-LeCoultre also consigns its duties of managing personal information by itself or through our overseas affiliates, or work with third party platforms as follows:

    Operation of a Client Relations Center

- Consignee: MPC Plus Inc.

- Details of the duties consigned: Receiving calls from customers, quotation of price for customer service, providing boutique information, dealing with enquiries and requests and conducting phone sale (if such service is available) etc.

- Sub-trustee: N/A

Retention and management of customer cards

- Consignee: IRON MOUNTAIN KOREA LTD.

- Details of the duties consigned: Retaining and managing the customer cards accepted by boutiques

- Sub-trustee: N/A

Payment Gateway

- Third party platform: NHN KCP Corporation

- Details of the duties consigned: Provide payment gateway

- Sub-trustee: N/A

②  At the time of entering into consignment/delegation agreements, Jaeger-LeCoultre specifies in the agreements etc. the matters relating to prohibition of processing personal information beyond the purpose of performing the consigned duties, technical and administrative protection measures, restriction on re-consignment, management and supervision of the consignee, compensation for damages and etc., and supervises a safe management of personal information by the consignee in accordance with the Act.

③  In the event of any change to the contents or nature of the consigned duties or any change of the consignee, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall disclose without delay such change through this privacy policy.

①  The data subject may exercise any of the following rights related to personal information protection against Jaeger-LeCoultre at any time.

    1. Right to demand a view of his/her personal information;

    2. Right to demand correction in case of an error

    3. Right to demand deletion; and

    4. Right to demand cessation of management of his/her personal information.

However, Jaeger-LeCoultre may refuse the request for cessation of management if special provisions in the statute are provided.

②  Any of the rights set forth in paragraph ① may be exercised against Jaeger-LeCoultre through a written instrument, e-mail, FAX and etc., in which case Jaeger-LeCoultre shall take relevant actions immediately. Any request pertaining to personal information or cessation of services provided by Jaeger-LeCoultre is to be sent via e-mail at client.relations.korea@jaeger-lecoultre.com or by mail to the following address:

Jaeger-LeCoultre

21F 100 Toegye-ro, State Tower Namsan - 04631

Seoul, Korea

When data subject exercising the rights set forth in paragraph ①, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall verify whether the person is himself/herself or his/her legitimate legal representative.

You are requested to notify Jaeger-LeCoultre of any change to your personal information in order to keep your information up-to-date, and if you do not wish to receive e-mail services provided by Jaeger-LeCoultre, you may choose to stop receiving such services at any time following the instructions specified at the bottom of the e-mail.

③  In the case that Jaeger-LeCoultre is demanded by the data subject to correct or delete any error etc. in personal information, Jaeger-LeCoultre shall not use or provide the relevant personal information until such correction or deletion is complete.

④  Any of the rights set forth in paragraph ① may be exercised through agents such as a legal representative or a delegated person of the data subject, in which case the power of attorney should be submitted in accordance with the Appendix Form No. 11 of the Notice on Personal Information Processing Methods.

①   If personal information becomes no longer needed such as by the elapse of the retention period, achievement of the purpose of managing personal information and etc., Jaeger-LeCoultre shall destroy the relevant personal information immediately.

②   If Jaeger-LeCoultre is required by law to keep preserving personal information even though the retention period consented to by the data subject expired or the purpose of managing personal information is achieved, the relevant personal information shall be migrated to a separate database or be kept at a different place.

③ Personal information is destructed based on the following procedure and method:

  1. Destruction procedure

   Jaeger-LeCoultre selects the personal information which is required to be destroyed and destroys it under the approval by the personal information protection officer in Jaeger-LeCoultre.

  2. Method of destruction

   Jaeger-LeCoultre destroys personal information recorded and stored in the form of electronic files in a way that it cannot be re-generated, and personal information recorded and stored in the form of paper by shredding using shredding machines or by incineration.

Jaeger-LeCoultre has put in place the following measures in order to secure the safety of personal information.

①  Administrative measures: Establishment and execution of internal plan for management, regular staff training, and etc.

②  Technical measures: Management of access authority to the personal information management system, installation of the access control system, encryption of authentic identification numbers, and installation of security programs

③  Physical measures: Restriction of access to the computer room, the data storage room, and etc.

①  Jaeger-LeCoultre has appointed the following person as the personal information protection officer in order to take overall responsibility of the matters relating to the management of personal information and process complaints raised by data subjects and remedy any damage.

  ▶ Personal information protection officer

      Name : SK Seo

      Title : Data Protection Officer

      Contact No. : <Phone> (02) 3440-5652 <E-mail> DPO_KR@richemont.com

<FAX> (02) 6016-9860 

 ▶ Department charged with protection of personal information.

      Name of Department : Jaeger-LeCoultre, Retail Team

      Person in charge : Retail Experience Assistant Manager

      Contact No. : <Phone> (02) 1877-4201 <E-mail> client.relations.korea@jaeger-lecoultre.com

▶ Client Relations Center

Contact No. : <Phone> (02) 1877-4201  <E-mail> client.relations.korea@jaeger-lecoultre.com

②  A data subject may contact the personal information protection officer or the department specified above or the Client Relations Center for any inquiry on personal information protection, complaints, remedies and etc. Jaeger-LeCoultre is committed to answering and acting upon any inquiry from you immediately.

Richemont Korea Limited has installed and is operating CCTV as follows.

①  Basis and purpose of the installation of CCTV: Safety of facilities, prevention of fire and theft at the boutiques

②  Number of CCTV, location, and scope of recording: 106 devices are installed in major facilities including the boutiques covering the entire space of major facilities

③  Manager in charge: Security Team / Responsible department; and persons with access to the image data: managers and vice managers of each boutique

④  Duration of recording, period of storage, place of storage and method of management

     - Duration: 24 hours a day

     - Period of Storage: 35 days from recording

     - Place of storage and method of management: Stored and managed in the control rooms for CCTV at each boutique

⑤   Method and place of viewing image data: To be requested to the manager in charge (Security Team)

⑥   Request for a view of image data by a data subject: Application for the confirmation of the existence of image data of an individual and the view of such image data should be filed. The view will be allowed only if the data subject him/herself is recorded in the image or it is necessary without doubt for the protection of the life, body, and properties of the data subject.

⑦   Technical, administrative, and physical measures for the protection of image data: Establishment of internal management plan, access control and access authority restriction, application of technologies enabling safe storage and transmission of image data, retention of management records, preventative actions against alteration and counterfeit, preparation for facility for retention, and installation of locking mechanism, etc.

①  Jaeger-LeCoultre are working to ensure self-determination of personal information and provide consultation and remedy for damage caused by personal information infringement. If you need to report or consult, please contact our personal information protection officer or the personnel and department charged with protection of personal information stated above and our Client Relations Center in section ‎① of Article 9 (Personal Information Protection Officer) above.

②  In case you wish to report or need advice on a personal information infringement, please contact the institution below.

1. Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee : 1833-6972 (www.kopico.go.kr)

2. Personal Information Infringement Report Center : 118 (privacy.kisa.or.kr)

3. Supreme Prosecutors' Office : 1301 (www.spo.go.kr)

4. Korean National Police Agency : 182 (ecrm.cyber.go.kr)  

①   This privacy policy shall take effect as of 2024-05-08.

②   Previous personal information management policies can be found by clicking the links below:

-2023.04.17~2024.05.07(Click)