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For SHEIN customers, this Privacy Policy ( "Policy" ) explains how your personal information is collected, used, shared, processed, and protected when you access this website, located at us.SHEIN.com (the "Site" ), our mobile application (the "App" ), or use other services provided by SHEIN, including any written, electronic, and oral communications, online or offline, and purchases performed (collectively, the "Services" ) as well as the rights and choices you have associated with that information. The Policy also describes your rights regarding your personal data and explains how you can contact us to learn more about our data practices or to exercise your rights.
In the United States, the Site and the App are provided by SHEIN US Services, LLC. who is responsible for collecting, processing, and protecting your personal data. In this Policy, the terms “SHEIN,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to SHEIN US Services, LLC.
Please read our Terms and Conditions and this Policy before accessing or using our Services. If you cannot agree with this Policy or the Terms and Conditions, please do not access or use our Services.
Policy Modification: SHEIN may change this Policy from time to time, to reflect how we process your data, and if we make changes, we will revise the effective date or last modified date at the top of this Policy. If we make changes that materially affect your privacy rights, we will attempt to provide advanced notice (including via real- or near real-time disclosures) or otherwise via the Site, or by some other means of contact so that you have a reasonable opportunity to review the changes before you continue to use the Site or the Services.
If you do not agree with the modified Policy, please stop using the Services.
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Personal information is any information that is relatable to an identifiable person. The definition of personal information (used interchangeably in this Privacy Policy with the term "personal data") depends on where you are located. Personal information does not include data that has been effectively anonymized or aggregated so that it can no longer enable us or others, whether in combination with other information or otherwise, to identify an individual.
We collect personal information from various places including online, in-person, and from third parties, such as when shopping on our Site/App, engaging with us at a pop-up or promotional event, or interacting with us on a third-party site such as a social media platform. We may obtain and combine personal information from different sources, types of technology, and devices. Not all categories of personal information will be collected or received about every individual, depending on how you use or engage with the Services.
We generally collect the following categories of personal information from you when you use our Services:
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Basic Personal Identifiers, such as a name, address, government-issued identifier (e.g., national identification numbers, driver’s license numbers), email, and phone number |
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Device/Online Identifiers, such as account login information, MAC address, IP address, cookie IDs, mobile ad IDs, social media information, and device security configuration status (a 0/1 indicator of whether biometric authentication, such as fingerprint or facial recognition, is enrolled on your device); no biometric data itself is collected) Confirmation of your phone number and area code. |
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Commercial Information, such as records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered by you |
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Network Activity, such as information regarding your browsing activity (such as length of visit, number of page views, and keystroke patterns to identify potential bot activity), click-stream data, locale preferences, your mobile carrier, date and time stamps associated with transactions, and system configuration information |
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Communications, such as emails, virtual chat logs, text messages, or other exchanges, where SHEIN is a party to the communications, including audio recordings where permitted by applicable law |
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Content you choose to upload to the Services, such as text, images, audio, and video, along with the metadata associated with the files you upload |
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Payment Card and Financial Information, such as credit or debit card numbers, financial account numbers, or other financial data to process payments, refunds, or other financial transactions |
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Preferences, Behavior Data, and Inferences, such as your indicated body shape, height, chest/waist/hip circumference, and weight, as well as your preferences for clothing sizes or styles, personalization |
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Content Posted Online. For influencers and similar persons that SHEIN considers for partnerships, SHEIN may collect or use any information posted or disclosed on publicly accessible third-party message boards, chat, profile pages, blogs, and other services, including through social media outlets, to assess such opportunities. |
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Profiles or Enrichment Data from Commercial Data Brokers, such as profiling information regarding influencers and similar persons obtained from commercial data brokers and aggregators to supplement the information we collect, in order to assess partnership opportunities, inform marketing strategies, as well as information that assists us in preventing fraud or other illegal activities. |
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We do not knowingly collect protected classifications about our users, biometric information, or education-related information. For clarity, the device security configuration status indicator described above reflects only whether biometric authentication is enabled on your device as a device security setting - it does not constitute biometric information and no biometric data, templates, or identifiers are collected. When communicating with us by email or through forms on our Services, or when you publicly share content through our Services, we ask that you please do not send us any sensitive information pertaining to yourself or to others.
We use your personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or otherwise disclosed to you, primarily relating to providing products and services to you and improving our Services. The purposes and types of information we process are listed in the chart below and should be understood to include uses of your personal data that are compatible with the purposes listed.
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To create an account with us, to manage your account, and to provide you with our Services |
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To fulfill or process orders |
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To provide customer service and support |
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To provide product and seller feedback |
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To undertake marketing, advertising or other promotional activities |
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To improve our product or service, or for personalization |
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To prevent and investigate fraud and other illegal activities |
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To comply with legal or compliance requirements |
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To administer our partner Programs (e.g., Refer-A-Friend) |
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Other Consent-Based Purposes |
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We may disclose and share your personal information with the parties as described below.
C. Service Providers. We may provide access to or share your personal information with the following types of third-party service providers as set out in the table below:
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IT system and software service provider |
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Payment service provider |
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Marketing and advertising services |
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Order fulfillment service provider |
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Customer service provider |
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Fraud prevention and information security service provider |
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Other Service providers selected by you |
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Please note that we may disclose, without restriction, aggregated or anonymized information about the users of our Services, which is information that does not identify any specific individual.
We may use cookies, tags, web pixels, and similar technologies to automatically collect information through our Services. Cookies or tags are bits of code that allow our technology partners to collect information that usually does not directly identify you. Information within this section describes our use of cookies and your ability to control the use of cookies for advertising-related purposes..
We use the following types of cookies on our Services:
B. Your Choices. Your browser may provide you with the option to refuse some or all browser cookies. You may also be able to delete cookies from your browser. You can exercise your preferences in relation to cookies on our Services by taking the steps outlined below.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. In addition, most web browsers provide help pages relating to setting cookie preferences.
SHEIN adheres to the Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Principles(https://digitaladvertisingalliance.org/principles).
We maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to guard your personal data from unauthorized processing, use or disclosure. Our security measures include industry-standard physical, technical, and administrative measures to prevent unauthorized access to or disclosure of your information. We also require our service providers to provide privacy and security controls to protect data shared with them in order to perform services.
The Internet is not an absolutely secure environment, and we cannot guarantee that your personal data will be secure. We therefore strongly recommend that you use a unique, complex password to help us ensure the security of your account. We also strongly recommend that you do not share your password with others or re-use passwords on our Services that you use on other sites or apps, as doing so increases the likelihood of your being the victim of a credential stuffing attack or other malicious cyber behavior. If you feel that the security of your account or personal data has been compromised, please immediately contact us at our dedicated Privacy Center or as otherwise described in the "Contact Us" section below
Depending on where you live, residents of certain states (including but not limited to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington) may have privacy rights relating to their personal information which are described below. In addition to these covered individuals, SHEIN has chosen to extend these same privacy options to all US customers, so that any SHEIN customer in the US can exercise the privacy choices described in this Section.
6.1 Access, Correction, and Deletion of your Personal Information - Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete the personal information that we collect. However, your rights are subject to certain exceptions according to the applicable law. For instance, we cannot disclose specific pieces of personal information if the disclosure would create a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of the personal information, your account with us or the security of our network systems.
6.2 Right to Opt Out of “Sale”/Sharing/Targeted Advertising -We do not sell our users’ information to third parties as that term is generally understood. However, making certain identifiers available to third parties may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under certain laws. When you visit our website, we may share some personal identifiers such as cookies and other tracking technologies for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads as described herein. In the previous 12 months, we may have shared identifiers and inferences about you with our partners, third parties, and affiliates in such a way that, under such privacy laws, may be interpreted as “selling” or “sharing”. Please see the "Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies" section above for a description of opting out of cookies and controlling browser settings. If you would like to opt-out of the “sale”/”sharing” of such personal information, targeted advertising, or marketing profiles, you can control such access to your data by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”/ “Manage Cookies” link on the bottom of the webpage, or in the Settings menu in your mobile app.
6.3 Unsubscribe from Our Marketing Communications -If you do not want us to use your email account to send you marketing emails or non-transactional promotional materials, please directly click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our marketing email messages to you or contact us at our dedicated Privacy Center. If you previously consented to receive text messages (SMS) and mobile notifications, you can reply “STOP” to any SMS (text) message to cancel or contact us at our dedicated Privacy Center. If you wish to stop push notifications or alerts to your mobile device through our app, you can stop these notifications by changing the settings on your mobile device.
6.4 Objection to Processing/Unauthorized Account Creation (Unbind) -If someone has created a SHEIN account using your email address without your authorization, you can "unbind" the account from your email address. To process this request, please submit a request in the Privacy Center under the "Object to Processing" option and enter "unbind" in the "Additional Comments"/”Detailed Description” field.
6.5 Requests from Authorized Agents/Third Parties-For the protection of your account and the security of your data, only you or a person you formally authorize to act on your behalf may make a privacy request related to your personal information. If you use an authorized agent to submit such a request, we will require written proof that the authorized agent has been authorized to act on your behalf, which we obtain in the request verification process. Third parties may submit requests on a data subject's behalf; however, requests will still need to be directed to the data subject themselves for verification and authorization to proceed.
6.6 Right Against Discrimination -You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights described in this section. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of the rights described herein.
6.7 Account Verification -SHEIN is legally obligated to verify the identity of a requester to ensure that personal information from your account can only be accessed and released to duly authorized parties. To verify your request, we will send a verification email to the e-mail address you provide. Once you click the verification link, we will be able to proceed with processing the request based on the verified email address. However, if your account is associated with an email address other than the one provided for verification, we will be unable to fulfill your request and will require you to resubmit your request using your email address associated with your account. We may not accommodate a data subject request if we believe the change would violate any legal requirement or pose an unacceptable risk to the privacy or security of our customers.
6.8 Lodging Complaints - If you believe we have infringed or violated your privacy rights, please contact us at [email protected] so that we may attempt to resolve any issues to your satisfaction.
6.9 Appeal - If you would like to appeal any decision made by the company relative to your privacy rights, please directly reply to the correspondence received from the company relating to the decision.
6.10 Automated Decision-Making - Some states grant rights to request that businesses not engage in certain types of automated decision making about you. Because SHEIN does not use automated decision making that is subject to this right, we do not accept requests to opt out of automated decision making.
6.11 Self-Service Tools -In addition to the SHEIN Privacy Rights Request Center options described above, SHEIN voluntarily offers a variety of self-service tools, where you can learn more about the data in your record, export your profile information, make corrections, change your password, and request to have your account deleted. Because the self-service tools are accessible through a customer’s “My Profile” feature, they are only accessible to current account holders; all other persons should submit a DSR through the “SHEIN Privacy Rights Request Center” link in the Privacy Center. You can find more information about the self-service tools available to account holders here [Additional Self-Service Tools].
7.1 Third Party Websites - Our Services may contain links to third-party sites. This Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of any other sites that you visit as we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.
7.2 Children’s Data - In order to use this site, you must be at least 18 years old. SHEIN doesn’t sell products for purchase by children. We may sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you're under 18, you may use SHEIN only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.
If you are under 18. SHEIN may process some of your personal data:
Product reviews: A parent or other adult who buys an item for you may take a photo of you and post it as part of a review of that product. Parents are advised not to post photos where the child’s face is identifiable.
Children’s Profiles: A parent or other adult may add a profile for you to their own personal profile. This allows them to tell us what kinds of products they like to buy for you. We use this information to recommend other products to them which we think they might like to buy for you.
To create this profile, we need to know the approximate age of the child (i.e., what month and year the child was born in) and whether the child is a girl or a boy. We also ask the parent to affirm that they have the legal authority to post the information being provided. The parent or guardian will also be asked to create a nickname for the profile. To best protect the privacy interests of the child, you should not use the child’s name.
This profile will only be visible to the person who creates it.
If a minor has provided us with personal information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us immediately to remove the relevant personal information and unsubscribe the minor. As described further in our Terms and Conditions, please do not upload photographs showing other people, in particular if they are minors.
7.3 Transfers of Your Personal Data Outside the US - This Privacy Policy only applies to residents of the United States. If you are a resident of another country, please see the applicable SHEIN Privacy Policy and Terms of Use that is specific to your jurisdiction, which is generally available on the local version of the App or Site or through the Privacy Center. Please note as well that when you use our Services, your personal data may be accessed or transferred outside of the United States, such as when you order products from a seller located China and your Basic Personal Identifiers are sent to them in order to fulfill your order. For some sellers located in the US, they may also maintain business operations outside the US and need to transfer data to other countries in order to fulfill orders. We may also share your personal data with our worldwide affiliates, including those in Canada, Mexico, and the European Union, under the terms of our Global Intra Group Data Transfer Agreement. Such countries may have data protection laws that are less protective than the laws of the jurisdiction in which you reside. For these transfers, we rely on appropriate safeguards as permitted under applicable law and standards. If you do not want your information transferred to, processed, accessed, or maintained outside of the United States, please understand that you may not be able to order products from the Services..
In addition to the rights described in “What Are Your Privacy Rights and How to Exercise Them?” above, the following rights and notices apply to residents of the states listed below.
8.1 California - California's Shine The Light law permits customers who are residents of California to request information regarding our disclosure of certain personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes (see California Civil Code section 1798.83 (e)(7) for a list of personal data categories). You can submit a disclosure request using the contact information provided below once a year and free of charge. However, we do not share any personal information protected under the Shine The Light law with third parties, other corporate family entities, or affiliate businesses for their direct marketing purposes.
8.2 Nevada - Although we do not "sell" "covered information" of Nevada "consumers" as those terms are defined by Chapter 603A of the Nevada Revised Statutes, if you are a Nevada consumer, please go to our Privacy Center and inform us that you would like us to provide you notice in the event we should do so in the future, at which point you will have an opportunity to be verified and exercise your opt-out rights under that law. You may contact us as described below. It is your responsibility to keep your notice contact information current.
8.3 Oregon - Upon reasonable request by email to [email protected] and verification that you are a resident of the State of Oregon, we will provide you with a list of specific “third parties” (as such term is defined per ORS 646A.570(20)), other than natural persons, to whom SHEIN has disclosed personal information relating to Oregon consumers, excluding consumers, controllers, processors, or affiliates of SHEIN or its processors and except where such disclosure would require disclosure of SHEIN’s trade secrets, as defined in ORS 646.461.
If you have questions or concerns regarding any information in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at our dedicated Privacy Center or via email to [email protected].
Our Privacy Office can also be contacted via our postal address:
SHEIN Privacy Office
777 S. Alameda St., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90021