The Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States family of companies respects your privacy, and we will do our best to earn and keep your trust. All personal information that you or your child shares with us is treated with the utmost care. Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States has created this global privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to the privacy of all our Guests from 3 to 103 all over the world.
This privacy policy identifies what personal information we collect when you visit our stores or use our websites, what choices you can make about your personal information, how we use this data, and how we protect your personal information.
In exchange for accessing, browsing and/or using the Site, you agree to be bound by these terms and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation UAE Federal Law No. 40 of 1992 concerning the Protection of the Intellectual Work and Rights of the Author and the Implementing Regulations thereof. You represent you have the legal authority to accept these Web Site Terms of Use on behalf of yourself or any party you represent. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to these Web Site Terms of Use, including without limitation this paragraph.
This Privacy Policy applies to websites and retail stores operated by Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States. The purpose of this policy is to tell Guests what information we collect, how it is used, where it is used and how to contact Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States with privacy inquiries. Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States is not responsible for the content, privacy policies or practices of those websites. We notify you each time you leave a BABW website and link to a non-BABW website and recommend that you review the privacy policies of each site you visit.
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States collects information, including personal information that you provide to us when you visit us in our retail locations or website. Personal information includes information that can identify you such as your full name, your e-mail address or postal address, your gender and birth date, payment details, product preferences and purchasing history. Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States collects and uses your personal information to conduct business with you and to improve your experience with us. Some examples include:
Our email, website and other interactive programs allow you to choose to receive or to stop receiving communications from us. You can choose to receive e-mail and/or postal mail from a specific Build-A-Bear Workshop brand or to receive offers from other Build-A-Bear Workshop brands.
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States honors a “once out – always out” policy. Once you opt out, you are opted out of that type of communication and that brand until we are explicitly told in writing to opt you back in. You may opt out of email programs at any time by following the opt-out instructions provided in the email you receive. You also may be removed from Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States programs you enrolled in, stop receiving postal mail and other communications, review, update or correct your information, or prevent any further use of your personal information by Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States by contacting us. Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States will respond to reasonable requests in an appropriate timeframe as determined by the respective authority.
What information is collected online from children under 13 and how is it used?
Create an online account.
Children may browse our online store and make a wish list. Children under 13 must provide their parent’s email address and are not permitted to join the list without parental permission. Children under 13 are not permitted to make purchases from our online store.
Join our email list.
We ask for first name, email address, and date of birth from anyone wishing to join our email list. Children under 13 must provide their parent’s email address and are not permitted to join the list without parental permission.
Enter online contests and sweepstakes.
First name and email address are collected solely for the purpose of contacting the winner. If there are prizes in several categories, we may also collect age.
Send an ecard.
Children under 13 supply their name and email address and the recipient’s name and email address to send an e-card. The sender’s email address is used to send a copy of the e-card or confirm receipt of the card. When the sender requests confirmation of the cards sent, they will receive a confirmatory email. These email addresses are not used for any other purpose.
Submit a book review.
Children under 13 may submit a review of a book they have read to Bearemy’s Book Club. We collect the child’s first name and age and post them with the review.
Do you obtain parental consent prior to collecting information from my child?
Yes, where required by law. We obtain parental consent prior to collecting information online from a child under 13. Additionally, in our stores we encourage supervision by a parent or guardian if a child inputs information at the Name Me® station. Is my child’s information required for participation in online activities?
No. Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States does not limit a child's participation in any online activity by requiring more identifiable information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity. Is my child’s information required to receive certificates in the store?
No. Personal information is not required to create a certificate at the Name Me® station in the store. Is my child’s information shared with unrelated third parties?
No. Personal information obtained online from children under 13 is not released to any unrelated third party, except as permitted by law. What information did my child share while attending a party?
Parental supervision is always recommended, however parents often do not attend a party with their child. Children attending a party may create a certificate at the Name Me® station. A certificate can be created with just the animal’s name and the child’s first name. Additional information, such as full name, address and email address may be collected at the Name Me station and used if Guests creating a certificate also request to receive promotions via email and/or postal mail. What are my choices as a parent or guardian?
Parents and legal guardians can make choices regarding the personally identifiable information we collect online from children under 13, as follows: Parental Notice and Consent
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States will NOT collect online contact information from children under 13 without parental notice, including the opportunity for the parent to consent to or prevent use of the information and participation in the activity, except as described above and as otherwise permitted by law. Parents have the right to grant, deny or revoke consent at any time. Review information
Parents and legal guardians may contact Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States to review the personal information we collect online from children under 13. In order for us to respond to this request, verification of identity may be required, to ensure we are communicating with the child’s parent or legal guardian. Remove information
Parents and legal guardians may have their child's personal information removed from our database. Request no further collection
Parents and legal guardians may request that no further collection or use of the child's personal information be allowed.
To contact our Privacy Officer regarding the above requests, click here.
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States does not release the personally identifiable information it collects from you to any unrelated third parties so that they may send you commercial promotions or offers for products or services. We do, however, share anonymous, aggregate information concerning the demographic makeup of our customers to unrelated third parties, and share personal information as described below:
Business Transfers
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States reserves the right to transfer your personal information in connection with the sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets. If the business is sold or transferred, Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States will give you an opportunity to tell us not to transfer your personal information. In some cases, this may mean that the new organization will not be able to continue providing you with the services or products that Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States provided.
Service Providers
Further, we may share your information with our service providers—that is, organizations providing services to support Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States functions, such as our mail and email processing companies, payment processing companies, and market research firms. All such service providers are bound by contract to refrain from using the personally identifiable information we collect from you for any purpose other than providing the service to Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States.
Laws and Legal Rights
We also may release information at the request of law enforcement authorities, when ordered to do so by a court, or when we have the right to do so and believe it is necessary to assert or protect our legal or intellectual property rights.
Fraud Prevention
In order to protect our Guests and ourselves from fraud or theft, we may pass information to other organizations (including law enforcement agencies).
When Build-A-Bear Workshop transfers personal information to countries other than the country where it was provided, we do so in compliance with applicable data protection laws. All Guest personal information collected via www.buildabear.ae is stored on secured servers located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and in our World Bearquarters in St. Louis, Missouri daily. No copies of the data exist at the point of origin.
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States maintains reasonable security measures, such as firewall, limited access, and SSL encryption technology, designed to help protect against loss, misuse, and alteration of Guest information collected by Build-A-Bear Workshop ® Gulf States. All information collected via our websites and in-store at the Name Me® station is stored on secured servers located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and in our World Bearquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Our Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States website may also collect information passively, through the use of cookies. A cookie is a small text file that writes to your hard drive. The cookie file contains your computer's IP address and a user ID. The user ID links any orders you have placed on our site to your personal information. A user ID has no personally identifiable information attached to it unless you place an order on our site. Our website uses cookies to enhance the Guests’ experience and help us improve our services. For example, we may use cookies to keep track of your basket or shopping cart while you are shopping on our site or to track your activity. Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States uses web beacons in emails to track traffic from the email to specific pages on our websites. You may be able to adjust your browser so that your computer either does not accept cookies, or notifies you when a website tries to deposit a cookie into your computer. Our cookies do not contain confidential information such as your home address, telephone number, or credit card information. We do not exchange cookies with any third parties. Revisions
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States revise or withdraw the Content, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States may at any time revise these Web Site Terms of Use by updating this posting. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and you agree to periodically visit this page to determine the then current Web Site Terms of Use to which you are bound.
Limitation of Liability
Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States will not be liable for any damages of any kind including but not limited to, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of or relating to the use or the inability to use the Site, the Content or links, damage caused by viruses affecting your computer equipment or your reliance on the Content or use of the products or services promoted/advertised at or associated with the Site.
Change to Policy
Build-A-Bear Workshop reserves the right to change this Policy at any time by posting an updated Policy at the website.
Contact Us
Any questions regarding this Policy should be directed to info@buildabear.ae
Mail in your request
Privacy Associate Build-A-Bear Workshop® Gulf States BAB Gulf FZE Office No. 108, Bldg. 5 W-A Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority Dubai, UAE, PO Box 54626
Phone us with your request
You may call on +9714-2146920.
