It is the goal of WinesandRecipes.com™ to bring you information that is tailored to your individual needs and, at the same time, protect your privacy. The following is a summary of the various ways we treat the information you provide us while using our site.
We use the personal information you supply us, including your registration data, to enhance the WinesandRecipes.com™ service, fulfill your requests for products, programs, or services, personalize your experience and provide you or permit others to provide you with special offers we think you will find valuable. We also use other information obtained from user site traffic patterns to better provide you with a personalized experience and special advertising offers and promotions. We view personalized advertising as beneficial to our users.
We also use your registration data information in connection with the WinesandRecipes.com™ promotions in order to track your progress, to notify you if you are a winner and to ensure that we comply with the applicable laws.
WinesandRecipes.com™ uses the information described above to do, among other things, the following:
• Personalize and enhance the WinesandRecipes.com™ site and service such as providing you with your personalized selections that we believe will be of interest to you.
• Send personalized information about WinesandRecipes.com™ and its site features, promotions and special offers, unless you have opted out of receiving these types of communications.
• Send you advertising from third parties including selected and trusted WinesandRecipes.com™ partners, unless you have opted out of receiving these types of communications.
• Provide your personal information to selected 3rd parties unless you have opted not to permit such sharing.
• Provide you with advertising and other promotional offers that we believe will be of interest to you.
• Contact users for feedback regarding WinesandRecipes.com™ and WinesandRecipes.com™ 's partners via email surveys.
We may also use the information we collect to develop summary reports for our advertisers. An example of a summary report might be "100,000 people clicked on this link and of those people, 35% were registered users above the age of 25." We provide this information to assist our advertisers in determining how to promote their products. We do not tell our advertisers who it was that saw or clicked on their advertisements unless you have specifically told us this is acceptable.
WinesandRecipes.com™ may sell our users' e-mail addresses. However, unless otherwise specified, we may share e-mail address and sell or share all other information with our affiliates and with carefully selected companies who we think can offer you services and products of interest to you. If you do not wish to receive communications from us, simply follow the unsubscribe instructions contained within the e-mail. If you've registered on any part of WinesandRecipes.com™ , you may also change or update your member preferences or information within any section of the site where you have signed up, registered or created any type of account.
We also allow access to our database by third parties that provide us with services, such as technical maintenance or forums software, but only for the purpose of and to the extent necessary to provide those services. And if you choose to purchase items through features on our site, we may forward your information to third parties for services such as credit card processing and order fulfillment. There are also times when you provide information about yourself to us in areas of the site that are managed or participated in by third parties, such as our featured merchant partners. In such cases, the information may be used by us and by such third party(ies), each pursuant to its own policies. We may also provide your information to our advertisers, so that they can serve ads to you that meet your needs or match your interests. While WinesandRecipes.com™ will seek to require such third parties to follow appropriate privacy policies and will not authorize them to use this information except for the express purpose for which it is provided, WinesandRecipes.com™ does not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of third parties. There may also be occasion when we are legally required to provide access to our database in order to cooperate with police investigations or other legal proceedings. In those instances, the information is provided only for that purpose.
Since this policy may change over time as we modify or expand our service, we suggest that you check back from time to time in order to understand how we treat your information. Your use of WinesandRecipes.com™ constitutes your agreement to the terms of WinesandRecipes.com™ 's privacy policy. If we decide to materially change our privacy policy, we will prominently post those changes on this page 30 days prior to the change and provide you an opportunity to opt-out, so that you are always aware of what personal information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it. Your continued use of WinesandRecipes.com™ constitutes your agreement to any such changes.
It is possible that we could acquire another business entity, merge with another business entity, or be acquired by another business entity. Should this occur, customer information generally is one of the transferred assets, and WinesandRecipes.com™ would share some or all of your information with any business entity involved in such transaction.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. This information may be used for marketing opportunities by WineandRecipes.com and shared with other reputable organizations if authorized by the registrant, and will also be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Children
WinesandRecipes.com™ does not knowingly solicit data from children, and we do not knowingly market to children. In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) , when a visitor indicates an age under 21, no personally identifying information is collected in conjunction with that submission. You must be at least 21 to join WineandRecipes.com membership services.
Linked Internet Sites
When you are on WinesandRecipes.com™ , you may be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement or a WinesandRecipes.com™ search result, the "click" may take you off the WinesandRecipes.com™ site. These other sites may independently collect data, solicit personal information, or send their own cookies to you. WinesandRecipes.com™ is not responsible for any use of the information including click-stream data that you may create when using such 3rd party sites.
WinesandRecipes.com™ also offers its users access to "co-branded" services that are jointly provided by WinesandRecipes.com™ and selected companies. In many cases, these co-branded services will contain WinesandRecipes.com™ branding, but may not be hosted by WinesandRecipes.com™ . You may notice that you are on a co-branded site if the pages say "provided by", if the entry counter is not displayed on the top of the page, or if you are asked to subscribe for any service or provide additional information. In such cases, if you use the co-branded service, WinesandRecipes.com™ may be entitled to receive information about what you do when using that service. If you elect to provide additional personal information using a co-branded service, the information you provide may be shared or jointly retained by the provider of that service in accordance with that provider's privacy policies and terms of service. Again, we encourage you to read the privacy polices of these other companies and to contact these companies directly if you have any questions about their use of this information. When you are using a co-branded service, we will attempt to make sure that there is a link to the service provider's applicable privacy policies and terms of service. Please be aware that other Internet sites to which a User hyperlinks from the site may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions provided herein. WinesandRecipes.com™ is not responsible for such provisions and expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such provisions
Cookies
You may have read about "cookies," nuggets of information that are placed by a Website in a storage place on your own computer. We use cookies to control the display of ads, to track usage patterns on the site, to deliver editorial content, and to record registration and personalization information. For example, if you register on any part of WinesandRecipes.com™ , you can opt to save your user name and password on your computer. We can provide this convenience by placing a cookie on your computer.
Our cookies may contain personally identifiable information and such cookies may be shared with our affiliated companies. Some of our advertisers occasionally serve you cookies as well. We do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers.
If you don't want cookies, your Web browser likely includes an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, some portions of WinesandRecipes.com™ may not function properly.
While your individual information is protected as outlined above, we reserve the right to use aggregated, anonymous data about our users as a group for any business purpose, such as analyzing usage trends and seeking compatible advertisers and partners.
IP ADDRESS
Your Internet Protocol ("IP") address is usually associated with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or your university. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, gather broad demographic information, and administer our website.
Postal Mailings
If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by sending an email to . Also you may receive mailings from other reputable companies. You can, however, have your name put on our do-not-share list by sending email to us at the above address or opting out at the time of your order.
Phone Solicitation
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line may receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line. They also may receive telephone contact from us with information regarding new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such telephone calls, please let us know by sending an email to us . You also may receive telephone contact from other reputable companies. You can, however, have your name put on our do-not-share list by sending email to us at the above address. Please provide us with your correct phone number. We will be sure your name is removed from the list we share with other organizations.
Declining E-mail Offers
WinesandRecipes.com™ provides customers with an easy means to decline receiving E-mail offers. Although most customers tell us they appreciate receiving notice of these carefully designed opportunities, we recognize the importance of providing you with choices. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving these offers by simply replying to the E-mail. All E-mail offers that you receive from WinesandRecipes.com™ will inform you of how to decline receiving further E-mail offers. You may also send an email to .
Opt-Out
You may opt-out of all marketing programs including sharing programs at any time by emailing us at .
You may also write us at :
WinesandRecipes.com™
2657 Spring Rock Way
Roswell , GA 30075
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