Last Updated: 8 January 2020
1. OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
Wine Bounty LLC (“WineBounty.com”) is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy as a visitor to WineBounty.com, and other Internet sites affiliated with Wine Bounty LLC, (each a “WineBounty.com Site” or a “Site”). Each WineBounty.com Site is operated by Wine Bounty LLC, and its affiliates (collectively referred to herein as “we,” “us,” or “our”).
We take the issue of privacy very seriously and value the trust you place in us each time you use our services and access this Site. This Privacy Statement describes the practices and policies we have put into place to safeguard your personal information that may be gathered and used as you visit our Site.
The policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically. If you have any questions about our privacy policies, we encourage you to contact us at [email protected].
We do not direct the Site to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal information from, any persons under the legal drinking age.
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement, you are not authorized to use this Site.
2. TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We and our partners may use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users’ movements around the Site, manage affiliation programs, and to gather demographic information about our user base. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We may use cookies to store users’ preferences, record session information, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, alert visitors to new areas that we think might be of interest to them when they return to our Site, customize web page content based on users’ browser type, manage affiliation programs, remember users’ settings (e.g. language preference), for authentication, or other information that the user sends.
Regular cookies and tracking pixels, among other tracking technologies, may generally be disabled or removed by tools available as part of most commercial browsers and, in some instances, blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Browsers offer different functionalities and options so you may need to set them separately. Also, tools from commercial browsers may not be effective on Flash cookies (also known as locally-shared objects), HTML5 cookies, or other tracking technologies. For information on disabling Flash cookies, go to Adobe.
If you reject cookies or similar tracking technologies, you may still use our Site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our Site may be limited.
3. BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING
We may partner with third parties to either display advertising on our Site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third-party partners may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this Site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking HERE. Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
4. LOG FILES
As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, or clickstream data.
We may combine this automatically-collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, to improve marketing, analytics, or to improve site functionality.
5. SHARING
We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in any way that varies from what is disclosed in this Privacy Statement.
WineBounty.com may share aggregated demographic information with its partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information that can identify any individual person.
6. DATA SECURITY
We take responsible measures to protect personally identifiable information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Nevertheless, transmission via the Internet and online digital storage are not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your information collected through the Site.
7. LEGAL DISCLAIMER
To help protect you and others, WIneBounty.com may (but make no commitment to) collect and use information including usage of the Site and personally identifiable information for all purposes not prohibited by applicable law or inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, including, without limitation, to identify fraudulent activities; prevent abuse of and investigate and/or seek prosecution for any potential threats to or misuse of the Site; ensure compliance with the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy; investigate violations of or enforce these agreements; and otherwise to protect the rights and property of WineBounty.com, their partners, and users. Such monitoring may result in the collection, logging, and analysis of online activity or communications through Site. If you do not consent to these conditions, you must discontinue your use of the Site.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or to comply with a judicial or bankruptcy proceeding, court order, or legal process served on WineBounty.com or the Site.
8. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
WineBounty.com is based in the U.S. and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. If you are accessing the Site from outside of the U.S., please be aware that information collected through the Site may be transferred to, processed, stored, and used in the U.S. Data protection laws in the U.S. may be different from those of your country of residence. Your use of the Site or provision of any information therefore constitutes your consent to the transfer to and from, processing, usage, sharing, and storage of your information, including personally identifiable information, in the U.S. as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
9. THIRD PARTY LINKS
This Site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that WineBounty.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of each site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by this Site.
10. SOCIAL MEDIA WIDGETS
Our Site may include social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button and widgets, such as the “Share” this button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
11. EMAILS
If a user wishes to subscribe to our emails, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. We may use your personally identifiable information for purposes other than sending you promotional materials. For example, we may use your information to send you administrative communications about the Site or about future changes to this Privacy Statement. You may also unsubscribe from emails by emailing us at [email protected] or by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of an email sent by WineBounty.com.
12. SALE OF OUR COMPANY
As a natural consequence of the development of our company, we could be sold to another company. In the event that another company acquires us, or a significant portion of our assets is sold to another company, all user information collected on this Site may be transferred to the new company. You will be notified through this Site (and email if you are subscribed to receiving emails) of any such change in ownership or control of your personally identifiable information.
13. CHANGES IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will revise the “Last Updated” date and include a .pdf on our Privacy Statement web page highlighting any changes from the previous version. We will also notify you by email (if you are subscribed to receive emails) or by means of a notice on our home page.
14. YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Beginning on January 1, 2020, California Civil Code Section 1798.100 permits customers of the Site who are California residents: 1) The right to know what personal information is being collected about them; 2) The right to know whether their personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom; 3) The right to Opt-Out of the sale of personal information; 4) The right to access their personal information; and 5) The right to equal service and price, even if they exercise their privacy rights. To make a request pursuant to this Code, please send an email to [email protected] with the appropriate purpose in the subject line (i.e., “Request for Disclosure”, “Request for Deletion”, or “Opt-Out Request”) and a manner in which we can verify your identity. A California resident may designate an authorized agent to make a request on his or her behalf. If the request is being made by an authorized agent, please make that clear in the request. They and/or you will be asked to provide proof of such authorization, i.e., a power of attorney or a letter of authorization and proof of identity. We will contact your agent and/or you with additional details after the request has been received. Please note, the only personal information (if any) that WineBounty.com possesses is information provided by its users.