| We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we
have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how
your personal information is processed and explains data collection and
use practices for the MyFavWines.com Network. The "MyFavWines.com Network"
includes all Web pages, newsletters, discussion forums and lists and opt-in
announcement lists owned and operated by
MyFavWines.com and it's subsidiaries.
You are consenting to the information collection and use practices described
in this Privacy Policy.
We promise that we will use your personal information only in ways that
are compatible with this Privacy Policy as follows:
What information are you collecting and how are you collecting it?
Do you collect IP addresses?
Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a
set of numbers, that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol"
IP address. When a visitor requests a page from any Web site within the
MyFavWines.com Network, our Web servers automatically recognize that visitor's
domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing
personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed
our Sites. We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate,
and to investigate misuse of the MyFavWines.com Network, its users, or
to cooperate with law enforcement. We do not collect and evaluate this
information for specific individuals. Our Web servers do not automatically
record e-mail addresses of the visitors.
What are cookies?
From time to time, MyFavWines.com or its advertisers may send a "cookie"
to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your
Internet browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard
drive. A cookie can't read data off of your computer hard disk or read
cookie files created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage your system.
We use cookies to identify which areas of MyFavWines.com's Network you
have visited or customized, so the next time you visit, those pages may
be readily accessible. Our advertisers may also use cookies to ascertain
how many times you've seen an advertisement. Our advertisers and we may
use this information to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions
that you see on our Site. You can choose whether to accept cookies by
changing the settings of your Internet browser. You can reset your browser
to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie
is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience
at our Site and other Web sites may be diminished and some features may
not work as intended.
How do you use single-pixel gifs?
MyFavWines.com, its third party service providers and advertisers may
use single-pixel gif images, sometimes referred to as web bugs or web
beacons, to count Web page accesses and gather some general statistical
information. MyFavWines.com does not gather personal information through
the use of these images. Our advertisers and third party providers may
use single-pixel gifs that can track personal information from cookies
that may have been previously placed on a user's computer. MyFavWines.com
also uses various third party providers to track and analyze non-personally
identifiable aggregate usage information from visitors to our websites
in order to continuously improve the quality of our sites and services
to you.
What personal information do you collect?
Wherever MyFavWines.com collects personal information we make an effort
to include a link to this Privacy Policy. We will ask you when we need
information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows
us to contact you. The personal information we collect may include your
name, title, company or organization name, e-mail address, phone number,
work or home address, information about your job function, information
about your company, and credit card information.
We may request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes
of conducting a contest or to provide additional services (for example,
subscriptions to announcement lists or information about conferences and
trade shows). Participation in contests or other promotions on the MyFavWines.com
Network is completely voluntary and you have a choice whether or not to
disclose personal information. Information requested may include contact
information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information
(such as zip code). Contact information will be used to notify the winners
and award prizes.
If you are purchasing something on the MyFavWines.com Network, we, and
any third party provider, need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing
address, credit card number and expiration date. This allows us, or third
party providers, to process and fulfill your order and to notify you of
your order status. Credit card and e-mail information will not be shared
or sold to third parties for any purpose except as provided in this Privacy
Policy without your express permission.
When you use co-branded services, or those provided by a third party,
within the MyFavWines.com Network, your information may be passed to the
co-brand or third party provider and their use of your information is
subject to their applicable privacy policies.
We may from time to time send e-mail announcing new products and services.
Will you disclose the information you collect to outside third
parties?
MyFavWines.com will disclose personal information and/or an IP address:
1) When required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is
necessary to:
a) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities
and conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served
on MyFavWines.com;
b) Protect and defend the rights or property of the MyFavWines.com Network
of sites and related properties, or visitors to the MyFavWines.com Network
of sites and related properties;
c) Identify persons who may be violating the law, the MyFavWines.com legal
notice and Web site User Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise
misusing the MyFavWines.com Network or its related properties;
d) Fulfill a user's order or request;
2) To process and fulfill your order or notify you of order status;
3) When we have your consent to share the information;
4) When you use co-branded services within our network of sites, you grant
us permission to pass your registration information back to that service
partner. Their use of your information is subject to their applicable
privacy policies.
We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy that means that we do
not sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party,
without your consent or as permitted by this Privacy Policy.
What else should I know about my privacy when online?
MyFavWines.com may use third-party advertising companies and advertising
networks to serve ads to you based on information (not including your name,
address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to our Web
sites in order to provide targeted advertisements about goods and services
that may be of interest to you while visiting other Web sites.
The MyFavWines.com Network contains many hyperlinks to third party Web
sites. The MyFavWines.com Network also contains advertisements of third
parties. MyFavWines.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or
the content of such third party Web sites or advertisers. MyFavWines.com
does not share any of the individual personal information you provide
MyFavWines.com with the third parties to which MyFavWines.com links, except
as stated elsewhere within this Privacy Policy, although MyFavWines.com
may share general, aggregate data with such third parties (such as how
many people use our Site). Please check with those Web sites to determine
their privacy policy.
If you use MyFavWines.com's discussion threads, you should be aware that
any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read,
collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to
send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally
identifiable information you choose to submit in these discussion threads.
In order to avoid your e-mail address or other personal information from
being gathered and used by others for inappropriate or harmful purposes,
MyFavWines.com advises that you should be cautious about posting a real
e-mail address or other personal information to newsgroups, chats, or
other public forums.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information
online - for example through e-mail, discussion lists, or elsewhere -
that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you
post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you
may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Certain MyFavWines.com media properties may use a shopping cart feature that
safeguards this information by using industry standard SSL (Secure Socket
Layer) encrypted servers. SSL codes the information transferred between
you and the server, rendering it unreadable to anyone trying to intercept
the information. Other MyFavWines.com media properties do not use SSL
and thereby do not offer a secure coded way to transfer information.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of
your personal information. Please be careful and responsible whenever
you're online.
Business transfers
We are always seeking to improve our network of Web sites and our business.
In accomplishing these objectives, we may sell a company, assets or websites
or one or more of the companies in our corporate family may merge with,
or be acquired by, another company. In connection with the foregoing,
we may transfer some or all of your information in order that the service
being provided to you may continue or for other business purposes.
Your Consent To This Agreement
By using the MyFavWines.com Network, you consent to the collection and
use of information by MyFavWines.com as specified above. We reserve the
right to modify this Policy. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy,
we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of
what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances
we disclose it.
Please send any questions about MyFavWines.com's Privacy Policy to: webmaster@MyFavWines.com |