Wine Country Walking Tours, LLC (the “Company”) is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience for all of our users and customers while offering the highest quality user experience to them.
By using www.winecountrywalkingtours.com (the Site), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Because we gather certain types of information about and from you, our users and customers, you should understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of this information. This Privacy Policy discloses how Wine Country Walking Tours collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users of the Site. This policy applies to the Site and all other products and services offered by Wine Country Walking Tours.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU
Information is gathered in several ways, depending upon how you are using the website. When registering to use this site, you are asked to provide your name and related details. And if you sign up for newsletters, sweepstakes, contests, chat rooms, message boards and similar interactive areas, or purchase something, you may be asked for name, email address. Users may, however, visit the Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit the information to us. Users can refuse to supply personal identification information but it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site activities.
Information is also collected automatically using electronic tools. Most web sites use ‘cookies’ to recognize you and your information, and may store data such as a user name and password so you won’t need to enter it each time you visit. It might determine how often you’re exposed to a specific advertisement. It also may note your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
As technology evolves, we may use other methods to collect information. There may be times when you can refuse to provide information, such as by setting your browser to refuse ‘cookies’, but doing this may make it impossible to access sections of the web site, or you may need to enter your user details each time, and the site won’t be customized for your preferences.
HOW IS COLLECTED INFORMATION USED
We use information you provide to fulfill your request and improve our website, products and services. The information we gather is to make your visit to our site the best experience possible. It enables us to customize things such as content and advertising, which might be of interest to you. We may use the email address to send User information and updates pertaining to an order, respond to inquiries, questions, or other requests.
As in any transaction, when you make purchases on the Site your credit card company will have all relevant information about the name of the vendor, item(s) purchased, date, total cost and other information necessary to process the transaction.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We incorporate standard industry practices internally and with our service providers, which we believe suits the degree of sensitivity of the information involved to maintain the security of your personal information and to avoid its disclosure except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data that is stored on our Site. Although we take various measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure that the personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not sell, trade, or rent Users personal identification information to others. Your information is never shared, and your private information remains private. Any information that doesn’t personally identify who you are might be used in conjunction with similar information from others to improve our web site and the services we offer. This gives us knowledge about which features are most popular, or what our visitors are looking for. Some of this information may be shared with our advertisers, on occasion, but it will never include any information that is personally identifiable.
Important Note
We reserve the right to use or disclose any information without notice or consent for the following purposes; as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request; to conduct investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law, to protect the integrity of our Site and our property; to protect the safety of our visitors or others; to fulfill your requests; or to cooperate in any legal investigation.
HOW DO WE USE COOKIES
Your website browser offers “cookies” which, if you allow their use, store small amounts of data on your computer when you visit a website. “Cookies” do not contain any personally identifiable information about you other than that which you provide to us. However, cookies assist us in tracking which of our features you like best and make it easier to use our Site. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser.
AFFILIATED/THIRD-PARTY SITES
Some of the third party content displayed on our Site is provided by outside companies. This content may contain “cookies”. Unlike “cookies” use by the Company its content we control on our Site, we do not have access to information collected from cookies received in connection with third party content.
While on our Site, you may select the link created or hosted by a third party to gain information and materials which is not part of the Company. We are not responsible for anything presented by a third party. It’s necessary for you to check the specific company in question for their privacy policies, which may differ from the Company.
CHILDREN’S POLICY
The Company does not knowingly register any person or accept information from any person under the age of 13.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to protect our users and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you check the Privacy Policy when you visit our Site to be sure that you are aware of and understand our current policy.
