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Online Privacy Policy


This online privacy policy will inform you of how Basic-Wine-Knowledge.Com uses and protects any information that you provide when you visit our website.

Basic-Wine-Knowledge.Com will always maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity and is committed to protecting your privacy.

Should we ask you to provide any information by which you can be identified when using our website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this online privacy policy.

Basic-Wine-Knowledge.Com may change our online privacy policy from time to time by updating this page. Please check this page regularly to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Our online privacy policy is in effect from June 1, 2008.


Information We May Collect

We may collect the following information:

• Contact information including name and email address
• Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• Other information relevant to visitor interests, surveys and/or offers

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping
• We may use the information to improve our products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional email about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• We may use the information to customize our website according to your interests.


Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

We operate our site in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and we do not collect or use personal information from anyone under 13 years of age.

Because this website is about wine, it is intended only for adults over the age of 21. It is not directed to anyone under the age of 21. We do not knowingly provide this information to anyone under the age of 21.


Security

Our online privacy policy states we are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.


How We Use Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.


Links To Other Websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, please note we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting those sites. Those sites are not governed by our privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.


Controlling Your Personal Information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.

• If you have previously agreed to allowing us to use your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind by contacting us at any time.

We will not sell, distribute, lease, or in any way distribute your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If you believe that any information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Thank you.


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