Privacy Policy
Our Commitment to Privacy
Protecting your privacy is important to us. We hope the following privacy policy will help you understand how The Bottle List collects, uses and safeguards information you provide to us on this Site which personally identifies you as well as general, non-personal information that is automatically collected from our Site. This policy does not, however, govern the terms of our relationship or constitute any representation or warranty. The terms of our relationship are governed by our Terms and Conditions. The terms “thebottlelist.com”, “The Bottle List”, “the Site”, “Bottle List,” “us” or “we” refer to the owner of this Site and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. The terms “you”, “your” or “customer” refer to the user or viewer of this Site. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree to our practices, please do not register, subscribe, create an account, make purchases or otherwise interact with The Bottle List at thebottlelist.com (the “Site”). By visiting and using the features on the Site (including mailing list sign up, wine club sign up, event registration and browsing), you accept the practices described in this privacy policy.
Information Collected by The Bottle List on This Site
When you visit the Site, we collect some basic non-personal information about you and your browser. Examples of such non-personal information that is collected include what type of browser and operating system you are using, how long you remained on our Site and what pages you looked at while here. This non-personal information is anonymous and helps us understand how visitors browse our Site, so that we can make their shopping experience better. We also collect certain personal information about you at various points, including your name and email address, mailing address, birthday (and other information) from the wine club or mailing list sign-up forms, reservation contact form and from other forms that you complete during purchase.
Please note that we do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 21, nor do we direct any of our content to individuals under 21. If we learn that we collected the personal information of a minor, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.
Protecting Your Information
The Bottle List is the sole owner of the information collected on this Site. We make every effort to ensure that any data that we store about you is kept behind a secure firewall in our database and is not accessible to the public in any way. Any sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number) that we collect from you is encrypted with SSL, a standard internet security measure. We do everything in our power to protect user data offline as well by restricting access to information to only those employees (for example, a Customer Care representative) who need the information to perform a specific job. Although we use our best efforts to protect the security of your information and our system, due to the inherent open nature of the Internet, no transmission via the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result of this and other factors beyond our control, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you transmit to or through our Site. Therefore, you assume that risk by using the Site.
Except as otherwise stated here, The Bottle List makes every effort to ensure that the information provided by you on this Site is only used to send you offers, and to process and ship your order. We may also use this information to send you correspondence regarding new features, services and special offers from us and/or our subsidiaries or affiliates that we think you’ll find valuable. This information is harvested from a secure area and encrypted for our customers’ protection. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others, except as otherwise disclosed in this statement, and you, our customer, have the right to prevent this disclosure at any time (at no cost to you). Although we work with third parties, such as outside shipping companies to ship orders and credit card processing companies to bill users for goods and services, we require all such third parties to keep any information they receive confidential, maintain the privacy of all our customers, and to use any information provided to only provide services on behalf of The Bottle List and the customer. All employees are kept up to date on our security and privacy practices and are aware of the importance of keeping customer data secure and safe at all times.
From time to time, we may also employ other companies and individuals to perform services, to maintain and operate the Site, and to maintain certain features on the Site. To such parties, we may disclose non-personal information such as traffic patterns and website usage data, but in no event will we disclose any personal information. We also may employ third parties to analyze our sales data for internal purposes, in which case we may disclose information to such parties such as the wines purchased, the location of shipment, and the frequency of purchases. We additionally may enlist a third party to assist with marketing and sending member e-mails, in which case we will provide these third party vendors only with member e-mail addresses. At no time will these third parties receive or be given access to personal information such as member home addresses, phone numbers, or date of birth unless we are required to do so by law or unless disclosing such information is vital to identify, contact, or bring legal action in order to protect The Bottle List, its customers, or third parties. Again, we require all such third parties to keep any information they receive confidential, maintain the privacy of all our customers, and to use any information provided for services on behalf of The Bottle List and the customer.
We value your privacy, and except as otherwise set forth above, we will never release any account or personal information to any third party for that third party’s marketing purposes unless we are given explicit and affirmative authority to do so by you, our customer. If you have any questions about the security of our Site, please feel free to contact us at info@thebottlelist.com.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as necessary to provide you services and to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting and compliance purposes. If you wish to cancel your account, please contact us at info@thebottlelist.com. We will retain and use your information only as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Cookies
Our Site uses cookies to speed navigation, keep track of items, and provide you with custom-tailored content. We also use cookies to remember some of the information you've given us so you don’t have to reenter it each time you visit the Site. By showing us how and when shoppers use the Site, cookies also help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the Site are based on data such as total number of visitors and pages viewed. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. You may manage how your browser handles cookies and related technologies by adjusting your browser's security and privacy settings. Refer to instructions related to your browser to learn about privacy and security settings that are available to you. If you block or delete cookies, you may not be able to use particular features of the Site or to take full advantage of features offered on the Site.
Making Changes and Opting Out
You can also make changes to your account and/or opt-out of any emails or newsletters by sending us an email at info@thebottlelist.com.
Gift Recipients
If you send a gift from our Site, we will collect contact information, such as name, shipping address and phone number for gift recipients to ensure correct gift delivery. Except as otherwise stated above, we will not sell, share or rent any contact or personal information for invited friends or gift recipients with third parties, but they may receive offers from us and/or our affiliates highlighting new features, products, services and special offers we think they will find interesting. Invited friends and gift recipients can opt-out of receiving any emails or newsletters by contacting us at info@thebottlelist.com.
Legal Disclaimers
The Bottle List reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Site.
This Site may contain links to other sites. The Bottle List is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our 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.
The Bottle List reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, with or without notice to its customers.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.