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Wine Science Privacy
Policy
This page and statement explains our policy regarding the
personal information we collect from you.
Cookies
During the course of your visit to Wine Science Ltd.
Websites, the pages you see, along with a file called a cookie, are downloaded
to your computer. Cookies are text files that includes a small amount of data
such as an anonymous unique identifier number, that are stored on your hard
drive if your browser’s preferences permit it. Wine Science typically uses
cookies to allow it to track whether you have visited the site before and
provide a better online user experience and allows us to analyse the profile of
our visitors.
While cookies record information about your interaction with
the Wine Science sites, you have the opportunity to set your computer to accept
or reject cookies when one is issued. You can control how you would prefer your
browser to handle cookies. Each browser does this differently however and we
would advise that you use your browser’s Help feature to find out more about
how to set those preferences.
The cookies Wine Science stores on your computer are only
accessible by Wine Science when you visit a Wine Science site. Wine Science
cannot gain access to cookies recorded on your hard drive by other sites.
The cookies Wine Science stores on your computer do not
include any personal information. If you want more information about cookies,
we suggest that you visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.
Use and Storage of
Personal Information
When you supply us with personal information such as when
you sign up for a newsletter, register for a service or make a purchase from
any of Wine Science’s sites, we have a legal obligation to you in the way we
use that information.
Information you provide us will only be used to provide you
with the services that you request and will only be passed on to our agents
when necessary to provide those services. In particular should you wish to make
a purchase on World Wine Books, your information is passed on to WorldPay, our
partner providing online credit card verification facilities.
Your information will be held for as long as you use any of
the online services provided by Wine Science. From time to time, Wine Science
may contact you directly in order to notify you of changes to our services, or
to provide you with administrative services such as password reminders.
Unless you specifically agree to be contacted for such
purposes, we will not contact you for promotional purposes, such as notifying
you of improvements to the service, new services or new products within our
sites. This opt in option is provided to you anywhere where we gather your
details.
Your information will not be shared with other third
parties.
Your information is held securely in accordance with the
Data Protection Act 1998.
Access to Your
Personal Information
You have the right to request a copy of the personal
information that we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected.
Please address requests to Wine Science Ltd., 30 Lincoln Road, Birmingham,
B27 6PA (Email:
privacy AT winesciencenews.com).
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