This Privacy Policy covers Avex
Wines! treatment of personally identifiable information that
we collect when you are on Avex Wines! web site and when you
use our services. This policy also covers our treatment of
any personally identifiable information that our business
partners or customers share with us.This policy does not apply
to the practices of companies that Avex TT Ltd. the publisher
of Avex Wines!, does not own or control, or to individuals
that Avex TT Ltd. does not employ or manage, including operators
of sites to which you may link from the Avex TT Ltd. web site(s).
This policy also does not apply to any off-line collection
of personally identifiable information or the treatment of
the same when such information is collected outside of the
Avex Wines! site.
What information do we gather?
The only individually identifiable
information that we collect about you is that which you choose
to share with us in registration, when using our products
and services, or when responding to offers from Avex Wines!
or from our business partners or customers. We also collect
information about aggregate site usage. Statistics that we
gather about unique visits, referring URL's, repeat visits
and page views are all based on IP address, and are not associated
with your personal information. At the time of registration,
we only ask for your email address and a user name you select.
From time to time, Avex Wines! may survey its members for
additional personal information. Aggregate information about
our users is valuable to our advertisers as it provides them
with more effective channels for reaching potential customers.
Without advertising support, we could not keep the Web site
free for use. We share aggregate information with our partners
and advertisers. We will not share your personally identifiable
information with any third party, unless we tell you otherwise
when we collect the information, you have consented by "opting
in" to being contacted by Avex Wines!, its third party partners
or advertisers, or we have informed you of a change to our
privacy policy so that you can then choose to opt out. We
will give you a way to "opt out" of being contacted by Avex
Wines!
In short, the information you provide
us can help us understand how to make our Web site more useful
to our users.Opting-Out. We do not share your personally identifiable
information with anyone, unless we tell you otherwise when
we collect the information, you "opt-in" to having your information
shared with third parties, or we have informed you of a change
to our privacy policy so that you can choose to opt out. When
we ask you for personal information, such as the kind of information
we may ask you for through a survey, or through a request
for an investor kit on a company we featured in Avex Wines!,
we will tell you if we intend to share it with others. Once
you have "opted in" and agreed that your information may be
shared with third parties or you have responded to an offer
by any third party on the Avex TT Ltd. Web sites, Avex Wines!
can no longer update any of your personally identifiable information
that has been transferred to such third parties or opt you
out of such third parties so that you no longer receive their
promotional and/or marketing information. Instead, you must
either contact that third party or refer to their privacy
policy to update your personally identifiable information
or to let them know that you no longer want to receive promotional
and/or marketing information about their products, services,
or offerings.
What information do we collect?
The only individual identifiable
information that we collect about you is that which you choose
to share with us in registration, when you use our products
or services that require you to provide personal information
about yourself, when responding to offers from Avex Wines!
or from our third party business partners or advertisers,
or when responding to surveys from us or our third party business
partners (including without limitation surveys for online
advertising brand effectiveness), or requests for investor
kits on companies we may feature in our Web sites. As stated
earlier, this information will be closely protected and used
for internal purposes only, unless we tell you otherwise when
we collect the information, you have consented by "opting
in" to be contacted by Avex Wines! its partners and advertisers,
and other third parties, or we have informed you of a change
to our privacy policy so that you can then choose to opt out.
We will never willfully release your personal information
to any third party without providing you notice unless: you
direct us to enter you in a contest; sign you up for a service
which is sponsored by one of our partners; you direct us to
provide your information to a company we proflied when you
"opt in" for their investor kit; you otherwise "opt in" to
have your information shared with third parties; we respond
to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; we find your
actions on our Web site violate our Terms of Use or any of
our usage guidelines for specific products or services (and
then only to pursue appropriate action); or we transfer your
information in connection with a sale, merger, transfer, exchange,
or other disposition (whether assets, stock or otherwise),
of all or a portion of a business of Avex TT Ltd. If, however,
as a result of the business transfer your personal information
will be used in a new and different manner, then you will
have a choice as to whether to allow this new use.
We will also collect information
about aggregate Web site usage. Statistics that we gather
about unique visits, repeat visits and page views are all
based on IP address, not on your individual activities.The
information we gather is supplemented with information provided
by third party sources and may be used to derive additional
data to enhance our databases. For example, zip code information
you provide may be used to derive city and state information
or may be used to add demographics data.Changes to the Avex
Wines! Privacy Policy.Avex Wines! may amend this policy from
time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way
we use your personal information we will notify you by posting
a prominent notice in our privacy policy or in other locations
on our Web site or by sending you an email to inform you of
our updated privacy policy. Users will have a choice as to
whether or not we use their information in this different
manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication
with the Web site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then
they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information
be used in this new manner