November 23, 2009 (Effective Date)
This privacy policy ("Policy") applies to www.brewistas.com (the "Sites"). This Site is owned and operated by Seattle Sensations, LLC dba Peek-a-Brew Espresso ("Company” "we" or "us"). This Policy is designed to tell you how we collect and use personal information (as defined below) so you can make an informed decision about using our Site. This policy does not apply to third-party sites. By using our Site, you consent to the information collection and use practices described herein. This Policy may be changed at any time and is effective as of the date posted above. Material changes to this Policy will appear in boldface text. Prior versions will be archived for your review.
PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE MAY COLLECT
"Personal information" (“PI”) means information collected online that specifically identifies an individual (such as a user's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card or other account number) or that is connected by the Company with an identifiable person in personally identifiable form. When you subscribe to our service, we collect PI and Related Information from you. We also may collect PI and Related Information from you when you contact us about your subscription or participate in interactive activities like forums; message boards; or chats. When you visit our web site, we automatically collect non PI such as IP addresses and web site usage information from you.
We do not, however, knowingly collect PI from children under the age of thirteen.
When you visit our Site, some information is also automatically collected through the use of log files, such as your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer's operating system, the browser type, the address of a referring web site and your activity on the Site. We use this information to analyze trends, administer the Site, improve customer service, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We may also automatically collect certain information through “cookies," which are small data files that are stored on a user's hard drive at the request of a web site to enable the site to recognize users who have previously visited them and retain certain information such as customer preferences and history. If cookies are linked to any PI, we treat this information as PI. If your browser is set not to accept cookies, you may be unable to access certain Site features or services. If you wish to block, erase, or be warned of cookies, please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn about these functions.
We may use third parties to place ads on the Site. These third parties may place cookies, web beacons or other devices on your computer to collect nonpersonal information, and information provided by these devices may be used, among other things, to deliver advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visitation of our Site.
Our Site may link to web sites operated by other companies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of web sites operated by third parties that are linked to or integrated with our Site or for the privacy practices of third-party Internet advertising companies. Once you have left our site via such a link or by clicking on an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser site to determine how they will handle any PI they collect from you.
USE OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION
In general, we use personal information to assist us with the operation of the Site and of our business:
o for the purpose for which it was collected (i.e., a sales transaction);
o to send you a welcoming email about your use of the Site, such as for administrative purposes, or to provide you with customer service;
o to contact you regarding any items or materials you may have submitted to us;
o to respond to your comments, requests or complaints;
o to request feedback and to enable us to develop, customize and improve the Site and our publications, products and services; and
o to contact you about our services, products, activities or special events or offers and for other internal marketing, informational and promotional purposes.
We may also receive information from third parties with whom we have business relationships, and may combine this information with the other personal information we have about you. In such cases, this Policy governs our use and disclosure of such information.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES?
We will not sell, collect, use, share, or rent any personal information for purposes other than those described in this Policy without first obtaining your consent. We may provide aggregate information to third parties without your authorization.
We may share personal information with third party vendors, consultants and other service providers who work with us to operate the Sites and our business and who need access to such information. For example, we may use credit card processing companies to process payments and outside companies to deliver publications and other products and services offered by us. In addition, we may partner with other sites or organizations to provide specific information, site features, programs or services and will share information with them as needed in order to facilitate their provision of such items or services subject to this Policy.
We also may disclose personal information when we are required to, or we have a good-faith belief it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order); to enforce or apply this privacy policy or our other policies or agreements; to initiate, render, bill, and collect for amounts owed to us; to protect our Company or our customers' rights, property or safety; to protect our customers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of our Site; or if we believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of personal information. Personal information may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing, sale of company assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personally identifiable information could be transferred to third parties as one of the business assets of the Company.
The Site may contain links to other sites or be linked through sites operated by third parties that are not under our control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties and their sites.
WHAT STEPS DO WE TAKE TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION ONLINE?
We use reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and improper use. We restrict access to Company employees, contractors or agents who need to know personal information to operate, develop or improve the site that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, your account information is accessible online only through the use of a password. To protect the confidentiality of your personal information, you must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. You are responsible for all uses of the Site by any person using your password. Please advise us immediately by emailing us at support@brewistas.com if you believe your password has been misused.
WHAT CHOICES DO YOU HAVE REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR INFORMATION?
You may "opt out" of receiving marketing or promotional communications from us, by emailing us at support@brewistas.com.
HOW CAN YOU CORRECT AND UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy or the practices relating to this Site, or you wish to review, verify, correct or delete any personal information we have collected, please contact us at support@brewistas.com. We will respond to your inquiry or correct, update or remove the personal information you have provided us as you indicate to the extent such information is not necessary to complete any services or transactions with us.
CHILDREN’S GUIDELINES
We do not intend to target children under 13 but our site may contain items that may interest children. We require all of our subscribers to verify that they are over 18 years of age. We will remove all access to any subscriber who is under 18 upon reasonable discovery of the subscriber’s true age and delete any PI about this underage subscriber from our system.