Privacy Policy

Introduction

VinoPath (referred to as "VinoPath", "us", "our", and "we" in this policy) is a luxury private sommelier service organization. This policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect the personal information of our customers and website users ("you", "your"), describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you access our website www.vinopath.ca (our "Website"), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices for collecting, processing, and storing your information. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you indicate that you understand, accept, and consent to the practices described in this policy. This policy may change from time to time, and your continued use of this Website after we make changes indicates that you accept and consent to those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

This privacy notice explains the following:

Information we collect
How we process this information
How we secure your personal data
Information sharing and disclosure
Your rights
Cookies
How to contact us

Information We Collect

For the purposes of this policy, the term "Personal Data" includes any information that is defined to be personal information under the applicable privacy laws.

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information (PII), which is information that can be used to contact or identify You personally. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

First name and last name
Email address
Phone number
Address, State, Province, Postal code, City
Usernames
Any personal data you post on our website
Your marketing and communication preferences
Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

How We Process Your Information

VinoPath may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide any services offered and to operate the platform.
To notify you of additional services and updates.
To contact you via email or other electronic communications where you have an inquiry.
To share your information with third-party partners or third parties hired by us to perform functions and provide services to us subject to the obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy.

How We Secure Your Information

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we use various technical, contractual, administrative and physical security measures to protect personal information that you provide to us. We instruct our employees to comply with privacy laws and with this Privacy Policy. We strive to regularly improve the security of personal information that you may provide to us through our website or via other means, but please note there is no method of transmitting or storing data that is 100% secure.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may transfer personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this policy to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business (such as analytics and search engine providers that assist us with Website improvement and optimization) and who are contractually obligated to keep personal information confidential, use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them, and to process the personal information with the same standards set out in this policy.

Your Rights

We at VinoPath respect your right to privacy and are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. Below we outline your rights regarding your personal information.

Privacy Notice For Non-Canadians

GDPR

Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

Your consent;
The performance of the contract between you and the Site;
Compliance with our legal obligations;
To protect your vital interests;
To perform a task carried out in the public interest;
For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

We respect the privacy rights of persons living in the (EEC) and the rights afforded to them under the (GDPR). Users living in the EEC have the following additional rights:

The right to be informed
The right to access
The right to rectification
The right to erasure
The right to restrict processing
The right to data portability
The right to object
The right to withdraw consent

Age Compliance

We intend to fully comply with international laws respecting children's privacy under PIPEDA and the GDPR. Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Data Retention

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Under some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you. We reserve the right to use such anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent.

Removal of Information

VinoPath values your privacy and your right to access and control your personal information. We have implemented this policy so that you may request the permanent removal of any personal information stored within our Platform.

If you wish to have any of your personal information stored within our Platform removed, please contact us. With each removal request, you must list the information you wish to have removed exactly as listed. Please be aware that removal requests are not processed instantaneously. There may be a reasonable delay in processing and removing any information requested.

Although we will attempt to remove all of your personal information upon receipt of your removal request, please be aware that we may have multiple areas where your personal data is stored and a single removal request may not eliminate all of your personal information stored within our Platform. Therefore, you may be required to submit multiple requests. If your information repeatedly reappears please contact us.

You may make a removal request by contacting us, please label the first line of the ticket with the following: “Removal Request – Your Full Name and Account Name”.

VinoPath's Cookie Policy

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use cookies or other automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. In this section, you’ll find information on how and why we use “cookies” to improve our service and your web experience. You’ll also find out how to manage the information that is collected.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses. They allow companies to do various things, including tailor the content you see, and ensure the security of your online experience. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.

Cookie Types and Their Uses

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service. The technologies we use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your Device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Session Cookies.
Preference Cookies.
Security Cookies.

Third-Party Cookies

Some content or applications on the Website, including advertisements, are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies [alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies] to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural) advertising or other targeted content.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by email: info@vinopath.ca