Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY FOR BOTTLESANDBANTER.COM

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. We, bottlesandbanter.com (hereinafter “Bottles + Banter”), are opposed to unauthorized commercial emails, or spam.  Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to report spam, please send an email to privacy@bottlesandbanter.com

Effective Date: June 24th, 2020

Last Updated: June 24th, 2020

What Personal Information do we Collect?

Voluntarily Submitted Information: From time to time, we may collect personal information, such as your name or email address. For instance, you may voluntarily provide this information to Bottles + Banter when you subscribe to a newsletter, enroll in a free course or live event, sign up to access a free resource, leave a comment, or submit a contact form.

Information Collected by a Third-Party: Occasionally, Bottles + Banter may receive information about you from a third party. For example, if you use a software on Bottles + Banter provided by a third party that information may be transferred to Bottles + Banter for our use.

Automatically-Collected Information: When you visit Bottles + Banter some information will be automatically collecting. This information includes the time of your visit, your IP address at the time of your visit, your operating system, the type of device you use, referring website, pages you viewed, and action you took while using Bottles + Banter.

Use of Cookies: Bottles + Banter may log information using cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

When do we Collect Information?

We collect information from you when you take a variety of actions on Bottles + Banter; the following are some examples of situations that we may collect information and the type of information we collect.

Electronic Newsletter: When registering to receive our electronic newsletter we require the following information: (i) Name, and (ii) e-mail address. This information will be used to send electronic communications to you via email.

Contact Forms: When contacting Bottles + Banter for any purpose, we utilize numerous forms throughout our site. These forms require the following information: (i) Name, and (ii) e-mail address. Other information may be voluntarily given on these forms, but are not required. This information will be used to respond to your inquiry.

How do we Use your Information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested;
  • To improve our website to better serve you;
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature;
  • To ask for ratings and reviews of services or products;
  • To send you promotional information, such as a newsletter or other informational information. Each email will provide instructions on how to opt-out of future communications;
  • To send administrative communications, such as confirmation of e-mail address, and updates to policies ;
  • To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries);
  • To provide user support;
  • To process payment for transactions made on Bottles + Banter; or,
  • To notify you of new information or services that may be of interest to you.

We Use Cookies to:

  • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
  • Keep track of advertisements.
  • Serve advertisements, covered more below.
  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
  • You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s “Help Menu” to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
  • If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.

Third-Party Disclosure:

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.

However, Bottles + Banter may use third-party service. How each third-party service provider uses your personal information is dictated by their own privacy policy. Currently, Bottles + Banter uses the following third-party service providers:

Email Marketing: Bottles + Banter uses Convertkit as its email service provider. Convertkit collects contact information, distributes our mass email communications, and tracks your actions taken when interacting with those emails.

Emails sent via Convertkit contain tracking pizes that allow us to analyze the effectiveness of this emails. This allows us to see what emails you open and which links you click in an email. All data related to email marketing is stored on Convertkit’s servers. You can view Convertkit’s complete privacy policy here.

Tracking: Bottles + Banter uses marketing tools that help us improve user’s experience when visiting our site. These tools allow us to view aggregated data and to run tests to determine which pages may be performing best. Any personally identifiable information acquired by these tools will not be used by the tools. Currently, Bottles + Banter uses the following third-party tracking service providers:

Google Analytics: Privacy policy

Remarketing: Bottles + Banter uses remarketing cookies and conversion pixels from Facebook and Google to present offers to you for our products or conduct over Google’s content network and social media networks. This means that you may see an ad for Bottles + Banter after visiting our website. Additionally, Bottles + Banter creates custom audiences consisting of email subscribers and customers to present offers to you via social media networks. You may opt-out of our remarketing practices below:

Facebook: opt-out of remarketing

Google: opt-out or remarketing

Surveys: Occasionally, we may provide you the option to complete a voluntary survey. These surveys will be provided by SurveyMonkey. All data submitted to SurveyMonkey is stored on their servers. You can see SurveyMonkey’s privacy policy here.

Advertising Privacy Statement:

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

By using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with Google, and our other third party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. However, these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.

For European Economic Area Residents

If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing.  If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us at privacy@bottlesandbanter.com. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site. (Available in the EU.)

For California Residents

California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising information, click the opt out link provided in the footer of this pageYou also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To be clear we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand side platforms.

This site is affiliated with Amazon Services LLC, and is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Third-party links:

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Personal Data Rights:

Opt-out: You may opt-out of any future email communications by following the unsubscribe links at the bottom of every email. Additionally, you may notify us at privacy@bottlesandbanter.com to be removed from our mailing list.

Accessing Your Data: You may access any personal information we have stored about you by submitting a request to privacy@bottlesandbanter.com.

Amend: If you would like to amend your personal information for any reason you can contact us at privacy@bottlesandbanter.com.

Forget: You have a right to be forgotten. Therefore, you can request that we erase any personal data that we have regarding you by emailing us at privacy@bottlesandbanter.com.

Sale of Business or Assets:

In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.

Changes to Privacy Policy:

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.

For More Privacy Information Contact:

Nick Stretchbery

privacy@bottlesandbanter.com.com