PRIVACY POLICY

Updated Jun 6, 2022

Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your data and personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from Sandy Road Vineyards at  www.sandyroadvineyards.com, an affiliated site (such as a promotional microsite linked to our site), a brand page on a community website (such as Facebook, Instagram or the like) or through similar online avenues, and via mobile phone applications or SMS (text message) correspondence  (collectively referred to as “Site”).

Your Consent

You should read this entire Privacy Policy before submitting information to us or using our site. Whenever you submit information via our site or otherwise to us, whether online or offline, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Who Can Use Our Site

Only Persons over the age of 21 years and in the United States of America are permitted to use our site. Persons under the age of 21 are not permitted to use our site or services and we do not intentionally collect or maintain Personal Information from those who are under 21 years old. Protecting the privacy of children is very important to us. Thus, if we obtain actual knowledge that a user is under 21, we will take steps to remove that user's Personal Information from our databases. By using our site or services, you are representing that you are at least 21 years old, and that you consent to the terms and conditions laid out in this privacy policy including the use and collection of your data and personal information. 

What Data Do We Collect

When you visit our site or use our services, we collect statistics and basic information about your browser, IP Address, and the pages that you are visiting. We use cookies to anonymously identify visitors and to remember registered users when they return to the site. "Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Cookies enable us to provide special features such as storing items in your shopping cart between visits, improving our website and marketing. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but most allow you to prevent that by making a change to the browser options. Our site and services require the use of Cookies and some features may not function properly if Cookies are disabled. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

We also collect and store any data that you choose to provide us such as during purchase of a product, leaving a comment, rating, photo or sending us an email. This information can include attributes such as your first and last name, address, email, phone number, photos, videos and credit card information. We may augment this information by joining it with other information about you provided by other third party services.

How Do We Use Your Data

In general, your data and personal information you submit to us is used by us to provide you access to the site, to improve your personal experience on the site, for performance monitoring, support, services and products, and to offer you additional information or promotions from us, our partners or other advertisers. 

Where the law allows it, we may provide your data to third party service providers who work on our behalf to help us provide some services and features of the site and to help us communicate with you. For example, sending an email, analyzing web traffic data, providing marketing assistance, processing payments, and customer service. We do not maintain responsibility for the manner in which third parties, including, without limitation, social networks, other partners and advertisers, use or further disclose Personal Information collected from you in accordance with this Privacy Policy, after we have disclosed such information to those third parties.

We may also disclose personal data to third parties (including, without limitation, governmental agencies) if required to do so by law, regulation or court order; to respond to governmental and/or law enforcement requests; to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interfering with our (or others') rights or property; to support any actual or threatened claim, defense or declaration in a case or before any jurisdictional and/or administrative authority, arbitration or mediation panel; or in connection with disciplinary actions/investigations. Likewise, we may disclose personal data to third parties in connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of the business of our site or the sale, assignment, merger, reorganization or other transfer of any of our brands or companies.

Please see this article on how our partner Google uses your information https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

How Do We Protect Your Data

We are committed to protecting the security of your Personal Information. We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Even though we have taken significant steps to protect your Personal Information, no company, including us, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information. Moreover, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any user name and password you use, if applicable.

How Can You Inquire or Change Your Data

You can contact us in writing via the information on our Contact Us page to request any personal information that we have about you. 

California Residents

California Do Not Track Notice: Because there are not yet common, industry accepted "do not track" standards and systems, our website does not respond to Do Not Track signals. In addition, we may allow third parties to collect personal data from your activity on our site, as described in this Privacy Policy.

California Disclosure Information: Under California Law, California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with which they have an established business relationship, (1) a list of the categories of personal information, such as name, address, e-mail address, and the type of services provided to the customer, that a business has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties' direct marketing purposes, and (2) the names and addresses of all such third parties. We will respond to such written requests within 30 days following receipt at the e-mail or mailing address specified below under "Contact Us". If we receive your request at a different e-mail or mailing address, we will respond within a reasonable period of time, but not to exceed 150 days from the date received. Please note that we are required to respond to each customer only once per calendar year.

If you are a California resident and would like to request that we do not disclose your personal data to third parties for direct marketing by such third parties, you can exercise your right to prevent such disclosures at no cost to you by clicking on this link and following the instructions on that page.

How Can You Opt-Out

We want to keep in touch with you in ways that you find to be beneficial. If you don't want us to use your contact information to communicate with you for promotional purposes (such as to tell you about other products and services that might be of interest or to offer coupons/discounts), please tell us that when you provide your contact information. You can also let us know your preference later by contacting us as specified in the "Contact Us" section below, by accessing your account via our site (if applicable) or by following the instructions in various communications that we may send you. Keep in mind that these preferences regarding promotional contacts do not mean that we might not contact you for other reasons, such as those related to an order you placed, an inquiry you made, a message that a friend or acquaintance requested be delivered (such as through our tell-a-friend/invite-a-friend features), a newsletter to which you may have subscribed, a membership you undertook, an event for which you registered, a legally required notice and so on.

SMS Messaging Opt-Out

If you have participated in our general SMS correspondence campaign, you may opt-out by texting "STOP" to the short code provided in that message. Text "HELP" to the code for help or call us. Message and data rates may apply.

Behavioral Targeted Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting the following links:

FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

GOOGLE – https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

BING – https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

To learn more about IBA or to opt-out of this type of advertising, visit the Network Advertising Initiative website and the Digital Advertising Alliance website. Options you select are browser- and device-specific.

To opt-out of our interest-based advertising for goods and services or those of another party, online and in third-party mobile applications, visit Digital Advertising Alliance’s Choices page at optout.aboutads.info and perform a global opt-out.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time for any reason. If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will include a new effective date, and we will notify you of such changes by posting the revised policy on this page. Any such changes will automatically apply to all uses of our website and collection and use of your personal data by us, on or after such effective date (until such time as this Privacy Policy is subsequently revised. If you don't want us to use your personal data according to the terms of the new policy, you can opt-out here. Be sure to check the Privacy Policy whenever you submit personal data or use our website.