Des Moines Wine Festival Foundation respects the privacy of your information. We provide this explanation about our online information practices (“Privacy Policy”) to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy.
We do not sell, rent, share or use in any other way, any personally identifying information we collect during your use of our website without your permission.
If your personally identifying information could be shared with a third party, we will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer. You will always have the option of not permitting the transfer by not using the particular service, electing to end your session on our website, or otherwise declining to further participate in the transaction.
The Information We Collect
At the time you register on our site, make a purchase, or request to participate in an event sponsored by the Des Moines Wine Festival Foundation, we collect and store your name, address, credit card numbers and other personally-identifying information. We need this information to deliver the goods or services that you request.
We do not gather general statistical information about the visitors to our website such as IP addresses, browser addresses, pages viewed, number of visitors, or the goods and services that are purchased. We do not use “cookies.”
The Way We Use Information
When we collect your personal information, we temporarily store this information in a secure area of the website. We retain this information in the secured portion of our website for only as long as we need the information to process the transaction you have requested.
We may use your e-mail address, your mailing address and your phone number to deliver the goods or services that you request, or to contact you regarding new offerings and communications relevant to your use of the site. However, we will not send you any such announcements that you have instructed us not to send by specifically requesting that we omit your name from all of our mailings.Security
We employ reasonable and current security methods to prevent unauthorized access to our website; maintain the accuracy of your data, and to ensure the correct use of your information.
You should know that in general, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online – for example on message boards, through e-mail, or in chat areas, any of that information may be collected and used by others.No data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure. As a result, while we take every reasonable step to protect and safeguard your personal information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us. Accordingly, you must know that you transmit your personal information to us at your own risk.
Children Under 13
We have no way of distinguishing the age of individuals who access our website, and so we carry out the same Privacy Policy for individuals of all ages. If a child has provided us with personally identifying information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us to remove the information and to opt-out of promotional opportunities.
Third Party Practices
The Privacy Policy of any group, organization or resource to which we provide a link from our site may differ from ours. We encourage you to read that policy before using their internet resources.
Changes To Our Policy
Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be communicated through our website at least thirty (30) days in advance of their effective dates. Information collected before changes are made will be treated according to the terms of the Privacy Policy that was in place at the time it was collected.
Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of your personally identifying information in the manner we describe in this Privacy Policy.