Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium (DTCWS) collects, and the ways in which we use that information. The Privacy Policy may change at any time; any changes will be posted on this page. Should you have additional questions, comments or concerns please contact us: dtcwinesymposium@gmail.com
Personal information collection
The information we collect is used only to help us better serve conference attendees and exhibitors. We do not collect any personal information from Users simply browsing the website. Only aggregate data — such as the number of hits per page — are collected from browsing. Aggregate data are only used for internal and marketing purposes and do not provide any personally identifying information.
The personal information we may collect and use includes, but is not limited to:
- contact information, including email address
- demographic information such as postcode
- information about your use of this website
- information that you provide for the purpose of using this website and its functionality
- any other information that you send to Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium
Using personal information
Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium may use your personal information to:
- administer this website
- business record keeping
- personalize the website for you
- improve our service and efficiency
- enable your access to and use of the website services
- publish information about you on the website via a testimonial
- send you emails relevant to our purpose and mission
The conference email list for Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium is shared with the sponsors of the conference. If you choose to register for DTCWS, your information will be added to the registration database and ultimately the conference email list. This is a condition of registering for DTCWS.
Where Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium discloses your personal information to its agents or sub-contractors for these purposes, the agent or sub-contractor in question will be obligated to use that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy statement. In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.
Securing your data
We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. We will store all the personal information you provide securely.
Use of cookies
Websites will commonly write small data files (cookies) to your hard drive during your visits to the website. A cookie file is used in order to track your traffic patterns on a particular website and contains information that can anonymously identify you. This information is encrypted for security purposes. Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium reserves the right to measure the activity of the website by using cookies. If the User declines the attachment of any cookie, the User may not have access to the full benefits of the website. Registration enables the website to better determine registrants’ interest areas and provide the most relevant information.
Cross-border data transfers
Information that we collect may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy. In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available around the world. You agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information.
Updating this statement
We may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website. This policy was last updated 8/06/2024. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.
Other websites
This website contains links to other websites. Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.
Contact Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or Direct to Consumer Wine Symposium’s treatment of your personal information, please email dtcwinesymposium@gmail.com