VINTOOLS.CO PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: May 10, 2023

The vintools.co website and all of its subdomains and affiliate websites (the “Website”) is operated by Vintools Web Development LTD, a British Columbia company (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”). This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) summarizes what personal information we collect, and how we use and disclose this information. Any capitalized terms in this Privacy Policy not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in our Terms of Use.

This Privacy Policy applies to all users of our Services, content, online databases, Website, including to those that create accounts with us through our Website or that create accounts with us through a third party application such as a third party app store (an “Account”). By using our Website, or by creating an Account, you signify your consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Website or submit any personal information to us.

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy, or any part thereof, at any time, by posting the amended version on our Website and/or sending you written notice thereof at the email address on file in your Account. Such amendment will become effective seven (7) days after transmission or posting of such notice. Your continued use of the Website after such seven (7)-day notice period confirms your consent to and acceptance of such amended Privacy Policy. If at any time we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, you will be informed via written notice thereof at the email address on file in your Account and also given notice when signing into your Account after such changes have been made.

What Personal Information We Collect

Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (“Personal Information”). We collect Personal Information when you voluntarily provide it through our Website, or when you provide it to us through other means. For example, we may collect Personal Information when you:

contact us through email, telephone, mail, or other correspondence;
create an Account on the Website;
upload content to our Website;
communicate with us; and
make any information sent through any third-party services integrated with the Website and Services, including but not limited to Mailchimp and Facebook (“Third-Party Services”), including information sent to any of your customers.

The Personal Information may include:

your full name;
contact information, such as your address, telephone number, or email address;
your date of birth; and
and any other Personal Information that you choose to submit to us.

When you interact with us or other users of the Website we collect certain information. This information may include:

information about how, when, and where you use the Website and/or Services;
error logging, event recording and user experience data; and
the settings you use on our Website.

We do not collect Personal Information about you from sources other than directly from you.

How We Collect Information Through Technological Means

When you use our Website, we may collect information that is automatically sent to us by your web browser or your device. This information may include your IP address. We may also collect other information, such as the type of browser you use, which of the Website’s pages you view, and the files you request.

We use this information to improve our understanding of how users use our Website, to improve our Website, attract more users, to learn together with our users, and to store data for users own personal use. We may also use the information collected for our own products’ research and development purposes. The amount of information that is sent to us by technological means depends on your browser or device and settings you use. Please refer to the instructions provided by your browser or device if you want to learn more about what information it sends to the Website you use, or how you may change or restrict this.

We and providers of Third-Party Services may use cookies and other similar technological means (collectively, “Cookies”) on our Website to help us collect information through technological means. These technological tools may track or collect information such as: (i) IP addresses; (ii) the type of web browser and operating system used; (iii) and the pages of the Website visited.

We use Cookies for various reasons, including:

to improve functionality and performance of our Website, including tailoring our Website to increase relevancy of content displayed to you;
to facilitate your transactions and customer interactions through the Website and Third-Party Services;
to authenticate users of our Website;
to provide us with insights on how users use our Website and other analytics, such as traffic on our Website; and
to remember your settings and preferences.

Cookies also help to avoid delivering the same advertisements to you too many times and measure the usefulness of advertisements you have been delivered. Information gathered by Cookies may be shared with third parties, including advertisers. This means that sometimes you’ll see our Website advertised elsewhere on the internet.

We obtain your consent to our Cookies by providing you with transparent information in our Privacy Policy and providing you with the opportunity to make your choice. You have the right to object to the use of Cookies. Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Also, these tools may not be effective in relation to HTML5 cookies. Please be aware that if you disable or remove these Cookies some parts of our Website will not work and that when you revisit our Website your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations. You can also find out more information about managing, disabling, and deleting cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

How We Use and Disclose Information Collected from You

The information we collect from you may be used by us for the purposes for which it was collected, as provided in this Privacy Policy, or for other purposes that are disclosed to you and to which you consent. We may use and disclose information collected from you as follows:

to register your Account;
to verify and authenticate your Account information;
to facilitate a transaction or interactions between you and your customers, including to assist in delivering the Third-Party Services to you;
to serve you relevant advertisements and content;
to send you necessary informational or administrative communications, such as to send you notice of amendments to our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy;
to send you promotional communications if you explicitly consented to receive these communications;
to respond to inquiries and provide you with customer support;
to increase the security and safety of our Services and users;
to perform analytics on our Website;
for any other purposes that are disclosed to you and to which you consent; and
for any purpose required by law.

We also combine, analyze, process, and store information we collect from you for the purposes of facilitating and improving our Website. We may transfer information we collect from you to Third-Party Service providers that assist us with carrying out any of these purposes.

Some or all the information we collect may be stored or processed in jurisdictions outside of Canada. As a result, this information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in those jurisdictions according to laws in those jurisdictions.

We reserve the right to transfer Personal Information to a third-party in the event that we merge with or are acquired by a third-party, or as part of the negotiations leading up to such merger or acquisition. We also may disclose your Personal Information for any other purpose permitted by law or to which you consent.

Sharing of Information With Third-Party Services

The Services allow for you to use Third-Party Services directly, including through the Website. When you provide Personal Information to us, we may share that information with the Third-Party Services provider to the extent necessary to allow your use of those Third-Party Services to proceed. We make efforts to ensure that Third-Party Services providers keep this information confidential, but cannot guarantee and do not accept responsibility for how such Personal Information, including your Personal Information, will be handled by Third-Party Services providers. Third-Party Services providers may have separate privacy policies that may apply to their treatment of such Personal Information. By making your Personal Information available to us, you agree to the disclosure of the same to Third-Party Services providers for the purposes set out above. If you are not prepared to make your Personal Information available to those Third-Party Services providers, please do not provide us with any Personal Information.

How We Protect Personal Information

The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We protect your Personal Information by maintaining administrative, physical, and technological safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of such Personal Information. Personal Information may only be accessed by persons within our organization who require such access to provide you with the Services indicated above. We do not sell Personal Information to third parties.

When a user contacts us and requests that their information be deleted, the information will be permanently deleted from our database unless such deletion is contrary to applicable laws, in which case we will retain only the information that we are legally required to retain, and only for the amount of time that we are legally required to retain it. Users may also, upon request, review any information we hold about them in our possession.

Third Party Collection of Information

This Privacy Policy does not apply to applications, technologies or websites that are owned by and/or operated by other parties. The relevant third party’s terms of use, privacy policy, permissions, notices and choices should be reviewed by yourself regarding their collection, storage and sharing practices since they may be different from ours.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track is a privacy option that people can set in certain web browsers. Do Not Track is a way for individuals to inform websites and services that they do not want certain information about their webpage visits collected over time and across websites or other online services. However, we do not recognize or respond to Do Not Track requests, and we have no special monitoring services to identify which browsers are using Do Not Track options and which do not.

Access and Rectification

You have a right to access to your Personal Information and to request a correction to it if you believe it is inaccurate. If you have submitted Personal Information and would like to have access to it, or if you would like to have it corrected please contact us using the contact information provided below.

If you contact us to request access to your Personal Information, we will provide you with information in a readily useable format, free of charge, within 45 days of you making that request.

Age Restriction

By using our Website, you confirm that you are at least 19 years old and the age of majority in your country and have the legal ability to consent to the use of your Personal Information on our website. IF YOU ARE UNDER 19 YEARS OF AGE OR THE AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR JURISDICTION , THEN PLEASE DO NOT USE OR ACCESS OUR WEBSITE.

If you are the parent or legal guardian of a child under 19 years old who uses our Services, then please contact us at the address below to have your child’s account terminated and personal information deleted.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or to access your information, please contact our Privacy Officer Jared Siebert at privacy@vintools.co