Privacy Policy
In order for you to use our website, subscribe to our electronic newsletter and other electronic mailings, participate in our programs and promotions and participate in sweepstakes or other contests that we may sponsor, we collect personal information that you submit to us and nonpersonal information that is collected pursuant to the “cookies” definition described herein. That information may include, but not be limited to, your first and last name, postal address, telephone number, email address, date of birth and interests. We do not collect any personal information that you do not provide.
From time to time, we may use your personal information for internal or external marketing and promotional purposes or analytical purposes. For example, we may send you an email or blog update about special events and offers and we may email you about promotions and surveys. We will never provide your contact information to third parties without your express approval.
We safeguard your personal information by implementing reasonable security procedures to protect your privacy, but shall not be liable for any failure to safeguard such information, whether inadvertent or otherwise.
If you would like us to delete all of your personal information (except for information that we keep legally or for record-keeping purposes) and/or remove your name and address from promotional lists (including any personal information gathered by our service providers) and place your name on our “do not contact” list, you should contact us. Please note that any requests to update your personal information may take up to 30 days for an email request.
“Cookies”: To help us serve you better, we collect information that does not identify you personally, but rather identifies your computer or browser. Cookies are pieces of information placed in the settings of your web browser by a website server to identify your computer when you return to a website. Whenever a site welcomes you and tailors data to your specifications, it is reading a cookie left in your browser and identifying information that you may have registered during previous visits, such as your viewing preferences.
We may use cookies to keep track of your status as a participant in our promotions, to tailor information to your preferences or for other similar purposes. Cookies also help us estimate and report the size of our viewing community and traffic. You can set your browser not to accept cookies, but if you do, you may not be able to take advantage of certain features enjoyed by other visitors to our website.
We may also use IP addresses to analyze trends, help us administer the website, track the movement of visitors and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Aggregated Demographic Information: We may share aggregated demographic information with third parties, but this information is not linked to any personal information that can identify you or another individual person. Therefore, no personal information is disclosed in this manner.
Disclosure for Legal Purposes: The law requires that we may be required to share your personal information and nonpersonal information (see “Cookies” section above for examples of nonpersonal information) pursuant to judicial or governmental subpoenas, warrants or orders. If we are required to do so, we will, of course, obey the law. In addition, notwithstanding any term to the contrary in this Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to use, disclose and share your personal and nonpersonal information in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of this site’s Terms of Service or as otherwise required by law.
By submitting information to us, you consent to its collection and use by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at editor at grapeshisha.com
1. You will always have the opportunity to unsubscribe from the Grapeshisha Blog by following instructions in each email you receive. You can unsubscribe at any time.
2. Grapeshisha will never share your data with anyone else, unless you have specifically requested for us to do so.
3. Grapeshisha collects your email address when you sign up to our blog update or consult us for advice. This is so we can send you relevant information. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time
4. Grapeshisha may also hold "implicit" data to help provide you with the best possible service (such as a record of when you signed up, feedback given, preferences given, pages visited, whether you viewed the email) and "explicit" data (such as name) should you choose to give them.
5. Again Grapeshisha will never share this data with anyone else, unless you have specifically requested for us to do so.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.