Information Collection and Use - WineSnob is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. WineSnob collects information from our users in several different ways; the type of information that we collect will depend on how you use our web site.

1. Browsing  We use IP addresses for trend analysis, administration of this site, to track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses (the Internet address of your computer) provides us with information of which parts of our website you visit and how long you spend there. The only other information automatically provided to us is the type of computer and operating system you are using. Your browser supplies us with this information. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. We may use such non-personal information for internal purposes, including ways of improving our site.
2. Joining our Newsletter  If a user elects to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as your name and email address.
3. Placing an Order To place an order you must provide personal information, such as name, contact details, billing and delivery addresses to enable us to process your order. This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used for exactly that, to contact you. Payment information (such as credit card number, expiration date) are not provided to WineSnob, that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. This information is entered directly to our secure payment gateway provider’s site. Our secure gateway provider is SecurePay. Wine Snob does not have access to your credit card information. We will only receive from SecurePay, confirmation that your payment has been successful, or if not, a code to determine the reason why it may have been unsuccessful. If you wish to peruse SecurePay’s’ privacy policy click.

Cookies - WineSnob uses industry standard cookies. A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Use of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still browse our site. However, the user may not be able to order our wines online.

Sharing Information - We do not share the information gathered when using our site with any other parties, other than those specified. If at any point in the future, we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.

Links - This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Wine Snob is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Wine Snob.

Security - WineSnob takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the web site, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. If you have any questions about the security of our web site., you can send us an email at  info@winesnob.com.au

Correcting/Updating Personal Information - If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavour to provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. If you as a member desire to change any of your personal information, you may do so after you log in to our site. You may also contact us at info@winesnob.com.au and request for us to personally alter or remove your details.

Notification of Changes - If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our web site so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under which circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.