Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) for (“Website”), an Internet website offered by DRINQS™ (“we,” “us,” or “our”), explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information. Unless we otherwise indicate, this Privacy Policy applies to all personal information collected by DRINQS™ from any source, including information collected through our online services and activities, including this Website and our mobile applications (collectively, “Sites”) and whether you are accessing the Website as a registered user or other user of the Sites.

Your privacy is important to us. Please take a moment to review our privacy practices. We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by updating this page, so please check this page periodically to ensure that you are informed about any changes we implement. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not participate in the Sites or any features, activities, or services offered though the Sites.

CONSENT TO COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

How do you get my consent?

When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, verify your credit card, place an order, arrange for purchase, you consent to our collecting it and using it for that specific reason only.

If we ask for your personal information for a secondary reason, like marketing, we will either ask you directly for your express consent, or provide you with an opportunity to say no.

How do I withdraw my consent?

If after you opt in, you change your mind, you may withdraw your consent for us to contact you, or for the continued collection, use, or disclosure of your information, at any time, by contacting us at customercare@drinqs.in

Age of Consent

By using this Website, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state of residence and you have given us your consent.

Compliance With Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our site from those we actually know are under 25, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 25.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

When you purchase something from our Sites, we collect personal information you directly provide to us through our Sites, and through your other interactions with us. For example, we may collect your name, email address, postal address, phone number, fax number, photographs, videos, demographics, and other information you provide or allow us to collect from you. We also collect credit card numbers if you purchase our products and services. We may also obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect from you.

When you visit our Sites, some information is automatically collected. For example, we may collect your computer’s operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type and language, and referring website addresses. If you access our Sites from a mobile device, we may also collect information about the type of mobile device you use, your device’s unique ID, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, and information about the location of your device (for information about how to opt-out of location information collection, please see “Your Information Choices and Changes” below). We also collect information about your usage of and activity on our Sites.

Cookies We may automatically collect information using “cookies.” Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website. Among other things, cookies help us improve our Sites and your experience. We use cookies to see which areas and features are popular and to count visits to our Sites. Many web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies from our Sites. If you set your browser not to accept cookies or if you reject a cookie, it may affect certain features or services of our Sites.

Web Beacons. We may collect information using web beacons. Web beacons, or “clear gifs,” are electronic images that may be used on our Sites or in our emails. We use Web beacons to purchase cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness, and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon. If you do not wish for us to track emails we send you, some email services may allow you to adjust your display to turn off HTML or images which may disable tracking, or you may unsubscribe from our marketing emails as described below.

While we and others give you choices described in this Privacy Policy, there are many ways web browser signals and other similar mechanisms can indicate your choice to disable tracking, and we may not be aware of or honour every mechanism.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES AND ADS

Third parties may also collect information about you through our Sites. For example, third party analytics services use cookies and web beacons to help us compile statistics about our Sites and visitors to our Sites. We receive assurances from those third party analytics services that they will not collect or access any information that directly identifies you on our Sites. Other third parties may also collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you visit our Site, for example, to display DRINQS™ ads to you on third party websites and to purchase third party ads to our Sites and others as described below.

DRINQS™ ADS ON THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

We and others may use information collected using third-party cookies and web beacons on our Sites and in our emails to purchase World of Wines®-branded advertising displayed to you on third-party websites. We and others also may use cookie information to know when you return to our website after visiting these third-party websites. We and others use this and other information about you to try to understand your interests and show you relevant advertising about products and services that may interest you.

We may also use third parties to serve ads on our Sites. Certain third parties may automatically collect information about your visits to this and other websites, your IP address, your ISP, and the browser you use to visit our Sites. They do this using cookies, clear gifs or other technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to purchase advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visitation of our Sites and the other sites tracked by these third parties. This policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, cookies or clear gifs in third-party ads, and we encourage you to check the privacy policies of advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of cookies and other technology. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please contact us at info@worldofwines.in

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use personal information we collect for purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as disclosed to you in other ways including on our Sites, and in connection with our services. For example, we may use your information to:

Provide and purchase products and services

Provide information we think may be helpful to you in your pursuit of a healthy lifestyle

Send you information related to products and services, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages

Communicate with you about new contests, promotions and rewards, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by World Of Wines®

Operate and improve our Sites and services

Process and purchase contest entries and rewards

Manage and administer our community features and member programs and services

Respond to your comments and questions and provide customer service; and

Link or combine with other personal information we get from third parties, to help understand your needs and provide you with better service. DRINQS™ may store and process personal information in the India and other countries.

SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Certain sections of our Sites are designed as open and public community areas for connecting and sharing with other people. When you sign up for or participate in these areas you will be asked to provide certain information that may be displayed publicly along with photos, stories, posts, and other information you choose to provide. We may also post or publish your information when you submit comments, stories, photos, and videos in connection with surveys, contests, sweepstakes, or promotions offered on the Sites.

We do not otherwise share your personal information with third parties except as follows:

in an aggregated or anonymized form that does not directly identify you

with your consent, including if we notify you on the Sites that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information or when you agree to our sharing of your information with other third parties for their own marketing purposes subject to their separate privacy policies

with third party vendors, consultants and other service providers who are working on our behalf and need access to your information to carry out their work for us

to (a) comply with laws or respond to lawful requests and legal process, (b) to protect the rights and property of World Of Wines®, our agents, members, and others including to enforce our agreements, policies, and terms of use, or (c) in the good faith belief that disclosure is needed to respond to an emergency or protect the personal safety of any person; and

in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

DRINQS™ takes reasonable measures to protect your personal information in an effort to prevent loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

YOUR INFORMATION CHOICES AND CHANGES

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from DRINQS™ by following the instructions in those emails. If you choose to opt out of promotional emails, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as emails about your accounts or our ongoing business relations.

Finally, you may also send requests about your contact preferences, changes to your information, or our Privacy Policy or privacy practices by emailing us at customercare@drinqs.in .

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

DRINQS™ may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this Privacy Policy, it will be updated.