Privacy Policy
Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to our users' privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices:
Information Collection and Use
Metrowine Distribution Co., Inc is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in any way that varies from what is disclosed in this statement. Metrowine Distribution Co., Inc collects information from our users at several different areas on our site. You may receive information regarding new features, services and special offers we think you'll find valuable. We may also share information with carefully selected business partners. These businesses may use the information we share to provide valuable opportunities and offers. If you'd like to opt out of future mailings from Metrowine.com, Inc., contact us
Registration
Registration is required in order to use this website. Users are required to provide their name, date email address, company name, company address, license # and a password of 5-16 characters in length. This information is necessary in order for us to contact users about services on our site for which they have expressed interest.
Ordering
Metrowine.com order forms request data from users including: Contact information such as name and shipping address; billing address and billing phone number. This information is used for billing purposes to to fill customers' orders. If we encounter difficulty when processing an order, this contact information is used to contact the user. This information is harvested from a secure area and encrypted for our customers' protection. It is not sold or shared with anyone else under any circumstances.
Cookies
A cookie is data stored on the end-user's hard drive with information that relates directly to the end-user's visit to our web site. Any information placed in the cookie is accessible only to metrowine.com, and will not be sold or shared with anyone else under any circumstances. We use a cookie to store a unique session identifier, which allows us to maintain shopping cart and state selections from one page request to the next, and maintain session information from one visit to the next.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement and gather demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable sites.
Sharing
We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in any way that varies from what is disclosed in this statement.
Metrowine.com will share aggregated demographic information with its partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders. This company does not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We value your privacy at metrowine.com, and will never release any account information to anyone outside of the necessary core groups that help our business function unless our customers give us the authority to do so.
Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that metrowine.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Security
We also do everything in our power to protect user data offline. All sensitive information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a Customer Care representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information, and are required to lock their station when they leave their station.
All employees are kept up to date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter and whenever new policies are implemented, our employees are reminded about the importance of keeping customer data secure and safe at all times. The servers with personally identifiable information are stored in a locked and secure environment.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to contact@metrowine.com
Opt-out Instructions
Users who no longer wish to receive our electronic newsletter or promotional materials from metrowine.com may opt-out of receiving these communications by contacting us.