Last Updated: March 27, 2024
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Ridge Vineyards, Inc. and its affiliate and related entities (collectively, “Ridge Vineyards,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and retains personal information about visitors to our website, www.ridgewine.com (the “Site”), and users of the services available through our Site (collectively, the “Services”). This Policy also describes the rights you may have regarding our processing of your personal information under applicable local law.
By accessing the Site or using any of our Services, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information will be handled as described in this Policy. Your use of the Site and Services, and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Policy, including its applicable limitations of liability and the resolution of disputes.
Note to California Residents: This Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and retain your personal information, and your rights and choices over our processing of your personal information. For additional information relating to your rights and our processing of your personal information, please navigate to the Additional State Disclosures section below.
You may download a printable copy of this Policy (PDF): here.
Depending on your interaction with us, we may collect the following categories of personal information about you directly from you, automatically through your use of our Site or Services, and from third parties:
Information We Collect Directly From You. We collect personal information directly from you when you use our Site or Services. If you register for an account, membership, or event, we may collect your name, login credentials, email address, and preferences. If you contact us or participate in one of our contests or promotions, we may collect information such as your name, email address, your preferences, the contents of a message or attachments that you may send to us, and other information you choose to provide. If you make a purchase on our Site or book a reservation with us, we may collect your financial account information, credit card number, debit card number, or other payment card information. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect your name, email address, and zip code. We may also collect information that you provide about other people, for example, when you purchase one of our products as a gift.
Information We Collect Automatically. We automatically collect personal information when you use our Site using cookies, pixels tags, clear GIFs, or similar technologies. This may include information such as your IP address and the types of personal information described above as “Internet or other electronic network activity.” Please review our section below on “Our Use of Cookies and Related Technologies” for additional information regarding our use of cookies and related technologies.
Information We Collect From Other Sources. We collect personal information about you from other sources, such as internet service providers, operating systems and platforms, social networks, and our affiliate and related entities.
We use each of the categories of your personal information described above for the following business purposes:
We may disclose each of the categories of your personal information described above for our business purposes as follows:
We may also disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:
We may use cookies and similar technologies to track information about your use of our Site and Services. We use this information to better understand, customize, and improve user experiences with the Site and Services, as well as for advertising purposes. We may combine this information with other personal information we collect about you (and our third party business partners may do so on our behalf).
You may have certain rights regarding our processing of your personal information under applicable local law. If our processing of your personal information is governed by such laws, this section provides you with additional information regarding your rights and our processing of your personal information under applicable local law.
We do not “sell” your personal information or “share” your personal information for cross-contextual behavioral advertising (as those terms are defined under applicable local law). We do not use and disclose your sensitive personal information for purposes other than permitted under applicable local law. Below is a chart that describes the categories of third parties to whom we may disclose each category of your personal information for the business purposes described above.
Category of personal information | Categories of third parties to whom we may disclose personal information for a business purpose |
Identifiers | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Protected classifications | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Professional or employment-related information | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Payment records | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Commercial records | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Audio, electronic, or visual information | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Internet or other electronic network activity | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Inferences | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Sensitive personal information | Related entities Service providers Government entities |
Your personal information will be held for only so long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was originally collected, and in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law. We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy. When assessing retention periods, we first examine whether it is necessary to retain the personal information collected and, if retention is required, work to retain the personal information for the shortest possible period permissible under applicable law.
Depending on the jurisdiction in which you live, you may have the following rights under applicable local law:
These rights may be limited or denied in some circumstances. For example, we may retain your personal information where required or permitted under applicable law.
To exercise your rights under applicable local law, or if you are an authorized agent submitting a request on behalf of a consumer under applicable local law, you may contact us at 1-866-867-3233, or submit a request through our WEBFORM. You or your authorized agent may be asked to provide information such as your first name, last name, postal address, email address, and date of birth to verify your identity. Authorized agents must also provide a copy of the consumer’s signed permission authorizing the agent to submit requests on the consumer’s behalf.
You may have a right to appeal a decision we make relating to requests to exercise your rights under applicable local law. To appeal a decision, please contact us using the details provided in our Contact Us section below.
We may send periodic promotional emails to you. You may opt-out of promotional emails by following the opt-out instructions contained in the email. Please note that it may take up to 10 business days for us to process opt-out requests. If you opt-out of receiving promotional emails, we may still send you emails about your account or any services you have requested or received from us.
We implement physical, technical, and organizational security measures designed to safeguard personal information. These measures are aimed to protect the personal information we collect from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be aware that despite our efforts, no data security measures can guarantee security.
Our Site and Services may contain links to third-party websites and applications. Any access to and use of such linked websites and applications is not governed by this Policy, but is instead governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites and applications. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites and applications. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites and applications that you choose to visit.
Our Site and Services are not designed for children under the age of 13. If we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our systems. We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” the personal information of children under the age of 16.
If you have questions or concerns about the privacy aspects of our Site or Services, or have a question about your rights under this Policy, please contact us as follows:
This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. We will post any changes to this Policy on our Site. If we make any changes to this Policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the information we have previously collected about you, we will endeavor to provide you with notice in advance of such change by highlighting the change on our Site or sending you an email.
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