Steelback Brewery - Privacy Policy
USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you indicated your consent, Steelback Brewery, it’s agencies and its affiliates (collectively “Companies”), may collect and use: (a) information you provide on a registration or account form, including age and contact information, to qualify you for a contest, promotion, product or service and to contact you and provide ongoing service regarding the same; (b) your contact information in order for Steelback Brewery and the Companies to contact you about other promotions, products and services offered by the Companies; (c) other personal information you provide including your expressed preferences and opinions (for example, beer brand preferences) in order for the Companies to offer on this Website, and to contact you about, promotions, products and services in which the Companies believe you would be most interested; (d) certain other purposes described in this Privacy Policy (See “Traffic Patterns and Cookies”, “Your Customized Profile”, “Credit Card Data” and “Verification and Managing our Business”); and (e) to comply with the law and regulatory requirements. On reasonable notice, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting questions@steelbackbrewery.com. Please note that you may not be able to withdraw your consent under (e).WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
This Website Privacy Policy was posted on May 15, 2008, and should be read with the Terms of Use of this Website.The Steelback Brewery Website (http://www.steelbackbrewery.com) is operated and maintained by Steelback Brewery, which is proud to offer you the Steelback family of brands.
STEELBACK WEBSITE PRIVACY COMMITMENT
Purpose of this Website Privacy Policy
Steelback respects the privacy of your personal information and we recognize that consumers have concerns about the privacy of their personal information and security on the Internet. While the Internet has revolutionized the way we can interact with you, it is by definition not entirely secure and presents unique challenges. This Website Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with information for making decisions when choosing to access this particular Website and to participate in activities on this Website. This Website Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time. Please check here periodically.
Summary of Privacy Commitment
Steelback Brewery will obtain your consent (which may be express or implied depending on the sensitivity of the personal information and will take different forms depending on the circumstances) to collect, use or disclose personal information for certain purposes, which will be summarized for you, at the time of collection, and not for other purposes, except in special situations where consent may not be appropriate. An example of such a special situation would be where we are required by law to disclose the personal information. Steelback Brewery will take appropriate safeguards to protect the security of personal information in their control. Steelback Brewery will take steps to help ensure, through contractual or other means, that third parties with whom they deal in respect of your personal information use the personal information for the purposes for which consent was given and that the third party provide a comparable level of protection to that which Steelback Brewery would provide. Finally, on reasonable notice, subject to certain exceptions, you are entitled to access your personal information and to withdraw your consent. This is meant to be a summary for your assistance. Please read below for further details of Steelback Brewery’s privacy practices.
Types of Information and Purposes
Steelback Brewery does not require you to provide a name and address or any other personally identifiable information (other than to confirm you are of legal drinking age which you have done by clicking through to access the website once prompted with the question “Are you of legal drinking age?”) to simply access or view the Steelback Brewery Website although we do monitor Traffic to our Website and we use Cookies (see Traffic Patterns and use of “Cookies” below).
However, if you decide to voluntarily participate in certain promotions, contests, products or services offered on this Website we may ask for certain personally identifiable information about you. The types of personally identifiable information that we may ask for, and the purposes for which it may be used, include name, date of birth or confirmation that you are of legal drinking age in your province (for example, to confirm you are of legal drinking age), address (for example, to qualify you for a contest which may be open only to residents of certain provinces or to notify you if you have won a contest), e-mail or text-messaging address (for example, to send you information about promotions), other information such as your gender, interests and your opinions (for example, your beer brand preferences) in order for the Companies to bring to you promotions, products and services in which we believe you would be most interested and credit card information (when we offer products which may be purchased by credit card).
If you consent the Companies will collect and use your personal information for the purposes described above in “Use of Personal Information” and below (Traffic Patterns and Cookies, Your Customized Profile, Credit Card Data and Verification and Managing our Business).
In responding to offers from third parties you may provide personal information. Please note that the provision of personal information by individuals to third parties and the collection of personal information about individuals by third parties will not involve the collection of personal information by Steelback Brewery and so it is the responsibility of the individual and such third parties alone.
If we do collect personal information from third parties who are not necessarily the Companies, we will do so where the customer has consented and for the purposes for which consent was given. Generally this would mean contacting these individuals about promotions, products and services which we believe they would be interested in and for purposes otherwise consistent with those described in this Website Privacy Policy.
OTHER PURPOSES
Traffic Patterns and Cookies
Every computer on the Internet has a unique address called an Internet Protocol Address (“IP Address”). An IP Address is just like a telephone number in that it is a long string of numbers. IP addresses are automatically assigned to all Internet users by their Internet Service Providers (“ISP”). However, since it would be difficult to remember everyone’s IP Address, the Internet allows you to type in an easy to remember name, i.e. a domain name or e-mail address which corresponds to the IP Address. So, instead of typing 1.23.45.67.89, you can use steelbackbrewery.com. And other Internet users contact you by using your e-mail or domain name address instead of your IP Address.
When you use the Internet, your IP Address, as well as other information is automatically logged by web servers. For example, our servers record information such as IP Addresses, operating system, number, time and duration of visits, Web pages requested and domain names and browser types. These are statistics which we use in aggregate form to improve the content and navigation on our Website. We do not in the normal course link server log information to other personal information in order to identify individual visitors. However, for your protection we may review server logs for security reasons. For example, we may need to detect or track unauthorized access to our systems. It is possible that in the context of a criminal or legal investigation (or in the case where our website offers certain services, for example, an e-mail or chat-room service, and a person may be in violation of the terms of use of such service) our server logs may need to be shared with appropriate authorities and ISP’s may be requested to disclose the person behind the IP Address.
We use “cookies”, a common Internet technology which provides you with tailored navigation and content on the steelbackbrewery.com Website based on your navigation history and preferences. Cookies may be sent to your browser’s temporary memory system to assist you in navigating during a particular session only. Or a cookie can be sent to your hard drive in order to serve you better when you return to the Website (for example to recognize you when you return to the Website, to save your password and to offer you customized content we believe will be of interest to you). You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a “cookie” giving you the opportunity to accept or to refuse it. See “Help” in your browser. Deleting or not accepting cookies will not prevent you from accessing this website or participating on the website. However, if you do not employ the technology your navigation may be less convenient or personalized given the purposes for Cookies.
Your Customized Profile
By reviewing your navigation habits on the website (see “cookies” above) and the personal information you provide, we have a better understanding of your preferences, needs and interests. We can then develop a customized profile for you in order to provide you with the optimum site experience and for the Companies to contact you about products, promotions and services in which we believe you would be most interested.
Credit Card Data and Verification
If you choose to purchase products or services that require a credit card the Companies and third party credit card processors will collect and use your credit card information only to process the transaction you have made on this website. For your protection, we do not maintain credit card information on file subsequent to transaction processing. This means that for subsequent transactions, you will be required to re-enter your credit card information. We may ask you to create a password to which we will have access. This is for your protection to protect against error and fraud and to verify your identity.
Managing Our Business
We use and disclose personal information to manage our business, for example to manage promotions and contests, to manage and process requests for goods or services, to manage and update customer accounts, to manage services which may be offered on this Website and which are subject to Terms of Use (for example, e-mail, chat rooms, auctions) to verify your identity, to collect a debt, to obey laws and regulations and to ensure the security and processing of information. We may use and disclose personal information to parties connected with the contemplated or actual financing, insuring, sale, assignment or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets, including for the purposes of determining whether to proceed or continue with such transaction or business relationship or fulfilling any records or other reporting requirements to such parties. We will require such parties to treat your personal information in accordance with this Website Privacy Policy and to use and disclose it only for the purposes for which it was collected.
Retention
Steelback Brewery will retain your personal information for as long as necessary for fulfillment of the purposes in this Website Privacy Policy or as required by law. For example, Steelback Brewery may be subject to legal requirements with respect to the retention of documents such as contents ballots. You may also choose to receive services on this Website which are subject to their own terms of use including those related to retention. For example, if you choose to register for an e-mail service or e-commerce account and your account remains inactive for a defined period of time, your account and/or personal information may be deleted.
Website Security
Steelback Brewery has taken reasonable measures (physical, organizational and technological) to safeguard against unauthorized access to your personally identifiable information and to safely store your personally identifiable information. However, the Internet is not a secure medium. If you choose to participate, the privacy of your communications and personal information can never be guaranteed. The Companies have no control over the practices of others (for example, Websites to which this Website is linked; people who misrepresent themselves as you or someone else).
Links to Other Websites
We cannot assume any responsibility for the privacy practices for websites to which this website is linked. You should review the privacy policies of all websites to which this site may be linked.
INQUIRIES AND WITHDRAWING YOUR CONSENT AT ANY TIME
Steelback Brewery is responsible for personal information under its control and has designated a Privacy Officer who is accountable for compliance with this Website Privacy Policy. If at any time you have any questions about this Website Privacy Policy or your personal information and how it is being used, collected or disclosed (including if you wish to request to update or correct any personally identifiable information you have provided), or you wish to withdraw your consent to “Use of Personal Information”, please do not hesitate to contact us at questions@steelbackbrewery.comCheers from Steelback! And please drink responsibly.