Hello, Thank you for visiting ParentsWineClub.com. This policy was written May 23, 2018.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. The policy below outlines how your personal information is collected and how it is used when you use our website.
You agree to the terms of this policy when you use this website. This privacy policy may change from time to time. If any changes are made, then you will be notified by revising the date at the top of this policy.
About Parents Wine Club
Founded in 2018 and based in the United States, parentswineclub.com is an independently operated website run by Laura Marschel under the umbrella of Lalymom LLC. This website shares information about wine, wine country, traveling, wine and food related products, information about wine clubs and related news.
How Information is Collected
Here is how your information is collected on parentswineclub.com:
- if you subscribe to the newsletter
- if you leave a comment on the blog
- if you purchase a product via the Parents Wine Club store
- through website cookies and log files
- through Google Analytics
Newsletter
If you decide to join the newsletter via any of the many sign up forms located throughout this website, then your email address is required. We require your email address in order to send you the emails and in some instances we require your first name so that my emails to you will include a friendly personalized note.
At the bottom of every email I send, you will find a link to unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, and using the link at the bottom of the email is the simplest, fastest way to do so. If you are having trouble unsubscribing or would like to be removed from the newsletter, then simply send me an email at laura @ parentswineclub.com asking to be removed.
I currently use MailerLite as my email service provider. (read their privacy policy ). Your data is collected and then passed to them for purposes of sending emails. Tags are used within Mad Mimi to track your actions and page visits so that future emails can be better tailored to meet your needs.
Currently, our emails are sent out once a week on weeks when posts are written. However, I will occasionally email you about products and other promotions that may be relevant to your interests.
Free printables are sent directly to your email, delivered via SparkPost (read their privacy policy here).
Your email and name are never sold or given away to a third party. You email will only be used to send email from me to you.
All emails you receive are CAN-SPAM compliant. At the bottom of every email, you will find information on how to contact the sender, as well as information on how to unsubscribe.
Blog Comments
Love something you read on our website? Then leaving a comment is a great way to do that! I personally love hearing your feedback. If you choose to leave a comment on our website, then please be aware that the comment is then public and visible to anyone who reads the comment section. Your email address is never shared or disclosed, but your name and comment will be visible to others.
It is highly recommended that you avoid leaving detailed personal information in your comments.
I reserve the right to remove comments deemed as inappropriate, threatening, profane, or spammy without notice. This website uses a comment moderation system that requires approval of all comments before they are published.
Store Purchases
Products in the Parents Wine Club are sold via Woo Commerce. Your name, email address, and country are required during the checkout process. This information is required in order to send you the purchased product and to determine whether or not the EU VAT tax should be applied to your purchase.
The details you enter are stored by the third party applications. All payments are made through PayPal, which does not store your financial information once the transaction has been processed, unless you have an account and have requested that they do so.
We also sell products via affiliate programs. Each program collects and retains their own data. I do not have access to the personal information that is collected by these affiliate programs. It is best to read their individual privacy policies for more information on how your data is collected and used.
Cookies
Cookies store user-specific information into a log. I use the following cookies on Lalymom:
- Amazon (for advertising)
- Facebook Pixel (for Facebook ad targeting): Read how the Pixel works
- Google Analytics (for tracking website traffic and user behavior): Read how their cookies work
- MailerLite (for email tracking): Read how their site tracking works, via parent company GoDaddy
- Social Warfare social share buttons (for social sharing): Read how their cookies work
Google Analytics
Parents Wine Club uses Google Analytics to track website performance and user behavior. It provides information on pageviews, referral sources, and other valuable information that helps me adapt the content I write for this website. Google Analytics does capture anonymous data about location, age, gender, and interests, but I have no way to connect that information and specifically identify you. Google Analytics may also capture your IP address as you make your way around this website. User and event data is retained indefinitely to enable annual reviews. You can read more about that here.
Advertisements on Parents Wine Club
To support this website, third party advertisements are used. Parents Wine Club currently runs advertisements via Amazon. They may use cookies or web beacons when they advertise here on Parents Wine Club in order to show you tailored ads to you.
Social Media Privacy
Parents Wine Club uses various social media platforms. Parents Wine Club is not responsible for what you post on Parents Wine Club social media channels.
Age of Users
This website is intended for users who are 21 and over.
Final Notes on this Privacy Policy
You have the right to access your personal data and know how it is being processed. Hopefully, the policy above adequately explains how your data is used.
Personal information will not be transferred unless we are legally obligated to do so. If you would like your information to be removed from our systems, please contact laura @ parentswineclub.com. You can request to be removed at any time.
Parents Wine Club contains links to other websites. As such, we are not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites or the third party applications it uses.
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact laura @ parentswineclub.com.
Advertising and Commission Disclosure
This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
Liability Disclosure
Participation in any activities described on this website is at the sole discretion of the reader. Please use common sense and good judgement any time you are consuming alcohol or any time you are traveling. Do not drink and drive. Parents Wine Club is not responsible for any impaired behavior of readers. Parents Wine Club also writes about hotels, wineries and other destinations. We are not responsible for the actions, conditions or activities of these places.
Affiliate Disclosure
Parents Wine Club is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. We also participate in other affiliate programs via Viglink, Share-a-sale, Commission Junction, and Impact Radius as well as via Sendowl and Gumroad. Any post that includes affiliate links will include a disclosure to alert the reader. The small commission received from advertising and purchases made through affiliate sales helps to support this blog and is provided to the blogger for no additional cost to you.