PRIVACY POLICY
Mission: Margarita ("Mission:
Margarita," "us," or "we")
respects the privacy of every user who visits this Web site.
This Privacy Policy outlines: (1) the type of information that
we typically collect; (2) how we may use that information;
and (3) the choices that are available to you regarding the
collection, distribution and use of your information.
- How We Collect Information
We only collect personally identifiable
information when you voluntarily provide it. We collect personally
identifiable information when, for example, register as a "special
agent", sign-up for Mission: Margarita's
e-mail newsletter, or enter drawings, sweepstakes, or contests.
WE NEVER (AND DO NOT) COLLECT PERSONAL
INFORMATION WHEN YOU SUBMIT A REVIEW OR A RECIPE! The information we may ask you
to provide may include, for example, your name, password, address,
telephone number, e-mail address, and birth date. When you
submit reviews on-line, we collect your name, mailing and e-mail
address.
- Some Information
Is Collected Automatically
The Web site may collect some non-personally
identifiable information automatically.
Cookies: A cookie is a
piece of data stored on your hard drive that contains
information about you. Cookies can also enable us to track
and target your interests to enhance your experience on
our site. We do not set any personally identifiable information
in cookies, nor do we employ any automatic data capture
mechanisms on our web site other than cookies. When the
user revisits the Web site, Mission:
Margarita may recognize the user
by the Internet cookie and customize the user¹s experience
accordingly. Most Web browsers are set up to accept cookies.
If you'd prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies
or to alert you whenever cookies are being sent. You should
refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn
more about these functions. It is possible that some parts
of a Web site, like Mission: Margarita's shopping areas, will not function
properly if you do not accept cookies.
Log Files: Examples of this type of
information include the type of Internet Browser, the
type of computer operating system used, your IP address
(the number assigned to your computer while it is on the
Internet), and the URL of the Web site from which you linked
to our Web site. We collect log file information to help
with system administration. We may also use log file information
to analyze trends, administer the site, track user¹s
movement, and gather broad information for aggregate
use. IP addresses and other log file information are
not linked to personally identifiable information.
- How We Use The Information We Collect
We use the information
we collect to help us improve our products and services. We
also use the information to tailor this Web site to better
match your interests and preferences. If we have
trouble processing a recipe or a review, your contact information
is used to get in touch with you. We use information received
from drawings, contests and sweepstakes to administer these
promotions. We use the information to contact you about specials
and new products.
Demographic and profile data from online forms,
cookies, or IP addresses and other log file information may
be used to tailor your experience at our site, showing you
content that we think you might be interested in, and displaying
the content according to your preferences. This information
may be shared with advertisers and others as aggregated statistics
that will not identify you personally.
We will not sell or rent
your personally identifiable information obtained through the
Web site to anyone. We may send personally identifiable information
about you to other companies or people when (a) we have your
consent to share the information; (b) we need to share you
information to provide the product or service you have requested;
(c) we need to send the information to companies who work on
behalf of Mission: Margarita to
provide a product or service to you. Unless we tell you differently,
these companies do not have the right to use personally identifiable
information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to
assist us; (d) we must reserve the right to disclose information
if required by law to do so; (e) protect and defend the rights
or property of Mission:
Margarita or the users of MissionMargarita.com;
or (f) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal
safety of users of MissionMargarita.com or the public. Nothing
in this Policy is intended to interfere with the ability of
Mission: Margarita to transfer
all or part of its business and/or assets (including this Web
site) to an affiliate or independent third party at any time,
for any purpose, without any limitation whatsoever.
- How You
Can Control the Use of Your Information
If you do not want
us to collect any of the above information from the Web site,
please do not agree to the collection of information, nor submit
any information. At the time of request, we provide users the
opportunity to "opt-out" of receiving promotional
materials via e-mails.
If you have already submitted personal
information and would like us to remove it from its active database,
please contact the Webmaster of the Web site at reviews at missionmargarita
dot com. At your request, the personal information you have provided
to us will be deleted from the active database and/or active
mailing list. (After removal from our active database and mailing
list, information may remain in back-up or archival form.)
- Violation
of Access Restrictions by Visistors Under 21 Years of Age
This
Web site is intended and provided for the use and enjoyment
of visitors who are 21 years of age or older. Verification
is required when submitting information to this Web site and
date of birth prompts may also be located within the Web site.
If a user under the legal drinking age has provided us with
personal information by obtaining access in violation of the
Web site access restrictions, we ask that the parent or guardian
of that user contact us immediately, by contacting the Webmaster
of this Web site, so that we can immediately remove such information
from the mailing list and active database.
- Security
When you submit sensitive information via the Web
site, we protect your information both online and offline.
When we request sensitive information (such as
name, address, etc) on our recipe submission form,
that information is protected within our servers. We
do everything in our power to protect your information off-line.
We use similar effort to protect all of our users¹ information,
not just the sensitive information mentioned above.
- Assent
By using this Web site, you signify your assent to
this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please
do not use the site. We reserve the right, at our discretion,
to change, modify, add or remove portions of this policy at
any time. Please check this page periodically for changes.
Your continued use of this Web site following the posting of
changes to these terms will signify that you accept the changes.
- Contact
information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy,
please send an e-mail to the Webmaster at reviews at missionmargarita
dot com.
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