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Privacy Statement (US)

This privacy statement was last changed on June 1, 2025, last checked on June 1, 2025, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.

In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://winemarketcouncil.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:

  • we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
  • we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
  • we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
  • we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
  • we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.

If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.

1. Sharing with other parties

We only share or disclose this data to other recipients for the following purposes:

Purpose of the data transfer: To analyze data related to site visitors, for site fonts, for reCaptcha security, to allow site visitors to watch embedded videos and to help prevent spam on forms.
Country or state in which this service provider is located: United States

2. Disclosure practices

We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.

If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.

3. How we respond to Do Not Track signals & Global Privacy Control

Our website responds to and supports the Do Not Track (DNT) header request field. If you turn DNT on in your browser, those preferences are communicated to us in the HTTP request header, and we will not track your browsing behavior.

4. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Opt-Out Preferences webpage. 

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.

5. Security

We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.

6. Third-party websites

This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.

7. Amendments to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.

8. Accessing and modifying your data

If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:

8.1 You have the following rights with respect to your personal data

  1. You may submit a request for access to the data we process about you.
  2. You may object to the processing.
  3. You may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you.
  4. You may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
  5. You may appeal our decision whenever we refuse to take action on a request and submit a complaint with the competent authority if your appeal is denied.

8.2 Supplements

This section, which supplements the rest of this Privacy Statement, applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of Virginia (CDPA), Utah (UCPA), Texas (TDPSA), Oregon (OCPA), New Jersey (DPL), New Hampshire (DPA), Nevada (NRS 603A), Nebraska (DPA), Montana (MCDPA), Iowa (CDPA), Delaware (PDPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), Colorado (CPA) and California (CPRA)

California

Right to know what personal information is being collected about you

A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that collects personal information about the consumer disclose to the consumer the following:

  1. The categories of personal information it has collected about that consumer.
  2. The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected.
  3. The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
  4. The categories of third parties with whom the business shares personal information.
  5. The specific pieces of personal information it has collected about that consumer.

The right to know whether personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom

A consumer shall have the right to request that a business that sells the consumer’s personal information, or that discloses it for a business purpose, disclose to that consumer:

  1. The categories of personal information that the business collected about the consumer.
  2. The categories of personal information that the business sold about the consumer and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was sold.
  3. The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about the consumer for a business purpose.

The Right to equal service and price, even if you exercise your privacy rights


A consumer shall have the right to request that a business delete any personal information about the consumer which the business has collected from the consumer.


A business that receives a verifiable request from a consumer to delete the consumer’s personal information pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall delete the consumer’s personal information from its records and direct any service providers to delete the consumer’s personal information from their records.


A business or a service provider shall not be required to comply with a consumer’s request to delete the consumer’s personal information if it is necessary for the business or service provider to maintain the consumer’s personal information in order to:

  1. Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a good or service requested by the consumer, or reasonably anticipated within the context of a business’s ongoing business relationship with the consumer, or otherwise perform a contract between the business and the consumer.
  2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
  3. Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
  4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
  6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the businesses’ deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, if the consumer has provided informed consent.
  7. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
  8. To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with the expectations of the consumer based on the consumer’s relationship with the business.
  9. Comply with a legal obligation.
  10. Otherwise use the consumer’s personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which the consumer provided the information.

Right to opt-out

You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you. For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

Financial incentives

Selling of personal data to third parties

We have not sold consumers’ personal data in the preceding 12 months

    We have not disclosed consumers’ personal information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months.

    • Internet activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement
    • A first and last name
    • Account name or alias
    • A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
    • An email address
    • A telephone number
    • IP Address
    • Geolocation data
    • Professional or employment-related information
    • Financial information such as bank account number or credit card number

    Colorado

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right no more than two times per calendar year.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under Colorado law this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising;
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Connecticut

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.

    We are not required to reveal any trade secret.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the CTDPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising; or
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Delaware

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right for free no more than once per calendar year.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the PDPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising;
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Right to obtain a list of third parties to whom the controller has disclosed the consumer’s personal data.

    Iowa

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically practicable, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right for free no more than two times per calendar year.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the CDPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising;
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. the processing of sensitive data.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Montana

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.

    We are not required to reveal any trade secret.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the MCDPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising; or
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Nebraska

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right for free no more than two times per calendar year.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the DPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising;
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Nevada

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the Nevada Privacy Law, this concerns the sale of personal data.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    New Hampshire

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right for free no more than once per calendar year.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the DPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising; or
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    New Jersey

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right for free no more than once per calendar year.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the DPL this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising; or
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Oregon

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.

    We are not required to reveal any trade secret.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the OCPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising; or
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Texas

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.

    We are not required to reveal any trade secret.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the TDPSA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising; or
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Utah

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data, you have the right to obtain the personal data that you previously provided to us as a controller in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the UCPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising; or
    2. the sale of personal data.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    Virginia

    Right to Data Portability

    When exercising the right to Access personal data , you have the right to obtain the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. You may exercise this right no more than two times per calendar year.

    Right to opt-out

    You may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about you.

    Under the CDPA this concerns the following purposes:

    1. targeted advertising;
    2. the sale of personal data; or
    3. profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning a consumer.

    For more information about the possibility of submitting an opt-out request, please refer to our Opt-out preferences page.

    9. Children

    Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.

    10. Contact details

    Wine Market Council
    Yountville, CA
    United States
    Website: https://winemarketcouncil.com
    Email: admin@ex.comwinemarketcouncil.com

    Phone number: 0000000000

    Annex

    Wine Market Council ('WMC') is committed to protecting the online privacy of visitors and members to its website. We believe that greater protection of personal privacy on the Web will not only protect consumers, but also increase consumer confidence and ultimately their participation in online activities. At Wine Market Council, we intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information. We hope the following privacy policy will help you understand how WMC collects, uses and safeguards information you provide to us on this site. This policy does not constitute any representation or warranty. Please also review our Terms and Conditions, which governs the terms of our relationship.

    Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree to our practices, please do not register, subscribe, create an account, make purchases or otherwise interact with WMC through or at the site. By visiting and using the features on the site (including mailing list sign up, wine club sign up, event registration and browsing), you accept the practices described in this privacy policy.

    Personal Information

    Wine Market Council will not collect any personally identifiable information about you (name, address, telephone number, email address) unless you provide it to us voluntarily. If you do not want your personal information collected, please do not submit it. Although we try to protect the security of your information and our system, due to the inherent open nature of the Internet, no transmission via the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result of this and other factors beyond our control, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you transmit to or through the site. Therefore, you assume that risk by using the site.

    Making Changes / Opting Out

    You may access the personal information you have submitted to through the site by selecting “My Account”. From here you can make changes to your account and also opt-out of any marketing e-emails or newsletters by completing the unsubscribe form.

    Required Disclosure

    WMC reserves the right to disclose your 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.

    WMC reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, with or without notice.

    Submissions

    All questions, remarks, suggestions, ideas, graphics or other information or content communicated to WMC or through this site will become the property of WMC. In addition, certain content that you submit on the site, such as posted comments, becomes publicly available information. WMC shall have no obligation to treat any submission as confidential and will not be liable for any ideas for its businesses, including but not limited to product or advertising ideas, and will not incur any liability as a result of any similarities that may appear in future WMC operations. WMC will be entitled to use any submission for any commercial or other purpose whatsoever, without compensating you or any other person sending the submission. You acknowledge that you are responsible for any submission you make and that you, and not Wine Market Council, have full responsibility for the message, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright.

    MemberPress

    Who we are

    Our website address: MemberPress
    Contact us at: https://memberpress.com/support/
    Our Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy

    What personal data we collect and why we collect it

    We collect information about you during the signup process as well as some basic activities such as the dates you make purchases, login to the site, or cancel/pause/resume your subscriptions with us.

    What we collect and store

    When you subscribe with us, we'll ask you to provide an email address. We'll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

    • — Send you information about your account and subscriptions. This may include payment receipts, password reset emails, and payment reminders.
    • — Create your membership account

    How long we retain your data

    We store information about you for as long as your account exists.

    Who on our team has access

    Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, site Owner/Administrators can access:

    • — Order information such as your membership subscriptions, payment dates and amounts, and username / email address.

    Any additional information added in your Member Profile can also be visible to the Administrator(s).

    What we share with others

    We use a third-party embed with Instagram through the Smash Balloon Instagram Feed plugin.  Their privacy policy is https://smashballoon.com/app-privacy/.

    We also do site backups using Defender Pro / Snapshot Pro.  Upon activation or when certain features are configured, this plugin may add cookies to the user’s browser, store personal information in your database, or integrate with 3rd-party applications.  For details, see https://wpmudev.com/docs/privacy/our-plugins/ on their website for their privacy policy documentation.

    Additional site backups are also done through WP Engine.

    We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.  This includes Google Analytics.  Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.  You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.  The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.  For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. 

    Payments

    We may provide paid products and/or services within this website. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

    We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

    The payment processor we work with is Stripe.  Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy.

    Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress

    This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress by Complianz to collect and record Browser and Device-based Consent. For this functionality, your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. This service does not process any personally identifiable information and does not share any data with the service provider. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.

    YouTube

    Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

    If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. Here the YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.

    If you're logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

    YouTube is used to help make our website appealing. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

    Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube under https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

    Google Web Fonts

    For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

    For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our plugin. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO.

    If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.

    Further information about handling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

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