christianiaCrowns ("christianiaCrowns" or "we" "us" or "our") understands that its customers, visitors, users, and others who use christianiacrowns.com or other Websites owned or operated by Christiania Spirits Inc (collectively or individually "you" or "your") value their privacy. This Privacy Policy details important information regarding the use and disclosure of your information collected on the Website (as hereinafter defined). christianiaCrowns provides this Privacy Policy to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using the Website.
christianiaCrowns respects the privacy of its users, and this Privacy Policy details the information that is collected on the Website and how such information is used by christianiaCrowns. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. In addition, please review the Terms of Use posted at our Website, which governs your use of the Website. Your use of the Website indicates to christianiaCrowns that you have read and accepted its privacy practices, as outlined in this Privacy Policy and in the Terms of Use. Finally your use of the Website and any personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.
The most recent version of this Privacy Policy is effective as of September 5, 2007
christianiaCrowns’s Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect and use the personal information you decide to share, and help you make informed decisions when using christianiaCrowns, located at christianiacrowns.com and and/or other affiliated websites or entities controlled by, or under common control with and through christianiaCrowns (collectively the "Website").
By using or accessing christianiaCrowns, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy only applies to Websites owned and/or operated by or for christianiaCrowns, and upon which christianiaCrowns has placed a "link" which, when "clicked", transfers you to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy only covers information collected at this Website, and does not cover any information collected by any other website (unless otherwise specifically stated or disclosed by christianiaCrowns), its corporate affiliates, licensees or any other company.
When you visit christianiaCrowns you provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by us and Website use information collected by us as you interact with our Website.
When you visit the Website, our web servers automatically collect Website usage information. Website usage information is anonymous information that describes how our visitors use and navigate our Website, and it includes the number and frequency of visitors to each web page, video and the time-span of their stays. christianiaCrowns collects the anonymous information automatically sent to us by your web browser, referrer data that identifies the web page visited prior and subsequent to visiting our Website, and IP address. We may also determine what technology is available through your browser in order to serve you the most appropriate version of a web page.
When visitors call for pages from the Website, our servers log the visitor’s IP address. christianiaCrowns may collect IP addresses for a range of internal purposes, such as system administration, to report aggregate information to our business partners or to review the number of visits to different pages or videos watched on our Website.
When you register with christianiaCrowns, you provide us with certain personal information, such as your name, your email address, your telephone number, your address, your gender, and any other personal or preference information that you provide to us such as uploading videos, posting messages in our forums, entering contests or sweepstakes, taking advantage of promotions, responding to surveys, or subscribing to newsletters or other mailing lists. Generally, you may browse our Website without providing christianiaCrowns with your personal information. However, there may be times when christianiaCrowns asks you to provide it with certain personal information, and demographic information or information regarding your interests, hobbies or similar information to enhance your viewing experience. christianiaCrowns reserves the right, at any time, to modify, alter or add features to its Website that require you to register or otherwise provide additional personal information or to require registration to access its Website. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you may not be able to participate in or view some of the Website’s features. christianiaCrowns does not sell, rent or share personal information collected with other people other than that specifically described herein.
When you enter christianiaCrowns, we collect your browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all christianiaCrowns visitors. In addition, we store certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer tied to information about the user. We use session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, we use a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you come back to christianiaCrowns. You can remove or block this cookie using the settings in your browser if you want to disable this convenience feature.
When you use christianiaCrowns, you may set up your personal profile, form relationships, send messages, perform searches and queries, form groups and set up events. We collect this information so that we can provide you with dedicated service and offer you personalized features. In most cases, we retain it so that, for instance, you can return to view prior messages you have sent or easily see your friend list. When you update information, we usually keep a backup copy of the prior version for a reasonable period of time to enable reversion to the prior version of that information.You post User Content (as defined in the christianiaCrowns Terms of Use) on the Site at your own risk. Although we allow you to set privacy options that limit access to your pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We cannot control the actions of other Users with whom you may choose to share your pages and information. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that User Content you post on the Site will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of User Content may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or if other Users have copied or stored your User Content.
By using christianiaCrowns, you are consenting to have your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States.christianiaCrowns does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 21 or knowingly allow such persons to register. If you are under 21, please do not attempt to register for christianiaCrowns or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 21 may provide any personal information to or on christianiaCrowns. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 21 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a user under 21, please contact us at drinknorwegian@chrisitaniavodka.com.
When you register with christianiaCrowns, you create your own profile and privacy settings. Your profile information, as well as your name, email and photo, are displayed to people in the societies specified in your privacy settings to enable you to connect with people on christianiaCrowns. We may occasionally use your name and email address to notify you regarding the operation and maintenance of the Website, and to provide to you information about services, features and functionality of the Website. We may also use your personal information to contact you regarding your use of our Website or changes to our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use or other policy or terms that affect you and your use of our Website.
Profile information is used by christianiaCrowns primarily to be presented back to and edited by you when you access the service and to be presented to others permitted to view that information by your privacy settings.
Profile information you submit to christianiaCrowns will be available to users of christianiaCrowns who belong to at least one of the societies you allow to access the information through your privacy settings. Your name, network names, and profile picture thumbnail will be available in search results across the christianiaCrowns network and those limited pieces of information may be made available to third party search engines. This is primarily so your friends can find you and send a friend request. People who see your name in searches, however, will not be able to access your profile information unless they have a relationship to you (friend, friend of friend, member of your societies, etc.) that allows such access based on your privacy settings.
christianiaCrowns may send you service-related announcements from time to time through the general operation of the service. For instance, if a friend sends you a new message you may receive an email alerting you to that fact.
Generally, you may opt out of such emails here, though christianiaCrowns reserves the right to notify you about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.
christianiaCrowns may use both your personal information and certain non-personally-identifiable information to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing your preferences and trends.
christianiaCrowns is about sharing information with others — friends and people in your societies — while providing you with privacy settings that restrict other users from accessing your information. We allow you to choose the information you provide to friends and societies through christianiaCrowns. Our network architecture and your privacy settings allow you to make informed choices about who has access to your information. We do not provide contact information to third party marketers without your permission. However, please note that if christianiaCrowns is requested by an advertiser to show an advertisement to a certain audience and you respond to that advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server may determine that you fit the profile of the audience it is trying to reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding your use of the Website, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any personal information), to calculate which ads it should send to you.
Otherwise, we share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances where we believe such sharing is 1) reasonably necessary to offer the service, 2) legally required or, 3) permitted by you. For example:
When you use christianiaCrowns, certain information you post or share with third parties (e.g., a friend or someone in your network), such as personal information, comments, messages, photos, videos, or other information, may be shared with other users in accordance with the privacy settings you select. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information in your profile or when posting comments, messages, photos, videos, or other items, this information may become publicly available.
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times. christianiaCrowns takes steps to secure the data you submit to us, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our user data. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be one hundred percent secure. Therefore, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to christianiaCrowns, and you do so at your own risk.
christianiaCrowns may contain links to other websites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other Websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by christianiaCrowns.
Access and control over most personal information on christianiaCrowns is readily available through the profile editing tools. christianiaCrowns users may modify or delete any of their profile information at any time by logging into their account. Information will be updated immediately. Individuals who wish to deactivate their christianiaCrowns account may do so on the "My Profile" page. Removed information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time but will not be generally available to members of christianiaCrowns.
Where you make use of the communication features of the service to share information with other individuals on christianiaCrowns, however, (e.g., sending a personal message to another christianiaCrowns member) you generally cannot remove such communications.
Your use of christianiaCrowns, and any disputes arising from it, is subject to this Privacy Policy as well as our Terms of Use and all of its dispute resolution provisions including arbitration, limitation on damages and choice of law. We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use at any time. Non-material changes and clarifications will take effect immediately, and material changes will take effect within 30 days of their posting on this site. If we make changes, we will post them and will indicate at the top of this page the policy’s new effective date. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through notice on our home page. We encourage you to refer to this Privacy Policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current Privacy Policy. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at the address provided on the Website from which you "clicked" via an authorized link to arrive at this Privacy Policy. If you’d like to contact us about our Privacy Policy, please email us at: privacy@christianiavodka.com.