Privacy Policy

Banner Elk Winnery's policy is that it does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from subscribers under eighteen years of age. The Services or Sites are not directed or intended for children under eighteen years of age. If you are under eighteen years of age, you should not register to become a Subscriber or provide personally identifiable information on any of the Sites. If you are the parent or guardian of a subscriber under the age of eighteen whom you believe has disclosed personally identifiable information to Banner Elk Winnery, please contact Banner Elk Winnery at email so that we may delete and remove such subscriber's information from our systems.

Banner Elk Winnery collects information from you at several different points on the Sites or through use of the Services in various ways. For example, Banner Elk Winnery continually reviews its visitors' demographics, interests and pages viewed, and Banner Elk Winnery may require its subscribers and users to provide certain personal information if they wish to participate in various activities on the Sites (e.g., consummating transactions and entering into contests, drawings or surveys). However, Banner Elk Winnery can only collect your personally identifiable information if, and when, it is voluntarily offered. Whenever we collect personal information, we will make an effort to include a link to this Policy on that page.

Among the many Services which Banner Elk Winnery offers subscribers on the Sites, we provide message boards and chat rooms. Please be aware that any visitor may read your postings on a message board or in a chat room. Furthermore, any information which you may post to a message board or in a chat room, including your profile information, will be disclosed and available to all users of that message board or chat room, and is therefore no longer private. Banner Elk Winnery cannot guarantee the security of such information that you disclose or communicate online in public areas such as message boards and chat rooms, and you do so at your own risk. Banner Elk Winnery reserves the right to republish your postings from message boards or chat rooms elsewhere on the Web in any format.

Banner Elk Winnery uses certain technologies, such as "cookies", to personalize and improve your online experience.

• Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive. Cookies store information about your visit to the Sites or your use of the Services, thereby allowing you to access certain ke’s features not otherwise available. The information in the cookie is transmitted from your computer to Banner Elk Winnery or to one of our third-party authorized service contractors. The information contained in these cookies makes it possible for our systems to know if you are presently logged onto a Site or using any of the Services, or whether you have done so in a prior visit. This technology enables Banner Elk Winnery to instantly determine your access privileges while allowing you to navigate the Sites or use any of the Services without having to repeatedly log in.
• Cookies from Banner Elk Winnery and/or one of our authorized service contractors are also used to collect standard information transmitted from your web browser including, without limitation: your Internet address, browser type, web pages you visited with date and time, purchases you made on any of the Sites and the type of operating system on your computer. This information is used to help us understand and meet the ever-changing needs and interests of our subscribers.
• Banner Elk Winnery may also use cookies to track your access to, and use of the message boards, forums and chat rooms on the Sites, as well as your responses to any of our online surveys.
• You always have the option of setting your browser to warn you when a cookie is being accessed on your computer or to decline cookies altogether. However, to take full advantage of the Sites, Services and features offered by Banner Elk Winnery, we recommend that you set your browser to accept cookies. Setting your computer to accept or refuse cookies varies depending on the web browser you are running. Please check the help tab of your browser for specifics on your software.
• Banner Elk Winnery does not control any cookies you may receive from an advertiser and these are not subject to this Policy.
• Banner Elk Winnery also uses web beacon technology to help track site usage. Web beacons (also called single pixel gifs or action tags) allow Banner Elk Winnery to track page viewing counts and patterns which we use to focus and tailor future content development, measure the effectiveness of ke’s own marketing campaigns and assist with broadband capacity management for the Sites.
• Banner Elk Winnery also employs web beacons within the context of certain e-mails in order to determine the effectiveness and appeal of those mailings. These web beacons 'sense' and notify Banner Elk Winnery if and when you open the e-mail, if your e-mail program is capable of displaying HTML messages, and where you may navigate within these HTML messages.

In addition to the foregoing, Banner Elk Winnery uses the information obtained from its subscribers and users in order to enhance and customize their online experiences. Due to the existing regulatory environment, Banner Elk Winnery cannot ensure that all of your personally identifiable information and communications will remain private and will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Policy. Therefore, although we maintain and make every effort to comply with industry privacy standards, we do not promise, nor should you expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications will always remain private. As a matter of policy and unless otherwise stated herein, Banner Elk Winnery does not rent, sell, or share your personally identifiable information with other people or non-affiliated companies. However, Banner Elk Winnery reserves the right to use your personally identifiable information to notify you of certain products or Services about which you previously inquired or requested, special promotional offers, and to investigate violations of the terms and provisions of this Policy or the Terms of Use. In addition, Banner Elk Winnery aggregates (gathers and organizes data across all subscriber and user accounts) personally identifiable information from among its subscriber and user base and discloses only that portion of the information which is non-personally identifiable to advertisers and other third parties for marketing, promotional and other commercial purposes. For example, your name, email address, password, credit card number and bank account number will never to be disclosed without your express prior written consent.

Banner Elk Winnery, its parent, subsidiaries or affiliates, could merge with or be acquired by another business entity, or all or substantially all of their respective assets could be acquired. Should such a combination, acquisition or transaction occur, you should expect that Banner Elk Winnery will share some or all of your personally identifiable information with the acquiring or merged entity in order to continue serving you and others information, updates and offers concerning the Sites or Services.

As stated above, certain information or Services offered or provided through the Sites may, from time to time, be provided on or through other websites operated by or in conjunction with third party providers ("Partners"). These websites and the features thereon may have the same "look and feel" as Banner Elk Winnery's Sites and/or Services. Banner Elk Winnery terms these websites "co-branded sites", and often times a Partner's logo or name may appear on the website, or the Partner's name may appear in the URL. Although Banner Elk Winnery will continue to own any personally identifiable information collected about you from one of these co-branded sites, such information may be shared by Banner Elk Winnery with that Partner. However, a Partner will not rent, sell, or disclose any of your personally identifiable information to third parties unless you consent to such disclosures and use in advance (for example, you may be asked to opt-in on a particular co-branded site in order to receive information or offers from a Partner, its affiliates or agents).

Banner Elk Winnery does not monitor, control or endorse the information collection or privacy practices of any third parties including, without limitation, any co-branded, Partner or affiliated sites which may or may not be owned or operated by or in conjunction with Banner Elk Winnery or other third parties who may provide services throughout the Sites. Please be aware that the Sites may contain links to other websites on the Internet and the Services may be provided by such third parties Banner Elk Winnery assumes no liability or responsibility for the information collection and privacy practices of such third party. Please consult each website's privacy policy. In addition, Banner Elk Winnery is not responsible for the content or data collection practices of any third party websites, including a third party's use of cookies or other data-collection applications. Even though certain information collected by such third parties might not identify you personally, we strongly encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices, and to contact them if you have any questions about their respective privacy policies and practices. On behalf of various sponsors, the Sites may provide sponsored links to third-party websites or resources ("Linked Sites"). Banner Elk Winnery neither controls nor have we reviewed or approved the content that appears on such Linked Sites. You acknowledge and agree that Banner Elk Winnery is not responsible for the legality, accuracy or inappropriate nature of any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such Linked Sites. You further acknowledge and agree that Banner Elk Winnery shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods, and services available on or through any such Linked Site.

Banner Elk Winnery places a priority on the security of personally identifiable information, and we undertake reasonable security measures that comply with federal regulations to protect the data that resides on our servers. Banner Elk Winnery also uses secure server software (SSL) to process all financial transactions which occur on the Sites. SSL encrypts all of your personal information transmitted over the Internet, including your credit card number, name and address. However, no security system is impenetrable. Banner Elk Winnery cannot warrant or guarantee the security of its servers, nor can it guarantee that information supplied by Subscribers or other users will not be intercepted while being transmitted to Banner Elk Winnery over the Internet.

If your personally identifiable information changes (such as your address, zip code), or if you no longer desire to use or access one of the Sites or Services, Banner Elk Winnery encourages you to correct, update or remove the personal information that you provided. This can be done at the "Login" page on each of the Sites. Keep in mind, however, that even if you delete your account from Banner Elk Winnery's records, there will be residual information that will remain within Banner Elk Winnery's databases, access logs, and other records, which may or may not contain personally identifiable information.

Please relay any questions you may have pertaining to our above stated policies by usinh the contact form on the bottom of the page

This Policy was last changed on May 3, 2013. If Banner Elk Winnery makes changes to any of the terms or conditions of the Policy, the changes will be posted in this document so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and to whom we will disclose it. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Policy at any time, and any changes will become effective immediately upon being posted unless Banner Elk Winnery advises you otherwise. Your continued use of the Services and/or the Sites after this Policy has been amended shall be deemed to be your continued acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Policy, as amended. We encourage you to bookmark this web page and review this Policy regularly. Copyright © 2013, Banner Elk Winnery. All rights reserved.