Personal Information
This blog does not store personal information with intent to share it with third parties. Furthermore, the only information we collect is the reader’s e-mail address and only in the event that a reader voluntarily signs up for our newsletter/mailing list. This process is in accordance with relevant US legal guidelines and EU General Data Protection Act. E-mail addresses are stored securely and will never be shared in any manner with anyone. We do not send spam to our e-mail list subscribers. Anyone who wants to unsubscribe (even though we will be sorry to see you go) can easily do so by clicking the Unsubscribe button at the end of every e-mail originated by us.
Rights Related to Your Personal Information
The right to opt out – As mentioned above you may opt out from future e-mails sent by us by clicking on the Unsubscribe button at the bottom of each e-mail. You may also reply to any e-mail or contact us to request that we manually unsubscribe you.
The right to access – At any time you may request access to the personal information we have about you by contacting us.
The right to amend – At any time you may request that we amend or update your personal information (ex. change the e-mail address where you receive our newsletter) by contacting us.
The right to forget – You may also request that we delete (forget) your personal information by contacting us.
Newsletter
The newsletters we e-mail may contain tracing pixels embedded by the service we use to originate the bi-weekly e-mails. This allows us to see what the open rate and click through rate of links contained in our newsletters are. This information is strictly confidential and will not be shared with third parties. Rather, it allows us to gauge what type of content to create in order to better cater to the interests of our subscribers.
Cookies
Any information related to visits to this blog can be used by us for analytics and optimization of our content through the use of cookies. As a visitor to this blog you can turn off the use of cookies by simply changing the settings of your browser.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
Blog Content
Please note that we do not allow the republishing of content from this blog unless we have issued express permission. We are not responsible for any content republished by other websites.
All images, unless a source has been quoted, are original images created by us and are the property of the blog. Using our images without our express permission is a direct violation to US and international copyright laws. Should you want to use one of our images, please contact us for permission via the Contact Us form.
Sponsorship/Sponsored Posts
From time to time we may engage in sponsored posts if we personally believe in a product. If we do so, we will explicitly disclose the fact that a post has been sponsored and free product samples or monetary compensation have been received by us in exchange for our review. In the absence of an explicit disclosure to that effect you as the reader may safely assume that we have purchased the product with our own money and the opinions expressed in association with that product are the direct result of our own experience with the product.
Affiliate Links
We participate in several affiliate programs such as Amazon Associates. This means that some of the links within posts or pages could result in a small commission paid to us if the reader completes a purchase at the website of the affiliate program owner. Such commissions are a way for us to offset the costs associated with running this site. Whenever we use affiliate links within our posts, we will disclose that. There is never a cost to the reader.
As a general rule of thumb, links to breweries or beers ARE NOT affiliate links. We purchase beers and visit breweries using our own funds.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.