Privacy Policy

The Passionate Plate respects your privacy and is committed to maintaining and using your personal information responsibly. The following is our privacy policy for online transactions and a description of how we use the information collected from you on our website. By visiting thepassionateplate.com you accept the practices described in this privacy policy.

Your personal information is not required to visit thepassionateplate.com. You can submit personal information to gain access to certain features and improve your overall website experience.

Registering with thepassionateplate.com

Personal information relating to you and your online transactions are only available to you if you provide the correct username and password that you create. After logging in with your username and password, you can edit or delete your information at any time through the Your Profile link on every site page.

If you forget your password, you can request that it be emailed to your email address. We do not give passwords out over the phone, and we do not send them to a different email address than the one used to register.

Your email address is also used to send confirmation notices after you complete certain online transactions.

Any personal information kept in your Personal Profile is not, and never will be, given, shared, or sold to any outside organization.

Purchasing

In certain parts of the website we offer online payment transactions. You provide your credit card information online through a secure web page. Your credit card is automatically processed online when you complete the order. We realize that you trust us to protect your personal information. We take that seriously. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal information.

For example: We use industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer ("SSL") authentication to guarantee the confidentiality of online transactions made on our site. SSL authentication and encryption of the information that you send to us over the Internet help protect your online transaction information from third party interception. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'

We urge you to protect your own privacy. We recommend that you do not share your password with anyone or share your password in an unsolicited phone call or e-mail.

Unfortunately, despite all of our efforts, there is always a risk that third parties may unlawfully intercept transmissions. This reality is true of all Internet use. As a result, we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit, and you transmit all information at your own risk.

Subscribing

If you choose to subscribe to our Free Newsletter, your email address is used to send you relevant information bi-weekly. Each time a relevant email is sent it includes a link for removal from our email database.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive containing information about your computer. A cookie in no way links to any personally identifiable information but it allows your website experience to be personalized. For example, when you register you can choose to have your username and password remembered. That stores a cookie on your computer so that the next time you visit kensingtonwinemarket.com, you do not have to log in (assuming you didn't log out the last time). Your Personal Profile is available immediately and your transactions are streamlined by auto-populating some forms. You do not have to accept cookies... it's your choice.

Log Files

Log files collect your IP address, referring site URL, time and date. None of these pieces of data link to any personally identifiable information. We use this data to analyze trends, administer the site, and track users' movements. Any log data we use to analyze our website is not, and never will be, given, shared or sold to any outside organization.

Links

thepassionateplate.com may contain links to other sites. While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, thepassionateplate.com is not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.

Email To A Friend & Share Favorites

If you use either of these website features, you enter your friend's name and email address. thepassionateplate.com automatically sends a one-time email inviting your friend to visit the website. That person does not automatically get added to our email contact list, and any email addresses submitted for these website features are not, and never will be, given, shared or sold to any outside organization.

Notification of Changes

If we make changes to our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our website. No notification will be sent to registered web site users.

Ad Servers

At this time, we do not partner with or have special relationships with any ad server companies.

Internet E-mail

E-mail over the Internet is not a secure medium and privacy cannot be assured. Thepassionateplate.com cannot assume any responsibility for any harm or damage you may experience or incur by sending personal or confidential information to Thepassionateplate.com over the Internet by E-mail, or if we send such information at your request.

Disclaimer of Liability

thepassionateplate.com is not responsible in any way for any damages (direct, indirect, special, economic, or consequential) in respect of use of this Web site, any of its content or any Web browser.

Feedback

We always welcome your questions and comments about our privacy policy. Please take a moment to give us some feedback.