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Privacy Policy

Information Collection & Use

The Pickled Pig is the sole owner of the information collected on thepickledpig.com web site. The Pickled Pig may collect personally identifiable information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Registration

From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to register for special web events. If you register, we will request certain personally identifiable information from you. Registration in these events is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as zip code).

We may use this information to contact you in regards to the event for which you have registered.

We will not share the personally identifiable information you provide through a registration with other third parties unless we give you prior notice and choice.

Uses of Information

Personal information collected for event registration purposes are used for the sole purpose of registering users in the selected events. Non-personally identifying information obtained through the use of cookies is used solely for the purpose of creating a better web experience for our visitors.

Special Offers and Updates

We will occasionally send registered users information regarding special events or promotions.

Out of respect for your privacy, we only send this information to those individuals who specifically "opt-in" to receive these types of communications. Please see the “Choice and Opt-in.”

Profile

We store information that we collect through cookies, log files, or clear gifs to create a “profile” of your preferences. We tie your personally identifiable information and history to information in the profile, in order to provide improve the content of the site for you.

Third Party Ads

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.

Legal Disclaimer

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable 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 served on our Web site.

Choice and Opt-in

We provide you the opportunity to ‘opt-in’ of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this information. For example, if you register for an event and wish to receive any additional marketing material from us, you can indicate your preference on our registration form. If you no longer wish to receive those communications from us, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at mail@thepickledpig.com.

Log Files

As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.

We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

We do link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site.

We use session ID cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our site. However, your ability to use some areas of our site, such as forums, will be limited.

This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by thepickledpig.com site only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers or sponsors.

Links to Other Sites

This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by The Pickled Pig. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.

We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. Links to external sites will open a new browser window.

This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.

Changes in this Privacy Statement

We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at: mail@thepickledpig.com.