Privacy


V&S Finland Oy, Panuntie 4, FI-00610 Helsinki, Finland, hereinafter referred to as "V&S".

Thank you for visiting the web site. Below is our privacy policy governing our use of information gathered about you through this Site ("Information").

This Privacy Policy forms part of V&S Terms and Conditions of Use. By using this Site, you agree to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy, please do not use this Site. V&S reserves the right, at our complete discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check back periodically for any changes we may make to the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Site following the publishing of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean you accept these changes.

You must be of legal drinking age to visit those of V&S websites, which contain information on alcoholic beverages. If you are under the legal drinking age for your locality you may not use this Site.


Information we collect

For each visit to our Site, our web server automatically recognizes the user’s domain name, but not e-mail address. V&S does not collect personal Information other than what the user chooses to provide, such as a message sent via the contact form, name, address, e-mail address and telephone number. In addition, professionals in the alcohol industry give the necessary company information when they register on the site. You can also apply for a job at V&S via the website by filling in the application form.

The Site also keeps track of the number of visitors to the site, the pages they visited and how long they stayed. The gathered Information includes the type of browser you are using (such as Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer) and the operating system your computer is using (such as Windows XP). None of this information includes any personal information about you.
The site does not use cookies.


Our use of Information

Information we collect is stored in our databases and is used for the purpose of providing you with any product or service you have requested, to manage web panels and to contact users for our research or for marketing purposes. By providing V&S with materials intended for publishing on this Site you agree that the material may be published with your name or signature. Information is also used for statistical purposes and to improve the content of this Site and for updating of our databases. V&S may also share your Information with subcontractors, including web site hosting companies, fulfillment companies, and other third party service providers.

V&S also reserves the right to share Information with third parties (i) in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding violation of V&S intellectual property rights or other rights, to establish or exercise legal rights or defend against legal claims, or otherwise as required by law or a court decision and (ii) when we have your consent to do so. In the event of sales and purchases of companies and business assets, customer and user Information generally is one of the transferred business assets.


Opt out policy and review of information

If you would like to obtain a copy of the personal Information gathered by this Site and such Information is available to V&S, or correct or delete such information from our Site's database, you can always send us an e-mail to the following address: info@vsfinland.fi.


Security

V&S uses a variety of standard protections to maintain the security of your online session. Although the Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of Information under our control, we cannot guarantee that such security measures will be sufficient, will not be breached, and that your Information may not be disclosed or otherwise accessed in any unauthorized manner. Certain Information may be transmitted to you by electronic mail. Although it may be illegal to intercept or disclose these messages, these transmissions are not secured. In order to provide parents with tools to prevent their young children from visiting our Site, we have submitted our URL to the following sites for Internet filtering: www.cybersitter.com ja www.surfcontrol.com.


Linked Internet web sites

The Site may provide hypertext links to other web sites that may contain privacy provisions that are different from those provided herein. V&S is not responsible for the collection, use or disclosure of information collected through those web sites, and V&S expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such collection, use or disclosure. You are encouraged to read the privacy policies of web sites reached through the use of links from the Site.


How to contact us

If you have any questions or complaints about our Site, our Privacy Policy, or the Information we collect, please contact us at info@vsfinland.fi.

Updated 09.03.2007