Mario Batali : Privacy Statement

Your Privacy Is Important To Us
We want you to know that when you use our Internet Web site, your personally identifiable information will be respected and protected. The following are guidelines for protecting the information you provide us during a visit to the MarioBatali.com site.
Mario Batali Information
When you subscribe or make a request on the Mario Batali site, we collect specific information to potentially include your name, address, email address, telephone numbers, personal interest.
This information is used by the Mario Batali team to communicate with you notify you of any special promotions. On occasion, we may provide customer mailing list and email addresses to reputable, carefully screened partners or companies whose services or products may be of interest to you. You may unsubscribe from all or a portion of these offers by Opting Out using our website as explained in the following "Opting Out" section of this document.
Online Surveys
We value the opinions of our customers and want to improve your travel experience and our service offerings; therefore, from time to time, we may conduct research surveys. We may also contract with third parties to perform similar research, but the use of the customer data by that third party is limited solely to that survey initiative and is protected by a confidentiality agreement.
Promotions
We may occasionally sponsor promotions to give members the opportunity to win various prizes. Information collected by MarioBatali.com for promotions can include contact information such as email address and survey questions. Unless otherwise stated in the promotion or survey, contact information obtained during these offers is used only to notify promotion winners. Survey information and survey results are used to develop improved promotions and other service enhancements.
Emails
We use email addresses to deliver information relevant to our customers, such as discount travel specials, newsletters, surveys, and notification services. As with information collected in conjunction with registration on MarioBatali.com, email addresses may be shared with third parties for the purpose of providing you with information or promotional opportunities that may be of interest to you. You have the option of opting out of emails as described below under Opting Out.
Cookies
Cookies are small information text files that are stored on your computer hard drive by your web browser. Cookies help establish a user session and allow our server to correctly provide site users with the appropriate information, advertisements and services. We also use cookies to ensure you obtain the information you request and to authenticate your authority to access the site. In addition, Mario Batali may use cookies when working with outside advertising companies to provide them information regarding use of the site or to serve you advertisements when you visit our site. These companies may use the non-personally identifiable information about your visit to provide goods and services of interest to you. Most people accept cookies but you can configure your browser to not accept cookies if you choose.
Other Uses
We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law, court order, or as requested by a governmental or law enforcement authority, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable. Situations may include: to perform, maintain or enforce contracts formed between Mario Batali and its customers, to protect the rights or properties of Mario Batali, its customers or others, or when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with or damage to our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.
Opting-Out
As a member of MarioBatali.com, you will occasionally receive emails about special product offers, new services and other noteworthy news items. We hope you will find these updates interesting and informative. Of course, if you would rather not receive this information, you can go to MarioBatali.com and update your email preferences accordingly. In addition, all email sent to you will also contain a message on how to opt-out of that type of communication in the future.
Consent
By using this web site, you agree to the collection and use, consistent with applicable laws, of information available on or through this site (including your personally identifying information) by Mario Batali, its affiliates, partners, contractors and permitted agents. Should a change to our privacy policy occur, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of the nature of the information we collect, how we use it, and the circumstances under which we disclose it. Unless otherwise required or permitted by applicable law, we do not intend to use your personally identifiable information collected through this site in ways not described here without first providing you the opportunity to opt-out of that use.
Other Sites
This privacy policy covers only the MarioBatali.com website, and does not cover any other site, including those related to this site such as surlatable.com, crateandbarrel.com, italianwinemerchants.com, copco.com, vicfirthgourmet.com, etc, or the any additional U.S. and non-U.S. sites. While we make every effort to protect your information on MarioBatali.com, we do not control the policies of other sites (including those we may link to). We have no control over other sites' privacy policies or use of any personal information you or others may share with them. Please do not assume that our Privacy Policy covers those other sites.