Pernod Ricard (China) Trading Co., Ltd. Privacy Policy
Enacted on July 30, 2015
Pernod Ricard (China) Trading Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Company” or “we”) respects privacy of every visitor to our website and every direct or indirect information provider. This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as “the Policy”) will briefly introduce the categories of information that the Company collects, the scope and purpose of using the information, disposition and transfer of such information, and our protection of the information. The website includes, but not limited to, the home page and other pages under the same top-level domain, and the contents therein (hereinafter referred to as “Website”). The Policy is applicable to users and visitors of the Website or other persons who enter or use the Website in whatever means.
The Website belongs to the Company, and is managed and operated with the assistance of Nurun Inc. on behalf of the Company in China. The Company, as a member of the Pernod Ricard Group, was established and is operated in China mainland.
Our privacy protection policy stems from relevant industry guiding principles and standards of applicable in China, as well as regional, domestic and international laws and common practices. Using or browsing the Website means that you’ve read, understood and accepted the Policy, and that you agree to be bound by it. If you have disagreement with respect to any part of the Policy, please do not use or browse the Website.
Subjected to the applicable laws, regulations and other needs, the Policy may be updated from time to time. We suggest a regular check on the Policy to keep you posted on the latest effective edition.
1. Requirement of Age
This Website is restricted to users at or above legal drinking age (LDA) according to local laws and/or regulations. If you have not reached LDA of the place of your residency or the place where you surf the Internet, please do not provide us your personal information (as defined below). The Company never intends to collect any personal information of people below LDA, nor does it intends to promote our products to the group. Users under LDA are prohibited to use the Website or any related service by this Website.
2. Disclosure of Personal Information
When you are using this Website, you may publicize or send and upload personal information to this Website through account registration, inquiry or social media (defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Website). For the purpose of the Policy, personal information refers to data that relates to a certain natural person and may be used separately or combined with other information to identify the natural person.
3. Collection of Personal Information
The collection of personal information requires the party to be voluntary. We only collect those personal information that you agree to provide and thus provide to us. We would collect and retain certain personal information, including, but not limited to: the name, phone number, mailing address, email address and other information that you provide when you register, log in, or use this Website; your consumption and preference in regard to our products; and any information or material that you upload through social media, regardless that it’s the name, personal profile, photos, videos, stories, thoughts, creative concepts, information or other published material.
By providing your personal information to us, you are fully aware, understand, and expressly agree that we may transfer the personal information to other countries or regions, or process the personal information in such places. We’ll transfer and process the personal information consistent with this Policy.
If you are not willing to provide your personal information, you may still access partial contents of our Website, but in many cases you cannot enjoy certain benefits for registered users, participate in promotion activities or receive our promotion information.
4. Cookies
The use of cookies is a way to record preference of users while using a website, to ensure users to enjoy better and more personalized service. The preference information is stored in the hard drive documents on your computer. For example, a cookie may contain your preferred resident country, thus we do not have to ask the question each time you visit the Website.
We also use “analysis” cookie, which enables us to verify and calculate the number of visitors, and see the movement mode when the visitors use this Website. It helps us improve the working method of the Website, such as facilitating the users to easily find what they need.
Our Website uses long-lasting cookies and short-lived cookies at the same time. Long-lasting cookies stay with your computer until you actively delete them. Short-lived cookies delete themselves when you leave a website for another one or close the browser.
For more information about cookies, including how to activate cookie, how to modify browser settings and how to find and delete cookies on the hard drive, please refer to the Help menu on your browser or visit the following website: www.allaboutcookies.org.
5. IP Address
We may collect your IP address to help diagnose problems of our server and to manage the Website. IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. The information does not include any personal ID information. Your IP address is also used to identify you in a specific conversation and collect general statistics.
6. The Use of Information
We would use the personal information you provide on all services that you requested and other services that you might be interested in.
With your express consent, we would use the personal information that you provide to contact you and send you information of products, service and promotion from related companies, our parent company, other related services and us. The service is selective; you may decide to quit the service whenever you want.
We also use your personal information to improve our promotion and analyze website using conditions based on statistics; improve our contents and products that we provide; develop website contents, layout and service projects per the requirements of customers. We believe that the use would help us improve our website and provide better services to visitors.
If you use our website, we may also, according to the third party information you provide, send them the information, material and service that you subscribed on this Website. We remind you that we only send information to the third party per your requirements; we do not encourage the third party consume alcohol. Without express consent of the third party, we would not send them any other information. Please make sure that the third party is at or above LDA in his/her region to legally purchase alcohol.
If you’ve used the online retailer services, we may also use your personal information to respond to your request of product purchase, record your consumer information, contact you when necessary, and use other personal information of you to complete your order.
7. The Use of Integrated and Statistical Data
The Company uses website record information (such as your website browser, operating system, and the website you viewed, etc.) to help design our website, to identify hot-sale products, and for other management purposes. If necessary, however, we may use website record to help identify invaders or destructors; if we believe there’s evidence of destruction of computer securities or any behavior in violation of law, we would share the website record information with law enforcement departments.
8. Information Sharing
We would not sell any visitor’s personal information to company or entity of any kind that is unrelated to our company’s service for you. However, you hereby fully understand and expressly agree that, provided the third party clearly understands and complies with this Policy, and protects your personal information to a degree no lower than what this policy has specified, we will share your personal information with the third party under the following conditions:
a. As a member of Pernod Ricard Group, we may use resources from our affiliated company or parent company to provide service. As a result, we may share your personal information with our affiliated or parent company;
b. Any third party upon your consent of information sharing;
c. In order to improve our service to you, we may share your information with our agents, suppliers, subcontractors or partners, so that they will, representing us, perform our Website’s service obligation(for example, the supplier for social media service provision), or provide you with other services upon the website or your requirements. The shared information includes, but not limited to, your order information provided to warehouse or logistic companies for completing your orders, your credit card and payment information provided to relevant parties and for completing transactions, relevant data shared with the analyzing party for analyzing website usage, and your personal information shared with other third parties for other service purpose. However, such personnel or entities should not use the information for other purpose, nor should they share this information with or resell them to any third party who is not a co-service provide. Meanwhile, such personnel shall only use your personal information for the purpose limited to our company’s provision of services or related services.
d. In the case of selling of business unit, merger, reorganization, transfer of control, transfer of major assets, financing or liquidation, we may transfer, sell or transfer specified businesses which include your personal information to third parties.
e. In the case of compulsory execution, requirements from the government, legal department, or other third parties pursuant to the compulsory provisions, and with premise that we believe it is necessary under law enforcement, or in the event of investigating, protecting, or defending our Company, we may share your information with third parties.
9. Transfer of Information
Your personal information will usually be stored in our company’s database, which is distributed around the world, including the US and the EU, and shall be transferred based on the Company’s business needs. Regardless of where your personal information is stored, our company will take the same data protection standards and use your personal information in consistent with the way and purpose specified in this statement.
10. Information security and liability
The Company undertakes to protect the safety of your personal information, and to take reasonable precautions to prevent your personal information from being lost, abuse or change. We promise to protect the personal information we have collected by appropriate physical, electronic means and other appropriate means and procedures.
In consideration of our company's agents, suppliers, subcontractors or partners being in positions to see your personal information while providing services to our company, we require them to keep the information confidential, and not use the information in any other way or purpose, except for providing services for the Company,
Our Company will not evaluate, change or confirm the contents of your various personal information provided, our company’s collection, use and disclosure of your personal information are all our company related websites’ automatic screening behavior. Our Company will not examine or modify the contents of your personal information, and you are obligated to ensure the accuracy and authenticity of your personal information provided, so that the Company can provide various accurate and effective services for you.
Please be aware that we do not fully protect personal information contained in your communication with us. And any information that you post on social media is usually open and unprotected, which may be collected and used by others, leading to a non-voluntary receipt of information from other people. Therefore, we recommend that you do not include any confidential, proprietary or other sensitive personal information in the said communication and on social media.
Despite the agreement aforesaid, our Company does not guarantee that your information is free from intrusion of force majeure, malicious computer programs, etc.
11. Requests
You have the right to access, correct and delete your data obtained by Pernod Ricard. Upon your request, we will make our reasonable endeavor to remove your identifiable information from our company and background files from the third parties who is shared with your personal information in accordance with the terms of this policy.
If you are currently receiving Pernod Ricard's direct marketing, but do not want Pernod Ricard to continue using or providing your data to others for direct marketing purpose, you will be able to, by issuing a written request, exercise your opt out option without any cost.
12. Third Party Links
This website could contain links to third party websites, promotions and contents that we are not in control of. Please note that we are unable or only have limited control and management of such sites. This policy does not apply to these sites. We strongly recommend that you read their privacy policies, terms and provisions when you visit, browse or use these websites.
13. Contact Information
If you have any request that needs our assistances (including request from this Art. 12 of this Policy), please contact us in the following ways:
Company Name: Pernod Ricard (China) Trading Co., Ltd.
Company Address: 15F, Three Corporate Avenue, 168 Hu Bin Road, Shanghai 200021, PRC
Zip Code: 200021
Tel：+8621 2301 1000
Email: 【PRCCorporate.Communications@pernod-ricard.com】