Privacy Policy

Ninkasi Brewing Company and its affiliated brands, agents, subsidiaries, and trusted service partners (collectively, “Ninkasi”) value your privacy. This Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, protect, and use your information. The terms “we,” “us,”, and “our” used in this Policy refer to Ninkasi.

ACCESS RESTRICTED TO PEOPLE OVER 21

Our sites, including all marketing and advertising material and information on our sites, are intended exclusively for people of legal drinking age. If you enter our website by falsely claiming to be of legal drinking age, you must immediately cease using our sites or submitting personal information to us. If you believe someone under the legal drinking age has accessed our sites or provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately (contact information below) immediately.

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The type of information that we collect may include:

Name
Date of birth
Mailing address
Telephone number and other contact information, such as your email address
Billing information
User names and passwords to our sites
Location information
Usage and technical information, such as device, browser, or IP address
Other personal information as necessary.

HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION

We may obtain information from several sources, including our sites, mobile applications, third-party vendors or service providers, events, surveys, sweepstakes, social media (e.g., Instagram), or other customer outreach activities. We may also use certain web measurement and tracking technologies such as “cookies”, statistics programs, or server logs to collect information. This helps us improve your online experience and measure the success of our sites and platforms. Should your browser limit “cookies” or other such technologies, it may impair your use of the sites.

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS

We may use third-party marketing, advertising, and media companies to place ads on our sites or other places where we advertise. Please note that these companies may collect information about your visits to the applicable sites in accordance with their policies and terms. Additionally, we may use third-party web beacons to determinate which advertisements brought users to our sites.

USE OF INFORMATION

We may use your information for the following:

to respond to your requests;
to provide products or services that you have ordered;
to improve our sites;
to notify you of special offers and other products or services that we believe may be of interest to you;
to notify you that you have been selected as a winner of a sweepstakes or contest;
to use internally at Ninkasi;
to conduct marketing research;
to display content and advertisements based on your preferences and location;
to comply with legal requirements and policies; or
to use for other specific business purposes disclosed to you when the information is collected.

By using our sites, you are expressly authorizing the usage of your information for the reasons stated above. If you are transferred to a different website where you provide personal information or voluntarily disclose information in public forums or to other users on our sites, we cannot control how that information is used by third parties and are not responsible for that use. You may also be subject to third party practices that are outside our control, such as information collection by your telephone carrier, search engines, phone manufacturers, or operating systems. Such third-party practices are outside of our control and we are not responsible for the actions of such third parties. We encourage you to learn and understand the policies of any third parties who may be collecting your information.

SHARING YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose the information we collect from you to:

carry out the tasks listed in the section above
take necessary action when we believe such information is necessary to enforce the Terms of Use, investigate third-party claims, or protect our sites.
identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm to our customers, our sites, or our rights.
respond to judicial or government actions or investigations as permitted or required by law to the extent we believe, in good faith, that such action is necessary
to comply with rules, regulations, or laws;
to our trusted partners for marketing, advertising, and research purposes; or
in connection with a corporate merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

You may be entitled to request disclosure regarding how we share certain information with third parties for direct marketing purposes. We shall provide such disclosure upon your written request to the address listed in the contact section below.

SECURITY

We think it is extremely important to maintain the security of your information. To that end, Ninkasi uses various security measures to protect your information, including various technical, procedural, and physical security measures. However, we cannot ensure or guarantee that our security measures will be perfect or impenetrable. For that reason, we expressly disclaim any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, regarding any definitive warranty of security in connection with your information. Please also be aware that your information may be accessible via means outside our control, such as intercepted email transmissions or hostile attacks on our networks. We cannot and do not guarantee that your information is completely safe against such risks.

JURISDICTION

Our sites are hosted in the United States. By using our sites, you agree and acknowledge that such usage is governed by United States laws. You further acknowledge and consent to the application of the laws of the United States and/or the state of Oregon with respect to any dispute arising from or related to the Privacy Policy and your use of our sites, and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the state of Oregon, county of Los Angeles, and the federal courts located within the state of Oregon, county of Lane.

UPDATES TO PRIVACY POLICY

We may update and change this Policy from time to time. We strongly recommend that you periodically review the Privacy Policy, and we will let you know the date the Privacy Policy was last revised to help you stay current. We will also note that the Privacy Policy was updated on our sites next to where the privacy policy is located. By continuing to use our site after the date of such change, you consent to any changes to the Policy.

CONTACT

Thank you for visiting our sites. If you have any questions, please write to us at:

272 Van Buren St,
Eugene, OR 97402
Attn: Digital Marketing Manager

Last updated: November, 2018

NINKASI BREWING COMPANY WEBSITE TERMS & CONDITIONS

Updated 11/08/18

Agreement to terms: By entering this web site (the “Site”), you acknowledge and agree to the following terms and conditions. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE. These terms and conditions are applicable to all pages of the Site, unless explicitly stated otherwise on any particular page.

No entry for under-aged persons: You must be 21 years of age or older to use this Site.

Ninkasi Brewing Company is the copyright owner of this site and no portion of this site, including but not limited to the text, images, audio or video, may be used in any manner, or for any purpose, without Ninkasi’s express written permission, except as provided for herein. Without in any way waiving any of the foregoing rights, you may download one copy of the material on this site for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided you do not delete or change any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notices. Modification or use of the material on this site for any other purposes violates Ninkasi’s legal rights.

By entering this site you acknowledge and agree that any communication or material you transmit to this site or Ninkasi Brewing Company, in any manner and for any reason, will not be treated as confidential or proprietary. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that any ideas, concepts, techniques, procedures, methods, systems, designs, plans, charts, or other materials you transmit to Ninkasi may be used by Ninkasi anywhere, anytime, and for any reason whatsoever.

By entering this site you acknowledge and agree that any name, logo, trademark, or servicemark contained on this site is owned or licensed by Ninkasi and may not be used by you without prior written approval. Ninkasi will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the full extent of the law. Sound, graphics, charts, text, video, information, or images of places or people are either the property of Ninkasi or used on this site with permission. Your use of any of these materials is prohibited unless specifically provided for on the site. Any unauthorized use of these materials may subject you to penalties or damages, including but not limited to those related to violation of trademarks, copyrights, privacy, and publicity rights.

Do not post on this site, or transmit to this site, any pornographic, obscene, profane, defamatory, libelous, threatening, unlawful or other material which could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, promote the excessive or irresponsible consumption of alcohol, or otherwise violate any law or regulation. Notwithstanding the fact that Ninkasi or other parties involved in creating, producing, or delivering this site, may monitor or review transmissions, posting, discussions, or chats, Ninkasi and all parties involved in creating, producing or delivering this site, assume no responsibility or liability which may arise from the content thereof, including but not limited to claims for defamation, libel, slander, obscenity, pornography, profanity, or misrepresentation.

By entering this site you acknowledge and agree that your use is at your own risk and that none of the parties involved in creating, producing, or delivering this site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages, or any other losses, costs, or expenses of any kind (including legal fees, expert fees, or other disbursements) which may arise, directly or indirectly, through the access to, use of, or browsing of this site or through your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio from this site, including but not limited to anything caused by any viruses, bugs, human action or inaction or any computer system, phone line, hardware, software or program malfunctions, or any other errors, failures or delays in computer transmissions or network connections.

Although the specifications, features, illustrations, equipment and other information contained in the site are based upon up-to-date information, and while Ninkasi makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that all material on this site is correct, accuracy cannot be guaranteed and Ninkasi makes no warranties or representations as to its accuracy. All content information and materials contained in this site are provided to you “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Shopping: This Site may offer shopping services by us or by a firm that operates a store under contract with us. If our Site offers shopping or other commercial services, you will be asked to use a customer order form to request information, products or services. The order form will request contact information (such as name and email address), financial information (such as account and/or credit card numbers) and demographic information (such as zip code and age). The financial information that you provide will be used to bill you for those products and services you have requested. By giving our Site your credit card and related personal information, you are authorizing our store, or the firm operating the store under contract with us, to give that information to the merchant and credit card company in order to confirm and fulfill your order. We will not otherwise use or distribute your financial information without your prior approval. We will also use the contact information provided on the order form to fulfill your orders. We may also use contact data to get in touch with you when necessary.

User Content Posted on the Site: You are solely responsible for the photos, profiles, messages, notes, text, information, music, video, advertisements, listings, and other content that you upload, publish or display (hereinafter, “post”) on or through the Service or the Site, or transmit to or share with other users (collectively the “User Content”). You may not post, transmit, or share User Content on the Site or Service that you did not create or that you do not have permission to post. You understand and agree that the Company may, but is not obligated to, review the Site and may delete or remove (without notice) any Site Content or User Content in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, including without limitation User Content that in the sole judgment of the Company violates this Agreement, or which might be offensive, illegal, or that might violate the rights, harm, or threaten the safety of users or others. You are solely responsible at your sole cost and expense for creating backup copies and replacing any User Content you post or store on the Site or provide to the Company. When you post User Content to the Site, you authorize and direct us to make such copies thereof as we deem necessary in order to facilitate the posting and storage of the User Content on the Site. By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing. You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. If you choose to remove your User Content, the license granted above will automatically expire, however you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content.

Online Surveys, Sweepstakes and Contests: From time to time, we may conduct online surveys, sweepstakes and/or contests (“Promotions”). If you wish to participate in a Promotion, you may be asked for certain information about yourself including, without limitation, contact information (such as your name, email address, phone number) or demographic information (such as your zip code and age) (“Information”). We may use this Information to provide you with certain information about our company, promotional material or to contact you when necessary. Any such use shall be in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Each Promotion has its own terms and conditions and you must read and agree to any such rules prior to participating in any Promotion.

Although this site may be linked to other sites, Ninkasi is not, directly or indirectly, implying any approval, association, sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation with the linked site, unless specifically stated therein. By entering this site you acknowledge and agree that Ninkasi has not reviewed all the sites linked to this site and is not responsible for the content of any off-site pages or any other site linked to this site. Your linking to any other off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.

Claims of Infringement Ninkasi respects the intellectual property of others and requires that you do the same. To that end, Ninkasi adheres to the takedown notice procedures described below in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA“). If you believe that your content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Ninkasi’s Copyright Agent the following information: DMCA Notice of Alleged Infringement (“Notice”) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; Identification of the material claimed to be infringing and a reasonable description of where the infringing work is located; Your contact information, such as an email address, physical address, and/or telephone number; A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; A statement that, under penalty of perjury, the information in the notification is accurate and you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; and A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Deliver this Notice, with all items completed, to Ninkasi’s Designated Copyright Agent:

By mail:
Attn: General Counsel Ninkasi Brewing Co.
272 Van Buren St, Eugene, OR 97402

Please be aware that there are penalties for false or misleading notices under the DMCA.