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This site is owned and operated by DECANTER TOURS, LLC. By using www.decantertours.com and/or any Web site (referred to as the “Site”) owned, operated, licensed or controlled by DECANTER TOURS, LLC, you signify your agreement to the following terms of use. If you do not agree to these terms, you may not use this Site and you must exit this Site immediately.
Intellectual Property
All information, text, logos, graphics, images, software, and other content (referred to as the “Materials”) that make up this Site are the property of DECANTER TOURS, LLC. The Materials refer to tours operated by DECANTER TOURS, LLC. These tours are subject to DECANTER TOURS’ Terms & Conditions. [link to T&C]
No Materials from the Site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of site Materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose is a violation of DECANTER TOURS, LLC’s copyright and other proprietary rights. For purposes of this agreement, use of any such Materials on any other Web site or networked computer environment is prohibited. Journalists and search engines may cite or refer to the URL of this site without limitation. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names appearing in the Site are the property of their respective owners.
Jurisdiction
This Site is controlled and operated by DECANTER TOURS, LLC from its offices within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States of America. DECANTER TOURS, LLC makes no representation that Materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Disclaimer
The Materials and this Site are provided on an “as is, as available” basis without warranties of any kind either express or implied. To the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, DECANTER TOURS, LLC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. DECANTER TOURS, LLC does not warrant that this Site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. You (and not DECANTER TOURS, LLC) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. DECANTER TOURS, LLC makes no representations or warranties regarding the use or the results of the use of the Materials in this Site in terms of their currency, correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. DECANTER TOURS, LLC makes no representations or warranties whatsoever about any third party services or any web site which you may access through this site. When you access a non-DECANTER TOURS, LLC site, understand that it is independent from DECANTER TOURS, LLC and DECANTER TOURS, LLC has no control over or responsibility for contents on or the availability of that web site. A link to a non-DECANTER TOURS, LLC web site does not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation by DECANTER TOURS, LLC. All information on this site regarding travel programs, dates, prices, services and products is subject to change without notice. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.
Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall DECANTER TOURS, LLC be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages arising out of or related to the use of, or the inability to use, the Materials in this Site or on any other hyperlinked web site or any third party services, even if DECANTER TOURS, LLC has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
Contributions
By submitting ideas, suggestions, documents and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to DECANTER TOURS, LLC, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) your contributions do not contain confidential or proprietary information; (b) DECANTER TOURS, LLC is not under any obligation of confidentiality, express or implied, with respect to the Contributions; (c) DECANTER TOURS, LLC shall be entitled to use or disclose (or choose not to use or disclose) such Contributions for any purpose, in any way, in any media worldwide; (d) DECANTER TOURS, LLC may have something similar to the Contributions already under consideration or in development; (e) your Contributions automatically become the property of DECANTER TOURS, LLC without any obligation of DECANTER TOURS, LLC to you; and (f) you are not entitled to any compensation or reimbursement of any kind from DECANTER TOURS, LLC under any circumstances.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright or Intellectual Property Infringement
DECANTER TOURS, LLC respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide DECANTER TOURS, LLC’s Copyright Agent the following information:
a. an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
b. a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
c. a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
d. your address, telephone number, and email address;
e. a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
f. a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
DECANTER TOURS, LLC’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
By mail:
Copyright Agent
c/o DECANTER TOURS, LLC
By phone:_(888) 672-7167
By fax:_(888)672-7167
By email: [copyright@decantertours.com]
Privacy Statement & Security
DECANTER TOURS, LLC respects your privacy and is committed to protect the personal information that you share with us. Below is our privacy policy that applies to www.decantertours.com, and/or any Web site (referred to in this Privacy Statement as the “Site”) owned, operated, licensed or controlled by DECANTER TOURS, LLC. This Site is intended for use by persons who are over 18 years of age. By using this Site or communicating via telephone or otherwise with DECANTER TOURS, LLC, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection
When you browse the Site and have not registered for any online service from DECANTER TOURS, LLC, you browse anonymously. Personal Information (“Personal Information” is defined as any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains including, but not limited to, a first and last name, E-mail address, a home, postal or other physical address, or other contact information) is not collected as you browse. DECANTER TOURS, LLC does, however, use “cookies,” “client variables” and “session variables” to collect information about how the Site and server are used and to recognize you as a DECANTER TOURS, LLC online service user when you re-enter our Site. Information, such as the server your computer is logged onto, your browser type, and whether you entered the Site via a Web site or E-mail hyperlink, is collected and tracked in aggregate. This information is used for the purpose of measuring response rates to Web page and E-mail hyperlinks as well as overall Site activity and performance.
When you register for or request any Site service, you may be asked to provide us with Personal Information which is used to enhance your Site experience, expedite communications, allow you to receive electronic/postal mailings from DECANTER TOURS, LLC, or to be contacted as requested. Additionally, we may request your upcoming travel plans and the next destination you plan to visit which allows us to further personalize your Site and E-mail messages you may receive to meet your specific needs, as well as make DECANTER TOURS, LLC product improvements. We may also use this Personal Information in aggregate to generate market research reports.
Registration for Online Products & Services
In order to provide you with a particular Site product or service, we may request that you voluntarily supply us with Personal Information for purposes such as correspondence, Site registration, submitting an application or booking request, placing an order, requesting product descriptions, or participating in Site surveys and/or contests. If you are known to us as a registered user of a DECANTER TOURS, LLC Site, we may combine information about your use of Site products or services with certain other online and offline information we have about you as a DECANTER TOURS, LLC customer as well as information available from external sources in order to customize your Site experience and present you with relevant online and offline communications.
Information Use
We may use Personal Information you have given us with any of our group of companies, including our parent companies and any of our subsidiaries or commonly-owned companies, to for example, provide a service, ensure proper booking, measure consumer interest in our various products and services and inform you about products and services. If you have provided your E-mail address to us or to a company we’ve partnered with to make their products and services available to you, we may send you E-mail. These E-mails may be based on Personal Information you provided in your initial transaction with us, in surveys both online and offline, from information that may indicate purchasing preferences and lifestyle, as well as available from external sources. These E-mails come directly from DECANTER TOURS, LLC You can opt-out from receiving E-mail from DECANTER TOURS, LLC as described below in the section, “Declining E-mail.” When we send you E-mail, we may use your E-mail address to identify information about your receipt of the E-mail, including whether the communication was opened, how many times it was viewed and whether you clicked on an embedded hyperlink to reach a particular product or service. This information is used to measure response rates to E-mail communications as well as enhance your Site experience.
DECANTER TOURS, LLC does not provide your Personal Information to our business partners. However, we may send you offers on behalf of our business partners. If you take advantage of an offer from a DECANTER TOURS, LLC business partner and become their customer, they may independently wish to send E-Mails to you. In this case, you will need to inform them separately if you wish to decline receiving future E-mails from them.
We may share Personal Information with law enforcement agencies in the event of a criminal investigation or suspected illegal activity.
Forward/Email this Page
Site users can choose to request that a Site Web page be sent electronically to another person. When you elect to do this, you will be required to enter your E-mail address and name, the receiver’s E-mail address and name, a subject line, and a text message that will go to the receiver. This will generate a preformatted E-mail message that will go from you to the receiver’s mailbox with your message embedded in the text of the E-mail. Forwad/E-Mail This Page is completely voluntary and you will therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.
Contests
When you enter a contest or other promotional feature on the Site, we may ask for your Personal Information so that we can administer the contest and notify winners. Participation in these contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.
Online Surveys
We value opinions and comments from DECANTER TOURS, LLC customers, and you may have the opportunity to give us your feedback through Site surveys. In conducting these surveys, we may ask for your Personal Information so that we can appropriately identify you. Survey and Personal Information collected will be aggregated and used to make improvements to the Site and improve DECANTER TOURS, LLC products and services. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose the required information.
Message Boards/ Forums / Blog comments
Users of Site Message Boards agree not to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of any individual’s privacy or otherwise in violation of any law. Users agree not to post any copyrighted material unless they are the owners of the copyright. Users remain solely responsible for the content of their messages, and agree to indemnify and hold DECANTER TOURS, LLC harmless with respect to any claim based upon the transmission of their message(s). As a user of a Message Board, in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any posted message, DECANTER TOURS, LLC reserves the right to reveal your identity (or any other information about you in our hands). DECANTER TOURS, LLC does not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and is not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages posted express the views of the author of the message and not necessarily the views of DECANTER TOURS, LLC. As a user of a Message Board: (a) you automatically grant to DECANTER TOURS, LLC (or warrant that the owner thereof has granted to DECANTER TOURS, LLC), a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, create derivative works of, transfer or sell any such content, for any purpose whatsoever, including, without limitation, a commercial purpose, without any compensation to you; and (b) you agree that you will not publish, submit, or display such content to or on any other commercial travel-related web-site or on-line service without DECANTER TOURS, LLC’s prior written consent, which consent may be withheld by DECANTER TOURS, LLC in its discretion. DECANTER TOURS, LLC reserves the right to edit or delete messages prior and/or subsequent to their appearance on the Site. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact DECANTER TOURS, LLC immediately by E-mail at info@decantertours.com.
Declining Email
DECANTER TOURS, LLC provides customers with a means to decline receiving E-mail. At any time, you may request to discontinue receiving E-mail from DECANTER TOURS, LLC by following the opt-out instructions included within any DECANTER TOURS, LLC E-mail and informing us of your preference.
Children
This Site is not used to knowingly solicit Personal Information from or market to children under the age of 13. This Site is intended for use by persons who are over 18 years of age.
Customer Information
If you believe that DECANTER TOURS, LLC has not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information, or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may email: DECANTER TOURS, LLC, info@decantertours.com. In your email, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the DECANTER TOURS, LLC Privacy Policy has not been complied with. DECANTER TOURS, LLC will investigate your inquiry or concern promptly.
Linked Internet Sites
You should be aware that other Internet sites to which you link to from this Site may contain privacy provisions that differ from the provisions of our Privacy Statement. DECANTER TOURS, LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other such sites. We encourage Site users to be aware when they leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by this Site.
Arbitration Agreement: Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions, to the brochure or other information relating in any way to the trip, or to the trip itself, the use of the website and/or the privacy policy, shall be settled solely and exclusively by binding arbitration in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accordance with the then existent commercial rules of the American Arbitration Association. In any such arbitration, the substantive (but not procedural) law of Massachusetts shall apply.
