General
UST Inc. respects the privacy of every individual who visits our web site and the sites of our subsidiaries, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. This Privacy Policy outlines the information UST may collect and how we may use that information.
Personal Data
UST or its subsidiaries will not collect any personally-identifiable information about you (e.g. your name, address, telephone number or e-mail address ("personal data") through our web sites unless you have provided it to us voluntarily. If you do not want your personal data collected, please do not submit it to us.
When you do provide us with personal data, we may use that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise: we may store and process that information to better understand your interests and preferences and how we can improve our products and services; we (or a fulfillment house or other third party on our behalf in connection with a promotion) may use that information to contact you; and/or we may provide other third parties with aggregate – but not individual – information about visitors to our sites. Neither we nor any third party working on our behalf will sell, rent or market personal data about you to another party unless you have given us specific permission.
Additional Information Collected Automatically
In some cases when you connect to our sites, we may automatically (i.e. not via registration) collect technical information that is not personally-identifiable. Examples of this type of information include the kind of computer operating system you are using and the domain name of the web site from which you linked to our site.
Information Placed Automatically on Your Computer–Cookies
When you view one of our web sites, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "Cookie" or similar file and can help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor a web site to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or Help screen to learn more about these functions.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, we will notify you by placing prominent notice on the web site.