Privacy Policy

The Austin Wine Festival and the Texas Hill Country Wineries ("AWF/THCW") respects the privacy of all our attendees.

This website does not collect, save or store any personal information from visitors that simply browse this website, unless you voluntarily and intentionally provide it to us while placing an order or when contacting us via our contact forms. We do not collect personal information without your knowledge or consent. Any personal information that is requested on our website is necessary in order to perform a particular service, such as processing your order, or responding to your inquiry.

We request personal information from you in order to process online ticket purchases. You must provide contact information (such as name, billing address, telephone number and email address), as well as financial information (such as credit card number and expiration date, etc.) in order for us to process your order. This information is used for billing purposes and to validate your tickets. If there is a problem with your order, the information provided will also allow us to contact you.

AWF/THCW may on occassion inform you by email of our upcoming events, services, specials and sweepstakes. In each email, a link will be provided for you to opt out of receiving any future promotional emails.

In the interest of privacy, the number of agents or contractors of the AWF/THCW who have access to your personal information is kept to an absolute minimum. These agents or contractors are required to keep the information confidential and not to use it for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for the AWF/THCW. AWF/THCW and our service providers will not sell or distribute any of your personal information to any outside organization for marketing or solicitation without your permission.

AWF/THCW is committed to the security of the data collected on this Web site, and treat all information you provide us as confidential. We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption technology to secure the privacy of credit card information, name, address, email and other information you provide us.

Please be aware that third-party websites available through links on this site each have separate privacy and data collection practices. We have no control, responsibility or liability for these third-party policies or actions. AWF/THCW cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you disclose online to third party sites.

This website is subject to U.S. law. AWF/THCW will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to guests, visitors, associates, or others, or to property (including this site).