Effective Date: March 2010
Altria Group is the parent company of Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton, Ste Michelle Wine Estates and Philip Morris Capital Corporation.
We at Altria Group respect your privacy and value the relationship we have with you. This Privacy Statement describes the types of personal information we may collect on this website, how we may use that information, and with whom we may share it. Our Privacy Statement also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information you provide to us through this website. We also tell you how you can reach us to update your contact information, unsubscribe from receiving emails from us, or answer any questions you may have about our privacy practices.
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- Information We Gather Automatically
- Information We Share
- Links to Other Sites
- Security
- Your Choices
- Updates to this Privacy Statement
- How to Contact Us
Information We Collect and How We Use It
Altria Group collects personal information from you (such as your name, address, telephone number and email address) only if you provide it to us. You may choose to do so, for example, by registering on our site to receive Email Alerts or by providing information when you contact us through our "Contact Us" page.
Listed below are the ways we collect personal information about you, the types of information we collect and how we use it.
Contact Us
You may choose to communicate with us through our "Contact Us" page. We ask for your email address and name in order to reply to your message.
Email Alerts Service
If you sign up to receive Email Alerts from us, we ask you to provide personal information such as your email address so we can send you the emails you have requested.
Webcasts
From time to time, we provide webcast services through this website. If you choose to register for one of our webcasts, we ask you to provide certain information, such as your name and email address, so you may participate in the webcast.
Investor Tools
In the Investors section of this website, we offer Investor Tools (such as Share Price Lookup, Investment Value Calculator and Dividend Calculator ) that allow you to view Altria Group stock information based on criteria you provide. We do not collect any personally identifiable information when you use Investor Tools.
Supplier Diversity Business Profile
If you are a minority- or women-owned business enterprise and would like to do business with Altria Group, we ask you to fill out the supplier diversity business profile form located on the Diversity Information Resources website. We use the information you provide to Diversity Information Resources to evaluate your application when we have procurement opportunities.
Surveys
From time to time, we may ask you to complete a survey to better understand your opinions. We don't collect any personal information about you when you respond to an online survey unless you specifically provide it to us.
Other Communications
Our website allows you to sign up to receive future communications and resources about subjects such as legislative issues. To do so, we ask you for information (such as your name, email address and postal address) so we can provide you with the communications and resources you request.
Information We Gather Automatically
When you visit our website, your browser automatically sends us certain Internet-related information, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you're using. We collect this information through the use of cookies and web beacons to better understand how visitors use our site. Neither cookies nor web beacons collect personally-identifiable information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Cookies are small text files that websites often place on the computer hard drives of visitors to their sites. A cookie contains a unique number, which is used to recognize your computer when a user of your computer returns to a website that was visited previously. Web beacons (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs) are Internet tools that help us determine, for example, whether a website page has been viewed. We use cookies and web beacons to enhance the online experience of our visitors and to better understand how our site is used. Cookies and web beacons may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our website before or if you are a new visitor.
Information We Share
Altria Group does not sell or rent personal information about our website visitors to third parties. Under certain circumstances, we may share your personal information as described below.
To respond to your questions or concerns, to fulfill your requests and/or to share knowledge about an issue , we may share information you provide throughout this website with Altria Group's operating companies, affiliates or companies in which we have an economic interest. These companies, which may also have subsidiaries, include:
- Altria Client Services
- Philip Morris USA
- U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
- John Middleton
- Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
- Philip Morris Capital Corporation
- SABMiller
We also share information provided by our website visitors with service providers that have been retained to perform services on Altria's behalf or on behalf of our operating companies, affiliates or companies in which we have an economic interest.
In addition, we may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or in connection with litigation, (ii) in response to a request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity.
We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets.
Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal information you have provided through this website in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Statement.
Links to Other Sites
This site contains links to other websites, some of which are operated by Altria Group operating companies and others of which are operated by third parties. We provide these links solely for your convenience and information. These sites may have their own privacy notices, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. We are not responsible for the content of these sites, any products or services that may be offered through these sites, or any other use of these sites.
To view the privacy statement of Philip Morris USA please visit their website.
To view the privacy statement of U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, please visit their website.
To view the privacy statement of John Middleton, please visit their website.
Security
We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards for this website to protect against unauthorized disclosure, use, alteration or destruction of the information you provide on the site.
Your Choices
If you register for our Email Alerts Service, you will receive the communications that you've requested. You may review the information you provided or unsubscribe from the service by visiting the Email Alerts page. If you have other questions about information that you have provided to us, you may contact us by email or regular mail, as described below in “How to Contact Us.”
Updates to this Privacy Notice
We may change or update portions of this Privacy Statement at any time and without prior notice to you. Please check back from time to time so you are aware of any changes or updates to the notice. We will indicate the effective date of the notice.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Statement, Contact Us through email or write us at:
Altria Client Services, Inc.
Corporate Communications
6601 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23230