Cookies Policy Use of information we collect through automated systems when you visit our website 11. Cookies Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by your web browser when you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved. Some cookies may last for a defined period of time, such as one day or until you close your browser. Others last indefinitely. Your web browser should allow you to delete any you choose. It also should allow you to prevent or limit their use. Our website uses cookies. They are placed by software that operates on our servers, and by software operated by third parties whose services we use. When you first visit our website, we ask you whether you wish us to use cookies. If you choose not to accept them, we shall not use them for your visit except to record that you have not consented to their use for any other purpose. If you choose not to use cookies or you prevent their use through your browser settings, you will not be able to use all the functionality of our website. We use cookies in the following ways: 11.1. to track how you use our website 11.2. to record whether you have seen specific messages we display on our website 11.3. to keep you signed in to our website 11.4. to record your answers to surveys and questionnaires on our site while you complete them 11.5. to record the conversation thread during a live chat with our support team We provide more information about the cookies we use in our cookie policy. 12. Personal identifiers from your browsing activity Requests by your web browser to our servers for web pages and other content on our website are recorded. We record information such as your geographical location, your Internet service provider and your IP address. We also record information about the software you are using to browse our website, such as the type of computer or device and the screen resolution. We use this information in aggregate to assess the popularity of the webpages on our website and how we perform in providing content to you. If combined with other information we know about you from previous visits, the data possibly could be used to identify you personally, even if you are not signed in to our website. 13. Our use of re-marketing Re-marketing involves placing a cookie on your computer when you browse our website in order to be able to serve to you an advert for our products or services when you visit some other website. We may use a third party to provide us with re-marketing services from time to time. If so, then if you have consented to our use of cookies, you may see advertisements for our products and services on other websites. Disclosure and sharing of your information 14. Information we obtain from third parties Although we do not disclose your personal information to any third party (except as set out in this notice), we sometimes receive data that is indirectly made up from your personal information from third parties whose services we use. No such information is personally identifiable to you. 15. Third party advertising on our website Third parties may advertise on our website. In doing so, those parties, their agents or other companies working for them may use technology that automatically collects information about you when their advertisement is displayed on our website. They may also use other technology such as cookies or JavaScript to personalise the content of, and to measure the performance of their adverts. We do not have control over these technologies or the data that these parties obtain. Accordingly, this privacy notice does not cover the information practices of these third parties. 16. Credit reference To assist in combating fraud, we share information with credit reference agencies, so far as it relates to clients or customers who instruct their credit card issuer to cancel payment to us without having first provided an acceptable reason to us and given us the opportunity to refund their money. 17. Data may be processed outside the European Union Our websites are hosted in Ireland. We may also use outsourced services in countries outside the European Union from time to time in other aspects of our business. Accordingly, data obtained within Ireland or any other country could be processed outside the European Union. For example, some of the software our website uses may have been developed in the United States of America or in Australia. We use the following safeguards with respect to data transferred outside the European Union: 17.1. the processor is within the same corporate group as our business or organisation and abides by the same binding corporate rules regarding data processing. 17.2. the data protection clauses in our contracts with data processors include transfer clauses written by or approved by a supervisory authority in the European Union specifically that in the country of Ireland. 17.3. we comply with a code of conduct approved by a supervisory authority in the European Union specifically that in the country of Ireland. 17.4. we are certified under an approved certification mechanism as provided for in the Act 17.5. both our organisation and the processor are public authorities between whom there is either a legally binding agreement or administrative arrangements approved by a supervisory authority in the European Union relating to protection of your information Access to your own information 18. Access to your personal information 18.1. At any time, you may review or update personally identifiable information that we hold about you, by signing in to your account on our website. 18.2. To obtain a copy of any information that is not provided on our website you may send us a request at gerry@winetastings.ie 18.3. After receiving the request, we will tell you when we expect to provide you with the information, and whether we require any fee for providing it to you. 19. Removal of your information If you wish us to remove personally identifiable information from our website, you may contact us at gerry@winetastings.ie This may limit the service we can provide to you. 20. Verification of your information When we receive any request to access, edit or delete personal identifiable information we shall first take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or otherwise taking any action. This is important to safeguard your information. Other matters 21. Use of site by children 21.1. We do not sell products or provide services for purchase by children, nor do we market to children. 21.2. If you are under 18, you may use our website only with consent from a parent or guardian 21.3. We collect data about all users of and visitors to these areas regardless of age, and we anticipate that some of those users and visitors will be children. 21.4. Such child users and visitors will inevitably visit other parts of the site and will be subject to whatever on-site marketing they find, wherever they visit. 22. Encryption of data sent between us We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates to verify our identity to your browser and to encrypt any data you give us. Whenever information is transferred between us, you can check that it is done so using SSL by looking for a closed padlock symbol or other trust mark in your browser’s URL bar or toolbar. 23. How you can complain 23.1. If you are not happy with our privacy policy or if have any complaint then you should tell us by email. Our address is gerry@winetastings.ie 23.2. You can find further information about our complaint handling procedure at www.tourandtastegalway.ie 23.3. If a dispute is not settled then we hope you will agree to attempt to resolve it by engaging in good faith with us in a process of mediation or arbitration. 23.4. If you are in any way dissatisfied about how we process your personal information, you have a right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commissioner. This can be done at https://www.dataprotection.ie/docs/complaints/1592.htm 24. Retention period for personal data Except as otherwise mentioned in this privacy notice, we keep your personal information only for as long as required by us: 24.1. to provide you with the services you have requested; 24.2. to comply with other law, including for the period demanded by our tax authorities; 24.3. to support a claim or defence in court. 25. Compliance with the law Our privacy policy has been compiled so as to comply with the law of every country or legal jurisdiction in which we aim to do business. If you think it fails to satisfy the law of your jurisdiction, we should like to hear from you.
However, ultimately it is your choice as to whether you wish to use our website. 26. Review of this privacy policy We may update this privacy notice from time to time as necessary. The terms that apply to you are those posted here on our website on the day you use our website. We advise you to print a copy for your records.
If you have any question regarding our privacy policy, please contact us.
