Cookie Policy

Our website, https://alliedvintners.com, uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all together referred to as "cookies"). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. Below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

A cookie is a small, simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

A web beacon (or pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. To do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function, so the legal basis for them is our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimise the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we gain insight into the use of our website. The legal basis for these cookies is your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); we therefore ask your permission before placing them.

5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track users on this website, or across several websites, for similar marketing purposes. These also require your prior consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

5.4 Social media

On our website, we have included content from Facebook to promote web pages (e.g. "like", "pin") or to share (e.g. "tweet") on social networks such as Facebook. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalised advertising.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to see what they do with the personal data they process using these cookies. The data retrieved is anonymised as much as possible. Facebook is located in the United States.

The overview below shows, per category, the type of cookies that may be placed on our website, their purpose, and how long they are stored.

When you visit our website for the first time, we show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click "Save preferences", you consent to our use of the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this cookie policy. We ask you to renew your consent at least every 12 months. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may then no longer work properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

You can view, change, or withdraw your consent settings at any time via the "Cookie settings" link, which is permanently available in the footer of our website.

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed, or set your browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information on these options, please refer to the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete cookies from your browser, they will be placed again, subject to your consent, when you visit our website again.

We do not retain personal data collected via cookies for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, and in any case no longer than the retention period stated for the relevant cookie in the overview in Section 6.

Some of the third parties we engage, such as Facebook, are established outside the European Economic Area. Where your data is transferred to such a country, we ensure this happens on the basis of a safeguard recognised under the GDPR, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses. You may request a copy of the relevant safeguards from us using the contact details in Section 13.

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained.
• Right of access: you have the right to access the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: you have the right to have your personal data supplemented, corrected, deleted, or blocked whenever you wish.
• If you have given us your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
• Right to data portability: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and to transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We will comply with this unless there are justified grounds for the processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details at the bottom of this cookie policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you directly but you also always have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

We may amend this cookie policy from time to time, for example to comply with changes in legislation or services added to the website. We recommend that you consult this cookie policy regularly. The date of the last change is stated at the top of this document.

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us via: