Privacy

We respect your privacy

Privacy is a fundamental right and that is why data protection is one of our core values. You should be able to decide what information you share and with whom. We host this website in such a way that your privacy remains protected, and you retain control over your data.

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Privacy Policy (GDPR)

German and European standards to protect your privacy

General information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on privacy, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data acquisition on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the "Responsible party" section of this privacy statement.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter in a contact form. Other data is collected automatically or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you request www.antiquewinesandspirits.com.

What do we use your data for?

Some data is collected to ensure that the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to obtain information free of charge at any time about the origin, recipient and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. You also have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

You can contact us at any time about this and other questions about privacy: info@antiquewinesandspirits.com

Third-party analytics and tools

When you visit www.antiquewinesandspirits.com, your surfing behaviour may be statistically analysed. This is mainly done with so-called analysis programmes. Detailed information on these analysis programmes can be found in the following privacy policy.

Reference to external hosting

www.antiquewinesandspirits.com is hosted by an external service provider (hoster). The personal data collected on this website is stored on the hoster's servers. This may include, but is not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contractual data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website.

The hoster is used for the purpose of contract fulfilment vis-à-vis our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO). Our hoster will only process your data insofar as this is necessary for the fulfilment of its service obligations and follow our instructions with regard to this data. We use the following hoster:

Contabo GmbH
Aschauer Straße 32a
81549 München
Germany

Conclusion of a contract on commissioned processing

In order to ensure privacy-compliant processing, Antique Wines and Spirits has concluded a contract on commissioned processing with Contabo GmbH: Contabo ADV contract

Official statement from Contabo GmbH to Antique Wines and Spirits

"We cannot easily access the majority of our customers' server systems and thus personal data stored there. From our point of view, there is therefore no obligation for many of our customers to conclude a commissioned processing agreement as stipulated in the EU Privacy Regulation. Nevertheless, we understand your need for legal certainty in this matter and accordingly conclude the commissioned processing agreement with you in accordance with Art. 28 EU-DSGVO, regardless of whether there is a mandatory legal obligation to do so."

General information

Privacy

Antique Wines and Spirits takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal privacy regulations as well as this privacy policy.

When you visit www.antiquewinesandspirits.com, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how this is done and for what purpose.

We would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Mandatory information

Responsible party

The data controller for this website is:

Antique Wines & Spirits
Jörg Matzdorff
Habichtweg 7
51429 Bergisch Gladbach
Germany

info@antiquewinesandspirits.com

The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses or similar).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific storage period is specified in this Privacy Policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for processing the data no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke consent for data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons no longer apply.

Your rights

Revoke your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to object to data collection in special cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 DSGVO).

If the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. E or F DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The respective legal basis on which processing is based can be found in this data protection declaration. If you object, Antique Wines and Spirits will no longer process your personal data concerned, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims (objection under Article 21(1) of the GDPR). If your personal data are processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will subsequently no longer be used for the purpose of direct marketing (objection pursuant to Art. 21 (2) DSGVO).

Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

In the event of a breach of the GDPR, data subjects shall have a right of appeal to a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged breach. The right of appeal is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done insofar as it is technically feasible.

Data security, SSL or TLS encryption

Antique Wines and Spirits has taken both technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data you provide against loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorised access. Our employees and all persons involved in data processing are obliged to comply with privacy laws and to handle personal data confidentially.

www.antiquewinesandspirits.com uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or enquiries that you send to us as site operator. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from http:// to https:// and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Encrypted payment on this website

If, after the conclusion of a contract with costs, there is an obligation to transmit your payment data to us (e.g. account number in the case of direct debit authorisation), this data is required for payment processing.

Payment transactions via the common means of payment (PayPal, Visa or MasterCard and direct debit) are made exclusively via an encrypted SSL or TLS connection. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from http:// to https:// and by the lock symbol in your browser line. With encrypted communication, your payment data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

Information, deletion and correction

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipient and the purpose of the data processing and, if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose and for further questions on the subject of personal data. You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. To do this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data held by us, we will usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the review, you have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • If the processing of your personal data happened/is happening unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or enforce legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
  • If you have lodged an objection under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balance must be struck between your interests and those of Antique Wines and Spirits. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may ― apart from being stored ― only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest of the European Union or a Member State.

There is also a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority

The supervisory authority responsible for us is:

Nordrhein-Westfälischer Datenschutzbeauftragte
Kavalleriestraße 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf
Germany

www.ldi.nrw.de

No automated case-by-case-decision

We do not use your personal data for automated case-by-case decisions in the sense of Art. 22 (1) DSGVO.

Objection to promotional emails

The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation for the transmission of not expressly requested advertising and information material is hereby objected to. Antique Wines and Spirits expressly reserves the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Cookies

www.antiquewinesandspirits.com uses so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files and do no harm to your terminal device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them yourself or until they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your terminal device when you visit www.antiquewinesandspirits.com (third-party cookies). These enable Antique Wines and Spirits or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services). Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to evaluate user behaviour or display advertising. Cookies that are necessary to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions desired by you (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping cart function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is specified. Antique Wines and Spirits has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the storage of the cookies in question is based exclusively on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO); consent can be revoked at any time.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. When disabling cookies, the functionality may be limited to www.antiquewinesandspirits.com.

If cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you separately about this within the framework of this data protection declaration and, if necessary, request your consent.

Activation or deactivation and deletion of cookies

You can use your internet browser to delete cookies automatically or manually. Here you can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of the Internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is set. For more information on these options, see the instructions and help section of your browser.

We caution that www.antiquewinesandspirits.com may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again when you visit our website again.

Consent can be revoked at any time by clicking on the cookie settings so that the cookies are immediately deactivated.

Contact information

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and information on cookie use, please contact us using the contact details below:

Antique Wines & Spirits
Jörg Matzdorff
Habichtweg 7
51429 Bergisch Gladbach
Germany

info@antiquewinesandspirits.com

Server log files

Our hoster ― Contabo GmbH ― automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Hostname of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address of the accessing computer

This data is not merged with other data sources.

The collection of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Antique Wines and Spirits has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and optimisation of www.antiquewinesandspirits.com ― for this purpose, the server log files must be collected.

Enquiries by e-mail, telephone and fax

If you contact us by e-mail, telephone or fax, your enquiry, including all resulting personal data (name and contents of the enquiry), will be stored and processed by our hoster - Contabo GmbH - for the purpose of processing your request. We do not share this data without your consent.

The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO if your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) DSGVO) or on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) DSGVO) if this has been requested.

The data you send to us via contact requests will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions ― in particular statutory retention periods ― remain unaffected.

Matomo

Use of the analysis service Matomo

www.antiquewinesandspirits.com uses features of the web analytics service Matomo:

InnoCraft Ltd.
150 Willis St
6011 Wellington
New Zealand

www.matomo.org

This allows Antique Wines and Spirits to analyse the behaviour of website visitors.

The use of this analysis tool is based on their consent to the storage of cookies and on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO; the consent can be revoked at any time.

These are stored on your computer and allow us to analyse your visit to www.antiquewinesandspirits.com.

The cookies contain usage information and are transferred to the servers of Antique Wines and Spirits or Contabo GmbH, where they are stored for usage analysis purposes and help us to optimise www.antiquewinesandspirits.com. The usage information also includes your IP address, but this is shortened so that it is anonymized, and you remain anonymous as a user.

We do not share the information generated by the cookie with third parties. Details of the privacy of Matomo's service can be found here: www.matomo.org/gdpr-analytics.

Right of revocation

You have a right of withdrawal. You can change your cookie settings. You can revoke your consent to the use of Matomo at any time, without giving a reason, by means of cookie settings.

Cloudflare

This website uses the functions of Cloudflare. Provider is:

Cloudflare Inc.
665 3rd St. #200
San Francisco
CA 94107
USA

Cloudflare offers a globally distributed content delivery network with DNS. Technically, the transfer of information between your browser and www.antiquewinesandspirits.com is routed through Cloudflare's network. Cloudflare is thus able to analyse the data traffic between the user and www.antiquewinesandspirits.com, for example in order to detect and prevent attacks on our services. This serves to protect our legitimate interests, which outweigh our interests in the context of a balancing of interests, in the optimal protection of our offer and the defence against damaging attacks through cyberattacks. This constitutes a legal ground as a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

We have concluded a corresponding commissioned processing agreement with Cloudflare on the basis of the DSGVO. Cloudflare is a certified participant of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. Cloudflare has committed to handle all personal data contained by Member States of the European Union (EU) under the Privacy Shield Framework in accordance with its applicable principles. For more information about the Privacy Shield Framework, please visit the U.S. Department of Commerce Privacy Shield List at www.privacyshield.gov. Cloudflare collects statistical data about visits to www.antiquewinesandspirits.com. The access data includes: Name of the accessed website, file, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, notification of successful access, browser type and version, the users operating system, referrer URL (the previously visited page), IP address and the requesting provider. Cloudflare uses the log data for statistical evaluations for the purpose of the operation, security and optimisation of the offer.

Processing of data (customer and contract data)

Data transfer upon conclusion of a contract for the use of our services and apps.

Antique Wines and Spirits only transmits personal data to third parties if this is necessary within the framework of the contract processing, for example to the companies entrusted with the delivery of the services or the credit institution entrusted with the payment processing. No further transmission of data will take place or only if you have expressly consented to the transmission.

Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent, for example for advertising purposes.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

This privacy policy informs you about the processing of your personal data in connection with the use of our website:
www.antiquewinesandspirits.com