The Wine Speakeasy Privacy Policy:Our enormous respect to your privacy
Effective Date: August 06, 2024
The scope of this document is to clarify the Privacy Policy by describing how and when The Wine Speakeasy App collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use our Services. In case of any question, any further information needed or comment regarding our Privacy Policy, you could submit your request to our dedicated mailbox at thewinespeakeasyhd@gmail.com .
Your personal data are in full compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that covers our processing of personal data after your registration and during the use of our services.
The Wine Speakeasy is an international online platform provider (hereinafter referred to as “The Wine Speakeasy,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), offering a platform that enables registered users (hereinafter “User”) to consult and review wine types and appellations and get specific wine information (hereinafter the “Services”) via mobile application..
The Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time by us with reasonable notice to you before the new Privacy Policy comes into force.
Purpose and Legal Basis
We process your personal data to manage our user relationship with you, including managing your account and providing you with access to use our Platform. The processing of your personal data is performed on the legal basis of:
- Fulfillment of our contractual obligations when delivering the Platform to you.
We process your wine type or appellation feedback to provide you with the opportunity to allow other users to see your evaluations anonymously. We process your personal data on the legal basis of:
- Your freely given consent provided when signing up for the Platform.
We also process your personal data to deliver and improve the Platform, manage our business, develop new features and updates, and develop personalization services and other types of services, including but not limited to developing and implementing algorithms and machine learning. This processing is based on:
- Our legitimate interest in improving our Platform and Services.
Categories of Personal Data
We primarily collect the personal data that you submit to us, including your contact information and reviews. We also collect information in various ways from different parts of the Platform, as further detailed below, including but not limited to the way you use the Platform and, if applied, tracking information about your internet activity and technical information about your devices and location.
Please visit ‘Sharing of Data’ to read more about your right to access and deletion of your personal data.
When Signing Up:
When registering to our online Platform, you provide us with certain information, including email, password, username, name, country of origin and telephone number.
When Using the Platform:
We register the information you provide when using the Platform, including wines types and appellations reviews,uploaded photos of your reviewed wine, your traffic on the Platform, and your communication with us. Users are encouraged not to reveal personal data concerning themselves or others, especially special categories of data (such as information about a person’s health, addictions, or allergies) when commenting on wine types or appellations or uploading pictures on the Platform. When a User makes such information about them or others public, the User is responsible for ensuring legal grounds for disclosing the information. Our App may ask for your permission to enable the collection of your device/your location. If you have given permission to collect your device location, we may use the location to show you certain offers available around your location as personalized marketing messages. Location may also be used for analytics, etc. We may use cookies to enable the Platform to work and provide you with a personalized experience. For further information on our use of cookies, please see ‘Cookies’.
Cookies:
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, tablet, mobile, or similar device, for the purpose of recognizing your device if you visit our website again (such as login, language, font size, and other settings). A cookie may contain text, numbers, or, for example, a date, but generally, there are no personal data in a cookie. It is not a program and thus cannot contain a virus.
Sharing of Data
Personal data about our users is an essential part of our business. We only share your personal data as described below. We share your reviews with other Users in an anonymous way. We may share personal data regarding you if we are obligated to do so by law.
Data Preferences and you Rights as a User:
As provided by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Access to Personal Data
You have the right to access the personal data we hold about you. You can review and amend your personal data at any time by accessing your account. Additionally, you have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data free of charge. However, if you request multiple copies or your request is unfounded or excessive, we may charge a fee to cover administrative costs.
Rectification of Data
You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data. You can update your personal information directly through your account settings.
Erasure of Data
Under certain circumstances, you have the right to request the deletion of your personal data.
Restriction of Processing
You may request the restriction of processing your data under certain circumstances.
Objection to Processing
You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting your profile or through the in-app settings.
Data Portability
When you request access, rectification, erasure, or portability of your data, we may ask for additional information to verify your identity and ensure data security.
Data Retention and Account Deletion
We retain your personal data as long as your account is active. Some data may be retained to comply with legal obligations. You can add or update information in your account, but previous versions may be stored in system backups for a period.
Deleting your account removes all data, including your username, which will be anonymized in reviews.
Note that some information may remain in our records after account deletion and may only be removed when our backups are updated.
Security
Your account and personal data are protected by a password. Ensure no unauthorized access by choosing a strong password and signing off after accessing your account.
Despite our efforts to protect your account, unauthorized entry, hardware/software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of your personal data.
This Privacy Policy governs only the information collected on the Platform and through our cookies.
Children’s Privacy
The Platform is intended for use by adults of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction. If we become aware that someone under the legal drinking age has provided us with personal information, we will promptly delete the account and all associated data.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. You will be notified of changes and given the opportunity to review the revised policy before continuing to use the Platform. We will use personal data in accordance with the privacy policy under which it was collected unless we request your consent for new purposes.
Questions or Concerns
If you have any questions or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
Email:
thewinespeakeasyhd@gmail.com
We will do our best to respond to your inquiries and resolve your concerns promptly.