This Privacy Policy describes how The Tasting Quarter, Owners and Operators of The Global Vinegar Awards, (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collect, use, and share personal information when you use our website www.globalvinegarawards.com (the “Site”) and the services provided through it.
Data controller(s)
The Tasting Quarter Ltd is the controller and responsible for your personal data. Our contact details are The Tasting Quarter Ltd, Hyde Cottage, Park Lane, Deopham, Wymondham NR18 9HL. Our email is info@thetastingquarter.com, and our telephone number is 0044(0)1953606040. For all data matters contact Pip Martin at pip.martin@thetastingquarter.com
Limitations of use
Your use of www.globalvinegarawards.com and any information, materials, videos and documents therein, or information made available by us, are subject to the following restrictions and prohibitions on use:
a) You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, display, post, or transmit any material contained on www.globalvinegarawards.com in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the express prior written consent of The Tasting Quarter Ltd.
b) You may not use any information or materials obtained from www.globalvinegarawards.com to develop, or as a component of, any information, storage and retrieval system, database, information base, or similar resource (in any media now existing or hereafter developed), that is offered for commercial distribution of any kind, including through sale, lease, license, rental, subscription, or any other commercial distribution mechanism. Any unauthorised use of any content on www.globalvinegarawards.com may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications statutes and regulations.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use cookies to monitor how visitors find and use our website. We report on this activity in aggregate, and use this information solely to monitor and improve our website.
In Summary: We believe there is no reason for our website visitors to be particularly concerned about the privacy implications of any of the cookies we use, but we do recognise the importance of making you aware of the purpose and scope of the data stored in the cookies which are created or updated on your computer when you visit our website. You may choose to delete these cookies from your computer between visits to our website.
Information we collect
- Information You Provide: When you register for an account on our Site as an entrant or a trade buyer, we collect personal information such as your name, email address, company details, and contact information.
- Information Collected Automatically: We may also collect certain information automatically when you visit our Site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and other usage information.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
- Provide and maintain our services;
- Manage user accounts and registrations;
- Communicate with you about your account and our services;
- Process entries and orders;
- Improve and optimize our Site and services; and
- Comply with legal obligations.
Information sharing
We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our Site and providing our services. We may also share information when required by law or to protect our rights or the rights of others.
Data security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
Data retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see Your legal rights below for further information.
In some circumstances, we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Your legal rights
Your choices
You can update or delete your account information at any time by logging into your account settings. You may also contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last Updated” date will be revised accordingly. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for the latest information.
Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices regarding your personal information, please contact us at info@thetastingquarter.com