Privacy policy

**Privacy Policy**

**Responsible for Data Processing:**
W&B Quality Products GmbH & Co. KG
Neutorstraße 75/77
26721 Emden
info@whiskey-spirits.com

We are pleased about your interest in our online shop. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. Below we inform you in detail about the handling of your data.

### 1. Access Data and Hosting

You can visit our websites without providing any personal information. Each time a website is accessed, the web server automatically stores a so-called server log file, which contains, for example, the name of the requested file, your IP address, date and time of access, amount of data transferred, and the requesting provider (access data) and documents the access.

These access data are evaluated solely for the purpose of ensuring the trouble-free operation of the site and improving our offer. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offer in the context of a balancing of interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. All access data are deleted at the latest seven days after the end of your visit to the site.

**Hosting Services by a Third-Party Provider**
In the context of processing on our behalf, a third-party provider provides us with the services for hosting and displaying the website. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in the correct presentation of our offer in the context of a balancing of interests. All data collected as part of the use of this website or in forms provided for this purpose in the online shop are processed on its servers. Processing on other servers only takes place to the extent explained here.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

### 2. Data Collection and Use for Contract Processing, Contact

We collect personal data when you provide it to us in the context of your order or when contacting us (e.g., via contact form or email) voluntarily. Mandatory fields are marked as such because we need the data in these cases to process the contract or your contact and you cannot complete the order or send the contact without providing them. Which data are collected can be seen from the respective input forms. We use the data provided by you in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO for processing contracts and handling your inquiries. If you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO by deciding to open a customer account, we use your data for the purpose of opening the customer account. After the complete processing of the contract or deletion of your customer account, your data will be restricted for further processing and deleted after the expiry of the tax and commercial retention periods, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes, which are legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement. The deletion of your customer account is possible at any time and can be done either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a designated function in the customer account.

### 3. Data Sharing

For the fulfillment of the contract in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO, we pass on your data to the shipping company commissioned with the delivery, insofar as this is necessary for the delivery of ordered goods. Depending on which payment service provider you choose in the ordering process, we pass on the payment data collected for this purpose to the credit institution commissioned with the payment and, if applicable, to the payment service providers commissioned by us or to the selected payment service. In some cases, the selected payment service providers also collect this data themselves, provided you create an account there. In this case, you must log in to the payment service provider with your access data during the ordering process. The privacy policy of the respective payment service provider applies in this respect.

For order and contract processing, we also use an external merchandise management system. The data transfer or processing that takes place in this context is based on an order processing agreement.

The same applies to the transfer of data to our manufacturers or wholesalers in cases where they take over the dispatch for us (drop shipment).

**Data Sharing with Shipping Service Providers**
If you have given us your express consent to do so during or after your order, we will disclose your email address to the selected shipping service provider on the basis of this consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO so that the shipping service provider can contact you before delivery for the purpose of delivery notification or coordination.

The consent can be revoked at any time by sending a message to the contact option described below or directly to the shipping service provider at the contact address listed below. After revocation, we will delete your data provided for this purpose, unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes, which are legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.

**DHL Paket GmbH**
Sträßchensweg 10
53113 Bonn

### 4. Email Newsletter

**Email Advertising with Newsletter Registration**
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this or separately provided by you to regularly send you our email newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, either by sending a message to the contact option described below or via a link provided in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your email address unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data or we reserve the right to use your data for other purposes, which are legally permitted and about which we inform you in this statement.

The newsletter is sent as part of processing on our behalf by a service provider to whom we pass on your email address for this purpose.

This service provider is located within a country of the European Union or the European Economic Area.

### 5. Cookies and Web Analysis

To make our website attractive to visitors and to enable the use of certain functions, to display suitable products, or for market research, we use cookies on various pages, provided you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Cookies are small text files that are automatically stored on your terminal device. Some of the cookies we use are deleted after the end of the browser session, i.e., after you close your browser (session cookies). Other cookies remain on your terminal device and enable us to recognize your browser on your next visit (persistent cookies). You can find the duration of storage in the overview in the cookie settings of your web browser. You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and decide individually whether to accept them or exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general. If cookies are not accepted, the functionality of our website may be restricted. Each browser differs in the way it manages cookie settings. This is described in the help menu of each browser, which explains how you can change your cookie settings. You can find these for the respective browsers under the following links:
- Microsoft Edge™: [https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/4027947/microsoft-edge-delete-cookies](https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/4027947/microsoft-edge-delete-cookies)
- Safari™: [https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14](https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/12.0/mac/10.14)
- Chrome™: [https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de&hlrm=en)
- Firefox™: [https://support.mozilla.org/de/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies](https://support.mozilla.org/de/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies)
- Opera™: [https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies](https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies)

In addition, you can withdraw your consent at any time by sending a message to the contact option described in the privacy policy.

**Google Maps**
This website uses Google Maps for the visual representation of geographical information. Google Maps is an offer of Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (www.google.de). This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our offer as well as easy accessibility of our locations in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f) DSGVO.
When using Google Maps, data about the use of the Maps functions by visitors to the website are transmitted to and processed by Google, which may include in particular the IP address and location data. We have no influence on this data processing.
To the extent that information is transferred to Google's servers in the USA and stored there, the US company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the US and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.
To disable the Google Maps service and thus prevent data transmission to Google, you must disable the JavaScript function in your browser. In this case, Google Maps cannot be used or can only be used to a limited extent.
Further information on data processing by Google can be found in Google's privacy notices. The terms of use for Google Maps contain detailed information about the map service.
Data processing is carried out on the basis of an agreement between jointly responsible parties in accordance with Art. 26 DSG

VO, which you can view here.

**Google reCAPTCHA**
To protect against misuse of our web forms and spam, we use the Google reCAPTCHA service within the scope of some forms on this website. By checking a manual input, this service prevents automated software (so-called bots) from carrying out abusive activities on the website. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in protecting our website from misuse and in an optimal presentation of our online presence in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.
Google reCAPTCHA is an offer of Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (www.google.de). To the extent that information is transferred to Google's servers in the USA and stored there, the US company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield. A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the US and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.
Google reCAPTCHA uses a code embedded in the website, a so-called JavaScript, as part of the verification process, which enables an analysis of your use of the website, such as cookies. The information automatically collected about your use of this website, including your IP address, is generally transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the USA. In addition, other cookies stored by Google services in your browser are evaluated by Google reCAPTCHA.
A readout or storage of personal data from the input fields of the respective form does not take place.
Further information about Google's privacy policy can be found here.

### 6. Online Marketing

**Google Ads Remarketing**
We use Google Ads to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. For this purpose, a remarketing cookie is set by Google when you visit our website, which automatically enables interest-based advertising using a pseudonymous cookie ID and based on the pages you visit. This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our website in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. After the end of the purpose and the end of the use of Google Ads Remarketing by us, the data collected in this context will be deleted.
Any further data processing will only take place if you have agreed with Google that your web and app browsing history will be linked by Google to your Google account and information from your Google account will be used to personalize ads you see on the web. If you are logged in to Google during your visit to our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. For this purpose, Google temporarily links your personal data with Google Analytics data to form target groups.
Google Ads is an offer of Google Ireland Limited, a company incorporated and operated under Irish law with its registered office at Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (www.google.de). To the extent that information is transferred to Google's servers in the USA and stored there, the US company Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield.
A current certificate can be viewed here. Based on this agreement between the US and the European Commission, the latter has established an appropriate level of data protection for companies certified under the Privacy Shield.
You can disable the remarketing cookie via this link. In addition, you can find out more about the setting of cookies and make settings for this at the Digital Advertising Alliance.

### 7. Social Media

**Social Plugins from Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest**
Our website uses social plugins ("plugins") from social networks.
When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the servers of Facebook, Google, Twitter, or Instagram. The content of the plugin is transmitted by the respective provider directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through the integration of the plugins, the providers receive the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile with the respective provider or are not currently logged in. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a server of the respective provider (possibly to the USA) and stored there. If you are logged in to one of the services, the providers can directly assign the visit to our website to your profile in the respective social network. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Like" or "Share" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a server of the providers and stored there. The information is also published on the social network and displayed there to your contacts.
This serves to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in an optimal marketing of our offer in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO.

### 8. Contact and Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:
- pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO, the right to request information about your personal data processed by us to the extent specified therein;
- pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO, the right to request the correction of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us without undue delay;
- pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO, the right to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless further processing is necessary
- for the exercise of the right of freedom of expression and information;
- for compliance with a legal obligation;
- for reasons of public interest; or
- for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
- pursuant to Art. 18 DSGVO, the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data, insofar as
- the accuracy of the data is disputed by you;
- the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its deletion;
- we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims; or
- you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO;
- pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO, the right to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller;
- pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO, the right to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our company headquarters for this purpose.

If you have any questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, information, correction, restriction, or deletion of data as well as revocation of any consent given or objection to a particular use of data, please contact us directly via the contact details in our imprint.

**Right to Object**
Insofar as we process personal data as explained above to safeguard our predominantly legitimate interests in the context of a balancing of interests, you can object to this processing with effect for the future. If the processing is for direct marketing purposes, you can exercise this right at any time as described above. If the processing is for other purposes, you only have a right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation.

After you have exercised your right to object, we will not process your personal data for these purposes unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

This does not apply if the processing is for direct marketing purposes. Then we will not process your personal data for this purpose.

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