Privacy Policy
General Information
This Privacy Policy is intended to inform users of this website about the nature, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by WHISKY FOR LIFE.
WHISKY FOR LIFE takes your privacy very seriously and treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with legal requirements. Since new technologies and the ongoing development of this website may necessitate changes to this privacy policy, we recommend that you review the privacy policy at regular intervals.
Definitions of the terms used (e.g., “personal data” or “processing”) can be found in Article 4 of the GDPR.
Access data
WHISKY FOR LIFE collects data regarding visits to the website based on our legitimate interest (see Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) and stores this data as “server log files” on the website’s server. The following data is logged:
• Website visited
• Time at the time of access
• Amount of data sent in bytes
• Source/link that brought you to this page
• Browser used
• Operating system used
• IP address used
Server log files are stored for a maximum of 7 days and then deleted. The data is stored for security reasons, for example, to investigate cases of misuse. If data must be retained for evidentiary purposes, it will not be deleted until the incident has been fully resolved.
Audience Measurement & Cookies
This website uses cookies for pseudonymized audience measurement, which are transmitted to the user’s browser either from our server or from a third-party server. Cookies are small files that are stored on your device. Your browser accesses these files. The use of cookies enhances the user-friendliness and security of this website.
If you do not want cookies used for audience measurement to be stored on your device, you can opt out of the use of these files here:
• The Network Advertising Initiative's cookie opt-out page:http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
• Cookie opt-out page for the U.S. website: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
• Cookie opt-out page for the European website: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
Most browsers allow you to disable cookies. Please note: If you disable cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access all features of this website without restrictions.
Cookie Settings – Collection and Processing of Personal Data
WHISKY FOR LIFE collects, uses, and shares your personal data only when permitted by law or when you consent to the collection of such data.
Personal data refers to any information that can be used to identify you and that can be traced back to you—such as your name, email address, and phone number.
You can visit this website without providing any personal information. However, to improve our online services, we store (anonymized) data about your visits to this website. This data includes, for example, the file you requested or the name of your Internet service provider. Because the data is anonymized, it is not possible to identify you personally.
Handling Contact Information
If you contact WHISKY FOR LIFE, the website operator, using the contact options provided, your information will be stored so that it can be used to process and respond to your inquiry. This data will not be shared with third parties without your consent.
Handling Comments and Posts
If you post a comment or contribution on this website, your IP address will be stored. This is done based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and serves to protect us as the website operator: If your comment violates applicable law, we could be held liable, which is why we have an interest in knowing the identity of the author of the comment or contribution.
Google Analytics
This website uses the “Google Analytics” service, provided by Google Inc., based on our legitimate interests in optimizing and analyzing our online offerings, in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). The service (Google Analytics) uses “cookies” – text files that are stored on your device. The information collected by the cookies is typically sent to a Google server in the United States and stored there.
Google LLC complies with European data protection laws and is certified under the Privacy Shield Framework: https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active
This website uses IP anonymization. Users’ IP addresses are truncated within the member states of the EU and the European Economic Area, as well as in other signatory states to the Agreement. Only in rare cases is the IP address first transmitted in full to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. This truncation ensures that your IP address cannot be used to identify you personally. The user’s IP address transmitted by the browser is not combined with other data stored by Google.
Under the data processing agreement that we, as the website operator, have entered into with Google Inc., Google uses the collected information to analyze website usage and activity and to provide services related to internet usage.
The data collected by Google on our behalf is used to analyze how individual users interact with our website, for example, to generate reports on website activity and to improve our website.
You can prevent cookies from being stored on your device by adjusting the settings in your browser. Please note that if your browser does not allow cookies, you may not be able to access all features of this website without restrictions.
You can also use a browser plugin to prevent the information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to Google Inc. and used by Google Inc. The following link will take you to the plugin:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
Alternatively, you can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about you on this website by clicking this link (IMPORTANT: Insert opt-out link). Clicking the link above will download an “opt-out cookie.” Your browser must therefore be set to allow cookies. If you regularly delete your cookies, you will need to click the link again each time you visit this website.
Here you can find more information about how Google Inc. uses data:
• https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners?hl=de (Data collected by Google partners)
• https://adssettings.google.de/authenticated(Settings for the ads you see)
• https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de (Use of Cookies in Ads)
Use of Facebook social media plugins
Based on our legitimate interest in analyzing, optimizing, and operating our online services (within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR), this website uses the Facebook social plugin, which is operated by Facebook, Inc.(1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA). These integrations can be identified by the Facebook logo and the terms “Like,” “Gefällt mir,” and “Share” in Facebook’s colors (blue and white). You can find information about all Facebook plugins via the following link:https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
Facebook Inc. complies with European data protection laws and is certified under the Privacy Shield Framework:https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000GnywAAC&status=Active
The plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and Facebook's servers. The website operator has no control over the nature or scope of the data that the plugin transmits to Facebook Inc.'s servers. You can find more information here:https://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084
The plugin informs Facebook Inc. that you, as a user, have visited this website. There is a possibility that your IP address will be stored. If you are logged into your Facebook account while visiting this website, the information mentioned above will be linked to your account.
If you use the plugin’s features – such as sharing or “liking” a post – the relevant information is also transmitted to Facebook Inc.
If you wish to prevent Facebook, Inc. from linking this data to your Facebook account, please log out of Facebook before visiting this website and delete any stored cookies. You can adjust additional settings regarding data processing for advertising purposes or object to the use of your data for advertising purposes via your Facebook profile. You can access these settings here:
• Facebook profile settings:https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen
• Cookie opt-out page for the U.S. website: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
• Cookie opt-out page for the European website: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
You can find out what data Facebook collects, uses, and processes; for what purposes and to what extent; and what rights and settings you have to protect your privacy in Facebook’s Privacy Policy. You can find it here:https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Newsletter Subscription
The website operator offers a newsletter to keep you informed about current events and special offers. To subscribe to the newsletter, you must provide a valid email address. By subscribing to the newsletter, you agree to receive it and to the procedures described herein.
The newsletter is sent via the email marketing service provider Mailchimp®, a platform operated by Intuit Limited, 5th Floor Cardinal Place, 80 Victoria Street, London SW1E 5JL, United Kingdom. For information about the service provider’s privacy policy, please visit:https://www.intuit.com/privacy/statement/?_gl=1*l7fgvr*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTYwNjQxMTE2NS4xNzc5MzcwODQw*_ga_N5HD1RTH6E*czE3NzkzNzA4MzkkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzkzNzA5MDEkajYwJGwwJGgxMjUzMDUxNjc5JGRYa0hiUkNpX3ppeldqSnAxMXVLTXRJc3Atd0t1OWowWDdB
Withdrawal and Cancellation: You may withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and thereby cancel your newsletter subscription. Once you cancel, your personal data will be deleted. Your consent to receive the newsletter will also be revoked at that time. You will find a link to cancel your subscription at the end of each newsletter.
User Rights
As a user, you have the right to request, free of charge, information about what personal data we have stored about you. You also have the right to have incorrect data corrected and to restrict the processing or erasure of your personal data. If applicable, you may also exercise your right to data portability. If you believe that your data has been processed unlawfully, you may file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
Deletion of Data
Provided that your request does not conflict with a legal obligation to retain data (e.g., data retention), you have the right to have your data deleted. Data stored by us will be deleted if it is no longer necessary for its intended purpose and there are no legal retention periods. If deletion cannot be carried out because the data is required for permissible legal purposes, data processing will be restricted. In this case, the data will be blocked and not processed for other purposes.
Right to object
Users of this website may exercise their right to object and object to the processing of their personal data at any time.
If you wish to request the correction, restriction, deletion, or disclosure of your personal data, have questions regarding the collection, processing, or use of your personal data, or wish to withdraw your consent, please contact us at the following email address:frank.jerger@whiskyforlife.de