Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (“The Policy”) is for www.DramShed.com (the “website”) and controlled by DRAMSHED GROUP LTD (“we” “us” “our”), and concerns/governs the privacy of the users of DramShed.com (“you”).

This Policy explains how we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and all applicable laws derived from or associated with, GDPR, including the Data Protection Act 2018; and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (“PECR”).

If you wish to contact us about The Policy, or about the use of personal data we may hold, you are welcome to contact info@dramshed.com.

Any links to external websites are not covered by The Policy. We advise that you check the respective site for their own policy(s).

The type of Personal information we collect:

Personal information relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data.

We currently collect and process the following information:

• A name (optional)
• Email address

We do not collect addresses, dates of birth or other Personal information. We will not ask you for this, it is not necessary for our operation.

We may collect Personal information due to your whisky entries. For example, in your Tastings you may enter an address in “Location Tasted”. Considering this tasting can be shared, DramShed.com takes no responsibility for data voluntarily posted and shared within the user’s personal space at DramShed.com.

How we get the personal information and why we have it:

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

• So we can understand you as a user, for example your age, gender and whisky experience, so that we can build up datasets to understand whisky preferences, based on these demographic details.
• So we can develop future usability to recommend whisky to you, based on this information.

We use the information that you have given us in order to:

• Accurately understand how age, gender and experience impacts one’s whisky tasting experiences.
• Use this information for marketing purposes.
• We will not share your name with any other third party.

We may share the user demographic information with:

• Commercial partners, such as whisky producers / resellers / vendors.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting info@dramshed.com.

How we store your personal information:

Your information is securely stored.

We keep the personal data for the duration of your membership. We will then dispose of your information by erasing it from the database.

Your data protection rights:

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

• Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
• Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
• Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have 30 days to respond to you.

Please contact us at info@dramshed.com if you wish to make a request.

Your Personal Data and how we collect it:

Whilst using our website or any services we offer, you are required to provide some limited personal data (such as your username and email address).

Relevant information is a necessary part of DramShed.com, particularly around recommending whisky to the user.

For example, if we see that somebody from a Marketing Services Agency has downloaded content from our website, we may try and contact you as it would be reasonable to assume you may have an interest in our services.

DramShed.com will ensure that any personal data we collect from you will only be used in a way that is respectful towards your privacy.

We collect information from visitors and users of DramShed.com through the use of our online forms and the data entry pages (for example “contact us”).

When you email us, we collect the data.

We may collect information “cookies” automatically about your visit to our website. Please see our Cookies Section for more details.

DramShed.com does not collect, or have the facility for collecting any “Personal Data” falling into “Special Categories” (for example race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation etc.).

Data Security:

We have security procedures to prevent your personal data from being used or accessed in an unauthorised way, destroyed, lost or accidentally disclosed. We limit access to your personal data to administrators who have a DramShed.com related need-to-know.

Any suspected personal data breach will be reported (a reminder we collect no dates of birth, addresses or other identifiable personal information, other than your name (optional) and email address), we will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are under legal obligation to do so.

Queries About Your Personal Information and Subject Access Requests:

You have the following rights regarding the limited personal data we hold. You have the right to:

• see what personal data we hold about you
• withdraw consent to any of your personal data we may have acquired being processed by us

Marketing:

At this time, we do not send marketing emails. Should this change the privacy policy will but updated and circulated

Disclosures:

DramShed will not share your personal data unless we have a legal obligation (including law enforcement requests, tax services and National Security). Any disclosure will be in compliance with data sharing laws (GDPR).

Internet-based transfers:

Data processed by DramShed may be processed outside of the UK and / or the EU, depending on the servers and infrastructure used.

Cookies:

DramShed.com uses “cookies” to identify different users of the website. This provides an optimal user experience on our site. By using dramshed.com, you agree to our use of cookies.

If you agree to the cookie, a small file is saved either on your hard drive or within your browser.

DramShed uses cookies for analytics and performance purposes. Cookies allow DramShed to: –

• Recognise users/visitors of our site.
• Count users/visitors of our site.
• Enhance the experience offered by dramshed.

Cookies collected are anonymous (do not collect personal user data)

The Q&A below explains the cookies deployed, and how they are used:

We have no control over non-DramShed services, including links to DramShed from third parties, using cookies. Cookies can be blocked in your browser, or by declining cookies upon initial use of DramShed. Please note, refusal of cookies may adversely impact your user experience, which may prevent you from accessing services on DramShed.

Amendments:

This privacy policy is subject to change. We are a new project and our requirements may change. Any notable changes to this policy will be emailed to users of DramShed.

How to complain:

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at info@dramshed.com. You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data. The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF Helpline number: 0303 123 1113 ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk