This policy is effective from September 17, 2020.
This Privacy Policy describes how and when WineView collects, uses and shares your personal information which you provide when you use our Services. If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact our data protection officer at privacy@wineview.app.
WineView is an international online platform facilitator (hereinafter “WineView”, “we”, or, “us”), which provides a platform that enables registered users (hereinafter “User”) to rate and review wines and wine information (hereinafter the “Services”) via the website or mobile application. It also enables Users to follow other Users to see their ongoing reviews and connect with contacts from social media etc.
Our address is 600 N Pine St. Foley, AL 36535 and the platform is owned by Wine View App LLC a company registered under the laws of the State of Alabama. WineView can be contacted at https://www.wineview.app.
This privacy policy applies to all use of our websites, https://www.wineview.app , (hereinafter “Web”), and all use of our application for mobile devices (hereinafter “App”). The Web and the App together form our service offering to you (hereinafter “Platform”).
The privacy policy may be amended from time to time with fair notice to you before the new privacy policy comes into force.
Please note that you may use our Platform without signing up, in which case we will only collect data based on your consent to our cookie policy that you may find in ‘Categories of personal data’.
WineView is the Data controller for the processing of all personal data concerning Users. This privacy policy covers our processing of personal data received when you register and access the Platform and thereby use our services.
WineView shall only process your personal data in order for us to manage our user relations with you, including managing your account and providing you with access to use our Platform. We collect and use information about you which you provide when you sign up for our App.
We will process your personal data in compliance with all United States of America General Data Protection Regulations as well as in compliance with any and all state and local privacy regulations or laws.
The following is the extent to which your personal data shall be used and is based on your freely given consent that you provided when signing up to the Platform.
We also process your personal data to deliver and improve the Platform, and manage our business, to improve our offerings, develop new features and updates, develop personalization services and other types of service, including but not limited to develop and implement algorithms and machine learning. This processing is on the basis of:
WineView collects personal data that you submit to us, including your contact information and reviews of various wines. WineView can also collect information in several ways from different parts of the Platform, including but not limited to the way you use the Platform and applied tracking information about your whereabouts on the Internet along with technical information about your devices and location.
Please visit ‘Sharing of data’ to read more about your right to access and delete various aspects of your personal data.
When signing up:
When using the Platform:
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device for the purpose of recognizing your device if you visit our website again (such as login, language, font size and other settings). This makes it possible to customize the Website to your browser. A cookie may contain text, numbers or other data (e.g. date of login, etc.). Generally there is no personal data in a cookie. It is also not a program and thus cannot contain any virus.
When you visit our website, we collect information about you that allows us to identify your device. The information is used to customize and improve your experience on our site and continue to improve content on our website or App. We obtain statistical information (not personal information), so that we can provide you with the best possible experience. If you choose not to accept cookies you may not be able to use all the functions of our website.
You can modify your browser, so cookies are not stored on your computer, tablet, mobile etc. See instructions here: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/clear-cookies-installed.html.
Be aware, however, that without cookies, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website.
Besides our own cookies, we use cookies from third parties from suppliers of social media. These third-party cookies are used for improving the functionality of the app. We use the following third party cookies:
WineView may use suppliers located outside the United States to process data on behalf of WineView according to standard data protection clauses adopted by the US and its various states.
Personal data about our users is an essential part of our business. We only share your personal data as described below apart from when we share it with a third-party vendor.
We share your reviews with other Users if you have consented to us sharing your reviews with other users.
We may share personal data regarding you if we are obligated to do so by law.
As provided by the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to:
When we receive a request to access, rectify, erase or port data, we may ask you for additional information in order to confirm your identity and ensure data security. You can send a request at https://www.wineview.app/privacy.
You have the right to complain regarding the processing/use of any of your personal data to the supervisory authority as per below:
We store your personal data for as long as your account is active.
We may also store some of your personal data to comply with our legal obligations.
You may add or update certain information to your account. When you update information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in systems back-ups for a period of time until our backup is updated with the latest version.
When you delete your account, we delete the data attached to your account including your username. The username will be deleted from all reviews, and the reviews will be anonymized for future viewing.
Please note that some information may remain in our records after your account has been deleted, and that we may only be able to delete this information later when updating our backups.
User accounts including personal data are protected by a password for your privacy and security. You should ensure no unauthorized access to your account and personal data by choosing and protecting your password appropriately, and by signing off when finished accessing your account. When signing in via third-party application provider your password is solely managed by such third-party.
We do our best to ensure that user accounts are kept private. However, various instances such as unauthorized entry/use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of the personal data.
This Privacy Policy only governs information collected on the Platform and through our cookies.
The Platform is intended for use by adults of legal drinking age in the jurisdiction in which you reside. If we receive notice or reasonably believe that someone under the legal drinking age has provided us with personal information, we will promptly delete the account and all personal information that has been provided to us.
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. You will be notified before we make changes to this policy and you will be given the opportunity to review this revised policy before you choose to continue using the Platform.
We will only use personal data in accordance with the privacy policy under which the personal data was collected unless we specifically ask for your consent to process (reuse) your personal data to a new purpose.
If you have any feedback on this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
We will try our best to reply to your questions and resolve your concerns.
In addition to the above, you can find the following information in the corresponding Privacy Policy Sections located on this page.
Privacy Notice Section
Categories of Information
Categories of personal data
The categories of personal information WineView collects about you.
The categories of sources from which your personal information is collected.
Use of Information
The business purpose for collecting your personal information.
Sharing of Data
The categories of third parties with whom WineView shares your personal information.