Privacy

 

Age restriction

  1. This website should only be used by persons of the legal drinking age in their country of residence.

  2. An age gate is in place on the home page of this website to verify users age.

Cookies

  1. When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

  2. These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example:

    ‣ Enabling a service to recognise your device so you don't have to give the same information several times during one task

    ‣ Recognising that you may already have given a username and password so you don't need to do it for every web page requested

    ‣ Measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there's enough capacity to ensure they are fast.

Service access & acceptable use

  1. The Company shall not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. Access to the Website may be suspended temporarily or permanently without notice.

  2. The Company reserves the right to suspend, terminate or restrict access to the Website if these Terms and Conditions are breached.

  3. You shall keep any passwords and usernames allocated to you confidential and the Company reserves the right to suspend or terminate the username and password if the Company suspects non-compliance by you with these Terms and Conditions.

  4. You may use the Website only for lawful purposes. You may not use the Website:
    In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
    in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent effect; to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any form of spam;
    to knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

    to undertake any other activity that would contravene the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (UK).

Company details

  1. Wemyss Vintage Malts Ltd

    Registered Office: 4 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7JA

    Company Registration No.: SC277994

    VAT No.: GB 915796583

  2. Kingsbarns Distillery is the trading name of The Kingsbarns Company of Distillers Ltd.

    Registered office: 4 Melville Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7JA

    Company Registration No.: SC359078

    VAT No.: GB 859567460

  1. This Privacy Notice provides details of the personal data we collect from you, what we do with it, how you might access it and who it might be shared with.

  2. Our Contact Information (Data Controller)

    Wemyss Vintage Malts Limited

    4 Melville Crescent

    Edinburgh

    EH3 7JA

    Telephone: 0131 226 3445

    Company Email: info@wemyssfamilyspirits.com

Privacy Notice

What we do with your personal data

We process personal data only for the purpose for which they are collected. The purpose is dependent on whether you use only our website, or additionally, our services (Our online shop, contact us form or mailing list signup).

If you use our services you are required to register and we collect your personal data. We use this personal data for the provision of the service or the performance of the contract. We may use your personal data for other similar purposes, including marketing and communications, but that will only occur in the case we have your consent or another legal justification for doing so.

From our Customers / Clients we process and retain personal data for the following purposes and periods, with the applicable legal basis.

  1. Processing purpose - Communications/ marketing

    Legal basis - we have the data subject’s consent

    Retention period - Until consent withdrawn

  2. Processing purpose - Customer support

    Legal basis - we have a contract with the data subject

    Retention period - Until service completed

  3. Processing purpose - Sales and Distribution of Products and Services

    Legal basis - we have a contract with the data subject

    Retention period - Until contract completed

What personal data do we collect?

  1. The personal data we collect depends on whether you just visit our website or use our services. If you visit our website, you do not need to provide us with any personal data. However, your browser transmits some data automatically, such as the date and time of retrieval of one of our web pages, your browser type and settings, your operating system, the last web page you visited, the data transmitted and the access status, and your IP address.

  2. If you use our services, personal data is required to fulfil the requirements of a contractual or service relationship, which may exist between you and our organization.

  3. We may collect:

    • Confidential Correspondence

    • Email

    • Name

    • Address

    • Online Identifiers

    • Telephone contact details

Who might we share your personal data with?

  1. To maintain and improve our services, your personal data may need to be shared with or disclosed to service providers, other Controllers or, in some cases, public authorities. We may be mandated to disclose your personal data in response to requests from a court, police services or other regulatory bodies. Where feasible, we will consult with you prior to making such disclosure and, in order to protect your privacy, we will ensure that we will disclose only the minimum amount of your information necessary for the required purpose.

  2. When a Processor or Controller is in a country outside the EU, we will/shall apply the necessary safeguards which may include, confirming whether the EC approves of transfers to the country, whether we need to use the EC’s model contracts or, if the transfer is internal to our organisation, commitment to Binding Corporate Rules. Details of these safeguards if applicable may be obtained by contacting us directly.

How do we look after personal data?

  1. We limit the amount of personal data collected only to what is fit for the purpose, as described above. We restrict, secure and control all of our information assets against unauthorised access, damage, loss or destruction; whether physical or electronic. We retain personal data only for as long as is described above, to respond to your requests or longer if required by law. If we retain your personal data for historical purposes we ensure that the personal data cannot be used further. While in our possession, together with your assistance, we try to maintain the accuracy of your personal data