T.B. WATSON LIMITED – PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: 9th of September 2024
1. Introduction
T.B. Watson Limited (Company Number: SC013260) (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit our website https://www.tbwatson.com and purchase our products, including wines, spirits, and other alcohol products.
Our physical store is located at 15 English Street, Dumfries, DG1 2BU, United Kingdom.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following personal data about you:
- Name
- Address
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- Payment Processing information: We never directly hold or store your payment information, any functionality like this is facilitated by our payment processors.
- Age (to verify you are of legal drinking age)
3. How We Collect Your Information
We collect your information through:
- Website Forms: Information provided by you when filling out forms on our website, such as the “Contact Us” form or during the checkout process.
- Cookies: We use cookies to facilitate website functionality and to store your age verification status.
4. Use of Your Information
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Order Processing: To process and deliver your orders.
- Customer Service: To manage your inquiries and provide support.
- Age Verification: To ensure compliance with legal age restrictions for purchasing alcohol.
- Marketing: If you have opted in, we may use your data to send you newsletters and promotional materials through Mailchimp.
- Website Security: To enhance the security and resilience of our website through third-party services like Cloudflare and Wordfence.
- Anti Spam/Bot: To ensure the data that is sent to us isn’t being sent by computer or automated processes.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
5. Payment Processing
We use third-party payment processors, including Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal, to process payments. These processors may store your data outside the UK. We do not store your payment information on our servers.
6. Data Sharing and Transfer
We may share your personal data with the following third parties:
- Payment Processors: Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal.
- Email Marketing Service: Mailchimp.
- Security Services: Cloudflare, Wordfence.
Some of these third parties may process your data outside the UK. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data in these circumstances.
7. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
8.Media and user generated content
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
9. Cookies
We use cookies on our website to:
- Facilitate Website Functionality: Such as retaining items in your shopping cart.
- Age Verification: To store whether you have confirmed you are of legal drinking age.
10. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
For any data management, retention, or deletion requests, please contact us at [email protected].
11. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access, correct, or delete your personal data.
- Withdraw consent to marketing communications at any time.
- Request the transfer of your data to another service provider.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
12. Legal Compliance
We comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws. By using our website and purchasing our products, you agree that you are of legal drinking age in your jurisdiction.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us at:
T.B. Watson Limited
23 George Street,
Dumfries, DG1 1EA,
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
