Activity strictly necessary for the functioning of the Service
This websites uses Cookies to save your session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of this web shop, for example in relation to the ordering of wine.
If you are logging in to our Block Customers Portal we store a unique ID number and the time you signed in, in an encrypted cookie on your computer. This cookie allows you to move from page to page within the portal without having to sign in again on each page. You can also save your sign-in information so that the site remembers you next time.
A cookie is stored for the duration of your visit to our website when you visit the wine order pages. This cookie passes information about which products you are choosing through the purchase pages and ultimately at the interaction with the Paystation Payment Gateway for processing your credit card. Without these cookies we would not be able to hold the wine you have chosen in your cart for the duration of the purchase process.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable us to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of your behaviour on our website.
Google Analytics with anonymised IP
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google collates the data collected to track and examine your use of this website, to prepare reports for us on our customers behaviour on the website. The use of cookies by Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address in accordance with GDPR and European union laws. This works by shortening your IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and thereafter shortened within the US.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: The reports generated by us to analyse your activity are processed in New Zealand and the UK.
User ID extension for Google Analytics
Google Analytics on this website makes use of a feature called UserID. This functionality allows for a more accurate tracking of our customers by associating you with the same ID over different visits to our website and on different devices. UserID is set up in a way however that doesn’t allow Google to personally identify as a particularly individual or permanently identify a particular device. In other words we can never track a visit to our website to an actual customer.
The opt-out link below will only opt you out for the device you are on. UserID will be disabled and we will not track your activity on the website..
Personal Data collected: Cookies.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that leverages available demographic and interests data gathered from Google Analytics on this website (demographics means age and gender date primarily).
You can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Also be opting out of statistics cookies on our website we disable the use of Google Analytics.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of services allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of our website and interact with them. In particular on this website is the use of videos.
This cookies injected from these services might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when you do not view the videos.
YouTube video widget
YouTube is provided by Google Inc. and we incorporate some video content our site from this service.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Vimeo video widget
Vimeo is provided by Vimeo, Inc. and we incorporate videos that we host on this platform in our website.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Cloudflare Content Delivery Network (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare is a content delivery service provided by Cloudflare, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
