The Wine Barrel

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Privacy & Cookie Policy

Last updated: February 2026

1. Who We Are

Wine Barrel NI operates the website thewinebarrelni.com ("the Site"). Our registered business address is 103-107 Bloomfield Road South, Bangor, BT19 7HR.

For any privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at [email protected] or by phone on 07808 516 388.

2. What Information We Collect

We may collect the following personal information:

  • Contact form data — your name, email address, phone number, and message when you submit an enquiry via our contact form.
  • Age verification — we record in your browser's local storage that you have confirmed you are 18 or over. We do not store this on our servers.
  • Cookie preferences — your choice to accept or decline non-essential cookies is stored in your browser's local storage.
  • Analytics data — anonymised data about how visitors use our Site, collected via analytics cookies (if accepted).

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to your enquiries and provide customer service.
  • Comply with our legal obligation to verify customers are aged 18 or over before selling alcohol.
  • Improve our website and understand how visitors use it.
  • Send you information you have requested (we will never send unsolicited marketing without your consent).

Our lawful basis for processing contact form data is legitimate interests (responding to your enquiry). Age verification is processed on the basis of legal obligation under the Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies

Required for the Site to function. These include your age verification confirmation and cookie preference choice. These cannot be disabled.

Duration: Persistent (stored in browser local storage)

Analytics Cookies

Help us understand how visitors interact with our Site so we can improve it. We use anonymised, aggregated data only.

Duration: Up to 2 years (only set with your consent)

You can withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time by clearing your browser's local storage or cookies. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings — see allaboutcookies.org for guidance.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

  • EmailJS — used to transmit contact form submissions to our email inbox. Your name, email, and message are processed by EmailJS to deliver your enquiry. See their privacy policy.
  • Google Maps — embedded on our Contact page to show our store location. Google may set cookies. See Google's privacy policy.
  • WhatsApp — if you click our WhatsApp button, you will be directed to WhatsApp's platform, which is subject to WhatsApp's privacy policy.

6. Data Retention

We retain contact form enquiries in our email inbox for as long as necessary to respond to and resolve your enquiry, and for a reasonable period thereafter for record-keeping purposes. We do not retain personal data beyond what is necessary.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights:

  • Right of access — you can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate data.
  • Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to object — you can object to our processing of your data based on legitimate interests.
  • Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

8. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Our Site is served over HTTPS. Contact form data is transmitted securely via EmailJS.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date at the top. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, please get in touch:

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 07808 516 388

Address: 103-107 Bloomfield Road South, Bangor, BT19 7HR