Who is responsible
WineExperts is responsible for personal data submitted through this website. Privacy questions can be sent to hello@winesexpert.com. A legal-entity name and postal contact must be added here before public launch.
Information the current site handles
- Newsletter sign-ups: email address, the record that you pressed the sign-up button, sign-up time, page and form context, and optional campaign or referral context.
- Request context: country code supplied by the host, IP address for rate limiting and consent evidence, and user-agent information available to the server.
- Consent choice: the browser stores one local value named
we-consent, containing granted or denied and the time of the choice. - Optional analytics: approval can update a configured tag manager. The consent banner does not create a tag manager or tracking queue when none is installed.
Why it is used
Newsletter and lead-magnet email is processed on consent, which you give by pressing the sign-up button. The line directly under that button says what pressing it sends you, and nothing is sent unless you press it. Essential security, request validation and rate limiting are processed to protect the service and prevent abuse. Optional analytics or advertising storage remains denied unless a visitor takes a positive approval action.
Where information goes
When newsletter credentials are configured, sign-up details are sent to Beehiiv to manage the subscription and any double opt-in flow. The hosting provider will process ordinary request logs when the site is deployed. WineExperts does not sell personal data. No other production processor should be inferred from a development integration that is not enabled.
Retention and the current launch boundary
The present application does not have its production database connected, and a final production retention schedule has not been approved. Newsletter information remains with the mailing provider until a subscriber unsubscribes or it is deleted under the provider account. A defined retention schedule, legal-entity details and final processor list are required before public launch; this notice must be updated at the same time.
Your choices and rights
You can decline optional storage and still use the site. Clear the we-consent value in browser storage to make the banner ask again. Every marketing email must include an unsubscribe route. Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law can give you rights to access, correct, erase, restrict or object to processing, receive portable data, and withdraw consent.
If a privacy concern is not resolved, you can complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. The ICO’s current storage and access guidance explains the consent rules used here.