Privacy Policy – EcoWine.ie

Last updated: January 2026

Eco Vintners Limited Trading as Eco Wine (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and safeguard your data when you visit https://ecowine.ie.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://ecowine.ie.
Eco Wine is a wholesale wine catalogue and information website based in Ireland.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at:
info@ecowine.ie

1. Personal Data We Collect

1.1. Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect:

The data entered in the comment form
The visitor’s IP address
Browser user-agent (for spam detection)

An anonymised hash of your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it.
Gravatar’s Privacy Policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Once approved, your profile picture becomes visible alongside your comment.

1.2. Media Uploads

If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Visitors may download and extract location data from images on the website.

1.3. Contact Forms & Direct Enquiries

When you contact us via forms or email, we collect:

Name
Email address
Phone number (if provided)
Your message or enquiry

We use this information solely to respond to your enquiry or to follow up on potential business relationships.

1.4. Newsletter Subscriptions (Mailchimp)

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your name and email address are collected and stored securely by Mailchimp.

Mailchimp processes data in accordance with their privacy policy:
https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

You may unsubscribe at any time via the link in the footer of any email we send.

1.5. Cookies

We use cookies for:

Comment convenience (optional)
Login sessions
Display preferences
Website performance and security

Comment Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to storing your:

Name
Email
Website
in cookies for 1 year.

Login Cookies

Temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies (no personal data)
Login cookies last for 2 days
“Remember Me” extends login to 2 weeks
Logout removes login cookies

Editing Cookies

If you edit or publish an article, a cookie is saved with the post ID (no personal data). It expires after 1 day.

1.6. Embedded Content

Articles may include embedded content from third-party sites (e.g. videos, images, articles).
These websites may:

Collect data
Use cookies
Track interactions via additional third-party tools
This behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use collected data to:

Respond to enquiries
Provide trade and product information
Send newsletters (only if you opt in)
Improve website functionality and security
Detect and block spam or malicious activity

We do not sell, rent or trade your data.

3. Who We Share Your Data With

We only share data when necessary:

Mailchimp for newsletter subscriptions
Automated spam detection services (e.g. Akismet)
WordPress core (e.g. Gravatar for comments)
If you request a password reset, your IP address appears in the reset email

We do not share your information for marketing by third parties.

4. How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments

Comments and metadata are stored indefinitely.
This allows automatic approval of follow-up comments.

Registered Users

If accounts are used on the site:

We store the information provided in user profiles
Users may edit or delete personal data at any time
Administrators can also view and edit that information

Newsletter Subscribers

We retain subscription data until:

You unsubscribe, or
You request deletion

Enquiries

Contact form submissions and email enquiries are retained only as long as necessary to follow up or maintain business records.

5. Your Rights Under GDPR

You may request to:

Access your personal data
Receive an exported copy of your data
Correct inaccurate data
Request deletion of your data
Withdraw consent for newsletter emails

We must retain some data if required for:

Legal obligations
Security
Administrative purposes

Requests can be made at: info@ecowine.ie

6. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked via automated spam detection services.

Mailchimp processes newsletter subscriber data on their secure servers.

7. Additional Information

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or unauthorised access.

8. Analytics

We use analytics services to help us understand how visitors use our website and to improve our content, functionality and user experience.

Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as your IP address, device type, browser, pages visited, time spent on pages and the links you click. This data helps us analyse website traffic and user behaviour.

Google may transfer this information to servers outside the EU, and may also share it with third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
You can read Google’s privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

You can opt out of Google Analytics cookies at any time by using Google’s opt-out tool: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

We do not use analytics data to personally identify you.

9. Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously. Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption (HTTPS) to ensure that all data transmitted between your browser and our servers is secure.

Please note: We do not collect payment information directly on the website. All transactions for wholesale customers are handled via invoicing after order confirmation, ensuring sensitive financial information is not stored online.

While we take all reasonable precautions to protect your data, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.