Privacy policy, disclosures & terms

I don’t really even know why you’re here but you are, so welcome to the ride of your life. Here is the Privacy Policy, Disclosures and Terms and Conditions for this website.

Honestly, this is the most exciting thing you’ll have read this week… if all you’ve read is privacy policies because quite frankly, there is no way to jazz this snore fest up.

OK so, I – the person behind Whinge Whinge Wine – believe very strongly in keeping your personal information confidential. So confidential I don’t even want to know it and probably wouldn’t even know how to access it if I tried. However, because I have to write something in order to be compliant, the following world salad describes what information is collected when you visit this website and how it is used and shared.

Long haired stock photo woman is also bored of Privacy Policies
Long haired stock photo woman is also bored of Privacy Policies

What information is collected?

This website, Whinge Whinge Wine, collects as little information as possible from users who post comments. It will typically collect a name (real or made up your choice amigo), your personal website if you like, and e-mail address.

If you don’t want to leave your details then don’t. No pressure. It’s always nice to get comments but not if it’s going to stress you out dude.

I don’t use this for anything, unless it’s a really nice comment and then you might go on my Christmas card list.

Cookies / IP address tracking

Whinge Whinge Wine, like every other website on the interwebs, uses cookies to uniquely identify users for the purpose of log files, posting comments, and potentially other stuff like voting on the site. That’s pretty much how websites work, and if you don’t like it then it’s not really my fault, sorry. Maybe consider reading a book instead?

I don’t keep any personal information, cookies are simply a way to identify your computer and not to identify you which I wouldn’t want to do even if I could. Let’s keep the mystique.

With whom information is shared

None of your information will be shared with anyone else unless specifically required, i.e. to arrange delivery of competition prizes, because not being able to do that would quite frankly be stupid.

I’m not going to randomly start emailing you, I don’t have the time or the inclination to do this. If you sign up for blogs by email then that’s all you’re going to get, because it’s automatic and I don’t have to have any involvement. I don’t have an email list, quite honestly I don’t need the extra work.

Opting out

Let’s imagine that I suddenly have a lot of time on my hands and decide to start sending out newsletters or something, and somehow I have your email address on file, and somehow you receive a copy.

If this angers you beyond all belief then you can press the big old unsubscribe which will be at the bottom of the hypothetical email. Don’t worry about hurting my feelings, your inbox is more important.

Third party advertising

I have third party adverts on my site (it has to pay for itself somehow), and that third party may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., IP addresses, click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you.

These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information.

Again, all very standard, and not something I can advise you on, but if you need to know then visit networkadvertising.org to find out what it’s all about and how to opt out of this.

Google Analytics

This site – again like most others you’ll visit – uses Google Analytics. I know what you’re reading, for how long, and where in the world you are (or could do, if I was better at this type of thing). I can even tell your age (you’re probably between 25 and 44) and your gender (you’re probably a woman). However I can’t identify you, so don’t worry. Crack on.

Disclosures

For information about how I make money from this blog, you might want to check out this post which explains it.

Amazon Associates Disclosure

Whinge Whinge Wine is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk.

In English: If and when I remember to link to Amazon products, if you click and buy them, I will get a small amount of money to spend on Amazon. Hurrah! It does not affect the price that you pay and it makes me happy, so why not eh?.

If you use this link to shop at Amazon I will make a small commission:

I also use Skimlinks affiliate links on this site which means when you click and make a purchase from some of the links, I will get a small percentage without affecting your user experience or the price you pay.

Reviews and sponsored posts

Where I have been sent a PR sample free for review, have been given free tickets for something or have been paid to write a post, I will always endeavour to make this clear in the post itself; posts written since the laws changed will be marked at the top.

Where links have been paid for by a company or brand, this will be marked as sponsored links or collaborative.

If editorial control has been passed to a brand, for example where I have been paid to write about a topic and to include specific details, or where the brand has had the final say on copy, this will be disclosed as advertorial or a paid post.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.0)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit Opt Out – NAI: Network Advertising Initiative. You may also visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at YourAdChoices.com | AppChoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please click here.

Competition terms

Please refer to the individual Gleam widget for specific T&Cs. 

By entering any of my prize draws you are accepting these terms and conditions.

The specified number of winners will be drawn by random selection from entrants who have met the specified criteria (eg. those that have re-tweeted and followed) after the competition end date.

No purchase is necessary.

The winner will be selected at random and contacted within a week of competition close.

The prize is as stated. The prize is non-transferable and there is no cash alternative.

This competition is open to residents of the UK mainland, over the age of 18 only unless otherwise stated.

Should we be unable to contact the winner, or should the winner be unable to confirm their acceptance of the prize within 3 days of contacting them, we reserve the right to award the prize to an alternative winner.

In order to receive their prize, the winner is required to provide their full name and address (and possibly phone number, dependent on the method of dispatch) which will be provided to the brand supplying the prize.

Unless stated, the prize is provided by a third party brand and not by Whinge Whinge Wine.

Working with me

Payments are expected within 7 days unless otherwise agreed. After this date, I reserve the right to claim interest under the Late Payment Of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, if not paid according to agreed terms.

Link or post changes requested after 7 days from invoice date will be subject to an admin fee.

Refunds are not offered for post removal at client’s request.

Broken links will be deleted with no refund or alternative offered.

Links are guaranteed live for a minimum of two years. ‘Lifetime‘ links are guaranteed for the average lifespan of a blog (4 years) or as long as the blog is live, whichever is shorter.

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