Cookie Policy
Updated 26 July 2024
Who we are
This website is operated by Blackford Casks Limited trading as Whisky Partners, House of Decant and Decant Index.
Our website
This cookie policy only relates to your use of our websites, [www.whiskypartners.com, www.decantindex.com; www.houseofdecant.com].
Throughout our website we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties. These other third-party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third-party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our website.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting / activity logging cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. If you are a registered user, when you log on, this places a cookie on your device. Once you are logged on, we monitor your activity on our websites, for example, which articles you read. This is for the following purposes:
- We need to ensure compliance with your user license and adherence to our Terms as part of your purchase, trial or subscription. (Our terms and conditions are published on our website and can be accessed by a link in the footer of each page)
- For customer service purposes to provide you with a tailored service and to develop products and services reflecting your needs.
If you would prefer us not to use your activity log for customer service purposes, you can request that we anonymise it for these uses. This will affect our ability to understand your requirements and personalise your browsing experience in the future.
More information about the cookies we use and why
| The cookies we use | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Google and Facebook behavioural remarketing | Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads settings page (https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated). Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc. You can learn more about interest bases advertising from Facebook by visiting this page (https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950). To opt out from Facebook’s interest based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217). Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA (https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN), in Canada (https://youradchoices.ca/) or in Europe (https://www.youronlinechoices.com/) or you can opt our using your mobile device settings. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook’s data policy (https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation). |
| Session cookies | "We use session cookies to operate our website. Session cookies are cookies that expire and are deleted at the end of a browser session, that is, from when the user opens the browser to when they exit it. They allow us to link the actions of a user during a single browser session to allow them to use the website most efficiently. For example, session cookies enable a website to remember that a user has placed items in an online shopping basket. " |
| Preference cookies | "We use preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings. These cookies are stored on your terminal equipment between browsing sessions, until it reaches a defined expiration date (which can be minutes, days or several years in the future). They therefore enable us to "recognise" a user on return, to remember a user's preferences and to tailor services to you. They may also be used to track the user's browsing activity across different websites and to build up a detailed profile of their browsing behaviour for use in targeted advertising. " |
We do not share the information collected by the cookies with any third parties.
You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies we can set by clicking on the button(s):
| The cookies we use | |
|---|---|
| Strictly necessary cookies | ALWAYS ACTIVE |
| Analytical or performance cookies | OFF |
| Functionality cookies | OFF |
| Targeting cookies | OFF |
You can also choose to "Reject All" cookies in the cookie banner.
However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after three months.
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please send us an email at info@decantgroup.com
How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so
We will ask for your permission (consent) to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested.
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies (https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/), published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you.
If you wish to contact us please send an email to info@decantgroup.com, write to 105 Piccadilly, London, England, W1J 7NJ or call +44 330 818 8559.
Changes to this policy
We may change this policy from time to time – when we do, we will inform you via our website and/or other means of contact such as email.