Legal

Privacy Policy

Applies to All users of nieuweboerwines.com
Updated April 2026
Governing law The Netherlands
Section 1

Introduction

We handle personal data carefully, clearly, and in line with Dutch and EU privacy law.

This Privacy Policy explains which personal data we collect when you visit the site or place an order, why we collect it, how we use it, who we may share it with, and how long we keep it. It also explains your rights and how to use them.

This policy applies to everyone who visits nieuweboerwines.com and every customer who orders through the website. It does not apply to third-party sites linked from our pages. Once you leave our site, those providers apply their own privacy rules.

We may update this policy when our services change, when the law changes, or when new guidance from the Dutch Data Protection Authority requires it. The date at the top of this page shows the current version.

Section 2

Data Controller

The data controller responsible for the personal data processed through this website is the company behind Nieuweboer Wines:

Legal name: Nieuweboer Wines
Trading name: Nieuweboer Wines
Registered address: Burgemeester Versteeghsingel 3, 1135 VT Edam, The Netherlands
Chamber of Commerce (KVK): 96626933
VAT number (BTW): NL005221232B53
Email: contact@nieuweboerwines.com
Phone: +31 6 22035832

If you have any questions about how we handle your personal data, contact us at the email address above. We aim to respond within two working days.

Section 3

Personal Data We Collect

We collect only the personal data we genuinely need for the purposes described in this policy. Depending on how you interact with us, this may include the following categories of data:

Order and account data

  • Name to address you correctly and prepare your order and invoice.
  • Billing and delivery address to dispatch your order and fulfil our delivery obligations.
  • Email address to send your order confirmation, dispatch notification, and any other communication about your purchase.
  • Phone number so our delivery carrier can contact you if needed during delivery.
  • Order history and purchase details as a record of what you ordered, when, and at what price, which we retain for customer service and legal or tax purposes.

Payment-related data

  • When you pay for an order, your payment is processed through a third-party payment provider. We receive confirmation that a payment has been made and a reference number for that transaction. We do not receive or store your full card details. Those remain with the payment provider.

Contact and enquiry data

  • If you contact us through the contact form on our website or by email, we collect the name, email address, and message content you provide so that we can respond to your enquiry.

Technical and usage data

  • When you visit our website, your browser automatically transmits certain technical information to the servers from which our pages and resources are loaded. This includes your IP address and standard browser and device information. Our website loads web fonts via Google Fonts, which means that your browser makes a request to Google's servers as part of displaying the page. This is a standard technical step and may involve the transfer of your IP address to Google.
  • We do not currently run any website analytics tools that track your browsing behaviour or set tracking cookies. If we introduce analytics in the future, this policy will be updated accordingly.

Newsletter preferences

  • We do not currently operate a newsletter or marketing email service. If we introduce one in the future, we will collect your email address and explicit consent before sending any marketing communications, and this policy will be updated to reflect that.
Section 4

Purposes of Processing

We process your personal data only for the following purposes:

Processing and fulfilling your order

This is the primary reason we collect your data. We use your name, address, email, and payment confirmation to process your purchase, arrange dispatch, and send you delivery updates. Without this data, we cannot accept or fulfil your order.

Customer service and responding to enquiries

When you contact us with a question, complaint, or request, whether about an existing order or something else, we use the information you provide to understand and respond to your message. We may also refer to your order history where relevant.

Payment processing

We share the details required to complete your transaction with our payment provider so that your payment can be authorised and confirmed. This is a standard part of any online purchase.

Fraud prevention and security

We may use order and technical data to identify unusual patterns that could indicate fraudulent activity, abuse of our services, or attempts to circumvent our age verification requirements. This is in our legitimate interest and in the interest of our honest customers.

Legal, tax, and regulatory compliance

Dutch and European law requires us to keep records of our commercial transactions, including invoices and delivery records. We retain this data to meet our obligations under tax law, accounting regulations, and the Drank- en Horecawet.

Service improvement

We may use aggregated or anonymised information to understand how our website and services are performing and to identify areas for improvement. This does not involve processing your personal data in a way that identifies you as an individual.

Section 5

Legal Bases for Processing

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as implemented in the Netherlands by the Uitvoeringswet AVG, every processing activity must rest on a valid legal basis. The grounds we rely on are set out below.

Performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR)

The majority of the personal data we process is necessary to enter into and perform our purchase agreement with you. This covers everything from processing your order and arranging delivery to communicating with you about your purchase. Without this data we could not fulfil the contract.

Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR)

Some processing is required by law. Dutch fiscal law requires us to retain transaction records and invoices for seven years. Dutch alcohol legislation requires us to verify the age of our customers and keep relevant records. We process and retain data for these reasons because we are legally obliged to do so.

Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR)

In some cases we process personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest, provided that interest is not overridden by your rights and interests as a data subject. We rely on this ground for: fraud detection and the prevention of misuse of our website; internal service quality and performance review; and the transmission of technical data that occurs when your browser requests web fonts from external servers. We have assessed these interests and consider them proportionate and unlikely to cause you any material harm.

Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR)

Where we process personal data on the basis of consent, for example if we introduce a newsletter or opt-in marketing communications in the future, we will ask for your specific, informed, and freely given consent before doing so. You will always be able to withdraw that consent at any time, and doing so will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before your withdrawal.

Section 6

Retention Periods

We do not keep your personal data for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or for which we are legally required to retain it. The main retention periods that apply are:

  • Order and transaction records (including invoices and delivery records): seven years from the end of the financial year in which the transaction took place, in accordance with Dutch fiscal and accounting law (Belastingwet / Burgerlijk Wetboek art. 2:10).
  • Customer service correspondence and contact enquiries: up to 2 years after the enquiry is resolved, unless a longer period is required for an ongoing dispute.
  • Technical logs and IP address data: in accordance with our hosting provider's standard logging configuration, typically up to 90 days.
  • Newsletter consent and communication preferences: for as long as you remain subscribed. If you withdraw your consent or unsubscribe, your data will be removed from our mailing list promptly and retained only to the extent necessary to demonstrate that your request was honoured.

Where personal data is no longer needed and no legal retention obligation applies, we will delete or anonymise it securely.

Section 7

Third-Party Service Providers

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We do share certain personal data with carefully selected service providers where that is necessary to run our business and deliver our services. These providers act as data processors on our behalf and are contractually bound to process your data only for the purpose for which we engaged them, and in line with applicable data protection law.

The categories of service provider with whom we may share personal data are:

  • Payment providers: to process your payment securely. Your payment details are handled directly by the payment provider; we receive only a transaction reference and confirmation of successful payment.
  • Delivery and logistics carriers: to transport your order to your address. We share your name, delivery address, and phone number with our carrier so they can complete the delivery.
  • Hosting and infrastructure providers: our website and any associated back-end systems are hosted on third-party servers. These providers store and process data on our behalf as part of operating the website.
  • Transactional email services: to deliver order confirmation and dispatch emails to you. We use a reputable transactional email provider for this purpose; they process only the data necessary to send you the email.
  • Analytics providers (future): if we introduce website analytics, we will update this policy with details of the provider, the data shared, and the applicable legal basis.

Where we share data with processors outside our organisation, we have data processing agreements in place that require them to implement appropriate security measures and to process data only on our documented instructions.

We will not disclose your personal data to any other third party except where required to do so by law, or where necessary to protect our legal rights or the safety of others.

Section 8

International Data Transfers

We are based in the Netherlands and, where possible, we prefer to work with service providers who process data within the European Economic Area (EEA). Personal data transferred within the EEA benefits from a consistent level of protection under the GDPR.

However, some of the service providers we use, or may use in the future, may process data on servers located outside the EEA. This is common for globally operated cloud services. Where such transfers occur, we take steps to ensure that your personal data remains protected to a standard equivalent to that required under European law. Depending on the country and provider in question, this may be achieved through:

  • An adequacy decision by the European Commission recognising the destination country as providing sufficient protection.
  • Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as approved by the European Commission.
  • Other transfer mechanisms that comply with Chapter V of the GDPR.

We will update this section as our service provider arrangements are finalised. If you would like specific information about any international transfers that apply to your data in the meantime, please contact us at contact@nieuweboerwines.com.

If you would like more information about the specific safeguards we apply to international transfers, please contact us at contact@nieuweboerwines.com.

Section 9

Cookies and Analytics

Cookies are small text files that a website can store on your device. They serve various purposes, ranging from essential technical functions to behavioural tracking and marketing.

Our current use of cookies

At present, our website does not set any tracking, analytics, or marketing cookies. The website is designed to function without requiring non-essential cookies, and we do not currently use any third-party analytics or advertising scripts that would place cookies on your device.

Your browser does make technical requests to third-party servers as part of loading the website, most notably to Google's servers to retrieve web fonts. This is a standard HTTP request and does not involve the setting of a cookie on your device, but it does mean that Google's servers receive your IP address as part of processing the font request. This occurs on the basis of our legitimate interest in displaying the website correctly.

Future use of cookies

If we introduce analytics tools, personalisation features, or marketing integrations that rely on cookies or similar tracking technologies, we will update this policy accordingly and, where required by law, present you with a cookie banner that allows you to give or withhold your consent before any non-essential cookies are placed. We will not set non-essential cookies without your prior consent.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Please note that blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of this or other websites.

Section 10

Marketing and Newsletters

We do not currently send marketing emails or operate a newsletter. If we introduce direct marketing communications in the future, the following principles will apply:

  • We will ask for your explicit consent before adding you to any mailing list. Pre-ticked boxes and bundled consent are not acceptable to us.
  • Every marketing email we send will include a clear and easy way for you to unsubscribe. We will act on an unsubscribe request promptly, typically within a few working days.
  • Under the GDPR, you have the right to object to direct marketing at any time. If you exercise this right, we will stop processing your data for marketing purposes immediately and without requiring you to give a reason.
  • We will never share your contact details with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

This policy will be updated if and when a newsletter or marketing service is launched.

Section 11

Your Rights as a Data Subject

Under the GDPR and the Dutch Uitvoeringswet AVG, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal data. These rights are explained below. To exercise any of them, contact us at contact@nieuweboerwines.com. We will respond within one month of receiving your request, and in the vast majority of cases we will do so free of charge.

Right of access

You have the right to ask us whether we are processing personal data about you and, if so, to receive a copy of that data along with information about how it is used, where it came from, who it has been shared with, and how long we intend to keep it.

Right to rectification

If any personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to correct it. Please tell us what the inaccuracy is and, where helpful, provide the correct version.

Right to erasure

In certain circumstances you have the right to ask us to delete your personal data, for example if the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or if you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal ground for processing. This right is not absolute. We may need to retain certain data to comply with a legal obligation, for example tax records, or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Right to restriction of processing

You can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain situations, such as while we verify the accuracy of data you have contested, or while we assess whether our legitimate interests override your right to object. Where processing is restricted, we may still store your data but will not otherwise use it.

Right to object

Where we process your data on the basis of legitimate interests, you have the right to object on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will stop processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or unless the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. You also have an unconditional right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes at any time.

Right to data portability

Where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent or in the performance of a contract, and the processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive the data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You may also ask us to transmit that data directly to another controller where technically feasible.

Right to withdraw consent

Where we process your data on the basis of consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew it. After withdrawal we will stop the processing activity concerned.

Right to lodge a complaint

If you believe that we are processing your personal data in breach of the GDPR or the Uitvoeringswet AVG, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority:

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, 2594 AV Den Haag
autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl

We would appreciate the opportunity to address any concern directly before you contact the supervisory authority. Please reach out to us first and we will do our best to resolve the matter promptly.

Section 12

Security

We take the security of your personal data seriously and apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect it against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, or disclosure. These measures are proportionate to the nature of the data we hold and the risks involved in processing it.

No system of data security is entirely without risk. While we take every reasonable precaution, we cannot guarantee that your data will never be subject to an incident outside our control. If a data breach occurs that is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you without undue delay as required by applicable law, and we will report the breach to the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens where required.

If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, for example if you suspect that your account has been compromised, please notify us immediately at contact@nieuweboerwines.com.

Section 13

Age and Our Services

Nieuweboer Wines sells alcoholic beverages and is intended exclusively for adults aged 18 and over. Our services are not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 18.

If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a person under the age of 18, we will delete that data promptly. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a minor has provided us with personal data without your consent, please contact us at contact@nieuweboerwines.com and we will act without delay.

Section 14

Contact and Complaints

For any questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal data, contact us here:

Nieuweboer Wines
Burgemeester Versteeghsingel 3
Edam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
contact@nieuweboerwines.com

We aim to respond to privacy-related enquiries within two working days. If your request involves the exercise of a data subject right, we will confirm receipt promptly and provide a substantive response within one month, as required by law.

If you are not satisfied with our response, or if you believe that we are handling your personal data unlawfully, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Dutch Data Protection Authority:

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
Bezuidenhoutseweg 30
2594 AV Den Haag
Netherlands
autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl

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