Children under eighteen years of age are not eligible to use this service.
drinkingpartners.com is an online network which provides you with a forum for making friends online.
The service is FREE to all qualified members.
Our online registration form is anonymous in which you provide information such as your age and location. However if you wish to contact people we need your real name and address. None of this information can be accessed or used by the public to identify specific individuals.
Your IP and email addresses will be automatically collected during the usage of our site, but we will only reveal information which you choose to reveal.
Personal correspondence such as emails or letters may be put into a file which can only be accessed by authorized personnel. Other users comments about you may also be kept in the complaints department.
The GDPR applies to ‘personal data’ meaning any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified. This definition provides for a wide range of personal identifiers to constitute personal data, including name, identification number, location data or online identifier.
What is Sensitive Personal Data?GDPR calls sensitive personal data as being in 'special categories' of information. These include religious beliefs, political opinions, racial information, and sexual orientation.
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when DRINKING PARTNERS collects personal information. It applies to information we collect about:
Visitors to our WebsitesWhen someone visits drinkingpartners.com we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.
Use of Cookies by DRINKING PARTNERSWe may use cookies to improve your user experience, for example to remember your login details. You can at any time adjust the settings on your browser to prohibit the use of certain cookies, however some of our services may not work. For a list of the cookies we use and what their function is, please read our Cookie Policy.
Search EngineOur website search and decision notice search is powered by our own software. Search queries and results are logged anonymously to help us improve our website and search functionality. No user-specific data is collected by either DRINKING PARTNERS or any third party.
Privacy PolicyDRINKING PARTNERS are committed to the protection of its customers and all users of our websites. The following policy outlines how we treat your personal information, so that you can be assured it will be handled in a professional manner at all times.
This Privacy Policy forms part of DRINKING PARTNERS obligation to be open and fair with all individuals whose personal data we process and to provide details around how we process such personal data and what we do with it.
DRINKING PARTNERS is committed to safeguarding the privacy of personal data and complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2018) and the UK Data Protection Bill 2017, and any future changes in data protection legislation with which DRINKING PARTNERS will be required to comply.
When looking for new friends through our company, we process your personal data such as name and email address amongst other things.
Processing of this data implies collecting, storing, using or disclosing your personal data.
If You consent to be notified of, or receive other products or services from DRINKING PARTNERS, or use any of our websites, you may be provided with further privacy notices which may be contained in a separate policy or within any terms and conditions. These additional privacy notices shall supplement this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy relates to the processing of personal data by DRINKING PARTNERS.
Unless otherwise stated, all references to “we” or “our” shall imply all DRINKING PARTNERS lines of business that process personal data. None of the lists or examples provided in this Privacy Policy is intended to be exhaustive or fully representative of every individual.
The scope of this Privacy Policy covers client personal data in respect of the following:
We’ll process your personal data:
You are free at any time to change your mind and withdraw your consent. The consequence might be that we can’t do certain things for You.
We use various kinds of personal information, and group them together like this.
| Type of Personal Information | Description |
|---|---|
| Contact | How to contact You. |
| Consent | Any permissions, consent or preferences that You give Us, including how You would like Us to contact You. |
| Contractual | Details about the products and services we provide to You. |
| Behavioural | Details about how You use our products and services. |
| Communications | What we learn about You from conversations, emails and letters between Us. |
| Usage Data | Other data about how You use our products and services. |
| Socio-demographic | This includes details about your work or profession, nationality, education and where You fit into general social or income groups. |
We may collect and store the following kinds of personal data:
Before You disclose to Us the personal information of another person, You must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Data from third parties we work with:
We may need to collect personal information by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with You. If You choose not to give Us this personal information, it may delay or prevent Us from meeting our obligations. It may also mean that we cannot perform the services needed to progress the sale, purchase or letting of a property.
Any data collection that is optional would be made clear at the point of collection.
We may use your personal information to:
We may need to confirm your identity before we provide products or services to You or your business. Once You have become a customer of ours, we will also share your personal information as needed to help detect fraud and money-laundering risks.
We use Fraud Prevention Agencies to help Us with this.
Both we and fraud prevention agencies can only use your personal information if we have a proper reason to do so. It must be needed for either of Us to obey the law, or for a “legitimate interest”.
We only disclose your personal data in the ways set out in this Privacy Policy or subject to any agreements in place between Us. The following circumstances may apply:
We do not sell, rent or trade any of your personal data.
We will not, without your consent, disclose or supply your personal data to any third party for the purpose of their or any other third party’s direct marketing.
The following criteria are used to determine data retention periods for your personal data (whether or not You become a customer):
Where DRINKING PARTNERS acts as the controller of personal data, it will ensure that necessary and adequate safeguards (e.g. encryption) are in place to prevent unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.
Where data is stored electronically we store all personal information on secure servers with relevant access and firewall controls.
Where data is stored on paper or forms all personal data is locked away when not in use, and disposed of securely after use either using document shredders or third-party disposal organisations who have been contracted to dispose of documents appropriately.
Any personal data sent to Us, either in writing or email, may be insecure in transit and we cannot guarantee its delivery.
Where You use a Password to access any service provided by DRINKING PARTNERS this must be kept confidential and not disclosed to anyone else. DRINKING PARTNERS does not ask You for your password.
On no occasion do we sell or rent any personally identifiable information to any third party without permission.
We cooperate with all law enforcement inquiries.
Unless otherwise defined under section 12 all personal data shared with third parties is stored and processed in the UK or EU.
DRINKING PARTNERS may use IP addresses, URLs of requested resources, timestamps and HTTP user agents to administer the system, analyse trends and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
In addition to this we may use third party services to monitor your use of our website, including Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc (‘Google’). This information allows Us to track how many visitors we have, how often they visit and where they originated from. It also gives the ability to gather which terms were used when searching for properties.
Your rights are as follows (noting that these rights don’t apply in all circumstances):
You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. It has enforcement powers and can investigate compliance with data protection law: www.ico.org.uk
We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on these Websites prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Third Party Websites linked to or from our Website nor the information or content contained therein.
Often links to other websites are provided solely as reference points to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Website.
Please remember that when You use a link to go from our Website to a Third-Party Website, our Privacy Policy will no longer apply. Your browsing and interaction on any other Website, including Third Party Websites, which have a link on our Website, are subject to that Website’s own Privacy Policy.
Your personal data is provided for the purpose of making new friends, as agreed under the terms of an Agreement we have agreed between You and Us.
However, DRINKING PARTNERS would like to support You throughout the process of finding you new friends online by offering You additional relevant and related services, and keep You informed about all DRINKING PARTNERS services (marketing) which You can elect to, or decline from, receiving.
You have the right, at any time, to ask Us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes and any additional services that You have consented to receive.
You can opt-out of receiving any of these services and communications simply by clicking the unsubscribe link on any emails You receive, or contacting your branch or head office.
Please note it can take up to 28 days for a request to be fulfilled for general DRINKING PARTNERS communications because of pre-planned or ongoing activity.
Referrals
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. We store this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program.
Your friend may contact us at customercare@drinkingpartners.com to request that we remove this information from our database.
Blog
Our Websites site offers a publicly accessible blog. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog, contact us at customercare@drinkingpartners.com. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Links to Third Party Sites
Our Websites may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our suppliers, partner networks, advertisers, affiliates and other third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites should have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or the content or operation of these websites. Please check these policies and the terms of the websites before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Social Media Widgets
Our Websites include Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Websites. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
We are registered as a data controller with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
The copyright in this website belongs to DRINKING PARTNERS. You may not make a permanent copy of or reproduce this web site in any form. You may not reproduce or incorporate this web site into any other web site. You may only print, display or download temporary copies of the content to your computer for your own personal non-commercial use.
DRINKING PARTNERS takes all reasonable care to ensure that the information contained on this website is accurate, however, we cannot guarantee its accuracy and we reserve the right to change the information on this website at any time.
We welcome your views about our website. If you would like to contact us with any queries or comments please send an email to customercare@drinkingpartners.com.
You cannot disclose your password to any third parties or share it with any third parties. If you lose control of your password, you may lose control over your personally identifiable information and may be subject to legally binding actions. If your password has been compromised you should immediately change it.
You will be able to review and change much of your personally identifiable information at drinkingpartners.com including:
drinkingpartners.com has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Whilst perfect security does not exist on the internet, our technical experts work hard to ensure the best security.
