Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 29, 2026

At The Black Pearl Distillery, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website or purchase our spirits.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

  • Identity Data: Name, date of birth (for age verification), and gender.
  • Contact Data: Billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
  • Financial Data: Payment card details (processed securely via our third-party payment provider).
  • Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
  • Technical Data: IP address, login data, browser type and version, time zone setting, and location.

2. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use it for:

  • Age Verification: To ensure we are legally permitted to sell alcohol to you under the Licensing Act 2003.
  • Order Fulfillment: To process and deliver your orders and manage payments.
  • Marketing: If you have opted-in, to send you updates about new releases and distillery events.
  • Legal Obligations: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

  • Your Consent: For marketing communications.
  • Contractual Obligation: To deliver the products you bought.
  • Legal Obligation: To verify your age before selling alcohol.
  • Legitimate Interests: To improve our website and business operations.

4. Data Sharing

We do not sell your data. We only share your information with trusted third parties to run our business, including:

  • Delivery Partners: To get your spirits to your door.
  • Payment Processors: To securely handle transactions.
  • Age Verification Services: To confirm you are 18 or older.
  • Professional Advisers: Including lawyers, bankers, and insurers.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights including:

  • Access: The right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Rectification: The right to ask us to correct information you think is inaccurate.
  • Erasure: The right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
  • Restriction: The right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information.
  • Object: The right to object to the processing of your personal data.

7. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies.

8. Changes to This Policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.