Privacy Policy


Legal Notice for Planetgin.com

Personal data relates to a living individual who can be identified from that data. Identification can be by the information alone or in conjunction with any other information in the data controller’s possession or likely to come into such possession. The processing of personal data is governed by [the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679] (the “GDPR”)

Planet Gin is the owner of this website controls how your personal data is processed and for what purposes. If after reviewing this policy you have any questions or privacy concerns please send an e-mail to: contact@planetgin.com or write to:

Alan Hubner (Planet Gin)
30 Levenhowe Road
Balloch, Alexandria West Dunbartonshire G83 8LS

How do we process your personal data?

  • Planet Gin complies with its obligations under the GDPR by keeping personal data up to date.

  • by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data.

  • by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect personal data.

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • To contact yourself if we need to clarify a latest news story

  • To contact people, regarding matters only relating to Planet Gin website and the running of it. This could be for more information relating to a certain page on the website

  • To operate the Planet Gin website and deliver the services that individuals have requested, in the way of form submissions. All these form submissions will be kept to ourselves and used for the website. These details will never be pass on to others or shared with any other third party.

What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

We will not share your personal information with any other third party.

How long do we keep your personal data?

We will hold your personal information on our systems only for as long as is necessary.

We use the following criteria to determine how long to retain your personal data:

Information to fulfil our legal obligations (e.g. financial record keeping) – 7 years

Your rights and your personal data

Unless subject to an exemption under the GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data: -

  • The right to request a copy of your personal data which Planet Gin holds about you;

  • The right to request that Planet Gin corrects any personal data if it is found to be inaccurate or out of date;

  • The right to request your personal data is erased where it is no longer necessary for Planet Gin to retain such data;

  • The right to request that Planet Gin provide the data subject with his/her personal data and where possible, to transmit that data directly to another data controller, (known as the right to data portability).

  • The right, where there is a dispute in relation to the accuracy or processing of your personal data, to request a restriction is placed on further processing;

  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office. (ICO website - https://ico.org.uk/ ICO helpline - 0303 123 1113)

More Important Information

If you are under the legal drinking age or under the age when it is permitted to purchase alcohol in the country in which you are resident or in the country from which you accessed this Site, you should exit this Site immediately.

Links: This Site may contain links to other websites, which we have no control of their content. We encourage you to read their privacy statements and terms and conditions before browsing their Site. There are links on the website from Affiliate companies that will track you through the buying process of any of the bottles on the Planet Whiskies website. These links will also place a cookie on your machine for up to 60 days in case you buy this website at a future date. This is so payments can be made to Planet Gin for sending the users of this website to their website. Planet Whiskies keeps on data from this sale, and the only data we keep is with Google and Facebook for tracking users etc.

Gin Prices: On whisky bottles throughout this website, their are prices stated. Planet Whiskies does not take any responsibility that these prices are accurate, and prices vary through exchange rates. Prices can also change within the external website without the knowledge of Planet Whiskies. All care will be taken to ensure all prices are correct, but again, no liability can be put on Planet Whiskies for incorrect prices.

Privacy Policy: We are committed to privacy and support current industry initiatives to preserve individual privacy rights online. Protecting your privacy online is an evolving area, and this website will constantly evolve to meet these demands.

Cookies: Some of our web pages utilise "cookies". A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about website activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.

Some cookies are necessary for the operation of our website. If you choose to block them, some aspects of the Site may not work for you. Non-necessary cookies are only set when you have explicit consent to their use. Such cookies included those set by our statistics package Google Analytics and DoubleClick for Publishers and Affiliate Window tracking cookies.