Privacy Policy and Cookies
PRIVACY POLICY
Introduction
Cypriot Wine Festival and Business Expo (or “the festival”) takes the privacy of your personal information very seriously. This policy explains how and for what purposes we use the information collected about you at the festival event itself, via our website, social media and other online channels. Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using our website and attending the festival you are agreeing to be bound by this policy in respect of the information collected about you.
If you have any queries about this policy, please get in touch at [email protected] and we will do our best to answer your questions.
Personal information collected and use of this information
Here is a list of the information that we collect about festival attendees, website users and those opting in to Cypriot Wine Festival and Business Expo update communications:
- i) Name: we only store this for those purchasing tickets via our official ticket partner. This is in order to identify festival ticket holders uniquely (by name of booker) and in interest of on-site safety on the day of the event.
- ii) Email: we only store this for people who have previously opted in to Cypriot Wine Festival and Business Expo update communications, or who buy or pre-register for tickets (opting in to receive priority news/announcements). We will only send you relevant information about Cypriot Wine Festival and Business Expo and related events. This will be communicated via both email and social media (see below).
- iv) Phone number: we only require this for those purchasing tickets via our official ticket partner. This is the in interest of on-site safety on the day of the event. Customers may also provide their mobile phone number when registering for tickets or communications/updates. In this case, this information may be used to communicate news/announcements about Cypriot Wine Festival and Business Expo tickets via text message.
- i) Other than as set out above, we will not disclose any of your personal information without your permission unless we are required by law to do so (for example, if required to do so by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime).
- ii) Cookies – When you visit this website we may store some information (commonly known as a “cookie”) on your computer, to help us customise content and to analyse traffic to the website.
- a) Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means that they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. A cookie helps you get the best out of our website and helps us provide you with a more customised experience when you visit.
- b) You can block or erase cookies from your computer if you want to (your browser’s help screen should tell you how to do this).
- a) We may also use email addresses of ticket purchasers and festival attendees, or those who have opted in to Cypriot Wine Festival and Business Expo updates, to communicate to you via your associated social media channels This is used only to deliver news and information from Cypriot Wine Festival and Business Expo and related to our festivals and events, and will not be shared with any third parties.
- b) We may also use information about visitors to this website in order to communicate to you via your associated social media channels (using technology such as Facebook pixel). This enables us to customise content and communications to be maximally relevant to all of our audiences, based on the information you have viewed on this site and sites of our trusted partners.