This Privacy and Cookie Notice provides a high-level overview of our full Privacy and Cookie Notice (click here to
access). It summarises important
information regarding how we collect, use, and share any personal information collected. This
Privacy and Cookie Notice applies to personal information collected through
this website http://www.qreamwithaq.com, which is operated
by Diageo plc - the world’s leading premium drinks business - or
one of its group of companies. Qream is one of Diageo’s outstanding collection
of beverage alcohol brands.
At relevant points hyperlinks are provided that
will take you directly to further information in this document. Links in this Privacy
and Cookie Notice will not take you to any external website or content.
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Click here for more information about Diageo plc
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Do not provide us with your personal information if you are not of legal
age to purchase alcohol.
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If we believe that you are under the legal purchase age we will make
every reasonable effort to remove your personal information from our
records.
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Personal
information is information about an identifiable individual, as defined by
applicable law.
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We collect personal information that you choose to provide. This includes information provided when
registering with our websites, contacting us, completing surveys or
questionnaires, entering competitions, and posting information on public areas
of our websites.
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Through your use of this
and other Diageo websites (including by browsing such sites) you may provide us
with personal information such as your name, contact details, personal
preferences, and details of your website use.
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By doing so, you are
agreeing to our use of that information as set out in this Privacy and Cookie
Notice and our full Privacy and Cookie Notice.
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If you do not agree
to these conditions, please do not provide us with this information, or please
let us know your objections using the contact details below.
We also collect
information using common Internet technologies such as “cookies” and “clear gifs” (also known as “web bugs” or “web beacons”).
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We
will only use the personal information we collect to provide you with specific information and services that you request,
and with additional information and services that may be of interest to you.
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This may involve sharing your personal information with non-Diageo companies
that provide services to Diageo companies and certain other third parties,
but only where they offer adequate protection for your information and, in
certain cases, only where you have provided your consent.
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In some cases, this may involve transferring your personal information to other
countries (including the U.K., the U.S., Canada and
other countries inside and outside the European Economic Area) where Diageo or
non-Diageo companies or other third parties operate and process your personal
information.
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By providing any personal information to us, you fully understand
and clearly consent to such use and transfers as set out in this Privacy and
Cookie Notice and our full Privacy and Cookie Notice
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Information that you post on or through the public areas of the site
(e.g. chat rooms, bulletin boards and discussion groups) are generally
accessible to, and may be collected and used by, others.
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We take security seriously and take precautions to keep your
personal information secure. We have put in place appropriate physical,
electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard the information we collect.
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We have no control over the privacy of any communications while in
transit to us. We recommend that you not include confidential, proprietary or
sensitive information in such communications. Click here for more information.
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At your request, and where required by law, we will confirm, share,
and/or update the personal information we hold about you. However, to protect your privacy we may first
have to verify your identity.
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At any time you can choose to make an unsubscribe request to
stop receiving marketing information.
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If you would like to unsubscribe from
communications from Diageo or about Diageo brands, please unsubscribe via the mechanism provided within
the communication
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Click here for more
information on your choices.
If you have any comments, queries, or
complaints about our collection or use of personal information please contact
us via:
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Post: Digital
Governance Director, Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive, Park Royal, London, NW10 7HQ
This website is operated by a member of the Diageo
group of companies, the ultimate holding company of which is Diageo plc
(registered in England and Wales with company number 23307 and registered
address at Lakeside Drive,
London, NW10 7HQ, United Kingdom).
All references to 'our', 'us', 'we', or ‘company’ within this policy and within the opt-in notice are deemed to refer to Diageo plc, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and/or associates, as appropriate.
We endeavour to protect your personal
privacy. We provide this Privacy and Cookie Notice to help you to understand
what we may do with any personal information that we obtain from you. By
providing your personal information to us, you signify your acceptance of our
Privacy and Cookie Notice and agree that we may collect, use, and disclose your
personal information as described in this Privacy and Cookie Notice. If you do
not agree to this Notice, please do not provide your personal details to us.
This Privacy and Cookie Notice is incorporated into, and part of, the Terms and Conditions, that govern your use of
the site in general. We will use your information only for the purposes set
forth below.
We may need to update this Privacy and Cookie
Notice from time to time. We recommend that you check this page regularly to
ensure that you have read the most recent version.
Changes to the Privacy and Cookie Notice are noted
here:
Date last revised: December 3,2012
Description of substantive revisions:
Section 3 – Description of personal information
Section 4 – Description of how personal information is
collected
Section 5 – Use of cookies and clear gifs
Section 6 – Description of how personal information is
used
Section 7 – Description of how personal information is
shared
Section 8 – Posting of information in public forums
Section 10 – Changes to your privacy preferences
Section 12 – Description of use of links, references, interfaces, and
content from third-party
sites
You must not provide us with your
personal information if you are not of legal age to purchase alcohol in the
jurisdiction in which you reside and (if different) in the jurisdiction in
which you are accessing the site. We do not intend to collect personal
information from any individuals under the legal purchase age, or to market
alcoholic beverages to anyone under the legal purchase age. If we receive
notice or believe that someone under the legal purchase age has provided us
with personal information we will make every reasonable effort to remove such
personal information from our files, or to flag such personal information and
(to the extent permitted by law) retain it for the sole purpose of ensuring
that it is no longer used.
Personal information is information
about an identifiable individual, as defined by applicable law.
It is your choice to provide us with
personal information. We will only
collect personal information that you choose to provide. In certain instances,
we may provide you with the option to select whether you would like to receive
information from us or from trusted third parties (for example, by choosing to
opt in or opt out of receiving special promotional offers). In some
circumstances, you will not have the option to opt out, such as when we are
satisfying the obligations of a contract with you, administering a transaction
requested by you, or required by law.
You may choose to provide us with
personal information if, for example, you: contact us with an enquiry; register
on the site; forward an item to a friend; purchase an item; fill out a survey
or other form with your personal information included; ask us to provide you
with information; enter a competition; post information to public areas of the
site; or take advantage of a promotion.
By providing any personal information
to us, you fully understand and clearly consent to the transfer of such
personal information to, and the collection and processing of such information
in, other countries or territories. Any such transfer and processing by us will
be in accordance with this Privacy and Cookie Notice.
Like many other websites, we
use "cookies" to help us gather and store information about visitors
to our websites.
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers
to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the
website can remember who you are.
A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the
cookie has come, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a
randomly generated unique number.
Types of cookies which may be used on this website;
5. Template preference cookies – These cookies are necessary for mobile
sites and enable the site to look and feel the way it is intended to.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the
settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the
interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled.
There are a number of ways to manage cookies. Please refer to your
browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. For
example, in Internet Explorer, you can go to the Tools/Internet
options/Security and Privacy Tabs to adapt the browser to your expectations. If
you use different computers in different locations you will need to ensure that
each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences.
Some modern browsers have a feature that will analyse website privacy policies
and allow a user to control their privacy needs. These are known as 'P3P'
features (Privacy Preferences Platform).
You can easily delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie
folder of your browser. For example, if you are using Microsoft Windows
Explorer:
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open 'Windows Explorer'
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click on the 'Search'
button on the tool bar
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type "cookie"
into the search box for 'Folders and Files'
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select 'My Computer' in the
'Look In' box
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click 'Search Now' Double
click on the folders that are found
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'Select' any cookie file
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hit the 'Delete' button on
your keyboard
If you are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, then you should select
'cookies' in the 'Help' function for information on where to find your cookie
folder.
We may use personal information collected from
you to provide specific services that you request, as well as to provide
additional services that may be of interest.
For example, we may use your personal information in the following ways:
Marketing Communications. We may use your personal information
to communicate with you about our products and services, and those of our
subsidiaries, affiliates, and parent companies, and any of their related
businesses.
Marketing analysis. We may use your personal information
for internal marketing analysis, for example, to assess trends amongst our
consumers or to measure the amount of traffic to our websites.
Transactional purposes. We may use your personal information
to respond to your queries and requests, maintain your accounts, and manage
transactions such as credit card payments for any goods that you order from us
or our agents, or for the fulfilment of such transactions (e.g., delivery).
Forward to a friend.
When you provide us with information regarding another individual, such
as when you request that we send someone information from one of our websites,
we will send that individual only the information you specifically requested
that we send. We will not send them additional communications based on your
providing us with their information. You
must certify that your friend is of Legal Purchase Age in the jurisdiction
where he/she is located in order for us to transmit the requested information.
We value your personal information and
only share it with third parties that provide it with adequate protection. From time to time we may disclose personal
information to:
(a) third parties to
whom you have provided your consent;
(b) our
service providers and subcontractors, including our affiliates, retained to perform
functions on our behalf, or to provide services to us (such as warehousing and
delivery; marketing and advertising; credit card and data processing; age
verification; software development; website hosting and management; information
technology and office services; legal, accounting, audit and other professional
service providers; and other services related to our business), provided such
service providers and subcontractors do not collect, use, or disclose the
personal information for any purpose other than to perform such functions on
our behalf, to provide services to us, or as otherwise required by law;
(c) third parties who,
in our reasonable judgment, are providing or seeking the information as your
authorized or appointed legal agent; or
(d) carefully selected
third parties, including our affiliates, to send you third party marketing and
promotional information that may be of interest. In such circumstances these
organizations may be bound by confidentiality obligations and restrictions on
the use of your personal information. We will obtain your express permission
before we allow a third party that is not an affiliate to send you any such
marketing and promotional information;
(e) a person or entity, including our affiliates,
in the event of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of
substantial assets, financing, reorganization, or liquidation whereby we
transfer, sell, or assign to such third party information concerning your
relationship with us, including without limitation, personally identifiable
information that you provide and other information concerning your relationship
with us; and
(f) law enforcement, governmental or regulatory
agencies, or other third parties in order to comply with applicable law, or
where we believe such action is necessary in order to comply with applicable
law, or to detect, protect, or defend us and/or other
third parties against error, negligence, breach of contract, theft, fraud, or
other illegal or harmful activity, to comply with our audit and security
requirements, or to audit compliance with our corporate policies, procedures,
legal, or contractual obligations.
Information that
you post on or through the public areas of the site (e.g., chat rooms, bulletin
boards, discussion groups, or Social Networking modules) generally is
accessible to, and may be collected and used by, others, and may result in
unsolicited messages or other contact from others. You should not provide
personal information about yourself in public (or interactive) areas of the
site. Such personal information is not
covered under this Privacy and Cookie Notice.
We take security seriously and take
precautions to keep your personal information secure. We have put in place
appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the
information we collect. however, we have no control
over the privacy of any communications while it is in transit to us. We
therefore recommend that you not include confidential, proprietary, or
sensitive information in any such communications.
In the unlikely
event that we believe that the security of your personal information in our
possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you of
that development. If such a notification is appropriate, we will endeavour to
do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances, and, to the extent we
have your email address, we may notify you by email.
You are reminded that, in accordance with
the Terms and Conditions for this website, which include this Privacy and
Cookie Notice, you are responsible
for maintaining the strict confidentiality of your account password, and you
are responsible for any activity under your account and password. It is your
sole responsibility to control the dissemination and use of your password,
control access to and use of your account, and notify us
when you wish to cancel your account. We
will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to
comply with this obligation.
At your request
and where the law requires us to do so, if you contact us using the unsubscribe
details provided below we will confirm what personal information we hold about
you, update your information, remove your information, fulfil specific opt-out
requests (including requests where you previously opted in with respect to the
use of your personal information), and/or correct any inaccuracies in such
personal information.
If you would like to unsubscribe from Qream
communications, or from all communications about Diageo brands, please contact mailto:Qreamwithaq@Consumer-Care.net.
If you have given
permission to receive communications about Diageo brands generally (for
example, by opting to receive news and special offers by email about Diageo’s
other great alcohol brands), you may from time to time receive communications
about brands to which you have not opted in specifically. Information about
many of Diageo’s brands can be found at www.diageobrands.com.
We occasionally may send you
communications about brands not featured on www.diageobrands.com (e.g., new brands). We recommend that you refer to www.diageobrands.com from time to time as the list of featured brands will
be updated periodically.
Providing general
permission for us to communicate with you about our brands does not mean that
you will receive communications about all of Diageo’s brands. We will only
communicate with you about those brands that we think may be of particular
interest to you. Any such communications will provide you with an opportunity
to unsubscribe from the brand in question and/or from all communications about
Diageo brands.
If you have any
privacy-related questions, concerns or complaints, please contact: Digital
Governance Director, Diageo plc, Lakeside Drive, London, NW10 7HQ, United Kingdom.
The site may
contain links, references, and content from other websites outside of our
control. Please be aware that we have limited or no control
over these websites and our Privacy and Cookie Notice does not apply to these
sites. We encourage you to read the Privacy and Cookie Notices and terms
and conditions of any linked, referenced, or interfacing websites you enter.
This Privacy and
Cookie Notice will be supplemented by additional legal requirements in
jurisdictions where we conduct business as required. Nothing in this Privacy
and Cookie Notice or otherwise will create, or add to, any right or claim
(whether legal, equitable, or otherwise) that any individual or person may have
at law or otherwise against the company or any third party, or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, agents, or representatives
(collectively the “Diageo Group”), nor will the existence of this Privacy and
Cookie Notice or its application impose or add to any obligations upon or
create any liability for the Diageo Group that it does not already otherwise
have under law.
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