Here at Through the Grapevine (www.throughthegrapevine.ie) the protection of our customers details is of paramount importance. To ensure the safe transmission of the data we have opted to use a secure transactional system. This site utilises their state of the art encrypted security to ensure that your details are transmitted securely by Realex. For more information please visit www.realex.ie.

We will also guarantee not to forward any of your personal details to any third party (apart from those used to complete your order), unless we obtain explicit permission from you to do so.

Collection of Information

To enable us to provide secure payment facilities we will typically acquire information which includes your name, your credit or debit card numbers (with the expiry date) your e-mail and billing addresses, and the delivery address.

Use and Disclosure of Information

Through the Grapevine (www.throughthegrapevine.ie) takes the protection and proper use of your personal information seriously. Through the Grapevine (www.throughthegrapevine.ie) order forms request information from users such as: Contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (credit card number, expiration date, billing address, and billing phone number). We use the information which you enter onto the payment page to obtain authorisation to the transaction from the issuer of the credit or debit card (via Realex). This information is used for billing purposes to verify the customer is of legal age, and to fill customers orders. We will use your contact details to email you status of your order. We shall NOT give any of your details to any other third party under any circumstances.

Cookies

A cookie is information that a Web site puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time. (More technically, it is information for future use that is stored by the server on the client side of a client/server communication.) Typically, a cookie records your preferences when using a particular site. Any information placed in the cookie is accessible ONLY to Through the Grapevine (www.throughthegrapevine.ie) and will NOT be sold or shared with anyone else under any circumstances.