Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites

This document informs Users about the technologies that help AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites.

For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as "Trackers" within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.

Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User's consent. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information – such as the presence of other Trackers - in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.

Activities strictly necessary for the operation of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites and delivery of the Service

AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.

First-party Trackers

• Further information about Personal Data

  Preference Cookies (AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites)

  Preference Cookies store the User preferences detected on AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites in the local domain such as, for example, their timezone and region.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker.

  sessionStorage (AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites)

  sessionStorage allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to store and access data right in the User's browser. Data in sessionStorage is deleted automatically when the session ends (in other words, when the browser tab is closed).

  Personal Data processed: Tracker.

• Registration and authentication provided directly by AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

  Direct registration (AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites)

  The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites.

  Personal Data processed: academic background, billing address, city, company name, country, county, date of birth, email address, field of activity, first name, gender, house number, language, last name, number of employees, password, phone number, physical address, picture, prefix , profession, profile picture, state, Tax ID, Tracker, Twitter handle, Usage Data, User ID, username, various types of Data, VAT Number, website, workplace and ZIP/Postal code.

Third-party Trackers

• Handling payments

  Unless otherwise specified, AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.

  PayPal (PayPal Inc.)

  PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.

  Personal Data processed: billing address, device information, email address, first name, last name, payment info, phone number, purchase history, Tracker, Usage Data, username and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • __paypal_storage__: indefinite
  • akavpau_ppsd: duration of the session
  • enforce_policy: duration of the session
  • l7_az: duration of the session
  • nsid: duration of the session
  • ts: duration of the session
  • tsrce: duration of the session
  • x-cdn: duration of the session
  • x-pp-s: duration of the session

  GoCardless (GoCardless Limited)

  GoCardless is a payment service provided by GoCardless Limited.

  Personal Data processed: billing address, email address, first name, last name, payment info, phone number, shipping address, Tracker, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• SPAM protection

  This type of service analyses the traffic of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognised as SPAM.

  Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)

  Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.
  The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

  Personal Data processed: answers to questions, clicks, keypress events, motion sensor events, mouse movements, scroll position, touch events, Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • _GRECAPTCHA: duration of the session
  • rc::a: indefinite
  • rc::b: duration of the session
  • rc::c: duration of the session

Other activities involving the use of Trackers

Basic interactions & functionalities

AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites uses Trackers to enable basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features of the Service and facilitating the User's communication with the Owner.

• Contacting the User

  Mailing list or newsletter (AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites)

  By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites or after making a purchase.

  Personal Data processed: city, company name, country, county, date of birth, email address, first name, gender, last name, phone number, physical address, profession, state, Tracker, Usage Data, website and ZIP/Postal code.

• Handling activities related to productivity

  This type of service helps the Owner to manage tasks, collaboration and, in general, activities related to productivity. In using this type of service, Data of Users will be processed and may be retained, depending on the purpose of the activity in question.
  These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy to enable the Owner to import or export Data needed for the relative activity.

  Google Sheets (Google LLC)

  Google Sheets is an online spreadsheet and collaboration service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: city, company name, country, Data communicated while using the service, date of birth, device information, email address, first name, gender, geographic position, last name, password, phone number, physical address, profession, profile picture, Tracker, Usage Data, username, VAT Number, workplace and ZIP/Postal code.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Registration and authentication

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
  Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
  Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.

  WordPress.com Single Sign On (Automattic Inc.)

  WordPress.com Single Sign On is a registration and authentication service provided by Automattic Inc. and is connected to the WordPress.com network.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • tk_or: 5 years
  • tk_r3d: 3 days
  • tk_rl: duration of the session

Experience enhancement

AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites uses Trackers to provide a personalised user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.

• Content commenting

  Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites.
  Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
  If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

  Comment system managed directly (AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites)

  AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites has its own internal content comment system.

  Personal Data processed: email address, first name, last name, phone number, Tracker, Usage Data, username and website.

  Facebook Comments (Facebook Ireland Ltd)

  Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  Google Fonts (Google LLC)

  Google Fonts is a typeface visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )

  Font Awesome is a typeface visualisation service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Maps widget (Google LLC)

  Google Maps is a maps visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  YouTube video widget (Google LLC)

  YouTube is a video content visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • PREF: 8 months
  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: 8 months
  • YSC: duration of the session

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites.
  The interaction and information obtained through AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
  It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

  Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook Ireland Ltd)

  The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months

  LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)

  The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • AnalyticsSyncHistory: 1 month
  • JSESSIONID: duration of the session
  • UserMatchHistory: 1 month
  • bcookie: 1 year
  • bscookie: 1 year
  • lang: duration of the session
  • lidc: 1 day
  • lissc: 1 year
  • lms_ads: 1 month
  • lms_analytics: 1 month

  PayPal button and widgets (PayPal Inc.)

  The PayPal button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the PayPal platform provided by PayPal Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • akavpau_ppsd: duration of the session
  • ts: duration of the session

  Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)

  The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • personalization_id: 2 years

  Reddit button and widgets (reddit inc.)

  The reddit button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the reddit platform provided by reddit inc.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest, Inc.)

  The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Storage duration:

  • _pin_unauth: 1 year
  • _pinterest_ct_ua: duration of the session

Measurement

AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyse User behaviour with the goal of improving the Service.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.

  Google Analytics (Google LLC)

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Storage duration:

  • AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
  • _ga: 2 years
  • _gac*: 3 months
  • _gat: 1 minute
  • _gid: 1 day

  Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features (Google LLC)

  Google Analytics on AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyse specific behaviour and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

  Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Storage duration:

  • IDE: 2 years
  • _gcl_*: 3 months
  • test_cookie: 15 minutes

• Managing data collection and online surveys

  This type of service allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to manage the creation, deployment, administration, distribution and analysis of online forms and surveys in order to collect, save and reuse Data from any responding Users.
  The Personal Data collected depend on the information asked and provided by the Users in the corresponding online form.

  These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services to enable the Owner to take subsequent steps with the Data processed - e.g. managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, advertising and payment processing.

  Data provided via online forms, managed directly (AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites)

  AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites makes use of online forms that can be used to collect Data about Users.

  Personal Data processed: answers to questions, billing address, city, country, date of birth, gender, marital status, name, payment info, phone number, physical address, profession, social media accounts , Tracker and workplace.

Targeting & Advertising

AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites uses Trackers to deliver personalised marketing content based on User behaviour and to operate, serve and track ads.

• Advertising

  This type of service allows User Data to be utilised for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites, possibly based on User interests.
  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
  Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioural retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behaviour, including those detected outside AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
  Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

  Facebook Lookalike Audience (Facebook Ireland Ltd)

  Facebook Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioural targeting service provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd that uses Data collected through Facebook Custom Audience in order to display ads to Users with similar behaviour to Users who are already in a Custom Audience list on the base of their past use of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites or engagement with relevant content across the Facebook apps and services.
  On the base of these Data, personalised ads will be shown to Users suggested by Facebook Lookalike Audience.

  Users can opt out of Facebook's use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months

• Commercial affiliation

  This type of service allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
  Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites.
  For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

  Amazon Affiliation

  Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Luxembourg – Privacy Policy.

• Managing contacts and sending messages

  This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
  These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

  ZOHO Campaigns (ZOHO Corporation B.V)

  ZOHO Campaigns is an email address management and message sending service provided by ZOHO Corporation B.V.

  Personal Data processed: city, company name, country, date of birth, email address, first name, gender, language, last name, phone number, physical address, state, Tracker, Usage Data and username.

  Place of processing: Netherlands – Privacy Policy.

• Remarketing and behavioural targeting

  This type of service allows AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites and its partners to inform, optimise and serve advertising based on past use of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites by the User.
  This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioural targeting activity.
  Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
  In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

  Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook Ireland Ltd)

  Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd that connects the activity of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites with the Facebook advertising network.

  Users can opt out of Facebook's use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: email address and Tracker.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months

  Facebook Remarketing (Facebook Ireland Ltd)

  Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Facebook Ireland Ltd that connects the activity of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites with the Facebook advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months

  Google Ads Remarketing (Google LLC)

  Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the activity of AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

  Users can opt out of Google's use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Storage duration:

  • AID: 2 years
  • ANID: 2 years
  • Conversion: 3 months
  • DSID: 14 days
  • FCNEC: 1 year
  • FLC: 10 seconds
  • FPAU: 3 months
  • FPGCLAW: 3 months
  • FPGCLDC: 3 months
  • FPGCLGB: 3 months
  • IDE: 2 years
  • NID: 6 months
  • RUL: 1 year
  • TAID: 14 days
  • __gads: 2 years
  • __gsas: 2 years
  • _gac_: 3 months
  • _gac_gb_: 3 months
  • _gcl_au: 3 months
  • _gcl_aw: 3 months
  • _gcl_dc: 3 months
  • _gcl_gb: 3 months
  • _gcl_gf: 3 months
  • _gcl_ha: 3 months
  • id: 2 years
  • test_cookie: 15 minutes

Activities that do not fit the above categorisations

• AlcoholFree.com Sub-Sites

  This policy refers to the usage of AlcoholFree.com and all related sub-sites which are connected to AlcoholFree.com and/or accessed by the use of your AlcoholFree.com account.

How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent

There are various ways to manage Tracker related preferences and to provide and withdraw consent, where relevant:

Users can manage preferences related to Trackers from directly within their own device settings, for example, by preventing the use or storage of Trackers.

Additionally, whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, Users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting their preferences within the cookie notice or by updating such preferences accordingly via the relevant consent-preferences privacy widget, if available.

It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored Trackers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent preferences.

Other Trackers in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.

With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

Locating Tracker Settings

Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
• Brave
• Opera

Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).

How to opt out of interest-based advertising

Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU and UK), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

Consequences of denying the use of Trackers

Users are free to decide whether or not to allow the use of Trackers. However, please note that Trackers help AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users (in line with the purposes outlined in this document). Therefore, if the User chooses to block the use of Trackers, the Owner may be unable to provide related features.

Owner and Data Controller

The Mindful Drinking Company Limited t/a AlcoholFree.com. Registered company address: 4 Providence Court, Pynes Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5JL, England. Company No: 11950570.

Owner contact email: info@alcoholfree.com

Since the use of third-party Trackers through AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by AlcoholFree.com and related sub-sites.