Below you will find the data a visit to Rate This Wine involves and what you can ask us to do. Dated 31 October 2026.
Information we receive
Contributions you make in public are stored and can appear on the page; we check posts before they go live.
For vote counting, we record a coded version of the address, never the address itself.
are stored anonymously so we can improve recommendations.
To see which pairings help, we keep simple tallies of outbound link clicks, without names or emails.
In the ordinary way, our hosting company records technical facts like IP address and page, to spot attacks and fix faults.
Stored locally
Our tools work entirely in the page, so we never see your inputs.
in the Rate This Wine tool is stored only in your browser’s local storage. We never receive it.
Tracking and cookies
An ordinary visit requires no login, and does not rely on cookies we set.
Should we add visitor statistics such as Google Analytics, or ads, their providers may store cookies in your browser, and you can delete them at any time.
Your rights
To have your information changed or removed, email cellar@ratethiswine.com and we will handle it.
Who sees it
We do not trade or sell contact details, and never have. Except for our host and our email service, no one else sees your information unless the law requires it.
The rest
Rate This Wine does not knowingly hold data from children; if one has written to us, we will remove it when told.
In case of changes, this page is replaced and the date changes too.