Last updated: 9 November 2026
This notice covers the VKDC coming-soon website at vkdc.eu and www.vkdc.eu, including its photo slideshow and email contact link.
Who is responsible
Van Knapheide Distilling Company GmbH
Hauptstraße 37
19273 Amt Neuhaus, Ortschaft Kaarßen
Germany
Email: office@vkdc.eu
Visiting the website
We use Shopify to host the website and deliver its images and other files. When your browser requests a page or file, technical information is processed to deliver that request, maintain the service and protect it against misuse. This can include your IP address, the requested URL, the time of the request, browser and device information, and referring page information supplied by your browser.
For processing necessary to deliver and secure the website, we rely on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests are making the website available reliably and protecting its technical operation. Technical data is retained only for as long as needed for these purposes or to investigate a specific security incident.
Contacting us
The “SAY HI” link opens your email application. It does not send a message automatically. If you email us, we process your email address, the information in your message and any attachments to answer your enquiry. Our email service provider also processes the message to deliver and store it.
The legal basis is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR when the enquiry concerns a contract or steps you request before entering into a contract. For other enquiries, we rely on our legitimate interest in responding to correspondence under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. You decide what information to send; without a reply address or sufficient details, we may be unable to answer.
We keep correspondence while it is needed to handle the enquiry. We retain it longer where a legal record-keeping obligation applies or where it is needed to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Shopify and international processing
Shopify and its service providers process technical data to operate the hosting platform and deliver this website. More information about Shopify's processing is available in its Data Processing Addendum and Consumer Privacy Policy.
Shopify operates internationally. Its documentation provides for processing outside the European Economic Area, including in Canada, and describes safeguards such as applicable adequacy decisions and standard contractual clauses. Further information and the relevant transfer safeguards are available in Shopify's Data Processing Addendum.
Cookies and device information
Technical cookies and similar technologies may be used by the hosting platform to deliver and protect the website. The slideshow controls work in your browser. Shopify describes its platform cookies in its Cookie Policy; not every cookie listed there is used by this coming-soon page.
Where storing or accessing information on your device is strictly necessary to provide a service you have requested, the applicable basis is section 25(2) TDDDG. Personal-data processing necessary for delivery and security is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, as described above.
Your rights
Depending on the legal conditions, you can request access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing and data portability. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests for reasons arising from your particular situation. Where processing relies on consent, you can withdraw that consent for the future. Contact office@vkdc.eu to exercise your rights.
You can also complain to a data protection authority. The Lower Saxony data protection authority accepts complaints about organisations based in Lower Saxony. You may instead contact the authority at your habitual residence or place of work.
