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Privacy policy

Effective Date: 2026-06-25

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

At House of Brown (“House of Brown,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), protecting your privacy is fundamental to how we operate. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit https://www.houseofbrown.wine (the “Site”) or otherwise interact with us.

By accessing or using the Site—including browsing, joining our mailing list, or making a purchase—you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

Summary of Your Rights

We do not sell your personal data.
We share your data only with trusted service providers necessary to operate our business (e.g., payments, shipping).
You may opt out of marketing communications at any time.
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data.
You can control cookies through your browser settings.

For questions or requests, contact us.

Information We Collect

1. Information You Provide

We collect personal information you voluntarily provide, including:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Billing and shipping addresses
  • Payment details (processed securely via third parties)

2. Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and device information
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referring URLs

Some of this information may identify you on its own or when combined with other information. Where we display reviews or use analytics and advertising tools, information such as your IP address, device identifiers, and online activity may be linked to you.

Why We Collect Your Information

Age Verification

You must be 21 years or older to use this Site or purchase alcohol. We may require information to verify your age. If you cannot verify eligibility, we cannot provide services.

We do not knowingly collect data from individuals under 21.

Transactions

We use your information to:

  • Process orders
  • Deliver products
  • Provide customer support
  • Communicate about your purchases
  • Marketing

We may use your information to send:

  • Product updates
  • Promotions
  • Brand communications

You can unsubscribe at any time via email links or by contacting us directly.

Even if you opt out, we may still send transactional messages (e.g., order confirmations).

How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal data. We share your information only as described in this Policy, including with trusted third parties who help us operate our business:

  • Payment processors
  • Shipping carriers
  • Email and SMS platforms
  • Hosting and analytics providers
  • Customer review and user-generated content providers (see "Customer Reviews & User-Generated Content")

These providers are contractually required to protect your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.

We may also publish and syndicate customer reviews as described in the reviews section above, which means review content and star ratings may appear publicly on our Site and on third-party platforms such as Shopify and the Shop app, Google, Meta, and TikTok.

We may also share data: to comply with legal obligations; to protect our rights, property, or safety; and in connection with a merger, acquisition, or asset sale.

If we enable advertising features, we may disclose certain information (such as device identifiers or online activity) to advertising platforms like Google and Meta in order to promote our products.

Customer Reviews & User-Generated Content

We use Judge.me (operated by Judge.me Ltd, a UK company) to collect, host, display, and syndicate customer reviews, ratings, photos, and videos. Judge.me acts as our sub-processor and is the provider of the review functionality on our Site. Judge.me processes review-related personal information on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions and its own privacy policy, available at https://judge.me/privacy.

Information collected through reviews. When you submit a review or respond to a review request, we and Judge.me may collect: your name or chosen display name; your email address; your order and product information, including data that links your review to your purchase ("Link Data"); the content of your review, including any photos or videos you upload; and technical information such as your IP address, device, and browser.

Reviews are public. Reviews you submit — together with the display name and any images or video you include — are published on our Site and may be visible to anyone. Please do not include information in a review that you do not want to be public.

Review requests by email and SMS. After a purchase, we may send you a review request and related reminders by email and/or SMS text message. We send these only to customers who have been age-verified as 21 or older. You can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any email, by replying STOP to any text message, or by contacting us. Standard message and data rates may apply to SMS.

Where your reviews appear (syndication). To help other shoppers and improve our visibility, your reviews and star ratings may be shared with and displayed on third-party platforms, including: Shopify and the Shop app; Google (including Google Shopping listings and star ratings in Google Search results); Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram, including shops); and TikTok Shop. We share Link Data with Shopify and the Shop app so that reviews can be matched to the correct products. Once your review is displayed on these platforms, it is also subject to their respective privacy policies and terms.

Advertising and marketing. We and our partners may use reviews, ratings, and related engagement data to promote our products and measure the performance of our marketing, including through advertising and analytics services. Personal information you provide to Judge.me may also be processed by Judge.me for its own purposes as described in the Judge.me privacy policy, which can include analytics and the creation of advertising audiences (for example, by sharing hashed identifiers such as email addresses with advertising platforms).

Age restriction. Submitting a review and receiving review communications are restricted to customers who are 21 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect, publish, or syndicate review content from anyone under 21. If we learn that we have collected such content, we will remove it promptly.

Your choices and rights for reviews. You can edit or delete a review you submitted through the controls in your Judge.me reviewer profile, or by contacting us, and we will pass your request to Judge.me. Please note that where your review and Link Data have already been shared with Shopify or the Shop app, we may not be able to delete that data from those platforms unilaterally; in that case we will pass your deletion request to the relevant party.

Data security and international transfer. Judge.me maintains SOC 2 Type 2 certification and hosts data on Amazon Web Services. Because Judge.me is based in the United Kingdom and uses service providers in other countries, your review information may be processed in the UK, the United States, and elsewhere.

Data Retention

We retain your information:

  • As long as your account is active
  • As necessary to provide services
  • To comply with legal and financial obligations

You may request deletion at any time, subject to legal requirements.

Your Rights & Choices

You may:

  • Access your personal data
  • Request corrections
  • Request deletion
  • Opt out of marketing
  • Edit or delete reviews you have submitted (see "Customer Reviews & User-Generated Content").

To exercise your rights, contact us.

We may require identity verification before fulfilling requests.

Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable safeguards, including:

  • Encryption of sensitive data
  • Secure servers and firewalls
  • Restricted internal access

However, no system is completely secure. Use of the Site is at your own risk.

SMS/Text Communications

If you provide your phone number and opt in, you consent to receive text messages from us, which may include:

  • Order and shipping updates
  • Review requests and reminders
  • Promotional messages

We send marketing and review-request texts only to customers age-verified as 21 or older. Message frequency varies. You can reply STOP to unsubscribe or HELP for assistance at any time. Standard message and data rates may apply. Text messaging may be supported by our service providers, including Judge.me for review requests.

Children’s Privacy

Our Site and products are intended only for individuals who are 21 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information — including reviews, photos, or videos — from anyone under 21. This restriction applies to all features of our Site, including third-party tools we use for reviews, email, and SMS, regardless of any lower minimum age those tools may apply by default. If we learn that we have collected personal information from someone under 21, we will delete it promptly.

International Users

Our Site is operated in the United States. By using it, you consent to your data being processed in the U.S., which may have different data protection laws than your jurisdiction.

Third-Party Links

Our Site may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their policies separately.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact Us

For questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy please contact us.