Privacy policy

Effective Date: 9th May 2025

As you would expect and as the law requires, we take your privacy and personal data extremely seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how Celtic Intuition Limited®, trading as Northern Latitudes Brewery® (“we”, “our”, or “us”), collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal data when you visit our website and purchase products from us. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who are we?

Company Name: Celtic Intuition Ltd
Trading As: Northern Latitudes Brewery

Website: https://northernlatitudes.scot

We’re a tiny business that will be operating out of our pico brewery at our house. We do not have a physical shop and we cannot sell anything from our premises. It is a condition of our local authority that we cannot have any members of the public on site. Please feel free to take a look around our website, but please do not come to visit us in person. Thank you.

Northern latitudes Brewery is proud to be a member of SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates. SIBA was established in 1980 to represent the interests of the growing number of independent breweries in Britain.

Company Number: 02929812

VAT Number: GB 830159253
Email: office@celtic-intuition.com

Business & Correspondence Address: Celtic Intuition Ltd, South Banks, Herston, Saint Margaret’s Hope, Orkney, KW17 2RH

Registered Address: Celtic Intuition Ltd, International House, 10 Beaufort Court, Admirals Way, London, E14 9XL

ICO Registration Number: ZB055531

For the purposes of the UK GDPR, we are the data controller.

2. What personal data we may collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

  • Identity Data: Name, date of birth.

  • Contact Data: Email address, billing address, delivery address, phone number.

  • Payment Data: Payment card details (processed securely via our payment provider).

  • Transaction Data: Purchase history and order details.

  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system.

  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website.

  • Marketing and Communications Data: Preferences in receiving marketing from us.

3. How we collect your data

We collect data:

  • When you place an order on our website.

  • When you create an account.

  • When you subscribe to our newsletter.

  • When you contact us via email, phone, or contact forms.

  • Through cookies and similar technologies (see Section 9).

Transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our utmost to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site. Any transmission of your personal data to our site is at your own risk.

Any personal information you provide to us will not be sold, rented or otherwise traded to third parties. We will only store it for as long as is necessary to continue providing the required service(s) to you.

4. How we use your data

We use your personal data to:

  • Process and deliver your orders.

  • Manage your customer account if you have one with us.

  • Communicate with you regarding your orders and inquiries.

  • Send you marketing communications (if you’ve opted in).

  • Improve our website and customer service.

  • Comply with our legal obligations.

5. Legal bases for processing

We process your personal data under the following lawful bases:

  • Contractual Necessity – to fulfil our contract with you.

  • Consent – for marketing communications and non-essential cookies.

  • Legal Obligation – to comply with legal requirements.

  • Legitimate Interests – to improve our services and prevent fraud.

6. Sharing your data

We will not sell your personal data. However, we may share it with:

  • Payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal).

  • Delivery partners (e.g., Royal Mail, courier services).

  • IT and website support providers.

  • Marketing service providers (if consented).

  • Legal or regulatory bodies if required by law.

All third parties are required to respect the security of your data and process it lawfully.

7. International transfers

Our website servers are instanced in the UK. We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA).

8. Data retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy, including legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Criteria for determining retention include:

  • The nature and sensitivity of the data.

  • Legal or contractual obligations.

  • Whether you have an active account.

9. Cookies and tracking technologies

We use cookies to enhance user experience, analyse website traffic, and support our marketing.

You can manage your cookie preferences via our Cookie Banner or your browser settings.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things, e.g. remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

The rules on cookies are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). PECR also covers the use of similar technologies for storing or accessing information, such as ‘Flash cookies’ and device fingerprinting.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for enforcing these rules.

You may come across information about cookies and similar technologies on websites and be given choices about how some cookies are used. This might include, for example, being asked to agree to a cookie being used for a particular service, such as remembering your preferences on a site.

Organisations have to provide clear and comprehensive information about the way they use cookies, and ensure that for any cookie not strictly necessary for their website, they give you an appropriate means of consenting to that cookie being set on your device.

You can use your web browser to:

  • delete all cookies;
  • block all cookies;
  • allow all cookies;
  • block ‘third-party’ cookies (ie, cookies set by online services other than the one you are visiting);
  • clear all cookies when you close the browser;
  • open a ‘private browsing’ / ‘incognito’ session, which allows you to browse the web without recording your browsing history or storing local data such as cookies (you should however be aware of the limitations of this feature in a privacy context); and
  • install add-ons and plugins that extend browser functionality.
image of the cookie details used on the site

10. Your data protection rights

Under the UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data.

  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Request erasure (“right to be forgotten”).

  • Restrict processing.

  • Data portability.

  • Object to processing.

  • Withdraw consent (where applicable).

  • Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

ICO Contact Information:
Website: https://ico.org.uk
Phone: 0303 123 1113

To exercise any rights, contact us at: office@celtic-intuition.com

11. Security measures

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, or disclosure.

  • SSL/TLS encryption – Our website uses SSL/TLS to encrypt any data sent between your browser and the site.

  • HTTPS – We use the secure version of the HTTP protocol (built on SSL/TLS) to ensure secure communications to and from our website.

  • Secure servers – Our UK based web servers are only accessible via secure means.

12. Third-party links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices. Please review their policies before providing any personal data.

13. Changes to this policy

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. The latest version will always be available on our website, with the effective date shown at the top.