Cookies Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit websites. They enable sites to function efficiently and provide information to the website owner. There are two main types of cookies used on this Site:

• First-party cookies are set directly by Wine Vision by Open Balkan when you visit our Site.
• Third-party cookies are set by external providers such as analytics platforms or social media networks.

2. How We Use Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to operate and cannot be switched off. They enable core functions such as page navigation, form submission, and login session management.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies remember your choices and provide enhanced, personalized features. They preserve preferences such as language selection or the dismissal of pop-up notices, so you do not need to re-configure them on every visit.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

The Site does not currently load Google Analytics or any third-party analytics tool. If analytics tooling is activated in the future, cookies such as _ga, _gid, and _gat would collect aggregated and anonymized usage data, and that activation would require explicit user consent.

Advertising and Targeting Cookies

Advertising and targeting cookies are not currently utilized on this Site. Should we run future campaigns that require such cookies, this policy will be updated and fresh consent will be requested before any targeting cookies are set.

Social Media Cookies

Wine Vision by Open Balkan maintains profiles on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Where content from these platforms is embedded in our pages, third-party cookies may be set by those providers. YouTube embeds use privacy-enhanced mode to minimize cookie activity until you choose to play a video.

3. Specific Cookies in Use

Necessary Cookies

• NEXT_LOCALE— Remembers your selected language (en/sr) so the site renders in your preferred language on return visits. Persists for 1 year.
• cookie_consent— Remembers your response to the cookie consent banner so you are not prompted on every visit. Persists for 6–12 months.

Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics) — not active

If Google Analytics is activated, the following cookies would be used:

• _ga— Distinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated identifier. Persists for 2 years.
• _gid — Distinguishes users on a daily basis. Expires after 24 hours.
• _gat— Throttles the rate of requests to Google's servers. Expires after 1 minute.
• _ga_<property-id>— Used by Google Analytics 4 to persist session state. Persists for 2 years.

Advertising and Social Media Cookies

No advertising or social media cookies are currently in use on this Site.

4. Your Choices and Controls

A cookie consent banner is displayed on your first visit to the Site. You may choose Accept All to allow all cookie categories, or Reject to decline non-essential cookies. You can also adjust your preferences at any time through the cookie settings panel accessible via the link in the footer.

Browser Controls

All modern browsers provide built-in cookie controls. Through your browser settings you can:

• View and delete cookies already stored on your device.
• Block third-party cookies or all cookies from being set.
• Use incognito or private browsing mode to limit persistent cookie storage.

Please note that disabling all cookies may prevent parts of the Site from functioning correctly.

Google Analytics Opt-Out

If Google Analytics is activated in the future, you can prevent it from collecting data about your browsing activity by installing Google's official opt-out browser add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Do Not Track

This Site relies on our cookie consent mechanism rather than browser-level Do Not Track (DNT) signals. If you wish to limit data collection, please use the cookie preferences panel or the browser controls described above.

5. Legal Basis for Use

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Serbian data protection law, non-essential cookies (analytics, functional, advertising) are only placed on your device on the basis of your explicit consent. You may withdraw consent at any time through the cookie settings panel.

Strictly necessary cookies are placed under the legal basis of legitimate interest, as they are required for the Site to operate. No consent is required for these cookies, but we still aim to be fully transparent about their use.

6. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, legal requirements, or our services. The effective date at the top of this page will always show when the policy was last revised. We will communicate significant changes through a notice on the Site or via email where appropriate.

7. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about how we use cookies, please contact our web team: