Privacy Policy
Effective 26 September 2026
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1. Who we are
This website, worthopening.wine and the services offered through it are operated under the trading name Worth Opening by RT Advisory Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong with its registered office at Universal Trade Centre, 3 Arbuthnot Road, 29/F Unit 2904-05, Central, Hong Kong SAR ("we", "us", "our"). Raphael Tressieres is the curator and primary contact. For any privacy matter, write to us at info@worthopening.wine or via the enquiry form on this website. We are the data controller for the personal data described below.
2. What we collect
Enquiry data you submit through the form on this website: your name, email address and the details of your enquiry. The form is delivered to us by Web3Forms, a form-forwarding service, which transmits your submission to our mailbox.
Event and booking data when we plan an engagement together: guest numbers, dates, venue details, dietary notes and similar practical information.
Cellar data you choose to share for a cellar review: inventories, invoices or photographs of your collection.
Payment data: payments are made by bank transfer or through a payment provider (such as Stripe). We never see or store full card details.
This website itself sets no cookies and runs no analytics or advertising trackers.
3. Why we use it and on what legal basis
To answer enquiries and deliver tastings, curation and sourcing (performance of a contract or steps prior to one). To invoice, keep accounting records and meet legal obligations (legal obligation). To keep limited records of past engagements and improve our formats (legitimate interests). To use photographs or testimonials from events in our materials, only with your explicit consent (consent, withdrawable at any time).
4. Who we share it with
We do not sell personal data. We share it only with providers needed to run the business: Web3Forms (delivery of website enquiries), Microsoft 365 (email and documents), our payment provider, our website host and, where an engagement requires it, the licensed venue, merchant or logistics partner involved in your booking, limited to what they need (for example, guest count or delivery address).
5. International transfers
We operate internationally (including Hong Kong and the European Union) and our providers may process data in other countries, including the United States. Where required, transfers rely on appropriate safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent mechanisms offered by the provider.
6. How long we keep it
Enquiries that do not lead to an engagement: up to 12 months. Event and curation records: up to 24 months after the engagement ends, unless you ask us to delete them sooner. Invoicing and accounting records: as required by law (typically 7 years).
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live (including under the EU and UK GDPR), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal data, to object to or restrict certain processing and to withdraw consent at any time. Contact us via the enquiry form or by email and we will respond within one month. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
8. Cookies and third-party requests
This website sets no cookies and runs no analytics or advertising trackers. Its fonts and scripts are served from our own domain, so browsing it sends no request to any third party. If you pause the animations, your browser remembers that choice on your own device; it is never sent to us. The only third-party service involved is the enquiry form, which passes what you submit to Web3Forms for delivery to our mailbox. If we introduce analytics in the future, we will use a privacy-respecting, cookieless tool or ask for your consent first and we will update this policy.
9. Alcohol
Our tastings and dinners involve wine and are intended for guests of legal drinking age in their jurisdiction. Wine is sold, where applicable, by licensed venue and merchant partners, not by this website.
10. Changes
We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date above always reflects the current version.