Cookie Policy
1. About this policy
This policy explains the cookies and similar technologies (browser storage, embedded content and measurement scripts) used on ardinartwinecellars.com: what they are, why we use them, how long they last and how you can change your choice.
How we handle personal data more generally is explained in our Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy.
2. Who we are
ARDINART Wine Cellars is the brand of ARDİNART SOĞUTMA SİSTEMLERİ SAN. TİC. LTD. ŞTİ., a limited company registered in Türkiye.
Address: İkitelli OSB Mahallesi, Marmara Sanayi Sitesi L Blok No: 36-37, 34307 Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Türkiye Phone: +90 212 646 42 66 Privacy contact: winecellars@ardinart.com
3. Cookies and similar technologies
A cookie is a small text file a website stores in your browser. Local storage and session storage do a similar job: information is kept in your browser. Session storage is cleared when you close the tab; local storage stays until you clear it. The rules below apply to all of them.
First-party items are set by this site. Third-party items are set for another service, such as Google Analytics or YouTube.
4. Categories
| Category | Purpose | Your choice |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Security, protecting the enquiry form, remembering the theme and view you picked, remembering your cookie choice | Always on. Strictly necessary for a service you request, so no consent is needed. |
| Analytics | Visit statistics with Google Analytics 4 | Off by default; only with your consent |
| External media | Showing YouTube videos and Google Maps on the page | Off by default. Turn it on in Preferences, or click a video or map to load it once. |
We do not use advertising, marketing or retargeting cookies.
How we ask:
- optional categories start off;
- "Accept all" and "Essential only" are equally visible, on the first screen;
- scrolling, browsing or closing the notice is not consent;
- refusing does not stop you using the site;
- you can withdraw consent as easily as you gave it, through Cookie preferences in the footer.
5. What this site uses
This list was taken from the site's code on 16 October 2026 and from the providers' documentation. Third parties can change their own cookies, so this list can change.
5.1 Essential
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ardinart:theme |
Local storage | Ardinart (first party) | Remembers your light/dark theme | Until you clear it |
ardinart:gorunum |
Local storage | Ardinart | Remembers the grid/index view you chose on the projects page | Until you clear it |
ardinart:consent |
Local storage | Ardinart | Remembers your cookie choice: category choices, date, consent version, where you made the choice (notice, panel, video/map) and whether a GPC signal was present. Never sent to our server. | 12 months, then we ask again |
ardinart:vt |
Session storage | Ardinart | Lets the page-to-page transition play correctly | Cleared when the tab closes |
ardinart:rack-lit |
Session storage | Ardinart | Plays the rack-lighting animation once per visit | Cleared when the tab closes |
ardinart:last-page |
Session storage | Ardinart | If you send the enquiry form, adds the last page you viewed so we can reply about the right product. Not sent anywhere unless you submit the form. | Cleared when the tab closes |
__cf_bm |
Cookie (HTTP) | Cloudflare, Inc. | Tells human visitors from malicious bots (security) | 30 minutes |
cf_clearance |
Cookie (HTTP) | Cloudflare, Inc. | Remembers that you passed a security check; set only if a check is shown | Depends on the Cloudflare setting; default 30 minutes |
_cfuvid |
Cookie (HTTP) | Cloudflare, Inc. | Distinguishes visitors for rate-limiting rules; set only if such a rule is on | Session |
| Cloudflare Turnstile | Script (not a cookie) | Cloudflare, Inc. | Protects the enquiry form from bots. Loads only when you start using the form. According to Cloudflare it sets no cookies; it processes browser and device signals. | — |
Cloudflare sits in front of the site for security and content delivery (CDN). On every page request, your IP address and request data (address requested, browser type, time) are processed on Cloudflare's servers worldwide, including in the United States. Which Cloudflare cookies are set depends on its configuration.
5.2 Analytics (with your consent)
Google Analytics 4 (GA4, measurement ID G-3XJZ17ZDT1) loads only after you allow Analytics. Until then the GA4 script is not downloaded at all and no measurement request reaches Google (Google Consent Mode v2, "basic" set-up).
| Name | Type | Set by | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Cookie (on our domain) | Google LLC (GA4) | Distinguishes visitors with a random ID | 2 years |
_ga_3XJZ17ZDT1 |
Cookie (on our domain) | Google LLC (GA4) | Keeps session state | 2 years |
What you should know about GA4:
- What we measure: pages visited, time on page, device and browser type, approximate location (country/city), and these events: button clicks, clicks on WhatsApp or phone links, use of the project filter, form steps and errors, and a submitted enquiry (form type, type of space and solution, role, language). Your name, email, phone number and message are never sent to Google.
- IP addresses: according to Google, GA4 does not log or store IP addresses; the IP is used only to derive approximate location and is then discarded.
- No advertising: Google Signals, ads personalisation, Google Ads linking and Google's data-sharing settings are off. Google acts as our processor under the Google Ads Data Processing Terms.
- Retention at Google: event-level data is deleted after 2 months.
- Transfers: data is processed on Google servers, including in the United States (see §7).
- Opting out: switch off Analytics under "Cookie preferences" in the footer; measurement stops and the
_gacookies are deleted. You can also use Google's browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
5.3 External media (with your consent)
| What | Provider | When it loads | What may happen |
|---|---|---|---|
YouTube video via youtube-nocookie.com (privacy-enhanced mode) |
Google Ireland Ltd. (EEA/Switzerland) or Google LLC (elsewhere) | Only when you click "Play video", or if you allowed External media (the player then loads by itself, without autoplay) | During playback Google may use cookies and similar technologies (for example yt-remote-* and ytidb::* browser storage). Your IP address and device details reach Google. |
| Google Maps embed | Google Ireland Ltd. / Google LLC | Only when you click "Load map", or if you allowed External media | Google may use cookies (for example NID) and similar technologies. Your IP address reaches Google. |
When loaded, Google processes this data under its own privacy policy and as its own controller: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
5.4 What we don't use
No advertising pixels, retargeting, social media plug-ins or fingerprinting. Fonts and images are served from our own server. Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are plain links: nothing loads from them until you click.
6. Rules by region
We apply the same standard to every visitor: optional technologies stay off until you choose.
European Union / EEA. Storing or reading information on your device needs your consent unless it is strictly necessary for a service you asked for (ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC, Art. 5(3), as implemented in each member state). Consent must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, and as easy to withdraw as to give (GDPR Art. 4(11) and Art. 7). Analytics and external-media data is then processed on the basis of your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)); Cloudflare security processing relies on our legitimate interest in keeping the site secure (Art. 6(1)(f)).
United Kingdom. The same approach under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), reg. 6, and the UK GDPR. The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 adds some new exemptions, for example for certain statistical analytics. We do not rely on them: analytics stays consent-based for UK visitors too.
United States. We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, as those terms are used in the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA and in similar state laws. Google Analytics and Cloudflare act as our service providers. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we treat it as an opt-out: analytics starts off and "Accept all" does not switch it on, whatever your state; you can still switch it on yourself in Preferences. Because we do not sell or share, we do not show a separate "Do Not Sell or Share" link; if that changes, we will add one before the change takes effect.
Brazil. Under the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD, Law 13.709/2018) we rely on your consent (Art. 7, I) for analytics and external media and on legitimate interest (Art. 7, IX) for essential security cookies, in line with the ANPD's guidance on cookies (2022). You can revoke consent at any time (Art. 8, §5).
Türkiye and other countries. Turkish visitors are covered by the Turkish Cookie Policy (Çerez Politikası) under Law No. 6698 (KVKK). For other South American countries (for example Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay) and elsewhere, we apply the same consent-first approach.
7. International transfers
The site is hosted on servers in Türkiye (Veridyen). Cloudflare and Google process data on servers outside your country, including in the United States. For EU and UK visitors, Google LLC and Cloudflare, Inc. rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (and its UK Extension), with the Standard Contractual Clauses in their data processing terms as a fallback. See "International transfers" in the Privacy Policy.
8. How to change your choice
- Use Cookie preferences in the site footer at any time.
- You can also delete or block cookies and site data in your browser: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge. Blocking essential items may stop the form or the theme setting from working.
- We ask again after 12 months, or sooner if we add a new optional category.
9. Your rights
Where cookie data is personal data, you have the rights described in the Privacy Policy (for example access, deletion and objection), and you can complain to your data protection authority.
10. Changes
When we add a new cookie or service we update this policy and the date above. If we add a new optional category, we ask for your consent again.
11. Contact
winecellars@ardinart.com · +90 212 646 42 66 · İkitelli OSB Mahallesi, Marmara Sanayi Sitesi L Blok No: 36-37, 34307 Küçükçekmece, Istanbul, Türkiye