Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 1/1/2025
Carpenter Wines (“we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy. This policy outlines the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when visiting our website https://carpenterwines.net (“Website”), and how we use, store, and protect that information.
1. Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.
An anonymized hash of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the Website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the Website may be able to download and extract such data from images.
2. Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our Website. If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
When accessing our login page, we use a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Upon logging in, several cookies will be used to save login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will extend your login for two weeks. Logging out will remove these cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie containing the post ID will be stored in your browser and expires after one day. It does not contain personal data.
3. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Pages or articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from third-party websites behaves as if you visited those websites directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, particularly if you are logged into their service.
4. Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email. Otherwise, we do not share your data with third parties except as necessary for spam detection or legal compliance.
5. Data Retention
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments.
For users who register on our Website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users may view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also access and modify that data.
6. Your Data Rights
If you have an account on this Website or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you provided. You may also request that we delete your personal data. This excludes any data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
7. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.