Grovedale Winery Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from grovedalewinery.com (the “Site”).

WHO WE ARE

Our website address is: https://grovedalewinery.com

The website is operated by Grovedale Winery, located at:

71 Grovedale Lane
Wyalusing, PA 18853
United States

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including your web browser, IP address, time zone, cookies installed on your device, pages viewed, referral sources, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

Cookies are data files placed on your device or computer that often include an anonymous unique identifier. More information about cookies can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Log Files track actions occurring on the Site and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring and exit pages, and timestamps.

Web beacons, tags, and pixels are electronic files used to record information about how visitors browse the website.

When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information including your name, date of birth (for alcohol age verification where required), billing address, shipping address, payment information, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

When we refer to “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean both Device Information and Order Information.

COMMENTS

When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

After approval of a comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly next to your comment.

MEDIA

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may download and extract location data from images on the site.

COOKIES

If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for convenience and last for one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, cookies may also be used to save your login information and screen preferences. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login active for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish content on the website, an additional cookie may be saved indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie expires after one day.

EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Articles on this Site may include embedded content such as videos, images, or articles from other websites. Embedded content behaves the same as if the visitor had visited the originating website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use the Order Information we collect to process and fulfill orders, verify legal drinking age when required, process payments, arrange shipping and delivery, provide invoices and order confirmations, communicate with customers, and screen orders for fraud or risk.

When consistent with your preferences, we may also use your information to send marketing communications about our wines, events, or promotions.

We use Device Information to improve and optimize the website, monitor site analytics, detect potential fraud or security risks, and evaluate marketing performance.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with trusted third-party providers to help operate our business.

Examples include:

Square, which is used to process payments and certain transactions through our website and point-of-sale systems. You can read more about Square’s privacy practices at https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy

Vinoshipper, which processes wine orders, manages wine club memberships, and ensures compliance with alcohol shipping regulations. Their privacy policy is available at https://vinoshipper.com/privacy-policy/

Google Analytics, which helps us understand how visitors interact with our website. Google’s privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

You can opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

We may also share personal information when required to comply with applicable laws or regulations, respond to lawful requests such as subpoenas, or protect our legal rights and property.

BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING

We may use your personal information to provide targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.

You can opt out of targeted advertising through the following services:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads

You may also opt out of some services through the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://optout.aboutads.info/

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection practices when we receive a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Site, we maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you request that we delete this information, unless we are required to retain it for legal, tax, or compliance purposes.

Comments and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely so we can recognize and automatically approve follow-up comments.

USER ACCOUNTS

For users that register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time except for their username. Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

YOUR RIGHTS

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we must retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To make a request, please contact us using the information below.

MINORS

This website is not intended for individuals under the age of 21 due to the sale of alcoholic beverages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 21.

WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Order data may also be processed by our ecommerce and fulfillment partners such as Square and Vinoshipper.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect operational, legal, or regulatory changes.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices or to request access or deletion of your data, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address:
Grovedale Winery
71 Grovedale Lane
Wyalusing, PA 18853
United States