Who we are
We are a blog for people who enjoy wine. We do not sell or advertise or promote any product or services. Our website address is: https://www.thinkerandthedrinker.com/
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
If you respond to our contact form, information is kept for one year and is not used for marketing purposes, only for enjoyment of wine ideas.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
We do not share personal information that you provide through our website with unaffiliated third parties, except as necessary for our legitimate and professional business needs, to carry our your requests, to market services, as required by law or professional standards, or with your consent. We do not sell or rent your personal data for any purpose.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
Inquires can be directed to privacy@thinkerandthedrinker.com.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Thinkerandthedrinker has implemented security features that are designed to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. Despite efforts to protect your personal information, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to or from Thinkerandthedrinker via this Site or via e-mail cannot be and is not guaranteed. You acknowledge that the technical processing and transmission of the Site content may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. Once data reaches your network it is your responsibility to ensure it remains secure.
Data security
You may exercise a number of rights over your data including: accessing the personal data, asking us to correct any of your personal data which is inaccurate, request to have your personal data deleted as long as it is consistent with applicable law and professional standards, put in place reasonable restrictions on our processing of your data, or asking us to transfer your data to others (data portability).
We will handle exercise of your data in accordance with the requirements of applicable laws. Should you need to exercise any of your access rights please contact us at privacy@thinkerandthedrinkercom.