Red Wine Cats also referred to as “Website” or “Site” is governed by the following privacy policy.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://redwinecats.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 decide to reach out to us using the provided contact form you may be asked to provide your email address, your name and optionally a phone number, all of which are used solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry and will not be used for marketing purposes.

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 visit our login page, 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.

Additional cookies may be used by third party providers we utilize on this website, please review the following sections: “Analytics” and “Who we share your data with”

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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Anonymous Data

We may occasionally use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics for collecting analytics information that helps us improve the website. This service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites or user actions on the site. Google also uses cookies to collect analytics data. Users can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookies by downloading and installing the following browser plugin: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

Who we share your data with

We make use of the following third-party service providers. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is governed by their respective privacy policies:

Google Analytics – This service tracks website usage and provides additional information related to referring websites as well as user action on the website. Please refer to the following link for google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Mailchimp – We use mailchimp for mailing list sign-up form and for email delivery of updates and news. All forms are voluntary opt-in forms. For additional details on how this data is processed please refer to Mailchimp’s privacy policy: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

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.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact information

At any time you may contact us at misty@redwinecats.com regarding any questions related to this policy or if you have any privacy-specific concerns.