Acres Away Winery – Privacy Policy

Last updated: 11/26/2025

Acres Away Winery (“we”, “our”, “us”) values your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us when visiting https://acresawaywinery.com (the “Website”).
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

We may collect personal information when you:

  • Submit a contact form
  • Sign up for newsletters or email updates
  • Make a reservation or event inquiry
  • Leave a comment on our blog
  • Create an account (if applicable)

This information may include your name, email address, phone number, message content, and any information you voluntarily submit.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user-agent string to assist with spam prevention.

If you use Gravatar, an anonymized hash of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service. Their privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile image (if any) becomes public alongside your comment.

Automatically Collected Information

When browsing the Website, we may collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device information
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referral URLs

This helps us improve site performance and understand how visitors use our Website.

2. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Like most websites, we use cookies to:

  • Remember your preferences
  • Improve loading speed and performance
  • Keep you logged in if you have an account
  • Analyze traffic and usage patterns

You can adjust cookie settings in your browser at any time.

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name and email in browser cookies for convenience. These last for one year.

If you log in, we set temporary cookies to determine browser compatibility and additional cookies to store login preferences.

3. Embedded Content From Other Websites

Our Website may include embedded content such as videos, maps, or social media posts.
Embedded content behaves as if you visited the originating site directly and may collect data according to the provider’s policies.

Examples may include:

  • YouTube videos
  • Google Maps
  • Facebook or Instagram posts

These third-party websites may set their own cookies or tracking elements, which are outside our control.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Respond to messages or inquiries
  • Provide customer service
  • Send newsletter updates (if you opt-in)
  • Improve the performance, security, and functionality of the Website
  • Moderate comments
  • Protect our site from spam or abuse

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We only share data with trusted third parties when necessary, such as:

  • Email marketing providers (if you subscribe)
  • Payment processors, if the site offers online purchases
  • Spam detection services (e.g., Akismet)
  • Website hosting and security providers

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.

6. How Long We Keep Your Information

  • Comments: Stored indefinitely so we can recognize follow-up comments and maintain conversation threads.
  • User accounts (if any): Personal information is stored within the user profile and can be edited or deleted by the user at any time (except username).
  • Contact form submissions: Retained as long as necessary to respond and maintain records.

7. Your Rights Over Your Data

You may request to:

  • Receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Ask us to delete your information, where legally allowed
  • Withdraw consent for email marketing at any time

To make a request, contact us at: [Add winery email address].

Please note we may need to retain certain information for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

8. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through automated spam-detection and security services.

9. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information.
However, no method of online transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our Website may link to external sites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.
We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

11. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements.
The “Last updated” date at the top will indicate when changes were made.

12. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us.