Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.santabarbarawinecountry.com.

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.

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.

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Analytics and Advertising Tracking

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website, including pages viewed, time spent on the site, traffic sources, device/browser information, and general location data. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and process this information. Google requires sites using Google Analytics to disclose its use and how data is collected and processed. Google Help

We may also use the Meta Pixel and related Meta Business Tools to measure ad performance, understand how visitors interact with our website, and help deliver more relevant advertising on Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta platforms. Meta states that businesses may send activity information through tools such as the Meta Pixel, including website activity and device/browser information. Facebook

These tools may use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies to collect information about your activity on our website. This information may be used for analytics, advertising measurement, retargeting, audience building, and improving our marketing.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. You can also use Google’s available opt-out tools for Google Analytics and adjust your ad preferences through Meta’s privacy and advertising settings.

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Analytics and Advertising

We use Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel to help us understand website traffic, measure advertising performance, and improve our marketing. These tools may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to collect information such as pages visited, device/browser information, traffic sources, and interactions with our website. This information may be used for analytics, ad measurement, retargeting, and audience-building on platforms including Google, Facebook, and Instagram. Google requires websites using Google Analytics to disclose its use, and Meta explains that businesses may send website activity through tools such as the Meta Pixel. Google Help

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.

Who we share your data with

Your IP address can be included.

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 your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.