Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to Bella Cheeza Winery. Our website, accessible at https://bellacheezawinery.co.za, is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy outlines the types of personal information we collect and how it is used and safeguarded.

Comments

When you leave comments on our website, we collect the information displayed in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection. If you use a Gravatar, an anonymized string (hash) from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes publicly visible in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, please avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

Our site uses cookies to enhance your experience. If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t need to re-enter details for future comments. These cookies last one year. We also use cookies for login and site preferences, which vary in duration. If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be stored in your browser, indicating the post ID of the article edited. This cookie expires after one day.

Embedded Content

Our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content from other websites behaves as if you visited those websites directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Data Sharing

Your data may be shared in specific scenarios, such as during a password reset request, where your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up comments and moderation. For registered users, we store personal information provided in their profiles. Users can edit or delete their information at any time (username changes are not permitted). Administrators can also view and edit this information.

Your Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data we hold, including any data you’ve provided. You can also request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you, excluding data retained for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

Data Transfer

Visitor comments may be screened through an automated spam detection service