Who We Are

In Vino Veritas is dedicated to providing our customers with a seamless online wine shopping experience. Our website can be found at www.invino.co.za, a premier destination for wine enthusiasts.

Collection of Personal Data

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. Should your email address match with a Gravatar service, your profile picture becomes visible to the public in the context of your comment, adhering to Gravatar’s privacy policy (https://automattic.com/privacy/).

Media: We advise against uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) to the website to protect your privacy. Uploaded images could allow visitors to extract location data.

Cookies: To enhance your experience, opting in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies is available when you leave a comment. This convenience eliminates the need to re-enter your details for future comments. Comment cookies last one year. Other cookies include temporary login verification, saved login information, and screen display choices, with varying durations from a session to one year.

Embedded Content: Our site may feature embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles), which follows the same privacy practices as if you visited the original website. Note that these sites might collect data, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Data Sharing: Your data is kept confidential, with the exception of IP addresses included in password reset emails for security purposes.

Data Retention: Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely for follow-up recognition. Registered users’ information is stored in their profiles and can be edited or deleted at any time, except for username changes. Administrators may also access and edit this information.

Your Data Rights: You have the right to request an export of your personal data held by us or its deletion, excluding data retained for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

Data Management: Automated spam detection services may analyze visitor comments for spam.

This Privacy Policy outlines how In Vino Veritas manages your personal data and your rights regarding this data. For further assistance or inquiries about our privacy practices, please contact us at shop@invino.co.za.

Thank you for choosing In Vino Veritas.