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San Angelo Whiskey Collective

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://sanangelowhiskey.com.

We are the San Angelo Whiskey Collective — a whiskey-focused community offering curated experiences, exclusive member events, and partnerships with local establishments.

Information We Collect

When you interact with our site, we may collect the following information:

Your name, email address, and phone number when you sign up for membership, events, or newsletters.
Data from comments or contact forms, including your IP address and browser details.
Uploaded media (photos, videos) if you choose to share them.
Cookies to enhance your experience (details below).

How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

Provide you access to member-only content and services.
Send event updates, newsletters, and whiskey-related resources.
Coordinate event logistics and volunteer efforts.
Improve our website and community engagement.

We may also share your email and phone number with trusted local partners (such as distilleries, event venues, or retailers) for collaborative marketing purposes. These partners are selected based on relevance to our members and are expected to respect your privacy.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) from your email address may be provided to Gravatar to check if you use it. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval, your profile picture may appear alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, we recommend removing location data (EXIF GPS) beforehand. Visitors can potentially extract location data from public images.

Cookies

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

Other cookies we may use:

Temporary login cookies (discarded when you close your browser)
Login/session cookies (2 days to 2 weeks)
Screen preference cookies (1 year)
Post edit cookies (24 hours)

You can manage or delete cookies in your browser settings.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, maps, images, or links). These behave as if you visited the source website directly and may collect tracking data or use cookies.

Who We Share Your Data With

In addition to selected local partners, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Data Retention

Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely to support community conversation.
User profiles (if enabled) will retain your provided information until deleted.
You may edit or delete your data anytime (except usernames). Admins can also edit profile data.

Your Rights

You can request:

A copy of the personal data we hold about you.
That we delete your data, excluding any legal/admin data we must retain.

Where Your Data Goes

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