Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://driftwoodsouth.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.

Direct Marketing Information

If you have opted-in to our email distribution list, we will use your email address, general location, and purchase and website browsing history to provide product and service updates, marketing messages regarding new product launches, special events, sales and promotions, product recommendations, and other marketing communications via email. If you live outside of the EU or if you have provided us with consent, we may also use your email address, general location, and purchase and website browsing history to serve you personalized ads through Facebook, Instagram, and related advertising networks. You can unsubscribe from our email communications at any time by clicking the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in the footer of our emails or by contacting info@driftwoodsouth.com.  You can also opt-out of Facebook/Instagram online ads here https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads.

If you have opted-in to our SMS distribution list, we will use your mobile phone number to provide you with product and service updates, marketing messages regarding new product launches, special events, sales and promotions, product recommendations, and other marketing communications. Additionally, we use cookies to collect information around abandoned shopping carts. A cart is considered abandoned within one hour of inactivity/lack of purchase. Once the cart is considered abandoned, an SMS message will be sent as a reminder. You can unsubscribe at any time by replying ‘stop’ to any of our SMS texts or by contacting info@driftwoodsouth.com.

If you have opted-in to receive browser based ‘push’ notifications, we will use your general location, and purchase and online browsing history to provide product and service updates, marketing messages regarding new product launches, special events, sales and promotions, product recommendations, and other marketing communications via browser based ‘push’ notifications. You can unsubscribe at any time by updating your local browser settings.

Email Communications

From time to time, Driftwood South may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Driftwood South or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Driftwood South, you may opt out of such communications by;

Customers may unsubscribe from emails by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE link. Or, they may reach out to Driftwood South directly by emailing nick@driftwoodsouth.com

SMS Communications

If you have opted-in to our SMS distribution list, we will use your mobile phone number to provide you with product and service updates, marketing messages regarding new product launches, special events, sales and promotions, product recommendations, and other marketing communications.

Additionally, we use cookies to collect information around abandoned shopping carts. A cart is considered abandoned within one hour of inactivity/lack of purchase. Once the cart is considered abandoned, an SMS message may be sent as a reminder. You can unsubscribe at any time by replying ‘STOP’ to any of our SMS texts or by contacting nick@driftwoodsouth.com

If you have opted-in to receive browser based ‘push’ notifications, we will use your general location, and purchase and online browsing history to provide product and service updates, marketing messages regarding new product launches, special events, sales and promotions, product recommendations, and other marketing communications via browser based ‘push’ notifications. You can unsubscribe at any time by updating your local browser settings.

Please visit our Mobile Terms of Service for more information.

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.

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

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

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.