Privacy & Cookies Policy.

Our approach

This policy explains how Homeland Craft Beer & Wine (“Homeland,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information when you visit homeland.beer or www.homeland.beer. We keep data collection on this Site limited. We do not use Google Analytics, advertising cookies, or tools that profile visitors for targeted advertising.

Information the Site may process

• Basic technical information: Our hosting and security providers may process information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, requested pages, timestamps, and security signals to deliver and protect the Site.
• Age-verification choice: When you confirm that you are 21 or older, the Site stores that choice in your browser so you do not have to answer the same question on every page.
• Information you choose to send: If you contact us by email or phone, we receive the information you provide so we can respond.
• Merch checkout: We send your selected items and, for pickup, your name, email, and phone number to Square to prepare checkout. Square collects payment details on its own checkout page. Our Site keeps limited checkout-attempt records to prevent duplicate requests and investigate errors; these records do not contain your card details or pickup contact details.
• Information submitted to other services: If you buy a ticket or gift card, join rewards, subscribe to email updates, open a map, or visit a social-media page, the third-party service receives the information you submit under its own privacy policy.

How we use information

We use information to operate and secure the Site, remember your age-verification choice, respond to messages, provide requested information, troubleshoot problems, comply with law, and protect Homeland, our customers, and others.

Cookies and browser storage

The Site currently uses only storage that supports essential operation and security:

• Age-verification storage: The browser setting named homeland-age-verified records whether you selected “Yes, enter.” It remains on your device until you clear your browser’s site data.
• Security cookies: Our hosting and security infrastructure may set strictly necessary Cloudflare cookies, such as __cf_bm, to identify and reduce malicious or automated traffic. Cloudflare may also set challenge or rate-limiting cookies when needed to protect the Site.
• Checkout session: Starting merch checkout sets an essential cookie named __Host-homeland-merch. It identifies your checkout session for up to 24 hours so we can limit abuse and safely handle retries. It is not used for advertising.

We do not currently set analytics, advertising, or social-media tracking cookies on the Site. Because the current cookies and browser storage are used only for essential security and requested functionality, the Site does not display a marketing-cookie consent banner. If we add nonessential tracking or analytics in the future, we will update this policy and add appropriate choices where required.

You can clear or block cookies and local storage through your browser settings. Blocking essential storage may cause the age question to appear again or may affect Site security and availability.

When information may be shared

We may share limited information with providers that help host, protect, or operate the Site; when you direct us to connect you with a third-party service; when required by law or valid legal process; or when reasonably necessary to prevent fraud, abuse, or harm. We do not sell personal information.

Third-party services

The Site includes links to services operated by Square, Mailchimp, Google Maps, Facebook, Instagram, and others. Those services may collect information when you follow a link or use their features. Their privacy policies, cookie practices, and account settings apply after you leave the Homeland Site.

Data retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected, to meet legal or accounting obligations, to resolve disputes, or to protect the Site. Information handled by a third-party service is retained according to that provider’s policies.

Checkout-session records expire after 24 hours. Limited checkout-attempt records become eligible for removal after 30 days; expired records are removed in batches during later checkout activity. Rate limits use protected identifiers derived from IP addresses instead of storing raw IP addresses in the checkout database.

Your choices

You may clear the Site’s cookies and local storage through your browser. You may unsubscribe from marketing email using the link in any message. You may also contact us to ask about personal information you previously sent directly to Homeland or to request a correction or deletion, subject to legal and operational requirements.

Children’s privacy

The Site is intended for people age 21 and older and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information through the Site from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information directly to us, please contact us so we can review and address it.

Security and location of processing

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the limited information handled through the Site. No online system can guarantee absolute security. The Site and its providers may process information in the United States and other locations where they operate.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our Site, technology, or privacy practices change. The effective date at the top of this page will show when the current version took effect.

Contact us

Privacy questions or requests may be sent to homelandcraftbeerandwine@gmail.com, by phone at (803) 307-0355, or by mail at Homeland Craft Beer & Wine, 103 Main Street, Batesburg-Leesville, SC 29070.