Decanta
Privacy Policy
Decanta (Pty) Ltd (registration number 2026/837168/07) ("we", "us"), registered with CIPC on 19 October 2026, operates Decanta, a South African wine companion for searching wines, learning about grapes and origins, keeping a personal tasting journal, and exploring wine farms and stories. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the controls you have — in plain language, and consistent with South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
What we collect
| Data | Why | Optional? |
|---|---|---|
| Email address | Account sign-in, via Supabase Auth | Only if you create an account — the app is usable as a guest without one |
| Email address (early-access waitlist) | You ask us to write when the iPhone app becomes available. If you arrived from a tagged link, the channel and campaign on that link are kept with the address. The address is not linked to an in-app account unless you later create one with the same address. See “The website waitlist” below | Only if you join the waitlist. The lawful basis is your consent |
| Sunday edition | If you tick the separate box, we send the Sunday edition: the week’s events, tastings and experiences in the Western Cape. That choice is stored on its own. It does not change the launch note, and the launch note does not opt you into the Sunday edition | Optional. The box is unticked unless you choose it. The lawful basis is your consent |
| Partnership and Cellar Circle notes | Your name, email, organisation and message, so we can reply to a partnership or ambassador enquiry you send from the website | Only if you send the note. The lawful basis is your consent |
| Display name, bio, preferences | Your Decanta profile and preferences | Yes |
| Tasting notes, ratings, palate answers | Stored on this device for your personal tasting journal and wine suggestions | Yes — nothing is logged unless you tap to log it |
| Cellar & wishlist entries | Guests keep these lists on this device; signed-in users may store them with their account | Optional — created only when you use those features |
| Location (when you choose nearby results) | Shows estates near you and orders route-planning results by distance | Yes |
If you use the app as a guest (no account), your tasting notes and palate answers stay on your device. Cellar and wishlist entries may be stored with your account when you sign in. If you opt in to online wine suggestions, Decanta may send your search text—or the producer, wine name and vintage shown on a wine page—to ELID.wine with Decanta’s contact address when Decanta cannot find a close local match. See “Third parties” below.
Where your data lives
Account sign-in, profile, and account-backed cellar and wishlist services are provided by Supabase. Tasting notes and palate answers stay on this device and are not synced to your account or another phone. Guest cellar entries stay on the device. We do not sell personal data or share it with advertisers.
The website waitlist
The waitlist form on decanta.co.za asks for an email address. If you arrived from a tagged link, we also keep the channel and campaign on that link with your address, so we can see which one brought you here. We use the address to tell you when the iPhone app becomes available. Joining is consent for that purpose. You can withhold it and still read the site.
The same form has a separate box for the Sunday edition. Ticking it is consent for that edition only: the week’s events, tastings and experiences in the Western Cape. Leaving it unticked leaves the launch note unchanged. You can join the Sunday edition later by ticking the box on a later visit. Unticking it on a later visit does not withdraw a consent you already gave; use the unsubscribe paths below for that. Must do also has its own Sunday edition form. Sending that form is consent for the edition. The line on the form is the wording you agree to.
The site itself is hosted by Vercel. The address, including a Sunday edition consent, is stored with Supabase. Launch notes are sent by Resend, and the Sunday edition by Resend or our own email host, HmailPlus by HostAfrica. We do not sell the list.
We keep a waitlist address until you opt out, and for as long as we need it to show that you consented.
You can unsubscribe at any time: use the unsubscribe link in any edition, reply to any edition with the word ‘Unsubscribe’, or write to brandon@decanta.co.za. If you ask us to remove the address, we will delete it from the waitlist. The same address is how you object to other processing, ask for a copy, or ask us to correct it.
Partnership and Cellar Circle enquiries
If you send a note from Partner with us or Cellar Circle, we use your name, email, organisation and message only to reply. Those notes are not added to the waitlist unless you also join it. Email brandon@decanta.co.za to ask us to delete a note.
Information Officer
The Information Officer for Decanta (Pty) Ltd (registration number 2026/837168/07), registered address 04 Waituna, Sitari Country Estate, Cape Town 7134, can be reached at brandon@decanta.co.za. That is the contact for privacy requests.
Your rights
- Access — everything you've logged is visible to you in the app itself (Cellar, Palate, Profile).
- Correction — edit or delete your tasting notes, change cellar quantities, or remove cellar entries directly in the app. For corrections to your profile information, email brandon@decanta.co.za.
- Deletion — Use You → Delete my account in the app. Decanta attempts to remove your account and associated server-side account data, then clear the local copy. The app reports an error if the action cannot be completed. Contact us if you need help. Waitlist and enquiry deletion is by email, as set out above.
- Objection — you may object to processing that is not required to answer a request you made. Email brandon@decanta.co.za.
- Portability — contact us (below) to ask for a copy of personal information associated with your account.
Third parties
We use a small number of service providers to run the app, each only for what's needed to provide that part of the service:
- Supabase — database, authentication, file storage, and the Sunday edition list.
- Vercel — hosts decanta.co.za and the web preview of the app.
- Cloudflare Web Analytics — used for privacy-friendly, cookie-free visitor statistics.
- Resend — sends the launch note and, where you have opted in, the Sunday edition.
- HmailPlus by HostAfrica (South Africa) — Decanta’s own email hosting, used to send the Sunday edition and other Decanta email.
- Expo (EAS Update) — delivers app updates to installed builds.
- ELID.wine — if you opt in to online wine suggestions, ELID receives your search text or the producer, wine name and vintage shown on a wine page, plus Decanta’s contact address, when Decanta cannot find a close local match. ELID says requests are logged to improve matching and coverage; its published API page does not state a retention period. Account details and tasting notes are not sent for this lookup. Suggestions are not added to Decanta’s shared catalogue.
ELID.wine’s published API page describes request logging. Other providers handle data under their own service terms. Decanta does not sell personal data or use third-party advertising or tracking SDKs.
Children
Decanta references alcoholic beverages throughout and is not directed at, or intended for use by, anyone under 18 (the age required in South Africa).
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes materially, we'll update the effective date above and, where required, notify signed-in users in-app.
Questions about your data, or to request a data export or deletion outside the in-app flow: brandon@decanta.co.za