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The PlantsGalore.Com (PGC) takes your privacy
seriously and is committed to safeguarding your privacy
online. Because we do gather certain types of
information from clients and visitors to our sites, we have
developed a privacy statement to help you understand the
terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use
of that information. This statement discloses the types
of information we gather (if any), how it is used, and
how you can gain access to and edit any data that we may
have
collected about you at any time.
Guiding Principles
PGC respects the privacy of individuals who visit our
Web sites, send us e-mail, or participate in
features/services we offer online. Accordingly, our
policy regarding online privacy has been developed using
the following guiding principles:
• PlantsGalore.Com maintains a strict "no-spam" policy.
Subscribers to our services or any other
feature/service found on our Web site will not receive
unsolicited e-mail messages from PGC.
• PlantsGalore.Com
occasionally gathers information through online
surveys primarily
to provide our visitors with a more relevant and
worthwhile experience
on our sites. When doing so, we will make every
reasonable effort to avoid excessive or irrelevant
collection of data.
• PlantsGalore.Com will take reasonable physical,
electronic and managerial measures to safeguard and
secure any information you provide to us (e.g., data
will be stored in protected databases on secured servers
with restricted access).
• PlantsGalore.Com will not share any information you've
provided to us with anyone without your consent.
Information Collected
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Non-Personally Identifiable Data: Any time you visit a PlantsGalore.Com
Web site, we may gather certain non-personally
identifiable information regarding the means you use
to access our site. This information may include the
type and version of your browser and any search engine
you may have used to locate the site. We use this
information to compile broad statistical data.
In
addition, PlantsGalore.Com gathers certain navigational
information about where you go on our Web sites. This
information enables us to determine which areas of the
Web sites are most frequently visited and helps us to
tailor the sites to the needs and interests of our
online visitors. In addition, this tracking data may be
used to tailor information presented to you on our sites
based on your previous use of the sites and your
interests in particular topics.
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Information Voluntarily Provided: Any information you
voluntarily provide to us (i.e., name, e-mail address, etc.) when
you enroll in one of our services, request information,
register on our site, enter one of our contests, or use
any of the other interactive portions of our Web sites,
is securely maintained on our Web server and internal
systems.
This information may be used to provide you
with information you've requested about our
PlantsGalore.Com, our
products and our services, or to provide you with
special notices.
When we request information on our
sites, some requests are marked as “Required”; this
information is necessary to allow you to participate in
the program or service you’ve requested. You may opt out
of receiving future communications at any time (see
Opt-Out Procedures below). This data may also be used to
tailor your experience on our sites by providing content
that is relevant to your interests and geographic
region.
Finally, we may create aggregated information
from information you provide us (such as demographic
data) for use in updating and maintaining our sites.
This aggregated information will not be shared with
others.
How We Communicate with You
PlantsGalore.Com may send authorized communications to
you on the basis of the information you provide to us
through e-mail or regular mail. We will not contact you
by telephone, fax, or other means unless you have
explicitly requested us to contact you in that manner.
You may also optout of e-mail and regular mail
communications from us at any time (see
Opt-Out Procedures below).
Disclosure of Personal Information
PlantsGalore.Com understands the importance of your
privacy. We collect and maintain the personal
information of our consumers for the use of
PlantsGalore.Com. We do not sell, rent, or trade
consumer information to third parties.
Policies Regarding Children
PlantsGalore.Com sites and those posted as part
of our Website Services are meant for general viewing by
anyone regardless of age.
Anyone wishing to
purchase services or products from PlantsGalore.Com must
be at least 18 years of age.
Captions of photographs
or images depicting children under 18 years of age may
not include the full name or other unique identification
of that person.
Accessing the PlantsGalore.Com Web Sites from Outside of
the United States
If you are visiting a PlantsGalore.Com Web site from a
location outside of the United States, your connection
will be through and to servers located in the United
States Any information you provide during your visit
will be processed and maintained on our Web server and
other internal systems located within the United States.
External Links
The PlantsGalore.Com websites contain links to other
websites on the Internet. PGC is not responsible for the privacy practices
or the content of such websites. To help ensure the
protection of your privacy, PlantsGalore.Com recommends
that you review the privacy policy of any site you visit
via a link from one of PGC’s Web sites.
Passwords
The personal data record created through
any
registration with a PlantsGalore.Com Web site can only
be accessed with the unique password associated with
that record. To protect the integrity of the information
contained in this record, you should not disclose or
otherwise reveal your password to third parties.
Public Forums
The PlantsGalore.Com Web sites may make chat rooms,
forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to
its users at various times. Please remember that, unless
otherwise stated, any information that is disclosed in
these areas becomes public information and you should
exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal
information in these areas.
Opt-Out Procedures
You may always opt-out of receiving future communications
from PlantsGalore.Com. Our sites allow users to opt-out
of receiving such communications at the point where
personal information is requested, or through other
means as identified.
Correcting, Updating and Removing Information
PlantsGalore.Com supports the individual's right to
protect their privacy. Accordingly, personal information
you provide us will be made available for your review.
Additionally, you may update, modify or remove this
information at any time by sending your updated
information by e-mail to
mrpgc@plantsgalore.com
Notification of Changes
This privacy policy may be revised over time as new
features are added to the Web sites and as Internet
privacy standards evolve. To ensure that you are fully
informed about how your personal information is used,
our privacy policy will always be available for review
on our Web sites. If we make any substantial changes in
the way we use your personal information, we will notify
you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.
If you have questions concerning this privacy policy or
the practices of these sites, you may contact us at:
PlantsGalore.Com
PO Box 254
Okemos, MI 48805
Email:
mrpgc@plantsgalore.com
May 1, 2009
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