Below are links to key sections of our Privacy Policy: 1. Personal
Information We Collect and Use 2. How We May Use Personal Information 3.
Cookies and Similar Technologies 4. How We Share Personal Information 5.
How We Protect Your Personal Information 6. California Privacy Notice 7.
Changes to This Notice 8. Contact Us This is the Data (“Privacy Notice”)
of GreenSprout.com and certain of its affiliate and subsidiary entities
(GreenSprout or the “Company”). We maintain several websites to provide
our products and services to you. These websites may ask for and collect
your personal information in order to provide you with our services,
enhance your experience, and provide you with other relevant information
about our offerings. This Privacy Notice applies to activities the
Company engages in on its websites and activities that are offline or
unrelated to its websites, as applicable. We are providing this notice
to explain our information practices and the choices you can make about
the way your information is collected and used. This Privacy Notice sets
forth the principles that govern our treatment of personal information.
We expect all employees and those with whom we share personal
information to adhere to this Privacy Notice. The Company is committed
to protecting the information that our customers, employees, suppliers,
and others have entrusted to us. This Privacy Notice applies to all
personal information collected by GreenSprout.com, relating to all
customers, employees, suppliers, and others who do business with the
Company.
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND USE
Personal Information You Provide We only collect personal information
that you provide to us, or that we are authorized to obtain by you or by
law. The types of personal information we collect from you will depend
on how you are interacting with us using our website and services. For
example, we may collect different information from you when you request
a free guide, or if you contact us with a question. Depending on how you
interact with our websites, we may have collected the following
categories of personal information from you within the past 12 months:
Identifiers, such as your name, postal address, Internet Protocol
address, email address, or other similar identifiers. Personal
Information Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e), including your name,
address, telephone number, health insurance status information, housing
information, debt information, declared personal interests, political
affiliation, medical information, or any other financial information.
Some personal information included in this category may overlap with
other categories. Protected Classifications, including your age, date of
birth, disability status, gender, and veteran or military status. Online
Activity, including information on your interaction with a website,
application, or advertisement, your Internet Protocol (IP) address,
browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages,
operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We do not
knowingly collect any personal information from individuals under 18
years of age, and therefore do not use or disclose it to third parties.
Personal Information Provided by Others Depending on how you interact
with our websites, we may collect cookies and browsing data from our
service providers. This includes online activity information and
browsing and usage information.
HOW WE MAY USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your privacy is important to us. We collect and use information we need
to do our business, including providing you with the services and
experiences you expect from us. When we collect and use your
information, we take your privacy and security very seriously. We
collect personal information to provide products and related information
to you. We will use the information provided by you or on your behalf to
provide the requested products and information, such as our free guides.
We also may send your personal information to our marketing partners if
you allow us to and if the marketing partner’s offers may be interesting
to you. Specifically, we may use your personal information for the
following purposes: To respond to your questions, requests, or
communications, including any feedback or requests relating to our
products and services; To provide you with products or further
information about your products, including but not limited to free
guides, customer support, and advertising and marketing services; To
send you marketing offers or to allow our marketing partners to contact
you, via email or via telephone or text, with your consent. You may
unsubscribe or opt out of receiving marketing offers at any time by
using the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the email marketing
message, following the instructions on our unsubscribe page, or
e-mailing us at info@greensprout.com; To operate, evaluate, and improve
our business, including improving and personalizing the experience for
you and others, to complete and maintain records of transactions with
individual customers following use of services; Data Analytics to audit,
research, and conduct analysis in order to maintain and improve our
services and to protect people who use our services; For safety and
security, by making sure third parties protect your information,
monitoring the technical functioning and security of our network; For
legal and compliance, including complying with applicable laws,
regulations, and legal obligations; and To protect the rights or
property of the Company, its employees, and people who use its services.
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Our websites use cookies, web beacons, java scripts, and similar
technologies to automatically collect certain information about your
activity relating to your visit to our websites. These technologies
collect your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet
service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system,
date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We use this data to analyze
trends, administer our websites, track users’ movements through our
websites, and gather demographic information about our user base as a
whole. We may receive reports based on these technologies on an
individual or aggregated basis. A “cookie” is a small text file that
websites send to your computer or device other Internet- connected
device to identify your browser or to store information or settings in
the browser. A “web beacon”, also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or
clear GIF, links web pages to web servers and their cookies and may be
used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web
server. We use these automated technologies to collect information about
your devices, browsing actions, and usage patterns. The information we
obtain in this manner includes information on your interaction with a
website, application, or advertisement, your Internet Protocol (IP)
address, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit
pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. Our
websites use first-party cookies (served directly by our website domain
when you visit our websites) and third-party cookies (served by a
third-party website when you visit our websites and our marketing
partners’ websites). Behavioral Tracking/Third Party Cookies We allow
third party vendors and advertisers to set their own cookies on and
through our websites. We have no control over the practices of those
third parties and are not responsible for their technology or tracking.
We encourage you to review the policies of such persons or entities on
their websites. We use third-party analytics services on our websites,
including Google Analytics. To learn more about Google Analytics, visit:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. We use AdWords
Remarketing through Google which connects the activity on our websites
with the AdWords advertising network and the DoubleClick cookie to serve
you with relevant advertising material when you leave our websites. That
cookie collects information about your browsing history. To opt-out of
this tracking, please see
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en. We also use Google
Analytics Advertising. This includes (i) Remarketing with Google
Analytics; (ii) Google Display Network Impression Reporting; (iii)
DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration; and (iv) Google Analytics
Demographics and Interest Reporting. Google uses cookies to track
activity performed by Google Analytics and its AdWords or DoubleClick
cookie. To opt-out please see https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Your Internet browser may let you restrict or disable certain types of
cookies. Without cookies, you may not be able to use all of the options
on our websites. Some web browsers allow you to turn on Do Not Track
(“DNT”), which sends signals to websites you visit, telling those sites
that you do not want your online activities to be tracked. Our websites
currently are not designed to respond to DNT signals received from web
browsers. We may also use JavaScript to help our website, especially
pictures, function better. You can turn JavaScript on or off in your
browser functions, but if you turn it off, you may not be able to use
all of the options on our websites. Sometimes we use technology to
collect the information that your browser uses to auto-fill. We use this
to tell you if there is a mistake in registration or if the registration
cannot be submitted. You can stop this technology by turning it off in
your browser, and you will still be able to use all of the options on
our websites.
HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share information about you to third parties as indicated below:
Affiliates: We may share your personal information with our affiliates
and subsidiaries if we need to. If we share your information, we will
share only the information that is necessary and we will take reasonable
steps to make sure that third parties take prudent steps to protect your
information. Service Providers, Suppliers, Agents, and Business
Partners: Other companies sometimes provide certain services to us or on
our behalf (e.g., maintenance, IT support, human resources, analysis,
development, security). Unless we tell you differently or as described
elsewhere in this Privacy Notice, our service providers are not
permitted to use your information except to assist us. Marketing
Partners: We may share your information with third parties for marketing
purposes. The third parties promote their products and/or services via
email and telephone if permitted. Compliance with Legal Obligations: We
may need to disclose certain information to auditors, government
authorities, law enforcement, regulatory agencies, our legal counsel,
third party litigants and their counsel, or other authorized individuals
in order to comply with laws that apply to us, or other legal
obligations such as contractual requirements. Changes in Business
Structure/Ownership: We may disclose or transfer your personal
information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger,
sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all
or any portion of the Company’s business, assets, or ownership interest
(including any bankruptcy or similar proceedings). Information We Sell
We may have sold, shared or monetized the following categories of
personal information within the past 12 months: Identifiers, such as
your name, postal address, Internet Protocol address, email address, or
other similar identifiers. Personal Information Subject to Cal. Civ.
Code § 1798.80(e), including your name, address, telephone number,
health insurance status information, housing information, debt
information, declared personal interests, political affiliation, medical
information, or any other financial information. Some personal
information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
Protected Classifications, including your age, date of birth, disability
status, gender, and veteran or military status. Online Activity,
including information on your interaction with a website, application,
or advertisement, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type,
Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system,
date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. Information We Disclose for a
Business Purpose In addition to the purposes described in this notice,
we may use personal information listed below for business purposes. To
provide you with products or services, including customer service, free
guides, and advertising and marketing services, we use the following
categories of information: identifiers, personal information subject to
Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e), protected classifications, and online
activity. To improve our website, including responding to inquiries and
improving functionality, we use the following categories of information:
identifiers and online activity. To provide you with targeted
advertising, including customized ads on our website, via email, or
through direct mail, we use the following categories of information:
identifiers, personal information subject to Cal. Civ. Code §
1798.80(e), protected classifications, and online activity. To comply
with your requests, including sending your information to third parties
if you ask us to do so: identifiers, personal information subject to
Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e), protected classifications, and online
activity.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We strive to take appropriate security measures to help safeguard your
personal information from unauthorized access and disclosure. For
example, only authorized employees are allowed to access personal
information, and they may only access it for permitted business
functions. We also use technology to protect your information, including
encrypting sensitive personal information that is transferred to or from
our systems. While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse, or alteration
will never occur, we use reasonable efforts to prevent it. Please keep
in mind that no method of storage or transmission over the Internet is
completely secure, so your use of our services and provision of
information to us is at your own risk. Our websites may contain links to
other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third
parties. The information practices of those websites linked to our
websites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. We are not responsible
for the privacy policies of other websites to which our websites link.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE
Your Rights and Choices For all personal information that we collect
about you, you may have the following rights or choices that we will
accommodate where your requests meet legal and regulatory requirements
and do not risk making our other data less secure or changing our other
data. You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on
your behalf. Access, Erase: You may have the right to know what
information is being collected about you, to access your personal
information, to receive a copy of your information, and to know whether
your personal information is disclosed and to whom. You also may request
that we erase your information. If you have questions about your
information or want to ask us to erase your information, please contact
us using the methods in the Contact Us section below. Opt Out of Sale:
You may have the right to ask us not to sell your personal information.
If you would like to make a request, please
Click Here, or select the “Do Not Sell My Info” link on the bottom of any of our
web pages. Data Portability: If you would like to request that we
provide a copy of your information to you, please contact us using the
methods in the Contact Us section below. Non-Discrimination: You have
the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by the Company because
you exercise your privacy rights. If you have any questions, please
contact us using the methods in the Contact Us section below. How to
Make a Request: If you would like to make a request, please
Click Here, or
select the “Privacy Rights Request” link on the bottom of any of our web
pages. Responding to Requests: Your request will be evaluated to
determine whether the requested change meets legal regulatory
requirements and does not risk making our other data less secure or
changing our other data. Verifying Your Identity: To protect you and
your information, we may ask you to confirm certain information before
we honor your request. For example, if you make a request, we will ask
you to confirm your email address. For certain requests, we will use a
combination of your email address, phone number, zip code, and/or birth
date to verify your identity, so that we can help protect your
information. If you designate an authorized agent to make a request on
your behalf, we may require you to verify your identity and provide the
authorized agent’s identity and contact information to us. 2019 Requests
– In 2019, we did not receive any of the above requests.
CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
We reserve the right to modify or change this Privacy Notice at any
time. When we make a material change to this Privacy Notice, we will
inform you by posting a prominent notice on the home page of our website
or changing the date on this page noting when the Privacy Notice was
last updated.
CONTACT US
For questions regarding this Privacy Notice or to submit any of the
requests mentioned above relating to your personal information, contact
us using any of the following options: Email: info@greensprout.com