SWGardener.com (“our website,” “our,” “we,” “us”) is a website that provides information about gardening.
Visitors (“you,” “your”) are people like you who visit our website.
We know how important privacy is to you.
Thus, we have created this privacy policy that describes the personal information we obtain from you, what we do with it, the safeguards we have in place to protect it, and how you can control the use of such personal information.
By using our website, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this privacy policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
In the course of your interaction with our website, we may collect personal data, such as your email address and name, from you.
We may also collect information related to your usage of our website, such as the time you spend on the website, the pages you visit, and the websites you visit before and after your visit to our website.
This kind of information is collected through the use of cookies.
Cookies are small files that websites store on your computer and its web browser (not on our website) to allow those sites to deliver a page tailored to you.
The use of cookies allows us to improve our website based on your preferences and is a widely accepted industry practice of online businesses.
If you do not wish to allow cookies, or would like to be notified when they are placed on your computer, you may set your web browser accordingly.
See the help instructions of your browser to do this.
THIRD-PARTY AD VENDORS
Third-party vendors collect personal data and set cookies to serve you personalized ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.
You can learn how Google uses information gathered from our website and how you can control the collection and use of this information by reviewing Google’s ad policies.
To learn about and control the handling of other third-party vendors’ use of cookies or data collection, visit the website of that third-party vendor, or visit YourAdChoices.com.
Visitors from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) should review their options at YourOnlineChoices.eu.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
To secure and maintain your trust and confidence, we have taken measures to protect you against such unauthorized access, use, modification, and disclosure of your personal information that is within our control.
In particular, all data communication between you and us is encrypted to protect your sensitive information from eavesdroppers.
You can verify this for yourself by noting a padlock (or similar) icon in your browser’s search bar and the letters “HTTPS” (rather than “http”) at the beginning of the page’s web address.
This type of security also protects against hacker attacks on our website and assures you that the website at https://swgardener.com is authentic (not “spoofed”).
USAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
In accordance with this privacy policy, your personal information may be used to improve the content of our website, to customize the website to your preferences, and to communicate information to you via email (only if you have requested it).
At any time, you can stop any further email communication from us to you by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link included in every email.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
We will not disclose your personal information to third parties, except to service providers we use to support our business, such as technical support and information delivery services.
We work only with third-party businesses that we believe have the same respect for personal privacy and security that we do.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
If we or our service providers are requested by law enforcement officials or judicial authorities to provide personal information of individual users, we or our service providers may, without your consent, provide such information.
APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES LAW
Our website and users of our website are bound by application of United States law.
Do not submit your personal information, such as your name and email address, unless you consent to the application of US law and to the use and disclosure of your information as stated in this privacy policy.
OUR PRIVACY POLICY AND OUTSIDE LINKS
This privacy policy applies only to SWGardener.com.
While we always try to link to websites that we feel engage in security and privacy practices much like our own, be advised that the privacy policies of all websites that you may visit through any links on our website to those websites are beyond our control.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy was last updated on June 15, 2024.