AeroGrow International Privacy Policy


AeroGrow is committed to comply with the AeroGrow Global Information Privacy Policy and applicable law to maintain the privacy of your personal information collected at this website. We encourage you to read this privacy statement carefully.

 

The Information We Collect
AeroGrow may collect the following types of information from you at this website:

 

Transaction Information

If you enter into a transaction (such as a purchase) at this website, you will be required to provide information that is needed to complete the transaction, including your name, shipping address, product selection(s), and your payment information.

 

We do not keep any credit or other payment information longer than is necessary in order to comply with legal, tax, and auditing requirements. Other information you provide may be added to our company database(s) and shared with AeroGrow affiliates or third parties including contractors, dealers, distributors and retailers.

 

Automatically Collected Information

We passively collect information that is automatically sent to us by your web browser while visiting our site. This information typically includes generic, non personally identifiable information like timestamp, urls, and IP address. The amount of information sent by your web browser depends on its settings. We use this information to develop statistics that help us understand how our visitors use our website and to improve the visitor experience.

 

Cookie Generated Information

When you visit our site, we install a marker on your computer commonly called a "cookie." By providing you with a unique cookie, we are able to create a database of your previous choices and preferences, and in situations where these choices or preferences need to be collected again; they can be supplied by us automatically, saving you time and effort. Your computer may be specially configured to reject cookies; please refer to your browser settings for more information. AeroGrow websites will allow you to visit without accepting cookies, but some features of our websites will not work properly if you choose to reject cookies.

 

User Generated Information

We collect information at this website when you contact us or respond to the surveys, questionnaires or applications we make available. If you e-mail us, you are voluntarily releasing the content of your e-mail to us (including your e-mail address). If you enter information or answer questions we have placed on the website, you are also voluntarily releasing that information to us.

 

How Information is Used and Shared

AeroGrow may use any of the information gathered at this website (other than credit information) for any legal purpose. We may analyze personal information for historical, statistical or scientific purposes, or we may store the personal information using cookies for your convenience should you return to this website in the future.

 

We may also use your personal information to investigate security breaches or cooperate with government authorities pursuant to a legal matter. Personal information collected online may also be combined with information you have provided to AeroGrow through other sources such as product registrations, call centers, or publicly such as at trade shows or seminars.


In addition, we may have collected similar information from you in the past, before our Global Information Privacy Policy took effect. By using this website you agree to the terms of this privacy statement. By agreeing to the terms of this privacy statement you are consenting to our continued use of previously collected information under the terms of this privacy statement.

 

Direct Marketing

AeroGrow may use all information collected at this website for direct marketing purposes including the sharing of the information with AeroGrow affiliates or third parties including contractors, dealers, distributors and retailers unless you specifically request that it not be used for that purpose by calling 1-800-611-9058.

 

Links to Other Sites

For your convenience, this page may contain certain hyperlinks to other AeroGrow websites as well as to third party non-AeroGrow sites. While AeroGrow websites are subject to this privacy statement, we can make no promises or guarantees regarding data collection on the hyperlinked pages and sites that are not owned by AeroGrow. We therefore recommend that you read the privacy statement for each third party site you visit.

 

Children's Information

AeroGrow is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities. AeroGrow does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 and AeroGrow does not target its websites to children under 13. If we determine that an individual under the age of 13 has submitted information to an AeroGrow website, we will delete that information.

 

Information Security

AeroGrow uses commercially reasonable methods consistent with industry practice to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, to maintain data accuracy, and to ensure appropriate use of your personal information.

 

Opt Out

If you do not want us to use your personal information as described in this statement, please contact us by phone at 1-800-476-9669.



Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 August 2008 23:45 )