OUR PRIVACY COMMITMENT
We care about your privacy and want you to be informed about what we do. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share the information we receive and explains the options that are available to you. We’ll try to make this clear and simple, but if you have questions, you can contact us, and we’ll be happy to help. See the “Contact Us” section at the end of this document.
Herb and Flower World (“us”, “our” or “we”) has developed this Privacy Policy to detail important information regarding the use and disclosure of user information collected on our website.
Each time you access our website you signify that you have read, understand, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
This section describes the kinds of personal information we collect about you in connection with access on our webiste
Information You Provide To Us
Contacting Us. When you provide us with information in connection with a particular activity or provide your contact information, including an email address or telephone number you agree that this action constitutes a transaction or inquiry establishing a business relationship with us. You expressly consent to our communicating with you future information by using the information you provided to us. You may withdraw your consent to any or all of these communications at any time by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” button or other means offered in a communication, or by contacting us via contact form.
Information Collected Through Technology
In addition to any personally identifiable information or other information that you choose to submit to us, we and our third-party service providers may use a variety of technologies that automatically (or passively) collect certain information whenever you visit or interact with Herb and Flower World (“Usage Information”). This may include the browser that you are using, the URL that referred you to us and the time of day, among other information. We may use this Usage Information for a variety of purposes, including enhancing or otherwise improving our website. In addition, we collect your IP address or other unique identifier (“Device Identifier”) for your computer or other device used to access us. A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to the device used to access our website and our computers identify your device by its Device Identifier. Usage Information may be non-identifying or may be associated with you. Whenever we associate Usage Information or a Device Identifier with your personal information, we will treat it as personally identifiable information. However, some information collected in this manner may be non-personally identifiable information, and may be used for analytical purposes only.
A few of the tracking technologies that may be used to collect Usage Information include, without limitation, the following:
Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a Device when it is used to visit the Site. Cookies may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, remembering you and your preferences and tracking your visits to our web pages. We use cookies to collect information for record keeping purposes and to make it easier to navigate the Site. Cookies are stored on users’ hard drives. We use both “session ID cookies” and “persistent cookies.” Session ID cookies are used to store information while a user is logged into the Site and expire when the user closes his/her browser. Persistent cookies are used to make tasks like logging into the Site easier for returning users by remembering a user’s login information. Persistent cookies stay on a user’s hard drive from one session to the next. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a persistent or session cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off such cookies through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
We use cookies to enable functions on our website, personalize content and ads, provide social media features, and to analyze our website traffic. We also share information about your use of our website with third party social media, advertising, and analytics organizations that may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.
Information We Collect From Third Parties
We may acquire information from other trusted sources to update or supplement the information you provided or that we collected automatically, such as information to validate or update your address or other demographic and lifestyle information. We use this information to help us maintain the accuracy of the information we collect, to target our communications so that we can inform you updates that may be of interest, and for internal business analysis or other business purposes.
Third-Party Analytics Technologies
We use third-party analytics and other tools to better understand who is accessing our website, how people are using our website. Those third-party companies may use cookies, pixel tags, or other technologies to collect and store anonymous information such as time of visit, pages visited, time spent on each page of Herb and Flower World. Device Identifiers, type of operating system and browser used, and other web sites you may have visited. We do not have access to, nor control over, third parties’ use of cookies or other tracking technologies.
HOW WE USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
Use of Information by Us
We may use information that we collect about you: (1) to provide you with information that you have requested or agreed to receive; (2) to provide you with information regarding new features (3) to improve Herb and Flower World and to customize your experience; (4) to contact you with regard to your use of the Site and, in our discretion, changes to the Site and/or the Site’s policies; (5) for internal business purposes; and (6) for purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy.
We will only process your personal information (including sharing it with third parties), when (1) you have given us your consent (which you can withdraw at any time), (2) the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, (3) we are required to do so by law, (iv) processing is required to protect your vital interests or those of another person, or (v) processing is necessary for our legitimate commercial interests, unless those interests are overridden by your rights and interests.
Third-Party Advertising
We also use third-party ad servers and ad networks to serve advertisements when you visit the Sites. These companies, and the advertisers themselves, may use information about your visits on other web sites and our Sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. In the course of serving advertisements to our Sites, these third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your Device, the advertisements and links that appear on the Sites. They automatically receive your Device Identifier when this happens. They may also use tracking technologies to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such advertisers, ad servers, or ad networks. You should consult the respective privacy policies of any advertisers on our Sites to see your options for opting out of their use of such devices.
Legal Matters; Safety
We may, without your consent, access and disclose your information that we may have about you as may be permitted or required by law (including, but not limited to, court order or subpoena), or to prevent or investigate suspected fraud or violations of our Terms of Use or activity that appear to us to be illegal, or that may expose us to legal liability. Additionally, we may disclose your information and/or communications in situations that we believe to be: (1) emergencies involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person or property if we believe that your information in any way relates to that threat; or (2) your conduct on Herb and Flower World or when using the Communication Services that we believe is inappropriate and inconsistent with generally accepted norms of behavior.
Sale or Transfer of Business or Assets
In the event that we, or any of our businesses, are sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets, or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, personally identifiable information of our visitors may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction. Information about our visitors and registered users may also need to be disclosed in connection with a commercial transaction where we or any one of our businesses are seeking financing, investment, support, or funding. In such transactions, personal information will be subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES, PRACTICES, AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Links to Other Sites and Communities
To the extent hyperlinks may be utilized to access external or third-party sites and communities, you should be aware that these external or third-party site and communities are not controlled by us and, therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check the privacy policies of each such site and community to determine how your personal information will be utilized by their proprietors.
Security
We implement safeguards to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of information under our control. However, despite our efforts, no data transmission over the Internet, wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us, and your use of the Site indicates that you are willing to assume this risk.
Mailing Lists
Herb and Flower World wishes to collect, store and process your email address which offers reliable subscription management system congruent with General Data Protection Regulation, in order to send you periodical information and content.
Your data will be collected, stored and processed in full congruence with GDPR. The site will not collect, store, and process other data than your email address, details of your consent, date of consent and IP address of the computer used to give a consent. Your data will be treated with full confidentiality. Your data will never be disclosed to any other third parties and it will be used only for the purpose specified above. Your data will be held only as long as the newsletters are being sent and no longer than necessary.
You will have the right to modify or remove your data at any point in time, for any reason. You will be provided with a summary of your subscription at the end of registration, together with a link for unsubscribing. All further emails will contain a link that will allow for a quick removal from the mailing list. We will delete your data automatically within 3 months after unsubscribing. You have the option to remove or modify your data immediately by contacting the site through the Contact page.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is for a general purpose audience and are not directed or intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from individuals under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, you should not register or provide personally identifiable information. If we later obtain actual knowledge that a user is under 13 years of age, we will take steps to remove that user’s personally identifiable information from our systems.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on our Site. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes and change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, you will know because the Effective Date of the Privacy Policy will change. If we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the privacy policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.
HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please send your email queries via Herb and Flower World Contact form.
