Privacy Policy

Piney Grove Flower Farm found at https://www.pineygroveflowerfarm.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

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We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used.  This statement only applies to this Website.

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WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website:  We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way.  In addition, we collect the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history.  We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page.  We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, address, phone number, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations and personal profile.  For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, making a purchase or submitting a contact form.

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Information We Collect from Others:  We may receive information about you from other sources.  You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your comments.  If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.  The Website occasionally utilizes the Facebook commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your profile picture will appear.

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Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

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Cookies:  We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

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HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

• To operate and maintain the Website;

• To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;

• To send you promotional information, such as newsletters.  Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;

• To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;

• To respond to your comments or inquiries;

• To provide you with user support;

• To track and measure advertising on the Website to improve our services;

• To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

• To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

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THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

1. Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

2. Wix.com – Our website is hosted on the Wix.com platform.  Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.  Your data may be stored through Wix.com's data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications.  They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.  All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our website adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.  PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the sercure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

3. Paypal-Our website also utilizes Paypal as a convenient method of payment.  Your information is only used by this third party if you select this method of payment when you check out.

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At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.

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Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

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ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

 

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation.  Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.

You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.

Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

 

COOKIES

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics and other Wix applications.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

 

Newsletters

On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.  You can always opt out of newsletters by clicking unsubscribe in the newsletter or by emailing pineygroveflowerfarm@gmail.com

 

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails (located at the bottom of the email). You may also notify us at pineygroveflowerfarm@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to pineygroveflowerfarm@gmail.com.

Amend – You may contact us at pineygroveflowerfarm@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to pineygroveflowerfarm@gmail.com.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

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SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

 

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at pineygroveflowerfarm@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact us at pineygroveflowerfarm@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.

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PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently.  Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website.  If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

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