At GardenerGears, accessible from https://www.gardenergears.com/, the privacy of our visitors is most important to us. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by GardenerGears and how we utilize it.
If you have any further questions or require additional information regarding our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to our online activities and is applicable to visitors to our website concerning the information they share and/or collect on GardenerGears. It does not extend to any information collected offline or through channels other than this website.
Consent
By utilizing our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information Collection
The personal information requested from you, and the purposes for which it is required, will be explicitly outlined at the point of data collection.
Additional information may be obtained if you choose to contact us directly, such as your name, email address, phone number, the content of your message, and any attachments you provide.
When creating an account, we may request contact information such as your name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
How We Use Your Information
We employ the information collected for various purposes, including but not limited to:
- Operating and maintaining our website
- Enhancing and customizing user experience
- Analyzing usage patterns to better understand how our website is utilized
- Developing new products, services, features, and functionalities
- Communicating directly with users, including customer service, updates, and marketing communications
- Sending emails
- Detecting and preventing fraudulent activities
Log Files
GardenerGears follows standard procedures for utilizing log files. These files capture visitors’ data when they access our website. Information logged includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This data is not personally identifiable and is used for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking user movements, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like most websites, GardenerGears uses cookies to store user preferences and track user interactions with our website. Cookies are also utilized to optimize user experience by customizing webpage content based on browser type and other information.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies known as DART cookies to serve ads to users based on their visit to GardenerGears and other websites. Users may opt-out of the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Advertising Partners
Some advertisers on our website may use cookies and web beacons. Each advertising partner has its own Privacy Policy governing user data. Links to these Privacy Policies are provided for easy access.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons to personalize advertising content and measure its effectiveness. GardenerGears has no access to or control over these cookies used by third-party advertisers.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
The Privacy Policy of GardenerGears does not apply to other advertisers or websites. We advise users to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for detailed information on their practices and instructions for opting out of certain options.
Users can manage cookie settings through their browser preferences. For more detailed information on cookie management, please refer to the specific browser’s website.
Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL –https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, California consumers have certain rights, including the right to request disclosure of categories and specific pieces of personal data collected, deletion of personal data, and the cessation of selling personal data.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
Under the GDPR, users have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, object to processing, and data portability. Requests for these rights can be made by contacting us.
Children’s Information
Protecting children’s online privacy is a priority for GardenerGears. We encourage parents to actively monitor and guide their children’s online activities. GardenerGears does not knowingly collect Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has provided such information on our website, please contact us immediately, and we will take appropriate action to remove it from our records.
Last Updated: 3 November, 2024
