Policies

Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, make a donation, agree to fundraise for us, or apply for a volunteer program. When ordering, applying or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information, date of birth, passport number and employment history. You may also be asked to enter the name, mailing address, and phone number of your personal and professional contacts who will act as your references. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in the following ways: To personalize your experience of using our website and to improve our website based on the information and feedback we receive from you, to respond to your customer service requests and support needs more effectively, to process transactions, and to perform background checks and reference checks as part of evaluating your application to participate in a volunteer program

The email address and mailing address you provide for order, donation or application processing may be used to send you periodic information and updates pertaining to your order, donation or application and occasional news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, please visit the contact page of this website and use the form there to send an unsubscribe request.

Your information and that of your personal contacts, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested.

How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.

Do we use cookies?
We do not use cookies.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, send an email notifying you of any changes, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on June 18, 2012

Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

online contact form
mailing address:
Buds to Blossoms
PO Box 181
Big Sur, CA 93920
USA
phone: +1 800 408 7102