GardenFoundation LLC Privacy Policy Last revised: September 03, 2002.

Privacy Policy for GardenFoundation LLC: Creative residential landscape design

GardenFoundation LLC has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. Our Internet site is meant to be a service to our visitors, and we respect & value their privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: GardenFoundation LLC: Creative residential landscape design, http://www.gardenfoundation.com .

GardenFoundation LLC does not collect or use website visitor information, with limited exceptions. These exceptions are outlined below. GardenFoundation LLC doesn't sell or otherwise share names, email addresses or other personal information about its visitors or customers to third parties.

Copyright
All text and images are Copyright© by GardenFoundation LLC, unless otherwise identified. All rights reserved. If you wish to use the information at this website, please contact GardenFoundation LLC as provided below.

Links To Other Website

This site contains links to other websites. GardenFoundation LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Online Merchants

GardenFoundation LLC has entered into Affiliate/Associate relationships with several online merchants and their respective Affiliate/Associate management organizations. These relationships have been chosen in order to offer website visitors access to products which may be of benefit. GardenFoundation LLC has no way of knowing which visitors choose to visit an Affiliated/Associated merchant site. Online merchants do supply limited information to GardenFoundation LLC, indicating which items offered are being viewed or purchased. This information is only used to gauge popularity or relevancy of the items offered, and is not tied in any fashion to any visitor. All sales are done directly with the online merchant, not with GardenFoundation LLC. Except for a small commission, GardenFoundation LLC is not a participant to any merchandise sales transactions between the online merchants, site visitors, and the items they choose to buy. GardenFoundation LLC has no way of knowing the identity of any purchaser, nor of receiving any financial information about the purchaser. It is possible that the online merchant may collect or utilize personal information of purchasers, but such collection and/or utilization is beyond the control of GardenFoundation LLC. For further information, visitors should read the Privacy Policy posted at the online merchant's website.

Newsletter, Store, & Links Page "Subscriptions"

GardenFoundation LLC offers visitors the opportunity to "subscribe" to certain pages at the website in order to be notified when the content or information changes. In order for the notification to be sent out, visitors must provide their email address. All email addresses are held in strict confidence, and are not shared with any person or business for any reason. Anyone who has "subscribed" to these page notifications can ask to be removed from the notification list (opt-out) at any time.

Future Services That May Be Offered

We may at some future time offer online surveys & polls. These online surveys & polls may or may not ask visitors for contact information (for instance, email address). We, or the business we select to conduct the survey or poll, may use this contact data to send the visitor information of some sort.

We may at some future time offer online contests. These online contests on our site may ask visitors for contact information (like their email address). We, or the business we select to conduct the contest, may use contact data to send visitors information of some sort, such as notification to the winner(s) of their winning status.

Cookies

GardenFoundation LLC does not directly utilize cookies. However, it is possible that two business partners, HumanClick and The Counter, may place a cookie on the visitor's computer while they are at our website.

In the case of HumanClick, a cookie may be used to notify us that a visitor is in our website, where they are within our website, and may facilitate a live chat session. The information during a chat is privileged and secured by firewalls and passwords. No information is provided to any third party under any condition. GardenFoundation LLC respects visitor privacy, therefore no information is collected or recorded during a chat. GardenFoundation LLC cannot see visitor names, e-mail information, or any other information specifically about the visitor, except for certain computer information (screen resolution, browser, Java, etc.) that facilitates the chat session. GardenFoundation LLC cannot retrieve, collect, or catalog any visitor information during or after a visit to our website. If desired, our visitors can read the full Privacy Policy of HumanClick at: http://www.humanclick.com/support/privacy.htm

In the case of The Counter, a cookie may be used to inform us that a visitor has viewed our website. "TheCounter.com offers free Website stats to those Web developers who want a quick, easy way to count the number of visitors to their Web site, without needing to access server Web logs. The Counter.com does not collect personal information or profile individual visitors. It simply logs Web site visits in order to aggregate traffic patterns. The data collected during a Web site visit is stored only temporarily in order to count each visit. This data is then discarded. Internet.com does not, and will not, share or sell any portion of your Website statistics with any other company." If desired, our visitors can read the full Privacy Policy of The Counter at: http://www.thecounter.com/privacy_and_you.html

It is possible that the online merchants or other businesses GardenFoundation LLC has partnered with utilize cookies in such a fashion that a website visitor may receive one while at our site, even if the visitor does not travel to the merchant or other business partner site. If such cookie placement is used, it is beyond the control of GardenFoundation LLC.

Public Forums & Emails to GardenFoundation LLC

This site has forums/message boards available to its visitors. Please remember that any information disclosed in these areas becomes public information, and visitors should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information. If at any time GardenFoundation LLC becomes aware of any information publicly posted by a visitor that is deemed inappropriate by GardenFoundation LLC, it will be removed as expediently as possible, if such information is within GardenFoundation LLC's control (if GardenFoundation LLC has administrative rights to the forum content). For those forums which are adminstered by GardenFoundation LLC, GardenFoundation LLC reserves the sole right to determine what is appropriate content for this website.

Information obtained from visitor emails, bulletin boards, or via other forms of communication may be used in an anonymous format as part of Frequently Asked Questions or other educational pages if it could help others resolve similar problems or answer similar questions. Such information will contain no personally identifying information.

Children's Guidelines

This site does make forums/message boards available to its visitors. Children have the ability to publicly post or distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent. GardenFoundation LLC urges parents and guardians to closely monitor their children's Internet usage. If at any time GardenFoundation LLC becomes aware of any personal information that has been publicly posted by a minor, GardenFoundation LLC will work to remove the information as expediently as possible, if such information is within GardenFoundation LLC's control (if GardenFoundation LLC has administrative rights to the forum content). GardenFoundation LLC recommends that parents, guardians, and children visit http://www.cybersavvy.org/ and http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/kidzprivacy/index.html to learn more about utilizing the Internet safely. If at any time a parent or guardian is concerned about their child's interactivity with this website, said parent or guardian is urged to contact GardenFoundation LLC immediately, as indicated below in the section titled Contacting The Web Site.

While this website is not directed towards children, this website may publish information that may be of interest to children, or which may be helpful to parents or guardians. In this instance, information may be defined as content, pictures, cartoons, items for sale, links to websites, or games/activities appropriate for children. Such publication is in no way intended as actual marketing towards children, but rather as information or items of interest. GardenFoundation LLC hopes that parents will be present when children use the Internet, and will actively participate in their children's Internet activities.

© Copyright 2000 - Judy J. Crawford - GardenFoundation LLC
Last revised: September 03, 2002.