Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the policies and practices of PlantWhys, LLC (sometimes referred to as “PlantWhys,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) relating to the information we collect when you visit this website (the “Website”) or otherwise use any of our services (collectively, “Services”). The creation of this Privacy Policy grows from our fundamental respect for your right to privacy and will serve to guide our relationship with you.  We value the privacy and security of your “personal information,” which as used herein means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your household.  As such, we take complying with data privacy and security laws very seriously.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to provide you with a description of our current personal information collection, use, and disclosure practices, which is also the same for the past 12 months.  If you provided us with your personal information, or we obtain personal information about you from other sources, we treat your personal information according to this Privacy Policy.

HOW YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS AND UPDATES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

You consent to and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy by expressly accepting the terms of the Privacy Policy  or by using our Site or Services.  From time to time, we will update this Privacy Policy as we adopt new practices and procedures related to your personal information.  Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be placed here and will supersede this version.  If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated and Effective Date” above and, in some cases, we may send you a notice of our changes as well if you have provided us your e-mail or mailing address .

THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND THE REASON FOR THE COLLECTION

We collect the following personal information from you when you use our Website and/or Services, and describe the reason why we collect the personal information. 

  • When you visit our Website, we automatically collect your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, information about your operating system and browser, location, and your interactions on our Website. We collect this information to communicate the Website’s content to you, to identify you, and to learn more about our audience.
  • When you contact us on our Website, by email, or through our customer service phone number, we may collect your contact information, including your name, name of your organization, email address, phone number, and any other information you provide to us as part of your communication. We collect this information so that we can communicate with you regarding our Services, provide you support if you have engaged or purchased our Services, and give you access to resources.
  • When you purchase something on our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information: your name, billing address, delivery address, email address, phone number, contact details, purchase details, and your credit card details. We do this to supply the goods and/or services you have purchased and to keep records of such transactions.
  • We may collect additional information from our customers. We collect this information in order to facilitate and provide our Services. If, as a customer, you choose not to provide us with the personal data, or if we are unable to collect that data, we may not be able to provide you with certain services or information, or may not be able to carry out the activity you have requested.

 WHETHER WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH OTHERS

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.  However, for purposes of providing our Services to you, we may share your personal information with cloud-hosted database service providers, website service providers, banks, and the IRS.

We may also share your personal information if necessary to:  (1) comply with federal, state, or local laws; (2) comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal, state, or local authorities; (3) cooperate with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that we reasonably and in good faith believe may violate federal, state, or local laws; or (4) exercise or defend legal claims.

Further, we may share non-personal information with other parties who provide and perform Services on our behalf or assist us in analyzing how our Services are used as long as the information has been deidentified or aggregated . 

Lastly, we may transfer to a third party personal information as an asset that is part of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other transaction in which the third party assumes control of all or part of our business. 

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We have implemented and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and exfiltration, theft, or disclosure.  However, no security system is perfect.  We will notify you if there is a breach of our security where required by law or deemed necessary.

RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information will be retained for the time required to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and processed, including for the purpose of satisfying legal, professional, contractual, regulatory, accounting or reporting obligations.

CHILDREN

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.  Children under the age of 13 should not use this Website. 

COOKIES

We use cookies on this Website.  Cookies are small text files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer or other devices.  They are widely used to make websites work or improve the efficiency of a website.  Cookies help with website functionality and user experience because websites can read and write to these text files, enabling this Website to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of this Website more convenient.

DO NOT TRACK NOTICE

Our Website currently does not support or respond to Do Not Track requests.  Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.  You can enable or disable Do Not Track through your web browser.  You can find out more information about opting-out of interest-based advertising at:  http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Some portions of our Website may contain links to other websites on the Internet that are neither under our control nor maintained by us.  Such links do not constitute an endorsement by us of those other websites, the content displayed therein, or the persons or entities associated therewith.  You acknowledge that we are providing these links to you only as a convenience, and you agree that we are not responsible for the content of such websites.  Your use of these other linked websites is subject to the respective terms of use and privacy policies located on the linked websites.