As a small family business, we at Hill’s Gardens, Inc., (accessible via www.hillsgardens.com) prioritize the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains the types of information collected by Hill’s Gardens, Inc. and how we use it. This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they share and/or collect via hillsgardens.com. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
This website and this Privacy Statement are intended for a U.S. audience.
Consent
By using this website, you agree to the terms of the most recent version of this Privacy Statement. Please read our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this website. Except as written in any other disclaimers, policies, terms of use, or other notices on this website, this Privacy Statement and the Terms of Use are the complete agreement between you and Hill’s Gardens, Inc. with respect to your use of this website. You may be subject to additional terms that may apply when you access specific services or materials on certain areas in this website, or when you follow a link from this website.
Information we collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information for the purpose of joining our customer list or purchasing/receiving a gift card.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
How your information is used
The information we collect is used in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send you emails
- Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
Hill’s Gardens Inc may follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and is a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, correcting site errors, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, Hill’s Gardens Inc. uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
Web beacons, also known as clear GIFs, Web bugs or pixel tags, are often used in combination with cookies. They are images (often transparent) that are part of Web pages. Web beacons may allow us to count users who have visited certain pages and to generate statistics about how our site is used. They are not used to access personally identifiable information. Unlike cookies, you cannot decline Web beacons. However, setting your browser to decline cookies or to prompt you for a response will keep Web beacons from tracking your activity.
Third Party Privacy Policies
Hill’s Garden’s Inc. Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
- Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
- Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
- Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Regardless of where you reside, we will never share or sell our customer’s personal data. It is captured merely for one of two purposes, either to join our Hill’s Gardens email/mailing list or to purchase/receive one of our Hill’s Gardens gift cards.