VerticalGardenKit.com Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2008

VerticalGardenKit.com is committed to protecting the privacy of consumers visiting our websites and purchasing our products. VerticalGardenKit.com wishes to maintain a safe and secure environment for all users of our online products and services. Please read the following Privacy Statement to understand how your personal information is treated. From time to time VerticalGardenKit.com may offer new products and/or services online which may affect this policy, which will be updated as needed. Please check back with us periodically.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact the VerticalGardenKit.com Privacy Administrator by email at privacy@VerticalGardenKit.com.

This Privacy Statement answers the following questions for you regarding your online privacy protection:

What Information Does VerticalGardenKit.com Collect?
Does the VerticalGardenKit.com Website Use "Cookies"?
Do I Have to Register With www.VerticalGardenKit.com or www.VerticalGardenKit.com?
How Does VerticalGardenKit.com Use My Information?
Does VerticalGardenKit.com Disclose My Personal Information?
What about Security of Data Transmission?
Can I Correct/Update the Information Collected About Me?
Will You Notify Me in the Event of Changes to this Privacy Policy?

Miscellaneous:
Contests and Sweepstakes
How Can I Opt-In/Opt-Out?
Why Do I Need An ID and Password?
Links
How Do I Contact VerticalGardenKit.com?
Legal Disclaimer

What Information Does VerticalGardenKit.com Collect?

VerticalGardenKit.com will collect personal information from our users for different purposes. Information gathered online can be identified as either anonymous or identifiable. Anonymous information is information that cannot be traced back to the individual. Identifiable information is information that is specific to the individual so that we can deliver the right products and services to the individual. The following lists the many ways in which we collect personal information from our users and the type of information collected:

TO PURCHASE PRODUCTS: To purchase products on this site and to obtain other services offered on VerticalGardenKit.com, a user has to create his/her profile by completing a questionnaire online. The provision of this personal information is mandatory and if you choose not to submit the requested information we will not be able to provide you with the services offered on VerticalGardenKit.com.

TO JOIN THE VerticalGardenKit.com TEAM: To join the VerticalGardenKit.com team, a user may consider submitting his/her resume via email to jobs@VerticalGardenKit.com. At that time we may ask to collect the following personal information: (i) full name; (ii) home phone; (iii) e-mail; (iv) educational background; and (v) the text of the resume. The provision of this information is mandatory. In addition to mandatory information, we request information such as address, current employment, ability to speak other languages and a brief description of your career objectives.

SERVER LOG FILES:

As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and click stream data.

We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.

Does the VerticalGardenKit.com Website Use "Cookies"?

We use cookies on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Additionally, we use cookies to track our online advertising efforts. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

VerticalGardenKit.com may use the following types of cookies:

-"Session" cookies expire upon exiting our site and closing all browser sessions
-"Non-session" cookies expire after 30 days after using our site.
-"Third-party" cookies, in particular Click-Track cookies, are used to track a user session. The information collected is not linked to the user's personal information.

Do I have to Register with www.VerticalGardenKit.com?

All users can access the VerticalGardenKit.com website without being a registered user. However, you will not be able to access certain areas or purchase our products online if you are not a registered online user of VerticalGardenKit.com.

How Does VerticalGardenKit.com Use My Information?

Personal information collected by us is used primarily for the purpose it is collected: to facilitate purchases online or to register users' purchases. In particular, the users' shipping and billing addresses are used for fulfilling the purchase orders and to bill a user's credit card. In addition to the original purpose for which the personal information is collected, we may use the personal information to contact users to confirm information related to his/her order or to advise a user if an item is on back order. VerticalGardenKit.com may also use a users' email address and/or phone number as follows provided that the user grants his/her consent to such additional use:

- in our internal surveys to obtain feedback on our products, our website, or on other aspects of our business that impact you as a VerticalGardenKit.com customer;
- to notify users of new products or services we think may be of interest to them;
- to send promotional materials.

Users will receive such promotional materials only if they have indicated that they do not object to receiving such information. If users prefer not to receive e-mails or phone calls unrelated to their VerticalGardenKit.com orders, they simply uncheck the boxes on the registration form that request their consent to this additional use of their personal information. Please see "How Can I Opt-In/Opt-Out?" for more information.

We may also use personal information collected to contact users in connection with the inappropriate use of the VerticalGardenKit.com website.

Does VerticalGardenKit.com Disclose My Personal Information?

From time to time, we may disclose your Personal Information as follows:

To organizations that perform services for or on behalf of VerticalGardenKit.com, for example to provide customer service, deliver products, ship items, process credit cards, for research, marketing, data processing, and to measure the use of our Site. We will share with these companies only that Personal Information which they need to work on our behalf. Some of these service providers may be located in other countries. Your Personal Information will be provided to these organizations only if they agree to use such information solely for the purpose of providing services to VerticalGardenKit.com, and under the instructions of VerticalGardenKit.com, and with respect to that information, to act in a manner consistent with the relevant principles articulated in this Policy.

What About Security of Data Transmission?

Please note that at VerticalGardenKit.com, there is a form where you can transmit credit card information in order to complete a purchase transaction. Any time we ask for a credit card number, we transmit that credit card number in an encrypted format. We use industry-standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, VerticalGardenKit.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

Can I Correct/Update the Information Collected About Me?

You have the right to correct/update the personal information collected about you at VerticalGardenKit.com. You can make changes to your personal profile at any time by going to the "Login" or “My Account” page on our website. You will need your Logon ID (user name) and password in order to access your personal information.

You may also contact us via email at help@VerticalGardenKit.com to request changes to your profile.

All access requests will be acknowledged and responded to within 30 days of receipt.

Will You Notify Me in the Event of Changes to this Privacy Policy?

VerticalGardenKit.com reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Any changes in the policy will be posted directly on the VerticalGardenKit.com website at http://www.VerticalGardenKit.com/privacy.html. In the event of a material change in the site's data collection and handling practices, VerticalGardenKit.com will inform those users who have provided an email address via email.

We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you visit the VerticalGardenKit.com website. If you have any questions or concerns on the VerticalGardenKit.com Privacy Policy, please contact privacy@VerticalGardenKit.com.

Miscellaneous

Contests/Sweepstakes

From time-to-time VerticalGardenKit.com may sponsor contests/sweepstakes on our site. Participation in these contests/sweepstakes is completely voluntary. Personally identifiable information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address) and demographic information (such as zip code). You will have the option in all of our contests/sweepstakes to "opt-in" or "opt-out" of receiving these special promotions etc. from VerticalGardenKit.com and its advertisers, partners, affiliates, and sponsors (see “How Can I Opt-In/Opt-Out?” for more information). By entering, you agree to all of the terms and conditions, which will be clearly outlined in the rules. Where a contest or sweepstakes is not sponsored by VerticalGardenKit.com, the identity of the sponsor will be clearly disclosed in the rules. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of the sponsor before entering.

How Can I Opt-In/Opt-Out?

We provide users the opportunity to choose whether to receive updates on new products and other promotional materials offered by VerticalGardenKit.com. Choice is included in the account creation and product registration steps. The default option is to opt-in, however you may simply uncheck the box or click “do not contact me” to opt-out. You will also have the opportunity to opt-out when you receive emails from VerticalGardenKit.com within your account at any time, or via email to privacy@VerticalGardenKit.com.

Why Do I Need an ID and Password?

At our e-commerce site we provide an area for you to store your billing address, and shipping addresses. This is your private information and you should keep it secure. We also require that you enter your Logon ID (email address) and password for accessing Order Status where you will view the details of products ordered from VerticalGardenKit.com.

Links

This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that VerticalGardenKit.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

How Do I Contact VerticalGardenKit.com?

If you have any further questions or comments regarding this Privacy Statement, you may contact us at privacy@VerticalGardenKit.com.

Legal Disclaimer

We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our site.