This Privacy Policy describes how gardenfolkmag.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.
What information we collect
When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.
Device information
- Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
- Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
- Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels
- Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our fulfillment website Printful
Order information
- Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card, email address, and phone number.
- Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you . . with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
- Source of collection: collected from you.
- Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our fulfillment website Printful.
Customer support information
Source of collection: collected from you.
Purpose of collection: to provide customer support .
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
Other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their privacy policy.
Security
Garden Folk Mag takes the privacy of our customers very seriously and we are committed to protecting the security of your data, both on and offline.
For security reasons we strongly recommend that you do not send credit card numbers by standard email and only use the secure facility provided on our website.
Who we share your data with
This Site uses other companies to perform functions on their behalf in relation to the purposes included within this policy. Such functions include credit/debit card validation and authorisation, web hosting, data analysis, order fulfilment and mailings.
Any third party used by Garden Folk Mag may be provided with access to your personal information, but only where this information is relevant for them to perform their functions. Your information shall not be used for any other purpose.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. You can contact us on email at info@gardenfolkmag.com if you have any questions on this.
Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Contact
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@gardenfolkmag.com.