Backyard Forager

OUR COMMITMENT Welcome to backyard-forager.thinkific.com (the “Site”, referred to as “we,” “us” or “our”). Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we have outlined this policy explaining our on-line information practices, and the choices you can make about how your information is collected and used by the Site.

YOUR CONSENT AND AGREEMENT Please read this entire policy carefully before using this Site. Every time you visit this Site, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this Site.

CHANGES TO OUR POLICY From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy. By continuing to use the Site after we make any changes, you accept the modified Privacy Policy. The most current version of our Privacy Policy will always be posted here on the Site so you can be aware of how we collect and use information. Please review it periodically to see if changes have been made. This Privacy Policy was last modified on March 22, 2019.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION? “Personal Information” as used in this privacy policy, refers to information that identifies an individual, including, but not limited to, an individual’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, or credit card information when purchasing one of our products or services. All of this information is provided to us by you. Please read the PAYMENT SECURITY INFORMATION section for more information on credit card details.

DO WE SHARE OR DISCLOSE INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES? Your Personal Information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company or third party under any circumstances, except for the following:

• Your Personal Information may be shared with website hosting partners or other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you (e.g., newsletter delivery servers, online course hosting companies). These third parties must agree to keep your Personal Information confidential.
• We may also disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law or in order to protect ours or others’ rights, or enforce our site policies.
• As required by a court or government agency or to respond to a claim by you or a third party.
• As you have otherwise agreed.

While we closely protect your Personal Information, please be aware that should you engage in aspects of our Site that make your Personal Information available for viewing by third parties online, such information may be seen, collected, and used by others besides us. We cannot be responsible for any unauthorized third-party use of such information.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? After visiting our Site, Backyardforager.com will only contact you via e-mail if you have signed up to receive information (such as newsletters), purchased a product, or made an inquiry. You do not need to provide any personal information to browse the Site. However, to engage in certain functions or features of the Site, you may be asked to provide Personal Information. 

OUR SITE’S USE OF COOKIES Cookies collect non-personally identifying information. To enhance your online experience we and some of our partners may use “cookies.” Cookies are text files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your computer’s internet browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information. We use cookies to collect non-personal traffic information (such as the number of visits to our site and pages visited) and to improve our content, offerings, and delivery of advertisements. Cookies can also allow you quick access to certain areas of the Site by not having to re-enter your preference information.

We may share aggregated non-personally identifiable demographic information (e.g., geographic location) about our Site users with our visitors, partners and/or advertisers and/or investors. This information does not identify individual users.

Advertising provided by third party advertising companies may deliver a cookie to you so the ads you see can be tracked. We do not provide these third party advertising companies with any personally identifiable information. However, these companies may use non-personally identifiable information about your visits to the Site and other sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. We have no access to or control over the cookies used by third parties.

You may modify your browser preferences to provide you with choices relating to cookies. You may accept all cookies, be notified when a cookie is being sent, reject all cookies, or clear cookies after a browsing session. You can manage your cookie settings by following directions in your internet browser’s “help” file. Please be aware, however, that some services on the Site may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTED We also may collect standard web log entries for each page you view, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. This web log data enables us to diagnose server problems, administer the Site, and provide functional service to users. The Site also may use web beacons in order to access cookies, to count users who visit the Site or open HTML email messages.

THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING AND LINKS TO OTHER SITES The Site may contain links to advertiser and partner websites that are not co-branded or affiliated in any way with the Site. These linked sites are governed by their own privacy policies. In no event shall we be liable or responsible, directly or indirectly, for the content and activities of these linked sites. If you visit one of these linked sites, please familiarize yourself with their individual privacy policies.

PAYMENT SECURITY INFORMATION For your protection, any credit card information you may provide while purchasing products / services is not stored on our server. We utilize an external secure payment gateway provider to keep this information encrypted and secure on your behalf.

AGE RESTRICTIONS This Site is not intended for children under the age of 18. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information through this Site from visitors under 18 years of age without the express consent of their parents. If an individual under 18 years of age has provided us with information, a parent or guardian of that child should contact us if they would like the information deleted from our records.

TERMS OF USE Please also carefully read our Disclaimer and Disclosures, which govern the use of this Site.

CONTACT If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us via email at [email protected]