Garden App ("Garden", "we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
The Privacy Policy applies to the processing of Personal Information we obtain through your use of the Service, and in connection with our customer, service provider and partner relationships. This Privacy Policy describes the types of Personal Information we collect, the purposes for which we collect that Personal Information, the other parties with whom we may share it and the measures we take to protect the security of the data. It also tells you about your rights and choices with respect to your Personal Information, and how you can reach us to update your contact information or get answers to questions you may have about our privacy practices. All other terms not defined herein will have the meanings set forth in the EULA.
For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, "Personal Information" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. We obtain Personal Information relating to you from various sources described below.
Where applicable, we indicate whether and why you must provide us with your Personal Information, as well as the consequences of failing to do so. If you do not provide Personal Information when requested, you may not be able to benefit from our Services if that information is necessary to provide you with the service or if we are legally required to collect it.
1.1 Personal Information Provided by You
1.1.1 Native Registration. We ask you to provide certain Personal Information when you register for an account through our websites or mobile application, such as your name, address, email address and phone number.
1.1.2 User Content. We collect information you post through the Service. For example, when you interact with other Users by sending them Messages, the Service will collect the information you provide in such submissions, to the extent permitted under applicable law.
1.1.3 Making Payments. When you make payments through the Service, you may need to provide Personal Information to our third-party service providers, such as your credit card number.
1.2 Personal Information Obtained from Your Interactions with our Services
1.2.1 Cookies, Automatic Data Collection, and Related Technologies. When you use our Service, we may collect technical data and related information, including, but not limited to, device identifier and other technical information about your device, system and application software, and peripherals. The Service collects and stores information that is generated automatically as you use it, including your preferences and anonymous usage statistics.
1.2.2 By using the Service, you are authorizing us to gather, parse, and retain data related to the provision of the Service.
1.2.3 Personal Information Obtained from Other Sources
1.2.4 Location Information from Your Mobile Device. We may collect and store your location information, including GPS coordinates, if you enable your mobile device to send it to us. Collection of this information may improve the provision of the Service.
We may use the Personal Information we obtain about you to:
2.1 To identify the party within the Services and agreements with the Copyright Holder;
2.2 To Create and manage your account, provide our Service, process payments, and respond to your inquiries;
2.3 To deliver personalized Services to the User and fulfill agreements;
2.4 To communicate with the User, including notifications, requests, and information related to the Services, to fulfill agreements and process requests from the User;
2.5 To improve the quality of Services, simplify them, and develop new Services;
2.6 To conduct statistical and other researches that are based on depersonalized data.
We do not sell or otherwise disclose Personal Information we collect about you, except as described in this Privacy Policy or otherwise disclosed to you at the time the data is collected.
3.1 Vendors and Service Providers. We may share any information we receive with vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf and in relation to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Also, we use third-party content moderators to monitor activity on the site/apps and approve content generated by you including your profile information. For example, we may use third parties to help us provide customer support, assist with data storage, etc. We require these vendors and service providers by contract to only process Personal Information in accordance with our instructions and as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.
3.2 Marketing. We do not rent, sell, or share information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes, unless we have your permission. To the extent permitted under applicable law, we may allow third parties to access data that is automatically collected by the Service to enable the delivery of online advertising on this website, or otherwise facilitate transmittal of information that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you.
3.3 As Required By Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your Personal Information and/or other account information or content if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (i) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (ii) enforce this Privacy Policy, our EULA, or other agreements; (iii) respond to your requests; or (iv) protect your, our or others' rights, property, or safety.
3.4 Affiliates and Business Partners. We may share the Personal Information we collect with our affiliated companies and business partners to whom it is reasonably necessary or desirable for us to disclose your Personal Information.
3.5 With Your Consent. We may also otherwise disclose your Personal Information with your permission.
4. YOUR RIGHTS
4.1 Account Information. Through your account settings, you can update some of your Personal Information, such as your name, photo, and email address. You can also contact us at [email protected] to update your information.
4.2 Location Information. You can prevent us from collecting location information from your device by changing the settings on your device; however, if you do not provide us with location information you may not be able to fully use the Service.
4.3 Other Rights. In certain jurisdictions you have the right to request access and receive information about the Personal Information we maintain about you, to update and correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information, to restrict or object to the processing of your Personal Information, to have the information blocked, anonymized or deleted, as appropriate, or to exercise your right to data portability to easily transfer your Personal Information to another company. Those rights may be limited in some circumstances by local law requirements. In addition to the above-mentioned rights, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority subject to applicable law.
Where required by law, we obtain your consent for the processing of certain Personal Information collected by cookies or similar technologies, or used to send you direct marketing communications, to collect your location information or when we carry out other processing activities for which consent may be required. If we rely on consent for the processing of your Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw it at any time and free of charge. When you do so, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent withdrawal.
We take required and sufficient organizational and technical measures to protect the User's personal information from unauthorized or accidental access, destruction, modification, blocking, copying, distribution, as well as from other illegal actions committed by third parties.
6.1 Posting of Revised Privacy Policy. We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this web page, and update the "Effective Date" above. If you are concerned about how your information is used, then bookmark this page and read this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after changes to the Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the new terms of the Privacy Policy.
6.2 New Uses of Information. From time-to-time, we may desire to use information for uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy. If our practices change regarding previously collected information in a way that would be materially less restrictive than stated in the version of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collected the information, then we will make reasonable efforts to provide notice and obtain consent to any such uses as may be required by law.
The User has the right to send any suggestions or questions about this Policy to the user support service at [email protected].