Privacy Policy
Like many website operators, GoGrow collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. GoGrow’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how GoGrow’s visitors use its website. From time to time, GoGrow may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
GoGrow also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. GoGrow does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to GoGrow’s websites choose to interact with GoGrow in ways that require GoGrow to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that GoGrow gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a user account to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with GoGrow – by purchasing access to a GoGrow site – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, GoGrow collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with GoGrow. GoGrow does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
GoGrow discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that need to know that information in order to process it on GoGrow’s behalf or to provide services available at GoGrow’s websites. Some of those employees, contractors third party vendors and affiliated organizations need to know specific information in order to process it on GoGrow’s behalf or to provide services available through GoGrow's websites. By using GoGrow’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. GoGrow will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, GoGrow discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when GoGrow believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of GoGrow, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an GoGrow website and have supplied your email address, GoGrow may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with GoGrow and our products. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it anonymously in order to help us clarify or improve support for other users. GoGrow takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Third-Party Vendors
We work with third-party vendors and submit the relevant information to improve your website maintaining experience. This includes domain registration and hosting as well as a SPAM evaluation web service (currently http://mollom.com), statistical tracking (currently http://www.google.com/analytics/), and email (currently http://www.mail.google.com/), we also automatically submit site content (via sitemaps) to search engines to improve the indexing of your site's content which improves Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Additional services may be added, current services removed, or existing providers changed without notice. You agree to accept and abide by all third party vendors' respective terms and conditions, polices, and all other requirements or limitations. In the event you choose to not accept the terms of any third party vendor, contact GoGrow and we will disable that functionality from your site.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. GoGrow uses cookies to help GoGrow identify and track visitors, their usage of GoGrow website, and their website access preferences. GoGrow visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using GoGrow’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of GoGrow’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Aggregated Statistics
GoGrow may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites and may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, GoGrow does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described above.
Privacy Policy Changes
GoGrow may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in GoGrow’s sole discretion. GoGrow encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Site owners (the individual or organization who the URL is registered to) will also be notified by email of any changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.