PRIVACY

Last updated 03/06/2004

Privacy Policy

GrowingCo, Inc. is committed to protecting your information. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of GrowingCo.com site (the “Site”). By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

We will ask you when we need information that allows us to contact you to carry out a transaction that you have requested such as requesting information about GrowingCo, participating in a survey, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access premium site, or signing up for an event or training. The information we collect includes your name, title, company or organization name, work e-mail, work phone, work or home address, information about your job function, information about your company, and other data.

The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site. The information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) we provide to users of the site and other customers.

We may use your information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using. Additionally, we may send you information about other GrowingCo products and services, and/or share information with GrowingCo partners so they may send you information about their products and services.

GrowingCo occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, survey design, survey hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prizes, answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information about our products, special offers, and other new services. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
GrowingCo may disclose information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on GrowingCo or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of GrowingCo and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the safety of GrowingCo employees or agents, users of GrowingCo products or services, or members of the public.

Information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which GrowingCo or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

GrowingCo is committed to protecting the security of your information. We use a variety of technologies and procedures to help protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the information you provide on computer servers located in controlled facilities.

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we treat the information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.

GrowingCo welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that GrowingCo has not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mail at admin@growingco.com and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine the problem.