Privacy Policy

Green Sprouts has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our strong commitment to privacy. The following discloses how we collect and use the personal information you provide to us.

This policy went into effect November 30, 2008. Should this policy change, a notice will be placed on the home page of Green Sprouts and will remain there for 30 days. Please check back periodically for updates.

What Information Do We Collect?

When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site.

1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide

Registration Information

You will provide us information about yourself, when you register to be a member of Green Sprouts, register for certain services, or register for email newsletters and alerts. You may also provide additional comments on how you see Green Sprouts servicing your needs and interests.

Email Information

If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.

2. Web Site Use Information

Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. We, our advertisers and ad serving companies may also use small technology or pieces of code to determine which advertisements and promotions users have seen and how users responded to them.

How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?

Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering and expanding our business activities, providing customer service and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing us at infogreensprouts@yahoo.com

1. What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies that originate from their sites. We have no access or control over those cookies.

2. How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?

As you use our Web site, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from seeing unnecessary advertisements or requiring you to log in more than is necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our customers. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not generally store any personal information that you provided to us in your cookies.

3. Sharing Information with Third Parties

We may share personal customer information with our agents, representatives, and trusted service providers for the purpose of assisting us in delivering our website content, sending email about your registration or other information you have elected to receive, administering contests or sweepstakes, providing customer service; and enhancing and improving customers' experiences. These third parties are not allowed to use this information for any purpose except providing these services on behalf of Green Sprouts. We may also share personal customer information with law enforcement officials in the investigation of alleged unlawful activities related to the use of our site. We will have no legal liability for such disclosures.

4. Notice of New Services and Changes

Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site. As our customer, you will be given the opportunity to notify us of your desire not to receive these updates by sending us an email request at info@greensprouts.com.

Children’s Guidelines

Children’s privacy is of primary concern to us and we take this responsibility seriously. Our site has been designed to be fun, accessible, and safe for children of all ages. Children under the age of 13 and their parents should review together the policy outlined below for the steps taken specifically for younger children who may visit our website. Note our overall privacy policy applies to all children as well as adults. The information below relates specifically to children under the age of 13. PLEASE READ

1. WE ENCOURAGE parents to explore our website with their children.

2. WE DO NOT collect online contact information without parental notification, which will include an opportunity for the parent to suspend participation in the activity. Without prior parental notification, online information will only be used to respond directly to a child’s request and will not be used for other purposes.

3. WE DO NOT collect personally identifiable offline contact information from children.

4. WE DO NOT distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information from children.

5. WE DO NOT give the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information without prior parental consent.

6. WE DO NOT require a child to provide us with more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an activity as a condition of participation.

NOTICE: Please visit http://www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy for information from the Federal Trade Commission about protecting children's privacy online.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

1. How Do We Secure Information Transmissions?

The security and confidentiality of your information is extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative, and physical security measures to protect guest information from unauthorized access and improper use. From time to time, we review our security procedures in order to consider appropriate new technology and methods. Please be aware though that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.

2. How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?

You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing: info@greensprouts.com

3. Certain Disclosures

We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the law or comply with legal process served on us or affiliated parties; (b) protect and defend our rights and property, our site, the users of our site, and/or our affiliated parties; (c) act under circumstances to protect the safety of users of our site, us, or third parties.

4. What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?

We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.

Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web site to another Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other Web site, including Web sites which have a link on our Web site, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies. Please read over those rules and policies before proceeding.

Public Forums

This site may have chat rooms, forums, and/or message boards available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Your Consent

By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.