Privacy Policy & Site Security Notice
Our Commitment to Privacy
Thank you for visiting the Rockaway Garden Center Web site (hereafter "our Web site")
and reviewing our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy was developed as an
extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality products and services
with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our Customers. This Policy
is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard
the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed
decisions when using our site and our services. This statement will be continuously
assessed against new technologies, business practices and our Customers' needs.
What Information Do We Collect?
We collect NO personal information like names or addresses when
you visit our Web site. If you choose to provide that information to us it is only
used to fulfill your request for information.
We may collect some technical information when you visit to make your visit
seamless. The other sections of this Privacy Policy explain how we handle
and collect technical information when you visit our Web site.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically
When you browse, read pages or download information from our Web site, we
automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit.
This information never identifies who you are. It is only used to help us make
the site more useful for you. With this data we learn about the number of
visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We never
track or record information about individuals and their visits.
The information we collect and store about your visit includes:
- The Internet domain (for example, "myserviceprovider.com") and IP address (the number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider whenever you surf the Internet) from which you access our Web site
- The type of browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer) and operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site
- The date and time you access our site
- The pages you visit
- If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that Web site.
What Are Cookies?
When you visit some Web sites, their webservers generate pieces of information
known as cookies. Some cookies collect personal information to recognize your
computer in the future. This is not the case at our Web site, where we only
use non-persistent cookies or "per-session cookies." These cookies do not
collect personal information on users and they are erased as soon as you leave
our Web site.
Per-session cookies serve technical purposes like providing seamless
navigation through our Web site. These cookies do not permanently record data
and they are not stored on your computer's hard drive. Our Web site's cookies
are stored in memory and are only available during an active browser session.
Once you close your browser, the cookie disappears. We will post a notice on
this Privacy Policy/Site Security page if we ever change to stored cookies.
If You Send Us Personal Information
If you choose to provide us with personal information -- like filling out a
Contact Us form with personal information and submitting it to us through the
Web site -- we use that information to respond to your message and to help
us get you the information you have requested. We never create individual
profiles or give it to any organizations. We never collect information for
commercial marketing.
Linking Policy and Disclaimer of Endorsement
The information posted on our Web site may include hypertext links or
pointers to information created and maintained by other public and/or
private organizations. We provide these links and pointers solely for
our users' information and convenience. When users select a link to an
outside Web site, they are leaving our Web site and are subject to the
privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside Web site.
In addition:
- We do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of information contained on a linked Web site.
- We do not necessarily endorse the organizations sponsoring linked Web sites and we do not necessarily endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer.
- We cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site.
- We are not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked Web sites.
- We do not guarantee that outside Web sites we may link to comply with Section 508 (Accessibility Requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act as amended by Congress in 1998.
Prohibitions
We will not link to any Web site that exhibits adult content, hate, bias
or discrimination. Furthermore, we reserve the right to deny or remove any
link that contains misleading information or unsubstantiated claims, or is
determined to be in conflict with our mission or policies.
Site Security Notice
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available
to all users, our computer system employs software programs to monitor network
traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage.
Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised
that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal
activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials.
Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are
strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law, including the Computer Fraud
and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection
Act of 1996.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are
made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Raw data logs are used for no other purposes, except as noted on this page.