Privacy Policy:
Home and Backyard Basics ("Home and Backyard Basics") operates homeandbackyardbasics.com and may operate other websites. It is Home and Backyard Basics' policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Home and Backyard Basics 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. Home and Backyard Basics' purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Home and Backyard Basics' visitors use its website. From time to time, Home and Backyard Basics may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Home and Backyard Basics also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on homeandbackyardbasics.com blogs/sites. Home and Backyard Basics only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Home and Backyard Basics' websites choose to interact with Home and Backyard Basics in ways that require Home and Backyard Basics to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Home and Backyard Basics gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at homeandbackyardbasics.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Home and Backyard Basics are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Home and Backyard Basics collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor's interaction with Home and Backyard Basics. Home and Backyard Basics 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.
Aggregated Statistics
Home and Backyard Basics may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Home and Backyard Basics may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Home and Backyard Basics does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Home and Backyard Basics discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Home and Backyard Basics' behalf or to provide services available at Home and Backyard Basics' websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Home and Backyard Basics' websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Home and Backyard Basics 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, Home and Backyard Basics discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Home and Backyard Basics believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Home and Backyard Basics, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Home and Backyard Basics website and have supplied your email address, Home and Backyard Basics 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 Home and Backyard Basics and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Home and Backyard Basics takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
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. Home and Backyard Basics uses cookies to help Home and Backyard Basics identify and track visitors, their usage of Home and Backyard Basics website, and their website access preferences. Home and Backyard Basics visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Home and Backyard Basics' websites, with the drawback that certain features of Home and Backyard Basics' websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Home and Backyard Basics, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Home and Backyard Basics goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Home and Backyard Basics may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Home and Backyard Basics and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Home and Backyard Basics may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Home and Backyard Basics' sole discretion. Home and Backyard Basics encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a homeandbackyardbasics.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Amazon Affiliate Disclosure
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