PRIVACY POLICY

PhytoCognition is a website about plants. The goal of this page is to inform you of what information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement applies only to this Website.

INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT AND HOW IT MAY BE USED

• Information you voluntarily submit to this site: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address (this can happen when you leave a comment, subscribe to our newsletter, or submit a contact form).
• Automatically collected information: When you access this website we may automatically collect certain information such as your IP address, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, links you clicked and the times when you accessed this Website.
• Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website in order to provide you with a more personalized experience.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

• To operate and maintain this Website;
• To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
• To respond to your comments or inquiries;
• To track and measure advertising on the Website;

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

• Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address but no other personal information.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To leave a comment, you must leave a name and input your email address for confirmation.  Your email address will never be available publicly.  At your option, you may also add a link to your website.

Users may see your name and website information.

COOKIES

This Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, and ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

• Opt-out: You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails.
• Update: You may contact us at [email protected] to change or update your personal information.
• Forget: In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to this phytocognition@gmail.com

You are not authorized to use this website if you don’t agree with our privacy policy.