Privacy Policy

The Plant Initiative Privacy Policy

The Plant Initiative values the privacy of our contributors and site visitors. The Plant Initiative collects information only to help us better serve our contributors and those visiting our web site. It is our policy to collect and store only personal information that is knowingly provided to us. We do not share personal information. 

This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding the collection of information from this website that can personally identify you and/or your organization, and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

Personal Information Collected

Through The Plant Initiative's web site, we contact information from individuals as it is knowingly provided to us, including email addresses. The Plant Initiative does not distribute personal information or email addresses to third parties. We use this information to contact individuals via email and mail with additional resources that might be of interest, including upcoming events and trainings, new publications, or other resources. You may choose at any time not to provide personally identifiable information, although this may restrict our ability to provide requested services or information.

The following are examples of personally identifiable information that you may volunteer to provide and examples of how we use such information.

Email Addresses - The Plant Initiative collects email addresses from those that subscribe to emails, register for events, or contact us. The Plant Initiative may use your email address to send you emails from The Plant Initiative, including marketing emails from The Plant Initiative, contributor updates, or email newsletters. To unsubscribe to any or all of The Plant Initiative's emails, please inform us. The Plant Initiative does not distribute email addresses to third parties.

Mailing Addresses - The Plant Initiative collects mailing addresses of those that register for events or purchase items. The Plant Initiative may send via mail newsletters, brochures, or other promotional items. To opt out of any mailings from The Plant Initiative, please let us know. 

Cookies - Many websites, including this one, use cookies - pieces of numeric data stored on your computer so that we can identify when you return to our website. The Plant Initiative can only "read" cookies that are placed on your computer from our own website. Usage of cookies is not linked to any personally identifiable information. You can select to disable cookies by changing your browser settings. If you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you will not be able to access portions of our website content.

Financial Data Security

The Plant Initiative does not disclose credit card account information provided by its contributors and customers. When contributors and customers choose to pay by credit card, The Plant Initiative submits this information directly to a secure credit card processor. 

Third-Party Uses

The Plant Initiative does not make postal or email addresses available to third parties.

Analytics

The Plant Initiative collects data through Google analytics to track the location and number of visitors to our website. 

Photographs

The Plant Initiative takes photographs during public events, solicits photographs from our members of their work, and occasionally selects quality photos for distribution via this website, social media, or other means. Photos are taken in public settings during public events. If you are included in a photograph and would prefer that it not be distributed, please contact The Plant Initiative at info@plantinitiative.org and let us know what photo and where you saw it. We will do our best to remove it from circulation.

Embedded Content from Other Sites

Information on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How Long We Retain Your Data

For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide to us indefinitely. Please contact us to request removal of your data from The Plant Initiatives's database.

Choice to Opt Out

The Plant Initiative provides all individuals and customers the opportunity to opt out of having your personal information used for certain purposes. If you are a contributor to The Plant Initiative, have registered for an event, no longer wish to receive promotional communications, or would like The Plant Initiative to erase any personal data we hold about you, you may opt out of receiving communications by by emailing info@plantinitiative.org. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Disclaimer

Throughout this website, The Plant Initiative links to third-party websites. In the event you choose to access such links, please note that they are not covered by this Privacy Policy. When you follow a link to another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that website.

Contact

This website is owned and operated by The Plant Initiative. If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or in general, please contact The Plant Initiative at:

info@plantinitiative.org.